Lucky13
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doots said:
Beg to differ , that's how i say it.
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The letter "R" and cockneys ?
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Beg to differ , that's how i say it.
johnny on the spot
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Lucky13 said:doots said:Lucky13 said:It's arsk.
It's not mate,definitely arks,arsk is for posh people.
Beg to differ , that's how i say it.
Well, la-di-da...
pominoz said:southern muppet said:Southern English (except the south-west) is what's called by linguists a non-rhotic accent so R's before or after vowels are usually not pronounced (see the difference between someone from Bristol saying 'carrrrr' and someone from London saying 'cah'). The Jonathan Ross type inability to say R's and make them sound like W's is a separate, actual recognised speech impediment called Rhotacism but is more common in speakers of non-rhotic accents.
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A speech impediment would not affect such a large percentage of a population, surely?
I have a problem with "s", slurring it, but it does not affect a large % of Mancs.
No, a speech-impediment wouldn't, but a non-rhotic accent could........
bluetonium
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That explains why my missus' friend visiting from London got annoyed with me the other day. We went to Chester Zoo, we were just there in the entrance looking at the elephants. She says to me in broad cockernee, 'Cam on mate', so I started filming.
I guess it's the same condition that affects Americans and the letter 'd'. Unless a word starts with 'D', our Yankee friends seem quite content to murder and bury all the d's in any given sentence.
Do your duty becomes do your doodee, as in 'I must do my doodee.'
Kitty becomes Kiddy, as in 'Feed the kiddy some cad food.'
Slut becomes Slud, as in 'Yo' mama may be a slud, but she's a good slud.'
I'm sure us Mancs have our own butchering of the Queens own. In fact I know we do. Just pop into any Asda, the one near the stadium is fine for example, and you'll firstly find that Asda in Manchester actually goes by the name of As-dos, the gluttoral stop is all the rage, and we have also dispensed with the annoying h's g's and t's that get waste so much time in sentences such as "Ey! You payin' today, or wha'?"
I guess it's the same condition that affects Americans and the letter 'd'. Unless a word starts with 'D', our Yankee friends seem quite content to murder and bury all the d's in any given sentence.
Do your duty becomes do your doodee, as in 'I must do my doodee.'
Kitty becomes Kiddy, as in 'Feed the kiddy some cad food.'
Slut becomes Slud, as in 'Yo' mama may be a slud, but she's a good slud.'
I'm sure us Mancs have our own butchering of the Queens own. In fact I know we do. Just pop into any Asda, the one near the stadium is fine for example, and you'll firstly find that Asda in Manchester actually goes by the name of As-dos, the gluttoral stop is all the rage, and we have also dispensed with the annoying h's g's and t's that get waste so much time in sentences such as "Ey! You payin' today, or wha'?"
Dirty Harry
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Try and ask them to say " Miss Funny Fanny" properly, you'll be there all day.
gaudinho's stolen car
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Reminds me of Mickey Flanagan's trip to America where he asked a girl if he could come in her house.
A more annoying thing they do down south is subbing R for W. Example: "How old is he?" becomes "Aaarrr owld is ee?" - WTF!
No, you're confusing southerners with people (usually white chavs) trying to speak Jamaican patwa, the kids up here do it just as much as down there.doots said:And the word 'ask' is said as 'arks'
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Hamann Pineapple
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It goes with the territory. Mancunian "bockle" merchants annoy me slightly.