Posted by Meri-Tuuli on August 20, 2007, at 14:03:57
In reply to Accent vs Dialect/Sen vs Sell » Meri-Tuuli, posted by Quintal on August 19, 2007, at 16:16:42
Ey up,
Now then, we say 'sen' like you say 'sell' ? Or do ya t'mean 'sell' proper like?
Hey - its been a long time - I think your accent switching accurately describes me, although to be fair, I'm not sure I had all that of a strong accent to begin with, but it were plenty strong enough at uni like t' make me want t'change it love!
Do you know, I got introduced to 'sen' whilst on a school trip when I was 17? You would have thought that living where I did I'd have come across it sooner. But no. I'm abit miffed I don't have a nice proper accent!
So you say, 'lower yoursell down' in stead of 'lower yoursen down'? I suppose so. I read up about Yorkshire accents on wiki and i didn't even realise that we say 'I aren't feeling too well' when it should be 'I'm not feeling too well' - there's the whole 'I aren't' instead of the 'I'm not'.
Oh well. So you speak Machum or Georgie? We used to go 'why and aye' for some reason in a georgie accent at school. We all thought you were supercool because you had Biker Grove.
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