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Stupidjerk Posted 15 years ago
Culture
At the risk of offending a lot of people...
So I recently posted a question to Yahoo Answers, asking the difference between a Welsh and a North-England accent. I explained that I could really only tell the South-Wales accent apart (because in a lot of British TV shows that I've watched, they use stereotypically Southern-Welsh accents). Accents like Rhod Gilbert's are also quite obvious, because he has a rich voice, but some of the more toned down ones (or ones spoken in different voices) just sound similar to an North-English accent to me.
Here are the links to the 2 questions, posted in different parts of the forums:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110517060022AA1T1uW
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110517054826AAsNTse
Regardless, I really want to know the answer to this question. Again, I'll repeat, I'm an ignorant American and not very attuned to understanding the differences between accents. Nonetheless, I've listened to youtube videos and TV shows to try and tell the difference. I really love British accents and phonology and I mean NO offence at all. I'm just very very interested.
I'm only asking that someone tell me the phonological differences between the accents because obviously I'm too stupid to figure it out. Are there any sounds that I should watch out for? E.g. I know that the Welsh don't use the glottal stop, but sometimes I hear even the Welsh do that, so I actually have no way of knowing.
Also, if you could highlight differences between accents within Wales, and within the North of England, that would be appreciated too.
Notes:
1. As you can tell from some of the answers, I'm not the only one who thinks so. I've also talked to some of my friends who are also huge about British TV and they agree.
2. I understand that there are a LOT of different accents. But please keep in mind that I'm an ignorant American and that written http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_accents#England are my best source on this topic.
3. Again I apologise for all that I've offended. Thanks in advance.
Here are the links to the 2 questions, posted in different parts of the forums:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110517060022AA1T1uW
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110517054826AAsNTse
Regardless, I really want to know the answer to this question. Again, I'll repeat, I'm an ignorant American and not very attuned to understanding the differences between accents. Nonetheless, I've listened to youtube videos and TV shows to try and tell the difference. I really love British accents and phonology and I mean NO offence at all. I'm just very very interested.
I'm only asking that someone tell me the phonological differences between the accents because obviously I'm too stupid to figure it out. Are there any sounds that I should watch out for? E.g. I know that the Welsh don't use the glottal stop, but sometimes I hear even the Welsh do that, so I actually have no way of knowing.
Also, if you could highlight differences between accents within Wales, and within the North of England, that would be appreciated too.
Notes:
1. As you can tell from some of the answers, I'm not the only one who thinks so. I've also talked to some of my friends who are also huge about British TV and they agree.
2. I understand that there are a LOT of different accents. But please keep in mind that I'm an ignorant American and that written http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_accents#England are my best source on this topic.
3. Again I apologise for all that I've offended. Thanks in advance.
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There are two identifiable Welsh accents I can think of. One is the accent spoken by actors like Anthony Hopkins and Richard Burton, if you can remember them. The other is a more sing-song accent like you might hear around Swansea.
- There are two identifiable Welsh accents I can think of.
- One is the accent spoken by actors like Anthony Hopkins and Richard Burton, if you can remember them.
- The other is a more sing-song accent like you might hear around Swansea.
- If you were to try and imitate an Indian accent, you might end up sounding Welsh.
- Not all Welsh people speak with strong Welsh accents, but I wouldn't say they sounded northern.
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There are two identifiable Welsh accents I can think of. One is the accent spoken by actors like Anthony Hopkins and Richard Burton, if you can remember them. The other is a more sing-song accent like you might hear around Swansea. If you were to try and imitate an Indian accent, you might end up sounding Welsh. Not all Welsh people speak with strong Welsh accents, but I wouldn't say they sounded
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