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I speak the queen's english with a posh scouse lilt. I'm from Birmingham and slip into that now and then.
When I really get going the rough, harsh scouse comes out. Maybe that's the real me but inside I still feel Brummy.
P.S. I think it's polite scouse but when i hear myself it's a shock.
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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago
Manchester (he/him) |
I lost my regional accent when I went to university, people always comment on my accent or lack thereof.
The only thing that betrays me is when I say ‘bath, grass, dance’ where I use the soft pronunciation |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Welsh accent. Live in England, My son's Welsh lilt was diluted when he started university, he lives in Edinburgh and lost his Welsh accent altogether now. |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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"I lost my regional accent when I went to university, people always comment on my accent or lack thereof.
The only thing that betrays me is when I say ‘bath, grass, dance’ where I use the soft pronunciation "
No, you still have it, to my ears at least. 
I'm op North and I have a Home Counties Accent with a slight twang of elsewhere thanks to my uni years. I know the Home Counties don't have their own accent but it's not quite RP and a lot of people down there sound like me. |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
Fortunately I don’t speak like a Hampshire Hog despite being born here.
I’d say well spoken London. The London accent travelled south with the rail and my dad and community worked the London Waterloo line. |
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By *viatrixWoman
over a year ago
Redhill |
I suppose what people would call a Hispanic/Latin American accent... though I sound nothing like Salma Hayek, haha... her accent is too broad for my liking. (I appreciate this is a turn on for many!) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I didn’t really have one being from Nottinghamshire, but now it’s mixed up from working with guys from all over England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.. a few yanks, Aussies and South Africans too.
I just get told I sound northern like sean bean |
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I don’t. I’ve lived in too many places. Although I do tend to slip back into the accent when I go back to the places I’ve lived and my children always know who I’m on the phone to by the way I speak even though I don’t notice it! |
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over a year ago
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"I didn’t really have one being from Nottinghamshire, but now it’s mixed up from working with guys from all over England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.. a few yanks, Aussies and South Africans too.
I just get told I sound northern like sean bean "
Think it’s because I use the B bomb like it’s a full stop to most comments |
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To many parts of my life make up my accent. Although people say it is predominantly London (I can’t hear it myself) other accents slip in with certain words or a part of an accent gets stronger if I’ve been interacting with family. I also have a tendency to unconsciously slip into other accents when around others with a strong accent. |
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"To many parts of my life make up my accent. Although people say it is predominantly London (I can’t hear it myself) other accents slip in with certain words or a part of an accent gets stronger if I’ve been interacting with family. I also have a tendency to unconsciously slip into other accents when around others with a strong accent. "
I’d say London but you do say some things proper northern  x |
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By *ookie46Woman
over a year ago
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"To many parts of my life make up my accent. Although people say it is predominantly London (I can’t hear it myself) other accents slip in with certain words or a part of an accent gets stronger if I’ve been interacting with family. I also have a tendency to unconsciously slip into other accents when around others with a strong accent.
I’d say London but you do say some things proper northern x"
I’m with Nora on this one .... you can do my makem accent soon  |
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"To many parts of my life make up my accent. Although people say it is predominantly London (I can’t hear it myself) other accents slip in with certain words or a part of an accent gets stronger if I’ve been interacting with family. I also have a tendency to unconsciously slip into other accents when around others with a strong accent.
I’d say London but you do say some things proper northern x"
You just can’t shake your dna |
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"To many parts of my life make up my accent. Although people say it is predominantly London (I can’t hear it myself) other accents slip in with certain words or a part of an accent gets stronger if I’ve been interacting with family. I also have a tendency to unconsciously slip into other accents when around others with a strong accent.
I’d say London but you do say some things proper northern x
I’m with Nora on this one .... you can do my makem accent soon "
Haha I think yours is the quickest I’ve ever slipped into. Look forward to it x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"To many parts of my life make up my accent. Although people say it is predominantly London (I can’t hear it myself) other accents slip in with certain words or a part of an accent gets stronger if I’ve been interacting with family. I also have a tendency to unconsciously slip into other accents when around others with a strong accent.
I’d say London but you do say some things proper northern x
I’m with Nora on this one .... you can do my makem accent soon "
I chatted to you at the MLS a few years ago. I liked the way Cookie sounded in your Makem accent when you introduced yourself |
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"I lost my regional accent when I went to university, people always comment on my accent or lack thereof.
The only thing that betrays me is when I say ‘bath, grass, dance’ where I use the soft pronunciation "
barth , grarse , darnce ? |
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By *ookie46Woman
over a year ago
Deepest darkest Peru |
"To many parts of my life make up my accent. Although people say it is predominantly London (I can’t hear it myself) other accents slip in with certain words or a part of an accent gets stronger if I’ve been interacting with family. I also have a tendency to unconsciously slip into other accents when around others with a strong accent.
