Wainy316 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Yeah I've pulled up for saying 'yur' down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 28, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Never noticed that one. What about 'year'? I pronounce it 'yur'. But (certainly up here in Yorkshire) a lot of people seem to draw it out into two syllables, as 'yee-er'. Probably closer to “yee-er”. Rhyming with “deer” or “near”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 On 16/11/2018 at 12:11, Paddywhack said: They relaxed the dress code in our office about a year ago and you can basically wear what you want now, within reason. In the last few weeks, one bloke has gone from wearing hoodies, t-shirts, jeans and trainers everyday to wearing smart shirts, bow-ties, waistcoats and suit jackets...with jeans and trainers. I'm not entirely sure why I'm posting this, I just feel it needs to be pointed out. He temps at Mumford and Sons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 37 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Never noticed that one. What about 'year'? I pronounce it 'yur'. But (certainly up here in Yorkshire) a lot of people seem to draw it out into two syllables, as 'yee-er'. I got loads of grief in the army from lads who lived in towns named after cakes for saying "yur" instead of year. They were never bothered by wrung (wrong) lung(long) or the number "foyuv" , but " yur/yerr" really gripped their shit for some reason. Whenever they'd say "It's yee-ar" I'd always reply "That don't sound "reet". It's not like I was going around calling everybody "Ken" like the Glasgee fella in my section during basic training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 I Nuneaton we say 'nun' as in 'ent got nun' (I have not got any). Geographically we are horizonatal with Birmingham (or slightly North of it, if you define Birmingham as the ring road, for example). I wonder if the town was called Noneaton we'd say 'non'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 28, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 28, 2018 Then again, I don't say 'hyur' for 'here' ('hee-er'). Although the Welsh do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 28, 2018 Moderator Share Posted November 28, 2018 Oh, I'm a right mix of all of these, some the Brummie way, some not, Some Northern, some Welsh. A real mongrel of an accent I have now EDIT: ears, I definitely pronounce oddly to people - yurs not ee-arz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 The first time I ever met a person with a pronounced English accent I was about 7 years old and they scared the crap out of me because I knew they expected me to understand the language being spoken but I could not put together a single one of the sentences for the life of me! I often get asked what my background is because I have an 'accent'. My favourite is probably Aussie ocker performed by the finest of scallywags. "that's great" comes out as "ohhh beauty farken ripper moite" "get bent" as "giiit farked" "I'll have a look" as "I'll take a squidgee didge" Some folk over here say have a different pronunciation for the same word too. Like take the word dance. Some will say 'darnce' others will say 'dahnce' and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, A'Villan said: The first time I ever met a person with a pronounced English accent I was about 7 years old and they scared the crap out of me because I knew they expected me to understand the language being spoken but I could not put together a single one of the sentences for the life of me! I often get asked what my background is because I have an 'accent'. My favourite is probably Aussie ocker performed by the finest of scallywags. "that's great" comes out as "ohhh beauty farken ripper moite" "get bent" as "giiit farked" "I'll have a look" as "I'll take a squidgee didge" Some folk over here say have a different pronunciation for the same word too. Like take the word dance. Some will say 'darnce' others will say 'dahnce' and so on. When I went travelling Down Under I met a British expat in a pub in Noosa and he was banging on about hating everything in Australia, the people, the accent (even though he had picked up an Aussie twang himself) etc and he'd finish every other sentence with 'It makes me as mad as a cut snake', which was probably the most Australian sounding thing I've ever heard. I've tried using it over here but it just isn't the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 "it makes me as wicked as a wasp" is what you are looking for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 A few people in my office received a phishing email with 'click here to upgrade your windows' and all that. A team leader forwarded it to the whole centre to tell them to delete that email if they had received it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Can't wait for the next instalment. Very good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 5, 2018 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2018 I love Peta but they do get a bit silly sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rodders Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 Nothing wrong with variety in linguistic expression, there's many ways to skin a cat after all. 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I've discovered I have some remnants of my slight Brummie twang, having been highlighted by some friends repeating some words back to me. One = wun won = wun fun = foon That u sound apparently never goes away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2018 19 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: I've discovered I have some remnants of my slight Brummie twang, having been highlighted by some friends repeating some words back to me. One = wun won = wun fun = foon That u sound apparently never goes away The first two aren't Brummie, they are 'correct'. The third one definitely IS Brummie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2018 My accent is all over the shop. I've lived in Birmingham all my life, apart from uni, but I've never had much of an accent. I went to London with work a while ago and some colleagues down there refused to believe I was a Brummie. I have a few words that apparently come across as more Brummie than others, which got stronger when I worked in Walsall for a while, but generally nobody can tell where I'm from. It's weird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I believe that my grammar school education beat my accent out of me as most I work with (in Leicestershire) don't think i have one...until i get annoyed or wound up and I go full on brummie. Knoworramean ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 5, 2018 Moderator Share Posted December 5, 2018 I'm so thirsty I could slit a panda's neck. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted December 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, BOF said: I'm so thirsty I could slit a panda's neck. And Im still being paid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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