deane koontz Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Its t'other way round. Look, cook, shook, book, soot, foot. All with an 'u' sound Sounds like you'd pronounce bath as barrth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madthatter Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Its t'other way round. Look, cook, shook, book, soot, foot. All with an 'u' sound Think I can say either dependent on my mood - or mud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Have you ever come across someone who deliberately tries to put on their accent despite the fact that it doesn't come naturally. I have a mate who suddenly started pronouncing the M6 'the th'em six'. I've tried pointing out that this doesn't make sense whichever way you look at it as what he's actually now saying translates as 'the the M6'. Surely it's either 'The M6' or 'Th'em 6'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Look, not luck As in book, not buck that's the way I say it. I'm told it's wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Have you ever come across someone who deliberately tries to put on their accent despite the fact that it doesn't come naturally. I have a mate who suddenly started pronouncing the M6 'the th'em six'. I've tried pointing out that this doesn't make sense whichever way you look at it as what he's actually now saying translates as 'the the M6'. Surely it's either 'The M6' or 'Th'em 6'? Nobody I've heard from Bolton sounds as bolton as paddy mcguiness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madthatter Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Have you ever come across someone who deliberately tries to put on their accent despite the fact that it doesn't come naturally. I have a mate who suddenly started pronouncing the M6 'the th'em six'. I've tried pointing out that this doesn't make sense whichever way you look at it as what he's actually now saying translates as 'the the M6'. Surely it's either 'The M6' or 'Th'em 6'? Or southern folk who give it 'are you goin t t t t t shop' etc. Belly laugh every time Me and my mates used to ham up the accent a bit but mainly due to crap impressions of Fred Dibnah. Tha knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Not in Crawley Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I work with a bloke from Plymouth and we do pitches together because he sounds a bit too posh and I bring a real 'down to earth' quality. The thing is he was dragged up on a rough as fuck council estate. I'm overwhelmingly middle class and as Kent will attest, Salt of the Earth is not exactly the first phrase you'd think of describing me. All down to the power/perception of a Bolton accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted February 15, 2017 Members Share Posted February 15, 2017 I get the 'look, book, cook' thing all the time down here. They think it's so fucking funny. They are lost when I ask them if what they wear on their feet to a mine site are 'buts'. If you pronounce the 'oo' in 'boots' as it should be, why the fuck should it change for look, book and cook? The response from them should be to question me on the word 'hood' but I ain't telling 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted February 15, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2017 If look and book are pronounced luck and buck, how the fuck do you pronounce luck and buck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted February 15, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2017 If look and book are pronounced luck and buck, how the fuck do you pronounce luck and buck? Exactly the fooking same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted February 15, 2017 Moderators Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) If look and book are pronounced luck and buck, how the fuck do you pronounce luck and buck? in the same weigh as in not in a different whey do you sea? Edited February 15, 2017 by ZicoKelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Winchester White Posted February 15, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2017 Do people say wood or 'wud'. But then again loot wouldn't be pronounced 'lut'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzo gambaro Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 in the same weigh as in not in a different whey do you sea? Eye see, aye. But weigh and whey don't sound the same! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted February 15, 2017 Moderators Share Posted February 15, 2017 Eye see, aye. But weigh and whey don't sound the same! I've just read them out loud and can confirm they do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted February 15, 2017 Moderators Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) They don't Whey sounds like they Weigh, well, doesn't Edited February 15, 2017 by Casino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted February 15, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2017 I've just read them out loud and can confirm they do Likewise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madthatter Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Which probably sums the whole thing up. There's no right or wrong way. That said, teaching phonics to kids in areas of heavy accents is fraught with unnecessary difficulties . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 that's the way I say it. I'm told it's wrong. That's as maybe But not boook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayoghani Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 you wanna live here, these bloody colonials don't half struggle with vowels yes becomes yis finish becomes funush...assume that's a legacy from early Jock settlers number - namba...perhaps London settlers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted February 16, 2017 Members Share Posted February 16, 2017 you wanna live here, these bloody colonials don't half struggle with vowels yes becomes yis finish becomes funush...assume that's a legacy from early Jock settlers number - namba...perhaps London settlers Fush and chups please. Quite like the Kiwi accent. Here they've developed a 'nambah' pronunciation once again ending on a high note. One of the worst things they do here is a refusal to use the word 'are'. Everything is 'is' no matter how many there are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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