I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS UP NORTH, PHONING WEST YORKS METRO FOR BUS TIMES.
"Wot bas goes to xxxxx"
"What"
"bas goes to xxxxx"
"What, where?"
"this is Metro/"
"Yes"
"Bas to xxxx"
"What"
"Bas!"
My friends were in total hysterics and had to phone up for me.
It still amuses them as they will...
I think Twitten's are a sussex/ Brighton word for (steep) paths. When Brighton was built these rights of way were preserved and the twitten's remained.
LC
Agree.
When I was in t'north. People had real difficulty placing the accent.
We aslo say Bryt - nn with a near silent T.
And we say Gels instead of girls.
We certianly drawl a lot and bend the end of words with the beginning of the next word.
Though I have noticed my accent is becoming...