carteater
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since there's a thread on the worst accent, how about a thread on what accent you have...
since there's a thread on the worst accent, how about a thread on what accent you have...
since there's a thread on the worst accent, how about a thread on what accent you have...
whats "RP" mean?
and given our demographic why no Brightonian? or non-traditional sussex (london/estuary/sussex fusion)?
What is 'Traditional Sussex' I'm BrightUn born and bred though so I guess Southern?
Sounds very like a Somerset accent. I worked 30 years ago with a guy who was in his sixties and had never been out of Sussex. Heard it a few times but it is quite a rare thing, more likely to be heard in rural parts of Sussex.What is 'Traditional Sussex' I'm BrightUn born and bred though so I guess Southern?
Sounds very like a Somerset accent. I worked 30 years ago with a guy who was in his sixties and had never been out of Sussex. Heard it a few times but it is quite a rare thing, more likely to be heard in rural parts of Sussex.
For the most part it's a characterless Brightonian mutter, but it varies on occasion with who I'm with. A few months ago I noticed my tongue had grown in snootiness, and I don't know surely why. I am in the same workplace and position and haven't suddenly befriended a Basil or Boris and feign newfound wealth to fit in with. Maybe it's being with my Spanish girlfriend who needs the Queen's English to fully grasp my uninspiring utterances. And maybe also it's being with some of the same people at work, but now, with me approaching 40, I feel the need to distance myself from them - although just as likely is for me to make out I am as long ago any invites to events or casual brews dried up and to their youthful eyes I'm the odd old chap I haven't accepted myself to quite yet be.
Not as worzel as Somerset is a pretty good definitionIt's a hard one to explain, not as worzel as Somerset, but definitely a rural Sussex accent.