I’d say London but you do say some things proper northern x
I’m with Nora on this one .... you can do my makem accent soon
I chatted to you at the MLS a few years ago. I liked the way Cookie sounded in your Makem accent when you introduced yourself "
People kept making me say my name |
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"To many parts of my life make up my accent. Although people say it is predominantly London (I can’t hear it myself) other accents slip in with certain words or a part of an accent gets stronger if I’ve been interacting with family. I also have a tendency to unconsciously slip into other accents when around others with a strong accent.
I’d say London but you do say some things proper northern x
I’m with Nora on this one .... you can do my makem accent soon
I chatted to you at the MLS a few years ago. I liked the way Cookie sounded in your Makem accent when you introduced yourself
People kept making me say my name "
Coooooooooookie |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"To many parts of my life make up my accent. Although people say it is predominantly London (I can’t hear it myself) other accents slip in with certain words or a part of an accent gets stronger if I’ve been interacting with family. I also have a tendency to unconsciously slip into other accents when around others with a strong accent.
I’d say London but you do say some things proper northern x
I’m with Nora on this one .... you can do my makem accent soon
I chatted to you at the MLS a few years ago. I liked the way Cookie sounded in your Makem accent when you introduced yourself
People kept making me say my name "
Haha, I remember |
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I’m not from Yorkshire and even though I’ve lived up here for 11 years now, my home accent is still prevalent. I’m originally from The Wirral but it’s a diluted version.
C is originally from Lincolnshire but has lived all over the country and until recently Cambridge, so has a plummy accent (in a good way).
K |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
Home Counties born and bread so a total non-accent, although if I spend an amount of time in a certain area that has a strong regional accent or with someone from a certain area with the same then I do tend to pick up hints of that accent or odd words that are specific to it. |
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My accent is more northern than I'd like...Southerners think I sound Northern, Northerners think I sound posh (I'm not, I just pronounce my haitches and the word "the" in it's entirity). I sound like Danny Dyer when I'm either d*unk or really angry. |
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By *ittycenMan
over a year ago
south west |
Apparently I have a very calming voice. When I worked on a service desk, it was pointed out once that a lot of ladies would hang up and call back to speak to me, which explained a fair bit of the giggly ness!
Also have been told I sound posh, but I’m from swindon. I do sometimes hear a Norfolk accent in my own voice as I do have a family background there |
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Kind of. I was born and grew up in South London, then spent my adolescence in Wirral, my early 20s in Leicester and now I live in Liverpool. Northerners think I'm posh, Southerners think I sound Northern (i.e. common as muck  ) |
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By *ittycenMan
over a year ago
south west |
"I've lived all over but sound exactly the same (with a few American isms) my parents paid a lot for my accent "
In my mind, you have a Russian accent to go with your name! Unoriginal yes, but I can’t help it! |
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"I speak the queen's english with a posh scouse lilt. I'm from Birmingham and slip into that now and then.
When I really get going the rough, harsh scouse comes out. Maybe that's the real me but inside I still feel Brummy.
P.S. I think it's polite scouse but when i hear myself it's a shock.
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It’s normal, I used to live in Worcester and even now when I’m with friends my accent changes to a more Birmingham accent |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My accent is more northern than I'd like...Southerners think I sound Northern, Northerners think I sound posh (I'm not, I just pronounce my haitches and the word "the" in it's entirity). I sound like Danny Dyer when I'm either d*unk or really angry. "
'What the fark's goin' on?! Get in there! Shut it!' |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Kind of. I was born and grew up in South London, then spent my adolescence in Wirral, my early 20s in Leicester and now I live in Liverpool. Northerners think I'm posh, Southerners think I sound Northern (i.e. common as muck ) "
I worked in London with a bloke from Newcastle. He was very well spoken until we went for a drink with some of his friends and I sat there surrounded by thick Geordie accents wondering what was going on. |
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It's funny because most are talking of moving great distances to have a misplaced accent. I now live about 20 miles from where I was brought up and my accent is different to the locals. M grew up 27 miles away from me and we sound completely different. |
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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago
Manchester (he/him) |
"I lost my regional accent when I went to university, people always comment on my accent or lack thereof.
The only thing that betrays me is when I say ‘bath, grass, dance’ where I use the soft pronunciation
barth , grarse , darnce ?"
No, there are no ‘r’s’ in those words |
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"I’m not from Yorkshire and even though I’ve lived up here for 11 years now, my home accent is still prevalent. I’m originally from The Wirral but it’s a diluted version.
C is originally from Lincolnshire but has lived all over the country and until recently Cambridge, so has a plummy accent (in a good way).
K"
Your accents compliment one another |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I've lived all over but sound exactly the same (with a few American isms) my parents paid a lot for my accent
In my mind, you have a Russian accent to go with your name! Unoriginal yes, but I can’t help it!"
But of course accent always changes with my name changes  |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
I'm a south east London type. But apparently I have a lot of West Country in my voice now.
I've been accused of sounding Aussie on a lot of occasions though. |
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