Okay, here is a UK version of the dialect meme, with questions added by Bunn, Steepholm, Muuranker, Philmophlegm, Segh and Amalion. Anyone who feels like doing it is free to add extra questions
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Context: Born and raised in the American Midwest. As the years go by, though, there's definitely more of a Southern influence both in my accent and my choice of words
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You've been corrupted by Pellinor on the pronunciation of "scone"? Well, let me corrupt you right back! It's clearly pronounced to rhyme with "moan." ;-)
For 32, I was thinking of a crumpet, which you probably don't have over there. I remember you asking me what a crumpet was, years ago, and I told you. There was then a pause. "So what do they mean when they say that Gillian Anderson is the thinking man's crumpet?" you asked.
For the "pop", I'd say "fizzy drink." This question was on the American-originated dialect meme which sparked this one.
I remember you asking me what a crumpet was, years ago, and I told you. There was then a pause. "So what do they mean when they say that Gillian Anderson is the thinking man's crumpet?" you asked.
LMAO!! I did? That's hilarious! I have no memory of that, but it doesn't surprise me one bit. :-D
That's interesting. I think you've come up with more dialect words than quite a few other people. I particularly like "starvatious".
You know, I'd love to ask these questions to a bunch of today's 10 year olds, to see if the regional differences are alive and well, or if it's all gone uniform because of the influence of television etc.
Starvatious is a fantabulous word. I'm not sure it's dialect at all though. I suspect it's Roald Dahl, because he was THE author that everyone was into and playground talk was littered with BFGisms in particular. There was a phase where we all used 'snozzcumbers' as a swear word.
I doubt regional differences have gone fully uniform, or even more uniform. We had Grange Hill and Byker Grove and neither of those really impinged.
OK. Born in Lincolnshire to a Yorkshire family, went to school in Hertfordshire and now live in West Wales. My accent is firmly Yorkshire, despite living in Herts. for so very long
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I am a bad example - one parent from Suffolk, one from South London, brought up in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Worcestershire. Lived in Yorkshire (again), Berkshire and Warwickshire
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For 32, I was thinking of a crumpet, which you probably don't have over there. I remember you asking me what a crumpet was, years ago, and I told you. There was then a pause. "So what do they mean when they say that Gillian Anderson is the thinking man's crumpet?" you asked.
For the "pop", I'd say "fizzy drink." This question was on the American-originated dialect meme which sparked this one.
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LMAO!! I did? That's hilarious! I have no memory of that, but it doesn't surprise me one bit. :-D
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You know, I'd love to ask these questions to a bunch of today's 10 year olds, to see if the regional differences are alive and well, or if it's all gone uniform because of the influence of television etc.
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I doubt regional differences have gone fully uniform, or even more uniform. We had Grange Hill and Byker Grove and neither of those really impinged.
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