British dialects

Thus spake Jouni Filip Maho:
[nq:1]Would it be easy for a Brit, say, from London to be able to distinguish someone from Manchester and Liverpool simply by their dialects?[/nq]
Yes.
[nq:1]I know the towns are close geographically, so I assume the associated dialects are close, too.[/nq]
Perhaps in from your point of view. From a British point of view, London is a whole day's journey

[nq:1]Would it be easy for a Brit, say, from London to be able to distinguish someone from Manchester and Liverpool simply by their dialects? I know the towns are close geographically, so I assume the associated dialects are close, too.[/nq]
Actually, no (to your assumption). The Liverpool accent (aka the Scouse accent) is very distinctive. The Manchester accent is less so, and most people fro

[nq:1] Britons, especially educated, cultured Britons such as Bond, would not confuse Manchurian and Liverpudlian dialects.[/nq]
Some Britons might confuse Manchurian and Mancunian, though.

Matti

[nq:1]Would it be easy for a Brit, say, from London to be able to distinguish someone from Manchester and Liverpool simply by their dialects? I know the towns are close geographically, so I assume the associated dialects are close, too.[/nq]
The Liverpool accent is possibly the most distinctive of all the English accents. It couldn't be mistaken for any other, and yes it would be known by a Lo

[nq:1]Thus spake Jouni Filip Maho:[/nq]
[nq:2]Would it be easy for a Brit, say, from London to be able to distinguish someone from Manchester and Liverpool simply by their dialects?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes.[/nq]
Thanks.
[nq:2]I know the towns are close geographically, so I assume the associated dialects are close, too.[/nq]
[nq:1]Perhaps in from your point of view.[/nq]
Well... I on

[nq:2]Would it be easy for a Brit, say, from London ... geographically, so I assume the associated dialects are close, too.[/nq]
[nq:1]Actually, no (to your assumption). The Liverpool accent (aka the Scouse accent) is very distinctive. The Manchester accent is less ... of Britain would find it hard to distinguish a Manchester accent from one of the surrounding region northwest England.[/nq]

[nq:2]Would it be easy for a Brit, say, from London ... geographically, so I assume the associated dialects are close, too.[/nq]
[nq:1]The Liverpool accent is possibly the most distinctive of all the English accents. It couldn't be mistaken for any other, ... but I could distinguish it from, say, Leeds. Some other towns with their own accents are Newcastle, Birmingham and Bristol.[/nq]
Thi

[nq:1]Thus spake Jouni Filip Maho:[/nq]
Manchurian, eh? No, no: You're thinking of Klein's Kosher Korean Restaurant in Piccadilly.
Cheers, Sage

[nq:2]If that is in the film, then it shows gross ... not confuse Manchurian and Liverpudlian dialects. Simon R. Hughes[/nq]
[nq:1]Manchurian, eh? No, no: You're thinking of Klein's Kosher Korean Restaurant in Piccadilly.[/nq]
The Washington Redskins have a running back named Trung Canidate (and I didn't misspell it). He is, I'm sorry to say, not Manchurian.

Bob Lieblich
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Thus spake Matti Lamprhey:
[nq:2] Britons, especially educated, cultured Britons such as Bond, would not confuse Manchurian and Liverpudlian dialects.[/nq]
[nq:1]Some Britons might confuse Manchurian and Mancunian, though.[/nq]
Only those who added the wrong letter (and failing to take out the extra one) after reading the initial "Manchian".

Simon R. Hughes