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<blockquote data-quote="Little Richardjohn" data-source="post: 294408"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thingimubob @ Nov 27 2009, 01:58 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=423590" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Fascinating subject. All the best with it.</p><p>I know, for instance, that it used to be possible to tell between someone who grew up in Gorseinon and someone who grew up in Bynea - 3 miles away. Swansea was very different again, distinctive in the region, probably because of being the big port, and with lots of Irish in it. Accents can be that regional.</p><p>You know the fact that the south welsh take endless liberties at the expense of the northern accent? The 'gogs'? 'A boil teg, a fry teg or a poach teg?'</p><p>You know that to imitate a Scouse accent, you merely keep your tongue at the back of your throat when you speak?</p><p>And to imitate a 'highbrow' upper-class accent, you literally lift your eyebrows high - it opens something or other, and makes you sound confident and unruffled.</p><p>As for where these things come from, see the infinite tapestry of cultural exchange and collision.</p><p>let us know how you get on. A blog?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Little Richardjohn, post: 294408"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thingimubob @ Nov 27 2009, 01:58 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=423590']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Fascinating subject. All the best with it. I know, for instance, that it used to be possible to tell between someone who grew up in Gorseinon and someone who grew up in Bynea - 3 miles away. Swansea was very different again, distinctive in the region, probably because of being the big port, and with lots of Irish in it. Accents can be that regional. You know the fact that the south welsh take endless liberties at the expense of the northern accent? The 'gogs'? 'A boil teg, a fry teg or a poach teg?' You know that to imitate a Scouse accent, you merely keep your tongue at the back of your throat when you speak? And to imitate a 'highbrow' upper-class accent, you literally lift your eyebrows high - it opens something or other, and makes you sound confident and unruffled. As for where these things come from, see the infinite tapestry of cultural exchange and collision. let us know how you get on. A blog? [/QUOTE]
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