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Durham accent?
I have heard from my friends that people in Durham have a very distinctive accent which is hard to understand. Is this true? What sort of accent is it? Posh?
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what does it sound like?
sorry stupid question ill try to research ;P
grr... what does it sound like? scottish?
mtbab
lol geordie pretty much
NO. You are very wrong.
Durham natives do not sound like Geordies at all, and they don't have the dialect, either. Whoever said they sound like Makems is closer to the point. It's more northern than an Boro accent, but nowhere near as broad and horrible as the Geordie accent.
I thought this was amusing - tried to find an example of the accent on youtube to no avail... but this video shows some pretty good views of Durham.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiyF1cVIQxU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiyF1cVIQxU
annie_wilson
grr... what does it sound like? scottish?
no.....geordie....newcastle....nothern....have you never heard a geordie accent lol, google it/youtube it haha
or mackem whatever those lot up there said, its close tho....hey i'm a non-accented midlander, i have an ex from durham, sounded quite geordie ish haa
the difference between durham and newcastle locals, is that you can understand the durhamers
ha, i live with some durham-ers. love their accent. very northern
ahem. as i 'durham-er' myself, i can safely say that our accent is not posh, don't be fooled by all the students. and there is a big difference between geordie and a durham version of geordie. honestly, you make it sound like we're from another planet!
LaBellaVita
ahem. as i 'durham-er' myself, i can safely say that our accent is not posh
Ya think!
Well, I've spoken to a couple of people from Durham, and to a southern ear it does sound akin to a Geordie accent - which isn't to criticise it, seeing as Geordie accents are most definitely my favourite accents in the whole world. 
I remember speaking to my first year roomy on MSN before we came to Durham. She's from Brighton and she asked me: "so, do you speak with a northern accent? I hope it's not too strong because I can't understand northern people very easily!" I was NOT looking forward to sharing with her after that...but as it turns out she could understand me and we got on like a house on fire 
Also, personally I don't think the Durham accent is hard to understand, but then I am from a place with an actual dialect myself and have spent a lot of time in the North East previous to coming to Durham so it's not something I ever considered worrying about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uUWHy5abXA&feature=related
Have a listen to that pet. Should give you a nice idea. Can't see how anyone would struggle to understand them though!
Have a listen to that pet. Should give you a nice idea. Can't see how anyone would struggle to understand them though!
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