UK accents

Following up to FDM

and might put some off!

I certainly won't go to Shetland without a translator

Shetland? I has no trouble there. Perhaps something snipped added
a different sense.
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Following up to James Silverton

I was brought up in the little
West-coast town of Oban, about 90 miles from Glasgow. Altho' I
had visited Glasgow many times, I found understanding local
people very difficult

You can guess what's it like for a Londoner! Glasgow has to be
the hardest accent in UK to understand, although its taken me a
few days to fathom some Cornish fishermen.
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chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h
offy wrote:
The BBC is collecting examples of many local UK accents and dialects,
and putting them on its website-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/

One of my favorite lines (I wish I could remember its source) is "If
I were any more Cockney, I could hardly talk at all!"


In a cantina in La Línea de la Concepción, Andalucia, just across the
air strip from Gibraltar, a Glaswegian, a Londoner, and I were
conversing at a table. The Glaswegian and I understood nary a word
said by the other. The Londoner couldn't understand why he had to
repeat everything for us.


Joe Jung, a well known San Francisco restaurateur, spoke with a thick
but clear Chinese accent. He, a woman, and I were in a room. The
woman couldn't understand a word he said although he understood her
perfectly well. I was almost in the Londoner's position.
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The wrote on Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:52:05 +0100:

?? I was brought up in the little
?? West-coast town of Oban, about 90 miles from Glasgow.
?? Altho' I had visited Glasgow many times, I found
?? understanding local people very difficult

TR You can guess what's it like for a Londoner! Glasgow has to
TR be the hardest accent in UK to understand, although its
TR taken me a few days to fathom some Cornish fishermen.

Try Aberdeen! As spoken by a farmer, Glaswegians find it pretty
unintelligible. There is a very ancient story about an
agricultural show in Glasgow and a Glaswegian saying he could
understand a farmer's collie dog better than he could the owner.

James Silverton.

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:35:20 -0400, James Silverton wrote:

The wrote on Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:52:05 +0100:

?? I was brought up in the little
?? West-coast town of Oban, about 90 miles from Glasgow.
?? Altho' I had visited Glasgow many times, I found
?? understanding local people very difficult

TR You can guess what's it like for a Londoner! Glasgow has to
TR be the hardest accent in UK to understand, although its
TR taken me a few days to fathom some Cornish fishermen.

Try Aberdeen! As spoken by a farmer, Glaswegians find it pretty
unintelligible. There is a very ancient story about an
agricultural show in Glasgow and a Glaswegian saying he could
understand a farmer's collie dog better than he could the owner.

James Silverton.

LOL! I cun joos imadjin thaa'

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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 03:56:50 -0700, Icono Clast wrote:

One of my favorite lines (I wish I could remember its source) is "If
I were any more Cockney, I could hardly talk at all!"

LOL!
--
Tim C.

The Reids wrote:

Following up to FDM

I certainly won't go to Shetland without a translator

Shetland? I has no trouble there. Perhaps something snipped added
a different sense.

I find Zetlanders and Orcadians _much_ easier to understand, than
Glaswegians.

Sheila

Following up to Martin

fathom some Cornish fishermen.

"fathom" I like that

glad someone noticed :-)
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Following up to Martin

"fathom" I like that

glad someone noticed :-)

You've been plumbing the depths since your Ramsgate adventure.

or swinging the lead?

Have you thought of taking up sailing?

if someone gives me 500,000
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I know that when Trainspotting was shown in US cinemas, it was often
(though not always) shown with subtitles. I've seen UK programmes
sometimes use subtitles with regional _UK_ accents! (Usually
documentaries etc.)

I can understand about 99% of Trainspotting without subtitles. It's just
that one interview scene that loses me every time...

Richard