Eleven

Damian thats a good one. I always have the piss taken out of me because I pronounce the numbers Seven and Eleven properly.

Around here it's either Sivin, Illivin and sometimes even Seevin.

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LMFAO

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brilliant mate, made my morning

reminds me of how i've had to change my accent so the locals can unner stond me

oh and it's

yin, twae, three, fower, five, six, seevin, eicht, nine, ten, eelevin, twal
 
hando said:
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Where I come from, that would be 'tree'. I still can't do the English 'th' thing; well, I can, - it's physically possible; but for complex reasons, I just won't ....I do a sort of in between sound; which immediately marks me down as a foreigner. But hey, I sometimes refer, (when speaking to my grandchildren), to perfectly ordinary women, as 'ladies'. Strange, but true.

So I do my best to be understood...within reason. :?
 
When I get somebody on the phone here that's speaking 'Jockanese', it takes me a wee while (see what I did there?) to tune in.

The one that still catches me out is when I'm taking a postcode or address, a lot of scotts say 'Jie' instead of 'Jay' when giving me the letter 'J'.

Regional dialects are interesting and amusing. Here are some examples from where I was drugg up.

http://www.thepotteries.org/dialect.html#mar

Ian
 
Near where Blyth is, is a very, very special place, linguistically speaking... The rest of the country went through a "great vowel shift" and left the town of Ashington (Esh'n'tn if you're a local - or as they would have it a lercal)

Here are some from the Ashington/English dictionary

Alert: Watchful, vigilant / More then a few
Awnings: Plastic or canvas coverings / Wages
Bared: Stripped naked /Not good
Bells: Rung at churches / Testicles
Bend: Curve / Group of musicians
Beth: Short for Elizabeth / Bathing tub
Berg: Floating ice / Toilet
Blend: Mix / Boring or mundane
Blur: Out of focus / Expel air orally
Blurb: Short piece of writing / Contraceptive
Bout: Fight / Purchased
Braid: Woven hair / Baked, sliced food
Bruiser: Thug or ruffian / Internet software
Burst: Split or break / Brag
Cartons: Milk containers / Curtains
Chute: Water slide / Talk very loudly
Clare: Girl's name / Bird or animal's talon
Clued: Given a clue / Cloud
Crude: Basic or vulgar / Large group of people
Curl: Twist / Burned on a fire
Curled: Bent or twisted /Not hot
Curler: Hair styling aid / Popular fizzy drink
Cursed: Swore / The seaside
Dared: Took a risk / Father
Deft: Skillfully nimble /Stupid
Dense: Thick, not clever / Dance
Dirt: Muck or filth /Small round mark
 
Everyone thinks that their own accent is the correct one. They only really notice their accent and maybe start to feel uncomfortable when they move to a different area.
People have occasionally thought that I can't speak English, even though English is my first language.
Whenever I read posts such as the ones in this forum. Everyone speaks in a Welsh accent in my head.
 
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