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07-09-2005, 13:53
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Re: English and how it is spoke
Oh i am my sayin goes im Northern & im proud of it!!!!
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07-09-2005, 13:59
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Re: English and how it is spoke
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maybe strange but be proud though!!!!!!:engsmil:
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yeh boo certainly am proud, just to wander a bit my nan used to say something that i still cant find out where it originated (thowd mangle side ot benk) i know what the benk was but beats me where the name comes from anybody know?
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07-09-2005, 14:00
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Re: English and how it is spoke
Though Lancastrian borders have changed somewhat over the years Bolton was part of Lancs & now its Greater Manchester they have a regional accent of Manc & Lanc tehehehe but least as you said Babyboo about mixed regionals/race intergrated in places that variation accents get picked easily.
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07-09-2005, 14:01
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Re: English and how it is spoke
Whats a benk Cashy?? though know what a mangle is tehehe
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07-09-2005, 14:04
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i think its funny really, my cousins who are 3 and 4 years old live in germany in the army barracks and the kids who live within army barracks actually have there own accent the reason being is that they move around so much and most of the army "families' are from different parts of the world they pick it up so easily! if one of them was to speak to me id probably need a translater to understand them and they are from lancashire too! they have a mixture of lancashire, newcaslte, liverpool, london, german, any accent you can think of! they have it!
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07-09-2005, 14:05
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Re: English and how it is spoke
the benk was in the back yard usually to the side of the window by the adjoining wall a large flat stone effort about waist high,aint very good at describing things so thatll have to do.lol
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07-09-2005, 14:07
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Re: English and how it is spoke
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the benk was in the back yard usually to the side of the window by the adjoining wall a large flat stone effort about waist high,aint very good at describing things so thatll have to do.lol
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Ahhhh right i get it now tehehehe cheers Cashy
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07-09-2005, 14:09
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i think its funny really, my cousins who are 3 and 4 years old live in germany in the army barracks and the kids who live within army barracks actually have there own accent the reason being is that they move around so much and most of the army "families' are from different parts of the world they pick it up so easily! if one of them was to speak to me id probably need a translater to understand them and they are from lancashire too! they have a mixture of lancashire, newcaslte, liverpool, london, german, any accent you can think of! they have it!
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Oh gosh there is a lot of accents in one there i bet that is very confusing Babyboo
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07-09-2005, 14:26
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Re: English and how it is spoke
What was the purpose of the benk?
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07-09-2005, 15:42
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Re: English and how it is spoke
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What was the purpose of the benk?
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thats what i want to know willow the name was in use- the benk was not,can only hazard a guess! maybe for putting the damp clothes on either before or after mangaling them? owd bert may know?
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07-09-2005, 17:31
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Re: English and how it is spoke
I think it was connected to the man that BabyBoo mentioned, but in the other week's Sunday Times there was a report saying that regional accents are making a come back. There was also an example given of regional ways of saying cold. Our's was 'fleeing'. Which we say all the time, and I have never really thought of before.
Does it mean that it's so cold in Accrington that we don't need delousing because they have jumped off?
This flies in the face of the fear that with mass communication, and the Americanisation of our culture, we would all be speaking Estuaryspeak before very long, that awful Thameslink corridor garbage they speak in the south east.
After nearly half my life living away from Lancashire, I'm happy to report that my accent is returning. Though I guess I'm lucky, everything ever to leave my lips is the Queen's English, ie: mine.
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07-09-2005, 18:36
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Re: English and how it is spoke
I would rather have my own accent than the home counties idea of an accent. Its part of our identity and as such should remain so. If its good enough for Scousers Weegies Welsh and all other parts of the country then it should be good enough for us. Can you imagine the Worzels or Chas n Dave singing in proper English? There is a time and place for both Queens English And Llocal English we just need to make the right choice.
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07-09-2005, 18:48
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Re: English and how it is spoke
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Worzels or Chas n Dave singing in proper English?
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Now that is a good example of why some people should have their tongues ripped out
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07-09-2005, 18:58
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Re: English and how it is spoke
I love accents and, particularly, dialect. My favourite accent is the North East. I lived in Durham City for 3 years and the accent there, not quite as "raw" as Geordie, is very attractive. You have fabulous expressions like "Howay". My son when aged about 9 would say to me, when exasperated , "Howay man, mum" and then there's "canny", which can mean anything from clever and cute to being a know-all, depending on the context of the conversation and the tone of voice. And everybody is referred to as "pet", except men to men when it's "marra".
I now live quite near Warrington which, though now in Cheshire, was in Lancashire until 1974. The Warrington accent is not at all attractive, a sort of mixture of Lancs and Manchester, but it's odd words that always make me stop and think. An example is the word "bonny". All my life I've used bonny to mean good-looking, pretty etc. In Warrington it means fat. Never tell a Warrington lady she's a bonny girl or she'll be mortally offended. They also tend to miss out the word "to", as in "I'm goin' work".
Oh, and don't let Southerners tell you they have no accent or that theirs is superior. They all spoke pretty much like Lancastrians until about the 17th century when the "London" accent began to become fashionable - that's all it was, a fashion.
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07-09-2005, 19:12
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Re: English and how it is spoke
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An example is the word "bonny". All my life I've used bonny to mean good-looking, pretty etc. In Warrington it means fat. Never tell a Warrington lady she's a bonny girl or she'll be mortally offended. They also tend to miss out the word "to", as in "I'm goin' work".
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Tehehehe thats some great examples of dialet & accents Westender specially found the quote funny though i bet it was quite confusing if you got caught up in the embarrassment for an innocent phraze
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