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f948: there s the orcadianaccentand the welsh accent are
orcadian accent and the welshaccentare supposed to be quite
a really really heavy orcadianaccentbut f1150: yeah f1151: it
accent i love the orcadianaccentcause it s very it
would you describe your ownaccentf948: just typical orcadian yes
i never mentioned the orcadianaccenti love the orcadian accent
s kinda really strong orcadianaccentis gettin less m865: mm
ehm you ve mentioned bothaccentand dialect what s the
london arnold trudgill p 1975accentdialect and the school london
my favourite m865: okay anyaccentdialect or language where you
most typical scottish dialect oraccentf950: [exhale] possibly i mean
describe your own dialect oraccenti mean w- not f950:
the or the dialect oraccenti should say that teachers
on the scottish dialect andaccentillustrated with literary examples it
dialect if not a foreignaccentis more likely to accentuate
eh do you have anyaccentor dialect in in scotland
to appeal m865: mm anyaccentor dialect or language in
do you have any favouriteaccentor dialect or whatever in
accent er or any anyaccentor dialect that represents scotland
m865: there s no particularaccentor dialect that you encourage
s just simply a localaccentor local dialect certain dialect
really matter much aboot theaccentor your dialect but you
accent very strong central scotsaccentand sandy had been playing
me a blast o youraccentaye m1020: ma accent f1054:
there s any typical scottishaccenter or any any accent
your accent aye m1020: maaccentf1054: yeah say something you
of as a classic lewisaccentis actually the accent of
lewis accent is actually theaccentof someone who s learnt
had a very very strongaccentvery strong central scots accent
to speak in your regionalaccentand that wa- that was
someone who uses a regionalaccentcannot have anything of interest
notable exception the non regionalaccentof high social prestige often
the author s own regionalaccentremember that urquhart went to
would indicate their regional backgroundaccentthen is the pronunciation level
the author s own regionalaccentthere are also more general
spoken with a marked regionalaccenturban dialects associated with the
standard english with a regionalaccenturban nonstandard english with a
with a suitably modified regionalaccentwill be required this standard
use of a particular regionalaccentwith standard english would indicate
m865: mmhm okay yeah glasgowaccenti mean people seem to
know what the true scottishaccentis m865: mm ah yeah
the sing- ken sing songaccentlike what we have m865:
right yeah f948: different sortaaccentm865: ehm do you think
would recognize aberdonian or glaswegianaccentm865: uh huh okay ehm
it s really just anaccentm865: uh huh uh huh
s very a lovely liltyaccentm865: yeah uh huh yeah
well i think the glasgowaccents a bit coarse m865:
i think would have aaccentthat you wouldna like m865:
yes yeah m865: a differentaccentwould be just a matter
really had a very strongaccentand trying to te- you
and peggy have a strongaccentbut none of the old
really f1150: really strong englishaccenterm one of my friends
sung in a strong scottishaccentmost of it is composed
there is quite a strongaccentwe we ve got doon
don t have a govaniteaccentbut f1150: no f1151: i
s got almost a geordieaccentf1151: really f1150: cause her
f1150: i think the lewisaccentis like what most people
f1150: cause her mother saccentnever sort of loosened the
bad cause of my englishaccentf1037: gosh that- that s
you ve got an englishaccentf1037: yeah f1038: they ll
[laugh] it wasn t theaccentno [laugh] f1037: some people
things except oh f1037: theaccentokay no it s er
wish i had a scottishaccentthough f1037: ears obviously i
i didn t have anaccentat all really like at
s a really thick welshaccentbut it could almost pass
a a really really broadaccentbut they say the f606:
everybody kinna laughed at myaccentcause it was really broadly
doesnae really have a bordersaccentdoes it normally m1017: no
sort of really pronounced glasgowaccenteither f1151: no i don
ve no really got anaccenthiv i f1018: [laugh] aye
really have a western islesaccentlike my boyfriend s got
don t really have theaccentlike you they understand very
ehm then people found myaccentreally different and ehm yes
really i- it s theaccentthat doesnae really matter much
english but with a scotsaccentand it didn t seem
approximation o a standard englishaccentane major advantage quhilk sse
very affected type of englishaccenter doesn t seem to
kids speak with an englishaccentf1038: uh huh it s
erm far back er englishaccentf718: mmhm m017: i think
english albeit with a localaccentgöd grief is dat no
it wis wi a midlandsaccentit wis the best english
asked in a phoney englishaccentmaybe he thought it sounded
nonstandard english with a localaccentsometimes with distinctive ethnic language
mark me english with anaccentthen earlier this century during
english probably with a scotsaccentwhen our worker goes home
basically like a understandable englishaccentwith some local influence is
from glasgow have their ownaccentdon t they they ve
ehm what about your ownaccenthow would you describe your
