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having lived in a few places with distinctly different accents my pronunciation sometimes varies but here goes.

This time we're doing slang as well as pronunciations!

Economics: Economics
Privacy: privacy (i as in in)
Dancing: dan sing
Make: mayke (bit of a lancashire twang to that one)
Often: Why do people say offen? I thought it wasn't a word? of-ten
Doncaster: don-c-ass-ter
Frances: frahnces
Rawtenstall: Rotten-stall when I'm in lancashire, Raw-ten-staall other times

T' slang section: Ie. iff you say "init" instead of isn't it... or if instead you say backie for taking a ride on someones bike.
Isn't: isn't
Wouldn't: wouldn't
Couldn't: couldn't
Shouldn't: shouldn't
Wasn't: wasn't
Something: somethin
Truenting: truenting / skiving
I: I
Have: have
I am: I amm
Taking a ride on a bike with someone else on it (is that clear?): choggy
The shop: the shop
A woman: a woman
A man: a man
Passage way between houses: ginnel or snicket

Where your from: all over - went to three different junior schools in 3 year

Any any more word suggestions welcome!

another place name or two Mytholmroyd and Lomeshay.
Magdelen - as in the bridge in Oxford.
Secretary.

and what do you call the small round bread, often sold split in two buttered with a savory filling?

Reply 41

zombie

I've lived in a few places with very different accents so this could be interesting....... or I could just speak like where I come from now?!

This time we're doing slang as well as pronunciations!

Economics:E-coh-no-mix
Privacy:pri-va-cy (no emphasis on the 'I')
Dancing:dancing... no long aaaaaaaaa sound
Make: as its spelt
Often: Why do people say offen? I thought it wasn't a word? ov-ten
Doncaster: again, no long aaa sound. just Don-cas-ter
Frances: France (like the country) the 'es'
Rawtenstall: Raw-ten-staaaaaaaaall. I dunno why I do this, but I'd probably pronounce that 'a' like a southener.

T' slang section: Ie. iff you say "init" instead of isn't it... or if instead you say backie for taking a ride on someones bike.
Isn't: 99% of the time i saw iznt, sometimes innit
Wouldn't:wudn't
Couldn't:cudn't
Shouldn't:shudn't
Wasn't:wasn't
Something:something, sometimes somefing (I hate doing that but a few of my mates do so it sometimes rubs off.... I mean, geez!! it's a TH, not anF!!)
Truenting:skiving
I:I
Have:av
I am:I'm
Taking a ride on a bike with someone else on it (is that clear?):no special word, just getting a ride on someones bike
The shop:the shops
A woman:a woman
A man:a man
Passage way between houses:guinnel (sp?)... thats a new word for me, I only just learnt it recently, I'd'v called it an alley before

Where your from:Northwest

Any any more word suggestions welcome!

I find it funny how we have different words for scallys (chavs whatever!) depending on where we're from. Down south don't they get called rude boys and townies too?? And moshers are grungers lol.... hmm... what else... can't think.

Reply 42

Everdawn

Privacy:Rr-eye-vecee
Dancing: Da'a-ncing
Make: Mayke
Often: Why do people say offen? I thought it wasn't a word? Of-ten

T' slang section: Ie. iff you say "init" instead of isn't it... or if instead you say backie for taking a ride on someones bike.
Isn't: innit- thanks to you guys, youve got me saying it!
I am:
Taking a ride on a bike with someone else on it (is that clear?): Here its referred to as a 'dink' someone will offer you a 'dink' to the shops.
A woman: chick
A man: guy
Passage way between houses: walkway

Where your from: Australia

Reply 43

Tev

crana

hello to a fellow person from vaguely near where i live (mansfield). i am happy to see we say most things the same :wink:

but how would you say rainworth, blidworth, and southwell...?!

rosie

rainworth - ran woth?
blidworth - blid woth
southwell - suth ell

Am I close?

Reply 44

Pegasus

Economics: eck -on-omiks
Privacy: priv -assy
Dancing: daans-ing
Make: may-ke
Often: off-ten
Doncaster: donk-ass-ter
Frances: france-iss
Rawtenstall: ? ?

T' slang section:
Isn't: isn't
Wouldn't: wouldn't/won't
Couldn't: couldn't /
Shouldn't: shunt
Wasn't: wern't
Something: sommit
Truenting: bunking/ skivving
I: I
Have: have
I am: yam
Taking a ride on a bike with someone else on it (is that clear?):
The shop: shop
A woman: women
A man: guy
Passage way between houses: alley

Wher are you from: Portsmouth

Other suggestions:

bowling
ironing
irony

Reply 45

Pegasus

Its weird at school 'chav' used to mean someone who was younger than us, particularly those in yr7/8 which kinda makes sense as it comes from the romanian for child but now when I say chav I'm refering to chav-scums/neds/pikeys.

Reply 46

*Joanna*

happysunshine

This time we're doing slang as well as pronunciations!

