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

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 .

Westleigh wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 4:14 pm

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 .

Alex Scott is another droppin the 'g'

Westleigh wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 4:14 pm

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 .

Birminham

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

Another letter that's disappearing is 'T, it's pronounced or rather not pronounced as a Hu from the back of the throat.

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'.

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.

Alanstevensonsgloves wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:40 pm

in Burnley (sorry Bonleh)

Never understood this. Never heard anyone from Burnley say it like that. Buurnleh? Yeah, loads. But never Bonleh.

Worst accent i've heard in a while is the woman on "Great British bake off" ...the Brummie one.

Taffy on the wing wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:00 pm

Worst accent i've heard in a while is the woman on "Great British bake off" ...the Brummie one.

I’m convinced she over emphasises here Brummie accent on purpose, much like Peter Kay over emphasises his Bolton accent, for example.

The difference being, Peter Kay is funny where as she’s just plain annoying.

The way Martel Maxwell emphasizes the "shire" in Lancashire (Yorkshire, Warwickshire etc) like "shyer" instead of softer like "sher"

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.

Top thread. No idea what you are talking about.

The Sat Nav in my car told me to take the A*** Nottinem road.

cbx750 wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:58 pm

The Sat Nav in my car told me to take the A*** Nottinem road.

Perhaps it needs some "Tunes" cough sweets

Dressinggown wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:56 pm

Top thread. No idea what you are talking about.

Perhaps click on the link....

BurnleyFC wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:03 pm

I’m convinced she over emphasises here Brummie accent on purpose, much like Peter Kay over emphasises his Bolton accent, for example.

The difference being, Peter Kay is funny where as she’s just plain annoying.

Even worse than Muriel Baines on Crossroads

Most kids now speak like inner city gangstas. I'm proud of my rhotic Lancashire accent. Its authentic if nowt else.

BurnleyFC wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:03 pm

I’m convinced she over emphasises here Brummie accent on purpose, much like Peter Kay over emphasises his Bolton accent, for example.

The difference being, Peter Kay is funny where as she’s just plain annoying.

My partner is a Bolton lass with a strong local accent, I can assure you that Peter Kay's accent is authentic.

Not accents but noticed it's now mainly Santa Claus and not Father Christmas.

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.

Claretforever wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:11 pm

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.

Yep, and Haslingden too. Yet people from Rawtenstall speak differently to both.

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

Not many of the Residents of Blackburn talk like that to be fair

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.