Im fascinated by accents and on my travels recently have met with lots of different people from lots of different areas ranging from Cornwall to County Durham. The one thing that I have found interesting is the names that people are called from different areas. We ve had one example of scousers on here and heres the only ones I know of, has anyone got any from there area.

I didnt realise that Geordies were only from a certain part either.

Hampshire; Hampshire hogs
Suffolk. The Tractor boys or Silly Suffolk
Cockney, East End of London, within the sound of Bow Bells.

Devon-Devonshire Dumplings
Birkenhead-Birkonians
Birmingham-Brummies
Manchester-Mancunians

Can,t think of any more at the mo but no doubt I will haha

Oh wow that was brilliant Goddess, I hope we get more I find it interesting.

Yeh ,me too ,I moved around quite a lot and I love the different accents and dialects , when I had my youngest son ,I took him to the pub I had worked In and my boss (who was from Yeovil ) said "Oohh hers lovely in her ? " I said "It,s a boy " and he said "yeh I know " lol
but thats how they talk !!!
when they want to know where something is they say " wheres it to ?"

Thanks for bringing this subject up Folks!
I'm fascinated by accents too! As well as mfl, I also studied linguistics in my degree, and i did modules which covered accents.

In the 'Black Country' they say 'her' instead of 'she' and 'us' instead of 'we'. It's true about 'Birmingham - Brummies' and people also shorten Birmingham to 'Brum'.

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Thanks for bringing this subject up Folks!
I'm fascinated by accents too! As well as mfl, I also studied linguistics in my degree, and i did modules which covered accents.

In the 'Black Country' they say 'her' instead of 'she' and 'us' instead of 'we'. It's true about 'Birmingham - Brummies' and people also shorten Birmingham to 'Brum'.

I meant they say 'we' instead of 'us' in the Black Country.

Its funny how one subject can slightly go off course, I have just remembered that when my mum lived in Nottinghamshire, they would say eh up me duck, in other words how are are. Also Im goin tut shops.

People from liverpool are sometimes called Scousers!!

Just had a thought I believe there is such a person as a accent anaylsis. Paul could have some people on his show and he could have to guess where they are from. Or perhaps pick on people in the audience. Get them to talk and he could guess and see if he got it right.

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Just had a thought I believe there is such a person as a accent anaylsis. Paul could have some people on his show and he could have to guess where they are from. Or perhaps pick on people in the audience. Get them to talk and he could guess and see if he got it right.

That would be cool! We did something like that in one of my lectures once.

That would be fab, i bet id cause confusion tho, with my mixed up accent i apparently have!

My daughter has a mixed up accent as well and people think she is south african !!! don,t know how they get that haha

I call sandwiches, "Butties", I get a few weired looks sometimes!!!

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My daughter has a mixed up accent as well and people think she is south african !!! don,t know how they get that haha

People usually say to me, where are u from originally then?!... So i have to explain!!!

Well It,s coz I,m from Birkenhead and my hubby is from Exeter (but speaks with a London accent ) no wonder the poor girl is mixed up, haha
Iv,e always called sandwiches butties !and the lecy ,the coey,the lavy.
Translation;:-lecy-electricity
:-coey-the co-op
:-lavy-the lavatory

HaHa ! that sound so sad when I see it it black and white !

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Well It,s coz I,m from Birkenhead and my hubby is from Exeter (but speaks with a London accent ) no wonder the poor girl is mixed up, haha
Iv,e always called sandwiches butties !and the lecy ,the coey,the lavy.
Translation;:-lecy-electricity
:-coey-the co-op
:-lavy-the lavatory

HaHa ! that sound so sad when I see it it black and white !

Hi Monica. I think i've picked up some of those examples of your dialect e.g. 'lecy' from the pog show, although i do still say sandwiches!

Hi Andria ,If it doesn,t end in "ey" then it,s "ed" as in d***ed or my nickname which was scon ed...... oh kids can be so cruel haha

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Hi Andria ,If it doesn,t end in "ey" then it,s "ed" as in d***ed or my nickname which was scon ed...... oh kids can be so cruel haha

Oh right. Have you got any more examples? Is your and Pog's dialect actually considered as Scouse?

Well to people I meet for the first time I always say I,m from Liverpool coz not many people know where Birkenhead is !! so I get called a scoucer but I don,t really like that ! Then after I explain they call me a "Woolyback " coz thats wot "scoucers" call people from Birkenhead !!!!!!!!! complicated Isn,t It ??
Anyway as far as I,m concerned I,m a Birkonian !

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Well to people I meet for the first time I always say I,m from Liverpool coz not many people know where Birkenhead is !! so I get called a scoucer but I don,t really like that ! Then after I explain they call me a "Woolyback " coz thats wot "scoucers" call people from Birkenhead !!!!!!!!! complicated Isn,t It ??



Anyway as far as I,m concerned I,m a Birkonian !

No not at all. Thanks for explaining. That's what i wanted to know really.

Pheeewww , glad we got that sorted out hahaha


I met a woman the other day from Tranmere (where Paul lived ) and she said she can remember him as a kid !!

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Pheeewww , glad we got that sorted out hahaha


I met a woman the other day from Tranmere (where Paul lived ) and she said she can remember him as a kid !!

Yeh me too! Wow that's cool! I wonder if she watches his show?

Yes ,she said she does , and she said he was always a bit of a bugger !!! lol

Yeh so can I lol,this woman was a bit older than me and Paul ,I think she was about 60 , so she new him when he was a kid and she was a teenager and we all know how that feels !!!

Back to the topic ..just thought of some more:-
Flippin eck !
girraffe to
me mam an me dad
giz a job
jigger rabbit (cat)
the back kitchen
on the knock(hp)

haha quite nostalgic this !!