Economics: eh-con-omicks
Privacy: pry-vacee
Dancing: dan-sing, short a
Make: either with a short 'ay' sound or sometimes a long 'a', or mekk
Often: of-tun
Doncaster: Don-cast-uh
Frances: Fran-siss
Rawtenstall: no idea

T' slang section: Ie. iff you say "init" instead of isn't it... or if instead you say backie for taking a ride on someones bike.
Isn't: int, or miss the t off, or 's not
Wouldn't: wunt or miss the t
Couldn't: as above
Shouldn't: as above
Wasn't: wont or miss t
Something: sumthin, summat
Truenting: skivin, bunking off
I: eye, or shortened to ah (kinda like when u learn the alphabet when you're little), as in 'ah can't see' or whatever
Have: have, 'ave
I am: I'm, sometimes the I disappears altogether, it's so short
Taking a ride on a bike with someone else on it (is that clear?): backie
The shop: er...shop
A woman: lass or girl if young, lady
A man: lad, guy, bloke, feller, gadge
Passage way between houses: alley

Where you're from: Cumbria, land of the sheep and rain

Any any more word suggestions welcome!

How would everyone say Brunswick? It's a road in my town, but all (actually, that's not fair, most) tourists and newcomers pronounce it wrong.

Reply 47

Tev

Isn't Brunswick also a town? I'd be tempted to say bruns-wick, but its probably a trick question :rolleyes:

Reply 48

eleenia

happysunshine

This time we're doing slang as well as pronunciations!

Economics:eck-in-omicks
Privacy: pr-eye-va-sie or pr-ih-va-sie depending on situation
Dancing: d-ahn-cing
Make: may-ke
Often: Why do people say offen? I thought it wasn't a word? both of-ten and off-en
Doncaster: Don-cah-st-er
Frances: Frah-n-cis
Rawtenstall:?

T' slang section: Ie. iff you say "init" instead of isn't it... or if instead you say backie for taking a ride on someones bike.
Isn't: Izunt (glottal stop almost everything)
Wouldn't: woodent
Couldn't: cudent
Shouldn't:shudent
Wasn't: wazent
Something: sumfink/sumfing/sumfin' depending on how fast talking.
Truenting: tru-an-tin'; skivin', bunkin', skipping, (mum says 'mitching?!'
I: Eye
Have: Ha-ve
I am: I'm or eye-yam
Taking a ride on a bike with someone else on it (is that clear?): back-ey
The shop: same
A woman: a lady, a girl, or a bidster if elderly.
A man: a lad if younger a man if older
Passage way between houses: Ah-lee

Where your from: London

Any any more word suggestions welcome!

Reply 49

*Joanna*

Tev

Isn't Brunswick also a town? I'd be tempted to say bruns-wick, but its probably a trick question :rolleyes:

Not a trick as such, but you don't say the W. It's more like Brunz-ick. Lol, I've just realised my other post makes me sound really thick, and unable to use proper grammer....I can!

EDIT: grammar, not grammer, oops

Reply 50

Fleffzilla

Economics: Eck-on-om-iks
Privacy: pry-va-see
Dancing: dan-sing
Make: mayk
Often: off-tun
Doncaster: don-ca-ster
Frances: fran-sis
Rawtenstall: no idea... I suppose it'd be raw-tun-storll

T' slang section:
Isn't: is-ent
Wouldn't: wud-unt
Couldn't: cud-unt
Shouldn't: shud-unt
Wasn't: wos-unt
Something: sum-thing
Truenting: tru-ent-ing
I: ai (??)
Have: hav
I am: I'm
Taking a ride on a bike with someone else on it (is that clear?): Never said it... erm.... :confused:

The shop: Where I live it's "the co-op" or "up town", or alternatively, 'shop'.
A woman: a woman or whim-en for plural...
A man: a man
Passage way between houses: alley (sp?) or alleyway, or even backalley.

One that I've noticed that I say differently to everyone where I live is 'nothing' I say it "no-thing" and everyone else seems to say "nu-thing"

I live in Telford, Shropshire, the land of farmers and rather a lot of Welsh people, 'cos it's on the border... Oh, but my parents are Wearsiders, so I've had influences from the northeast... it's an odd mix, really.

Reply 51

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sashh

and what do you call the small round bread, often sold split in two buttered with a savory filling?

a cob, or occasionally a bap, but crusty ones are rolls

Reply 52

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zombie

I find it funny how we have different words for scallys (chavs whatever!) depending on where we're from. Down south don't they get called rude boys and townies too?? And moshers are grungers lol.... hmm... what else... can't think.

Rude boys, rudies, nahs, twoforones

Reply 53

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Tev

rainworth - ran woth?
blidworth - blid woth
southwell - suth ell

Am I close?

renneth and bliddeth is what most people say here but yeah for suthull.

if people do say it "properly" then rainworth is usually said like rain not ran.