My accent is very watered down these days, but I can still talk proper like what I used to. I always find Yorkshire accents written phonetically very odd, and found them completely incomprehensible til I realised you have to read them with a southern accent for them to come out right. :)
Years ago I had a Scottish girlfriend whose family name was Aitken. Her job often required her to state her personal details by phone, and she told me that she'd found the only way to say AITKEN comprehensibly to English people was to do it in Mockney.
As for me, I talk Mockney most of the time but I can easily go cut-glass, which is a great way to open professional doors. By now (12 years off cum'd'un) I can do Yorkshire too, semi-convincingly and risibly I'm told. If we ever meet in person, remind me to tell you of the time a security guard at Leeds University told me that his friend 'bats for t'other team,' then didn't believe me when I said, 'So do I!' 'No y'doant. You can't do. You're an attractive young leedy!'
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Date: 2014-04-21 08:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-21 09:24 pm (UTC)As for me, I talk Mockney most of the time but I can easily go cut-glass, which is a great way to open professional doors. By now (12 years off cum'd'un) I can do Yorkshire too, semi-convincingly and risibly I'm told. If we ever meet in person, remind me to tell you of the time a security guard at Leeds University told me that his friend 'bats for t'other team,' then didn't believe me when I said, 'So do I!' 'No y'doant. You can't do. You're an attractive young leedy!'
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Date: 2014-04-22 02:35 pm (UTC)