My apologise gentlemen, I have sent Mike a private message apologising for my outburst on this thread. I just had a bad day and was tired of reading negative comments and just just consumed me at that moment. Mike, check your messages and to everyone else, if I offended you I am truly sorry... We are all here to build a helpful community! Happy music making boys and girls and again, my bad on the pointless post of mine!

SGodfrey


Just to stir things up a bit, I remember some academics who revealed that modern American more accurately reflects old English than modern English does.  So who's really bastardizzing the language?

(did you see what I did with the zeds there!?)

heh... mid 18th century - limey's started to get serious about using accents as class differentiation... There's never been a hereditary nobility in the US, and most regional accents are based on the initial immigrants in a particular area...

SuperG

heh... mid 18th century - limey's started to get serious about using accents as class differentiation... There's never been a hereditary nobility in the US, and most regional accents are based on the initial immigrants in a particular area...

I hear some elements of regional British accents in certain parts of America, I've never heard traces of the Geordie accent though. I've learned to tone mine down for an international audience but when I first got here I did have people wondering where in the hell I was from at first. Some thought Irish (although I sometimes get the feeling some Americans think that any regional UK accent is Irish), and the closest anyone got was Scottish (I guess we're about 100 miles from Scotland). I did however have a few people ask me if I was Eastern European (can't hear that myself) and even Australian (exsqueeze me?)


For anyone curious about what the Geordie accent is, here's smash-faced Geordie actor Jimmy nail in a scene from the classic 80's TV show "Auf Weidersehen Pet." I think this was the first time a real Geordie accent had really been on TV. Prior to that, if there was anyone from the North East on TV it would be a really toned down version or some bizarre generic northern accent that didn't come close. Therefore, this show created quite a stir on Tyneside. But even this is toned down from the kind of thing you'd hear in Newcastle City Center on a Friday night. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNpqA_8UZAA

FastBikerBoy

............but generally I could. Even the Scots.

Congratulations. That's more than most of us English can.....

Before all you jocks go mad with English bloodlust, I'm only joking. I lived just outside Peterhead for two years and I picked up the language quite well.

Peterheadian is a language right?

if you don't own a trawler boat I don't believe ya , sorry.. it's a by law up there isn't it ? :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKTOTMac1xQ

and ail yeez geordies lyyk ... we av auf weidsen pet down souff , so canny to what ya gabbin on about ;-) . I insulted a maccum at work by calling her a geordie the other week :/ opps hehe .. then another saying "the sage" (a theatre) should be sponsored by paxo (who make sag and onion stuffing )

Lol.. yeah Trawlers and a Branston Pickle factory, oh... and the prison of course. (No I wasn't living there)

Anyway just to prove it here's a bit of lingo phoentically that is...

Fit like n fa' d'ya keem fa'?

There is a user on here (who's user name escapes me now) based around Aberdeen. I'm sure he'll understand. When I had relatives come to visit I had to go to the local shops with them to translate for them - I'm not kidding.

I passed through on a tour of Scotland trip about 10 years ago with my (now ex) wife and had a "pass the time of day" conversation with a checkout girl in B & Q, when we got outside my wife asked what on earth we'd been talking about, she hadn't understood a word.

It is such a strong dialect it's almost another language.

I once spent about 6 months working in Liverpool, absorbing Scouse in every shop/pub/office - that was an education - and it's true what they say about Scousers, they have an absolutely wicked sense of humour.

People who live a mere 30 miles form Liverpool have a hard time understanding the Scouse dialect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNpqA_8UZAA

Darnit, sharke!!! I just watched part of an ep in the sidebar and now I think I'm addicted. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNpqA_8UZAA

Beepster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNpqA_8UZAA

Darnit, sharke!!! I just watched part of an ep in the sidebar and now I think I'm addicted. lol

That show might take off, if it had sub-titles :)


Bob Bone

Hej Gutter

Sjov snik snak I har om hvem der taler bedst - mest korrekt - engelsk. Men I kan jo tygge lidt på den her udgave af sprog. Det er ikke så langt væk fra England

mvh
Jan

That show might take off, if it had sub-titles :) Bob Bone

I actually think it must be a watered down Geordie accent as sharke said. I could actually understand some of what they were saying. Some...

It could however just be all the BBC I watch these days has tuned my ear a little better.