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FUNNY! Mancunian Accent Lesson :D :D :D
Sep. 8th, 2011 11:02 amOne of my favorite things about writing fic is having to do research to find things out. Last time I had to look up what card games people play in England and found out about an extremely fun sounding version of Crazy Eights called Black Jack (not the American poker game).
This time I've been doing a little accent investigation. There is tons to learn about the Northern regional accents. Apparently in Yorkshire alone there are a number of different accents by town or village that are mutually confusing!!
I myself grew up with a recognizable regional accent -- I'm Appalachian, from West Virginia-- so I'm sensitive to accent pride and being taunted for having an accent. I'm in love with Torchwood primarily because of Gwen Cooper's incredibly beautiful Welsh accent -- which, I've been told, is an accent people often try to lose for exactly the same reasons that the West Virginian accent is sometimes mocked. (My own native accent has faded quite a bit since I was a kid, but I can still slip into it right away on the phone with my mom. )
I love Christopher Eccleston for his Mancunian accent too. I think it's quite beautiful! I was trying to discover if as a Manc he would say "summat" or not. Any thoughts from English friends?
That's how I found this incredibly funny sound recording. It's a "repeat the phrase" exercise where a lady says a sentence in RP (received pronunciation) and then it's translated into Mancunian by another younger sounding lady. OMG, rotflmao!!!! It plays off of Real Player so don't be afraid if your browser needs an update, it is a site from BBC Manchester. :D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2005/01/11/learn_mancunian_voices_feature.shtml
Oh, btw, Book Sale was a triumph, raising $10K again, and only the very last hour was drowned by rain. :)
This time I've been doing a little accent investigation. There is tons to learn about the Northern regional accents. Apparently in Yorkshire alone there are a number of different accents by town or village that are mutually confusing!!
I myself grew up with a recognizable regional accent -- I'm Appalachian, from West Virginia-- so I'm sensitive to accent pride and being taunted for having an accent. I'm in love with Torchwood primarily because of Gwen Cooper's incredibly beautiful Welsh accent -- which, I've been told, is an accent people often try to lose for exactly the same reasons that the West Virginian accent is sometimes mocked. (My own native accent has faded quite a bit since I was a kid, but I can still slip into it right away on the phone with my mom. )
I love Christopher Eccleston for his Mancunian accent too. I think it's quite beautiful! I was trying to discover if as a Manc he would say "summat" or not. Any thoughts from English friends?
That's how I found this incredibly funny sound recording. It's a "repeat the phrase" exercise where a lady says a sentence in RP (received pronunciation) and then it's translated into Mancunian by another younger sounding lady. OMG, rotflmao!!!! It plays off of Real Player so don't be afraid if your browser needs an update, it is a site from BBC Manchester. :D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2005/01/11/learn_mancunian_voices_feature.shtml
Oh, btw, Book Sale was a triumph, raising $10K again, and only the very last hour was drowned by rain. :)
