Learning a new language

There are some absolutely beautiful parts of Essex.
Real chocolate box places, with thatched roofs, roses around the doors, and acres of countryside around them.

Laughed out loud @ 20.29 MissAdventure

I've never been although we almost moved there years ago, but yes, when I was researching one branch of DH's family history, I looked up some of the places where they came from and realised how lovely it is.
They moved to the Midlands - I wonder how they coped with the accent and vernacular?

growstuff

I've lived in Essex for 40 years and nobody speaks like that round here.

Perhaps they're all incomers.

Got to hand it to you MissAdventure you are quick off the mark @ 20.29 made me laugh too

EYEBROW – Cultured, intellectual.

FANTIN – A jet of water for drinking or ornament.

Made me smile, also the Lancashire bit.

This has made me laugh, and still would have done if it was about Cornwall, where I was born, and live now. Here we have vernacular phrases printed in large letters on the back of double decker buses with the 'English' translation underneath. Nobody takes offence, it's seen as being funny.

Fun sponge-is? Yer whaaaaa? Nevva erdda dem. We ava zenza yoooomer in Marezeezide, yer know. Gerra grip, will ya?

Callistemon

growstuff

I've lived in Essex for 40 years and nobody speaks like that round here.

Perhaps they're all incomers.

No, but Essex is a big county. The ones who speak "estuary English" are more likely to be incomers from London. The A12 is a rough dividing line. Some people north of the dividing line speak with "real" Essex dialects, which are more like Suffolk and the rest of East Anglia.

MissAdventure

Thankfully.

The feeling is mutual.

Kate1949

I thought it was clever. I'm a Brummie. Anyone can (and frequently do) take the mickie out of my accent. I find it funny.

I absolutely loathe people taking the piss out of my accent.
It’s rude and stupid.
I just don’t understand why people think that it’s acceptable.

(This isn’t a comment on the thread btw)

If someone shares the accent and exaggerates it for effect, Fanny, I take it as great fun. A friend and I often do it. That aside, I totally agree with you Fanny. It depends on who’s doing it and their motive.
Crikey, I’m starting to take this seriously now…stop it, NG.
Keep going, Miss A.

FannyCornforth

Kate1949

I thought it was clever. I'm a Brummie. Anyone can (and frequently do) take the mickie out of my accent. I find it funny.

I absolutely loathe people taking the piss out of my accent.
It’s rude and stupid.
I just don’t understand why people think that it’s acceptable.

(This isn’t a comment on the thread btw)

That's rather different to people taking the Mickey out of themselves, though, isn't it FannyC

I don't call people 'duck' any more, I suppose being away for 50+ years I just stopped but if I go back to the Midlands and someone says " oreet me duck" I'm home!

Likewise the West Country: "alright me babber? I done a proper job for 'ee" is comforting.

Love regional accents, well most of them but I won't comment on those I don't much like. Now that is rude.

Yes, absolutely Callistemon
It’s like you are allowed to take the mick out of your own family, but woe betide if anyone else does!

Whereabouts in the Midlands are you from, chick?
It must be the East, (duck) -apologies if you’ve already told me, my memory is appalling!

Fanny I didn't make myself clear. When I said 'my accent' I meant a Birmingham/Black Country accent in general. It's usually people on TV. I don't think it's ever actually happened to me thinking about it. I just laugh at those on TV who assume we are all thick. I know different.

Sorry Kate, I hope you didn’t think me rude.
I’m Black Country too.
Oh the ‘thick’ thing, it drives me up the wall. It’s definitely happened to me.

Not at all Fanny. It's annoying but like I said, we know different

I loved a big banner still up in the centre of Torrington (N Devon) sometime after whatever big event it was:

‘Us be plaized to see ee!’

(Possibly it was ‘zee ee’ - it was some years ago now. )

Love it MissAdventure made me laugh. Shame some people are taking offence when I am sure none was intended.

It sounds more cockney to me although to be fair.

Where I live is where London people came in their holidays, and often they built their own holiday homes out of all sorts of materials.
The last of the holiday homes are being bulldozed now, and "apartments" being put in their place.
So yes, there is lots of original cockney families here.
It was recommended by doctors, for its fresh sea air.

a long while ago i did lamda and rada exams and one task was to perform a piece with a national or regional accent

welsh and irish were popular choices but we also studied liverpool and somerset accents and of course cockney which had the most scripts to perfrom

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