The End of Roverrrrrrrsss?
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The End of Roverrrrrrrsss?
As an Accringtonian I have always found our 'rhotic' pronunciation of the letter 'r' of interest, given how it was just us and Blackburn folk who did it, and how a few miles down the road from Acc in Burnley (sorry Bonleh) the 'r' is pronounced totaly differently.
Looks like the days of the rhotic 'r' are over (or should that be 'ovah'?)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-67832377
Looks like the days of the rhotic 'r' are over (or should that be 'ovah'?)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-67832377
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Think it’s the end of the G as well ,more and more journalists especially the horrible Beth Rigby on Sky News don’t say going or talking it’s goin and talkin,really winds me up .
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Alex Scott is the worst around, she is incapable to have any grasp of the English language.
Also winds me up when people say schedule wrongly, its pronounced shed not the American sced
Also winds me up when people say schedule wrongly, its pronounced shed not the American sced
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Another letter that's disappearing is 'T, it's pronounced or rather not pronounced as a Hu from the back of the throat.
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There used to be people that say KinG with an extended 'G'.
I know it's a song where perhaps anything goes but here's an example, at 1.08:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV27FvZjq-o
I think the Oldham boys, Barclay James Harvest, often used that 'G'.
I know it's a song where perhaps anything goes but here's an example, at 1.08:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV27FvZjq-o
I think the Oldham boys, Barclay James Harvest, often used that 'G'.
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Clicked onto this thread hoping for some good news, and got this!
To say I'm disappointed just doesn't come close; absolutely ****** off and you're getting there.
To say I'm disappointed just doesn't come close; absolutely ****** off and you're getting there.
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Never understood this. Never heard anyone from Burnley say it like that. Buurnleh? Yeah, loads. But never Bonleh.
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Worst accent i've heard in a while is the woman on "Great British bake off" ...the Brummie one.
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I’m convinced she over emphasises here Brummie accent on purpose, much like Peter Kay over emphasises his Bolton accent, for example.Taffy on the wing wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:00 pmWorst accent i've heard in a while is the woman on "Great British bake off" ...the Brummie one.
The difference being, Peter Kay is funny where as she’s just plain annoying.
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The way Martel Maxwell emphasizes the "shire" in Lancashire (Yorkshire, Warwickshire etc) like "shyer" instead of softer like "sher"
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I'm baffled when tv presenters announce the word draws, as drawers and drawing as drawring. Them in Bbn, they get on a buz, not a bus.
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Top thread. No idea what you are talking about.
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The Sat Nav in my car told me to take the A*** Nottinem road.
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Perhaps it needs some "Tunes" cough sweets
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Perhaps click on the link....
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Most kids now speak like inner city gangstas. I'm proud of my rhotic Lancashire accent. Its authentic if nowt else.
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My partner is a Bolton lass with a strong local accent, I can assure you that Peter Kay's accent is authentic.
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Not accents but noticed it's now mainly Santa Claus and not Father Christmas.
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Bonleh? Isn’t that a little more Scottish?
I know we say Buuurnleh, but I’ve never heard anybody from Burnley pronounce it Bonleh? That’s seems a really weird way of spelling how our town tends to pronounce it.
To add, I think Bacup pronounce their R’s similar to Blackburn too. Not exactly the same, but there’s a definite roll.
I know we say Buuurnleh, but I’ve never heard anybody from Burnley pronounce it Bonleh? That’s seems a really weird way of spelling how our town tends to pronounce it.
To add, I think Bacup pronounce their R’s similar to Blackburn too. Not exactly the same, but there’s a definite roll.
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Yep, and Haslingden too. Yet people from Rawtenstall speak differently to both.Claretforever wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:11 pmBonleh? Isn’t that a little more Scottish?
I know we say Buuurnleh, but I’ve never heard anybody from Burnley pronounce it Bonleh? That’s seems a really weird way of spelling how our town tends to pronounce it.
To add, I think Bacup pronounce their R’s similar to Blackburn too. Not exactly the same, but there’s a definite roll.
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On TV now, everyone says everythink instead of everything, anythink instead of anything and drawring instead of drawing.
Don't even start me on Ger-nabry and Ker- Knockaert
Don't even start me on Ger-nabry and Ker- Knockaert
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Not many of the Residents of Blackburn talk like that to be fair
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The most astonishing thing about the article is that the author thinks Blackburn is in East Lancashire. It's closer to the coast than to the Yorkshire border.