The Leeds accent abroad

Hats Off · Post by **Hats Off** » Mon 27 May, 2013 10:20 pm

raveydavey wrote: The Game of Thrones reference is an interesting one - despite being an American production several of the main characters hailed from Yorkshire (including Sean Bean - Sheffield, Lena Heady - Huddersfield and Mark Addy - York), although none from Leeds that I know of. Ralph Ineson born in Leeds :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Ineson

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Mon 27 May, 2013 10:45 pm

Get 'ere now CHARDONNAYIs what I've often shouted in France

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 28 May, 2013 1:58 am

When I worked in the States 'nowt' often caused a confused stare except when I met a really posh bloke from Connecticut, American gentry, who said " I think you mean naught (wink)".

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Tue 28 May, 2013 9:25 am

Cardiarms wrote: When I worked in the States 'nowt' often caused a confused stare except when I met a really posh bloke from Connecticut, American gentry, who said " I think you mean naught (wink)". If you read the Stephen King books,. which are mostly set in New England, they seem to have a phrase very similar to our "ayup"

Si · Post by Si » Tue 28 May, 2013 9:43 am

I work with an American woman who finds the way I say certain words hysterically funny, especially words beginning with CAR, eg caravan, caramel, etc. Mind, it could just be me...

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 28 May, 2013 2:49 pm

[quotenick="Si"]I work with an American woman who finds the way I say certain words hysterically funny, especially words beginning with CAR, eg caravan, caramel, etc. Mind, it could just be me...Just call the whole thing off

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Tue 28 May, 2013 8:58 pm

Hats Off wrote: raveydavey wrote: The Game of Thrones reference is an interesting one - despite being an American production several of the main characters hailed from Yorkshire (including Sean Bean - Sheffield, Lena Heady - Huddersfield and Mark Addy - York), although none from Leeds that I know of. Ralph Ineson born in Leeds :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Ineson Ah Finchy! I knew he was from Leeds, but didn't recall him being in GoT.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Wed 29 May, 2013 7:40 am

I never thought I had much of an accent until I first listened to myself on a tape recorder.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 29 May, 2013 1:23 pm

tilly wrote: I never thought I had much of an accent until I first listened to myself on a tape recorder. Same with me when I hear my voice on an answerphone! I don't sound to be speaking like that when I 'hear' myself doing general talking!

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Wed 29 May, 2013 8:29 pm

Leodian wrote: tilly wrote: I never thought I had much of an accent until I first listened to myself on a tape recorder. Same with me when I hear my voice on an answerphone! I don't sound to be speaking like that when I 'hear' myself doing general talking! Me too - I was shocked when hearing myself speak on playing back something on a tape recorder in the 1970s! I sounded like a fishwife!Another reminder of my accent was when I was in Paris in the early 1980s and asked for a cup at breakfast as there wasn't one on the table. I couldn't remember the French name for cup (it's tasse) so had to mime it, and when the waitress brought one, she asked what it was called in English. I said "cup" and when she repeated it, I was shocked, as I she mimicked my accent perfectly - I can't even spell it the way she said it, but maybe something like "coup"!!I don't care any more about how my accent sounds - I'm proud to be from Leeds and to have the accent