Accents

[philipl]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html

Despite leaving Darwen in 1974 and living in Hull, Leeds then in and around London and now subject to Menglish, the quiz pinned me to an area between Darwen in the south and Lancaster in the north.

[Mike E]

It pinned me to Preston/East Lancs! Very good!

[perthblue02]

Think they could cut it down to just the  round baked dough question

Mine ended up dark red basically in the shape of the old Lancashire Boundary

Thanks for posting @philipl, the individual maps to each question are interesting, Nick off (school) seems to be showing as predominantly North East, was a common term with those I went to school with (or didn't in this case)  in Blackburn.

From being over here for a while it does seem Northerners are the least likely to lose their accents and or develop a slight Australian one

Edited February 16, 2019 by perthblue02

[matt83]

Blackpool but a strong Lancashire grouping for me. Got the mrs to do it she was all over the country. 

[matt83]

The mrs is all over the shop. 

[DeeCee]

I got pretty much all of Lancs and up to Carlisle, despite living in Cornwall pretty much half my life (27 years)

[gumboots]

It covered the north east from Northumberland to Hull for me and nearly as far across as the border with lances.  Covering all bases when one word should have told it exactly or almost exactly where I was from

[old darwen blue]

Most of Lancashire bit of sw Yorkshire and a smidgin of Cheshire. Us Darreners are cosmopolitan you know. 

 

[matt83]

There are words people with strong Lancastrian accents pronounce such as kewd/owd/nowt/owt or the dreaded buzz instead of bus. Then local phrases like cracking the flags but sometimes there’s words I thought were nationally standard until people from different areas challenge what I’m saying. 

I thought mithered/oined were universally standard words but apparently not. Pop (fizzy drink) is apparently a northern phrase. Those maiden things for drying clothes are called something else down south. Not even sure if this one is from lancs but I call those hard bits of skin between nail and finger stepmother jags but heard them called hangnails.

[Husky]

Some of that language has just changed over time.

Wagging (off) school seems quite archaic language no matter what region you're from (or live in).

[Bigdoggsteel]

Don't even get where I am actually from in Ireland. I would say we are all a bit over the place accent wise over here. So many different ones

Edited February 18, 2019 by Bigdoggsteel

[gumboots]

I've got a bit of all sorts too as my husbands a southerner so I've used some of his phrases and he used some of mine. I just tried to think back to what I used to say when I was a kid but for me the telling words were nithered and mafted. Never heard them anywhere but Teesside and me when I say them still

[speeeeeeedie]

On ‎16‎/‎02‎/‎2019 at 21:44, old darwen blue said:

Most of Lancashire bit of sw Yorkshire and a smidgin of Cheshire. Us Darreners are cosmopolitan you know. 

 

I got the same, and I'm from Accrington. Interesting, as I've been in the USA for half my life. I answered based on my daily language. Tea was dinner and sweets were candy as they are the words I use now, although I'd revert if I was speaking to a local.

 

[PeteJD13]

I got Lancashire which having livid in Cardiff for 6 years and Manchester for 4 years ( I know its Lancashire in old money but they do have different twang ) so I'm glad to see I've kept my Lancashire accent

[Mattyblue]

Only needs 1 question for east Lancs folk, the one that we all answered with ‘teacake!’ 

[Mike E]

9 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Only needs 1 question for east Lancs folk, the one that we all answered with ‘teacake!’ 

YES!!!

And all the other ‘names’ for a teacake are either TYPES of teacake or are different things entirely.

‘Teacake has currants in it’, no, that’s a currant teacake.

Barm? Slightly bigger teacake, slightly crusty... crust.

Oven bottom? Huge teacake.

Cob? A teacake with chips in it.

Muffin? Sweet bun.

Scone? A FRIGGING SCONE.

Stottie? Are you on ketamine or something, sounds like a dog-related speech impediment.

[old darwen blue]

Got me thinking now, is it a barmcake or a tea cake?

[Mattyblue]

It would be a barm o’er Preston way.

[oldjamfan1]

On 17/02/2019 at 02:44, old darwen blue said:

Most of Lancashire bit of sw Yorkshire and a smidgin of Cheshire. Us Darreners are cosmopolitan you know. 

 

Posh twat ha ha ha

[Claytons Left Boot]

Mine mirrors the old Lancashire boundary (it’s still there but that’s another story) that includes Manchester, Liverpool and Barrow in Furness. The darkest area included East Lancs. A smidgin crept into West Yorkshire, I hate to admit. Now living in Northwich, Cheshire, I have yet to pick up any ‘posh twat’ phrases (tee, hee). They do say ‘eh up’ more than us Lancastrians which I found hard to believe.

[AllRoverAsia]

On 19/02/2019 at 09:15, old darwen blue said:

Got me thinking now, is it a barmcake or a tea cake?

Which reminds me that I have not had a teacake in decades ☹️

[Claytons Left Boot]

Interests me how many accents are unable to pronounce the letter r when it’s in the middle of a word, especially Mancs and Yorkshire folk. Car park becomes cah pahk, Mars Bar becomes Mahs Bah etc. Even the inbreds prounounce Ashley Barnes as Ashlah Bawnes.

[old darwen blue]

Used to go out with a lass from Bury who pronounced it as Berry. Oh and she said cah pahk instead of car park too. 

[Mattyblue]

Most folk I know refer to it as ‘Berry?’

[K-Hod]

'Burry' over here.....