Essex and London accents deemed less intelligent, researchers find

Discussion in 'The Lounge Bar' started by CL1, Jun 11, 2021.

  1. Steve Mac

    Steve Mac Very Senior Member

    Following on from my previous message, I have lived in Ampthill in Bedfordshire for over 30 years and disagree to some extent, Clive.

    Old Bedfordshire accents are more like old Norfolk accents, albeit most people I have known and know from Luton mainly talk like Londoners. As time goes by and what was, Luton and Bedford excepted, a rural county, becomes inundated with people moving out from London, the prevalence of old Bedfordshire accents is diminishing. A grandson does not speak the same way as his grandfather, even though they were born and grew-up in the same village.
     
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  2. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Hello Steve

    I was being subtle it is one individual who lives there who has made it big but the accent is terrible like gangsta speak we have the same on the bbc whereby the gagstas have taken over

    The local accents are thriving Berko (Berkhamstead) still has a great country burr
     
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  3. Wobbler

    Wobbler Well-Known Member

    I have an inkling as to whom you refer Clive, and I reach for the mute button with great urgency whenever this character waltzes onto the screen. It is an absolutely appalling assault on one’s lug ‘oles, what what.
     
  4. Blutto

    Blutto Banned

    That sums up a lot of people, including much of the mickey mouse media or is that main stream media, I forget. Vocal enunciation is dead and 'how now brrrrown cow' is no more.
     
  5. High Wood

    High Wood Well-Known Member

    The B.B.C. seems to be promoting regional accents to the point that no one on our national broadcasting company seems to speak proper English any more. Most noticeable is the loss of the "ing" sound at the ends of words as it seems to be being replaced by "in".

    In the shires, people still go hunting, shooting and fishing, whereas in London and the south east, they are now huntin, shootin and, from the news reports, stabbin.

    Even the Home Secretary and the Mayor of London seem to have adopted this speech pattern. Have a listen when they are next talkin on the news.
     
  6. jonheyworth

    jonheyworth Senior Member

    Watcha tryin t say You fackin slaaaaaaaaagggggggg ?

    good job I’ve got an intelligent accent isn’t it look you mun, tidy , who’s coat is that jacket ?
     
  7. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    bbc promotes bad English and is proud to do so.They are not regional accents they are gangsta talk accent innit bruv ya get me
    London Im there every day and it is the same there
    but rise above it
     
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  8. High Wood

    High Wood Well-Known Member

    Working in London for over twenty years I heard a lot of the wannabe gangsta talk. What saddened me most were the WMC lads who adopted it as their own. I worked with one bloke who came from Marlborough in Wiltshire, he was into rap music and did the full 'innit bruv' routine. With a distinctive Wiltshire burr, he told me that back home he had a crib in the hood. It was very hard to keep a straight face.
     
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  9. Little Friend

    Little Friend Senior Member

    Local Market Stall holders, Fruit 'n' Veg, use the London accent, but they have lived in Oxford all their lives. Strange ! ?
     
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  10. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

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