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Unusually sencible question about accents
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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We all know english has many regional accents in most english speaking parts if the world
Be it uk us or down under
Byt do other languages have as many diffent accents or are we unuque in our craziness  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"They do in the USA, think of the Deep South accent compared with a New York accent. They’re totally different."
yes i said us do as they speak english but any other languages
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Course they do! Scotland and Wales have loads of variant accents too, USA as well. You're not unique at all I'm afraid PMF  "
Haha need to get yasel up north! More accents than folk have had hot dinners |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I’m not sure there is another place on the planet with as many different accents in such a small area. And where do accents stop and new ones start, is there a distinct line, or is it a gradual blending into another accent ?! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When I moved back from France my French teacher (Parienne) told me I couldn't speak French as I had a Normandy accent! Her exact words were 'it's like saying someone from Birmingham speaks English... they don't!' |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I’m not sure there is another place on the planet with as many different accents in such a small area. And where do accents stop and new ones start, is there a distinct line, or is it a gradual blending into another accent ?!"
Haha honestly it’s mad! Accents vary from town town and even the small villages around! I live in the ribble valley and every one sounds different |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"americans have a varying accent too"
But it’s a much bigger area, my next door neighbour speaks in a different accent to me, but he is Polish so that explains that. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Someone from down south blocked me this morning because I called them “chuck”. I’ll have to remember my UK wide terms of endearment next time  "
Maybe they thought you were finishing with them. |
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"When I moved back from France my French teacher (Parienne) told me I couldn't speak French as I had a Normandy accent! Her exact words were 'it's like saying someone from Birmingham speaks English... they don't!'"
Hahaha great quote! I’m from Birmingham so I need to find out what language I speak. I’m with Thomas Shelby on that one! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We all know english has many regional accents in most english speaking parts if the world
Be it uk us or down under
Byt do other languages have as many diffent accents or are we unuque in our craziness "
Apparently China has accent variations. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I’m not sure there is another place on the planet with as many different accents in such a small area. And where do accents stop and new ones start, is there a distinct line, or is it a gradual blending into another accent ?!"
Definitely Blending gradually. From central Manchester to Bury is less than 10 miles and the difference is massive but half way you’ll get something like me. I slip between man/Lancashire using different words and sayings all the time. As these are the type of people I talk to that have influenced me. |
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I'm originally from the Midlands.
My family are spread over Derbyshire, Notts & Yorkshire.
Not one of us has the same accent.
I can't even understand my cousin on the phone, we have to video call or we spend the whole chat saying "What?"
We may need a translator tomorrow, when 20 of us all get together! |
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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago
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Yes,OP, other languages have regional dialects too.
In general, you will find that the changes in English are replicated in other languages too... softer accents, dropped consonants, uncouth rasps.
Google should give more information (and will definitely read the question better ) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's quite normal OP. In fact accent has been found to change (albeit subtly) every 15-20 miles or so. Then there are variations in how language is used and regionally different words. Nothing crazy about it, just part of being human and living on a diverse planet! |
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Yes, nearly all languages do - French, German, Spanish and Italian all do. Remember Italy only became a country 150 years or so ago.
What's curious to me is the commonality and then the random differences. A Norwegian can understand Swedish and Danish (but Danes can't speak Norwegian very well) yet Finnish is only similar to Hungarian despite being "next door". |
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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago
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"I’m not sure there is another place on the planet with as many different accents in such a small area. And where do accents stop and new ones start, is there a distinct line, or is it a gradual blending into another accent ?!"
I thinks it's probably gradual blending. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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How many times do you see an Italian or french tourist in England trying to speak English with ‘our’ accent. Yet, when I speak Spanish I try my best to sound like a Gringo? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think all languages under the sun come with regional accents as well as regional linguistic idiosyncrasies.
I speak 4 languages and that’s the case with all of them.
Logic tells me that that specific human trait is very unlikely to be unique to a particular region of the globe. |
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