General Accents

bazzer9461 said:
My mother was Welsh and back in the 60’s and early 70’s my mother , sister and o would visit our ban in Johnstown Carmarthenshire, it would be a case of my Nan calling me Bach and then 5 minutes into our visit My Nan and mother talk Welsh. Never understood anything in the 2 weeks we would be there.
Now there’s a thing boyo Yaki flipping Dah.
Now go to 1977 on my first leave and I travelled to see my Nan went in uniform proud as punch. Got the door knocked and my uncle answered Hackney born and bread as he said “ alright Anal down the pub “ felt at home.
Went and did the pleasantries for my Nan and Auntie. Got changed and walked down the pub as soon as we opened our gobs it went a deathly silence and the talking amongst the locals was so quiet it was unbelievable but funny as anything.
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I'm not surprised it went quiet judging by what your uncle suggested for the pub.
 
Colin B said:
Spent six months in Portsmouth, many years ago, when on a course with my job, and I've got to say I found their accent to be very country sounding, and still do. It certainly isn't plastic cockney, unlike where I currently live in Kent.

Then again I have a fairly neutral southern accent, and often hear (particularly older) people from rural Oxfordshire and think they sound as if they've just got off of a combine harvester!

I do think the Oxfordshire accent has changed over the years and become more southern/estuary, particularly in the young and the further east you go in the county.
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There is a country twang to the Pompey accent. They also call their mates "mush" down there which I haven't heard anywhere except London. A weird one.

Whilst I'm all for regional accents and love the uniqueness our small nation has, I would say I'm not particularly keen on the Stoke or Liverpool accents. Stoke in particular.
 
Cani av a ku per tiy pleas wiv too shu gaz

Hate the Brummie accent! Awful
 
Colin B said:
Spent six months in Portsmouth, many years ago, when on a course with my job, and I've got to say I found their accent to be very country sounding, and still do. It certainly isn't plastic cockney, unlike where I currently live in Kent.

Then again I have a fairly neutral southern accent, and often hear (particularly older) people from rural Oxfordshire and think they sound as if they've just got off of a combine harvester!

I do think the Oxfordshire accent has changed over the years and become more southern/estuary, particularly in the young and the further east you go in the county.
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I get what you are saying regarding the Pompey accent but i think it is a generation thing. Some older folks still sound very countryfied, but i find thats more folks from Southampton. Todays generation deffo plastic cockneys, wide boy geeezers, and they love the word mush when they dont know your name.
 
Pompeyyellows said:
I get what you are saying regarding the Pompey accent but i think it is a generation thing. Some older folks still sound very countryfied, but i find thats more folks from Southampton. Todays generation deffo plastic cockneys, wide boy geeezers, and they love the word mush when they dont know your name.
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Wandering Yellow said:
There is a country twang to the Pompey accent. They also call their mates "mush" down there which I haven't heard anywhere except London. A weird one.

Whilst I'm all for regional accents and love the uniqueness our small nation has, I would say I'm not particularly keen on the Stoke or Liverpool accents. Stoke in particular.
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I definitely remember the word mush, they've been using it for ages. They're also fond of "dimlo" and "vile".
 
Colin B said:
I definitely remember the word mush, they've been using it for ages. They're also fond of "dimlo" and "vile".
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For some they kept on using the phrase Skate in reference to a myth and I’m not sure how old @Pompeyyellows is but there were quite a few rumbled with us skates and the boys from Leigh Park
 
Moved down here in1989 Baz. Only major rumbles that spring to mind were The Paras and Marines. Even the locals stayed away from that 1 lol
 
Colin B said:
I definitely remember the word mush, they've been using it for ages. They're also fond of "dimlo" and "vile".
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As a South Londoner my theory is lots of South Londoners must have "emigrated"! down there, bringing with them words like Mush and Dinlo. The kids don't say them anymore around here as they sound more Jamaican than Cockney, but those words have lived on down there.

Other things I heard in London pubs as a kid, boat (face) jack (on your own) kale-eyed (drunk, I think) Blinding (good) Be Lucky (goodbye)... never really hear any of them said in London anymore. Certainly not anyone under 40/50odd.
 
If we're talking years ago in Portsmouth, I remember Club Tiberias in Southsea, which was a casino, and was it the Top Rank, or Locarno in town. Also saw Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes at The Guildhall while I was down there.
 
Colin B said:
If we're talking years ago in Portsmouth, I remember Club Tiberias in Southsea, which was a casino, and was it the Top Rank, or Locarno in town. Also saw Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes at The Guildhall while I was down there.
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Must have been a long time ago
 
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