Sparky71 Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 I've always been fascinated in accents and how they change. For example the rising inflection at the "end of a sentence" that has caught on from Aussie soaps, the replacement in inner London of Cockney by the annoying Ali G type accent and recently the starting of a reply with "so.....". However there seems to be a change in Warrington. In the 90s I reckon our accent went a bit more towards Manc, especially with the yoof, fanks….thanks mainly the the Gallagher brothers and Kevin and Perry. More recently I noticed that this posh pronunciation of the "o" in words like home, ghost, foam etc. So that they are pronounced haywme, gaywst and faywme, seems to be spreading north. It used to be mostly found in the Cheshire set, the Wirral, Chester, Ellesmere Port and the like. It has slowly spread to Lymm, Stockton Heath and south of the MSC but can now be freely heard around town even in Orford, Bewsey and Longford. A step back IMO. Anyone else noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 The accents I mainly hear about town are Polish and Russian 😉. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 I haven't heard any posh abuse being hurled at the ref at the HJ so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 9 hours ago, Davy51 said: I haven't heard any posh abuse being hurled at the ref at the HJ so far. So they are all still bank employees then..🤔..🤭 The adding of the letter H to beginning of certain words always puzzled me. eg Hwaht and Hyou. this was usually associated with the "Chinless" horsey brigade. As a lad I could tell where somebody was from, within a few miles, as soon as they spoke their first word. (depending on where they came from even down to the nearest street) These days it is easier to tell what year they were born by their spoken words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 They certainly are Sid ,but hbanker doesn't sound right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer II Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Well spotted TF; I've noticed it - but thought I was alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallard12 Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 The omission of 'h' has always been an indication of station if not area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky71 Posted March 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 Breaking news, the "upspeak" mentioned above has been replaced by something called "vocal fry". This is where the end of a sentence drops in pitch so low and drawn out that they are almost croaked out. Some great examples on line. It seems to have been stated by the Cardashians and their followers. Totally awesooooome. lets hope it NEVER catches on heeeeere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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