s like just their ownaccentisn t it almost f947:
own as not having anaccentit is more objective however
express themselves in their ownaccenttrudgill 1975 58 discussing the
i cannot do an aberdeenaccentand i am no even
speak broad aberdeen employing theaccentand vocabulary of their youth
she speaks with an aberdeenaccentthough often adopting other accents
has a fairly broad aberdeenaccenttypical of her generation and
they didnae ken whit heraccentwhether it was dundee aberdeen
quite comfortable with a broadaccentand the use of scots
s got quite a coolaccentf1155: mm f1154: no well
s a quite a variedaccentgoin about in dunbar at
grasped it and eh theaccenthas always been quite quite
doon in flames so myaccentis ehm can be quite
oh that s true heraccents changed quite a lot
bide an ehm how youraccentah that s too complicated
mixture o that with maaccentas well ehm an it
of course with the bordeauxaccentm608: mm f643: ehm she
with actors with a scotsaccentand er orson welles f718:
scots wi ae kenable cockneyaccentay owre the laist hauf
to relax into a scotsaccentbut it sounded just as
produce it in a scotsaccenter at least labels it
prefer scots i like theaccenti like the sound if
current adverts featuring scots theaccentnot only suggests traditional attributes
scots that scots is oneaccentone total language an then
he boasts scots ancestry myaccents opened more doors for
ve got very bad gaelicaccente- eadar lìon eadar lìon
when i think of edinburghaccenti think of very like
i d a very highlandaccentwhen i came here at
how where you learned youraccentand your words and everything
the bar open love youraccenthe said turning to bethia
how would you define youraccentjimmy m1020: well actually it
girls girls that awful stirlingaccentpronounce your i s cause
used tae say that stirlingaccentpronounce your i s f1054:
you tend to adapt youraccentto the people you re
you would say your favouriteaccentwould be western isles in
probably have to change youraccentyeah m952: i d try
be the most true scottishaccentcause there s maybe been
and every speaker has anaccentmost linguists would now accept
lost f829: yeah m830: meaccenta lot because o her
just the the difference inaccentbut it s m608: yeah
you know putting on anaccentbut yeah i i agree
s yeah it s theaccentf1023: say that was a
everybody complains how the scottishaccentf833: [laugh] yeah f835: but
yeah mmhm m762: and heraccenthas changed so a- anything
got the scottish sort oaccentin it yeah m865,: yeah
f1160: it s the glaswegianaccentm1161: yeah f746: mm f947:
f831: and far s yeraccentm842: yeah but i mean
yeah f643: for the peterheadaccentparticularly m608: goodness did you
but not in a glasgowaccent7 again for somebody at
but not in a glasgowaccent8 agaen whin sumeen is
m entitled to use anyaccenti fancy any semblance of
say in a good localaccentor any kind of words
well what what kind ofaccentdo you use at school
of as the western islesaccentis kind of dying out
kind of had a differentaccenton but well actually he
at all whit kind oafaccentthe old man asked graham
yet i have a differentaccentwhen i m in stirling
use of a high prestigeaccentautomatically means that the user
this use of the termaccentbut some speakers still regard
ye have a pronounced localaccentand ye ye chynge the
t do a proper localaccenteven though i ve been
is is is the localaccenthere in danger to the
to break down the localaccentyou end up f606: yes
he s got a scottishaccentbut he kinda looks like
went tae a west countryaccentbut i ve got rid
ve got my mother saccentbut she i- she s
ve just got a scottishaccentf835: like a like a
s just got a niceaccenti don t know what
language seemed to survive theaccenti mean you don t
black people too think heraccentfunny and say they ve
about the teachers eh whichaccenti should say should they
here i would say heraccents changed now f826: mmhm
although i ve lost maaccentcompletely but i definitely m741:
had accents too but theaccentthe language seemed to survive
dinnae think sae m1022: [inaudible]accentf1018: no f1054: no m1020:
speaking differently did they haveaccent[inaudible] m636: no i think
you think that the dunbaraccents gettin more diluted colin
people i think the geordieaccents wonderful but i know
people must follow my ayrshireaccentand the speed at which
fairm i like the glaswegianaccentand their comedy shows my
eyebrow perhaps at hearing myaccentfor the first time was
i want to lose myaccenti know i can sound
to complain that my scottishaccentmade it difficult for him
have been more erm myaccents probably more influenced by
of money coming in myaccentwas his only evidence for
said that in my poshestaccentwhen they were threatenin me
s a lot o edinburghaccentan round about just it
she just puts on heraccentdependin on who she has
alice with her hoity toityaccentno dad she s just
smile maybe it was theaccentand in hotels like mine
like dutch influence on ouraccentand the scandinavian and the
t particularly like the birminghamaccentin england because it s
like trainspotting fashionable the scottishaccentis now seen as a
wee nyaff wi a yankeeaccentlike ma whelkin days heave
without ever acquiring a norwichaccentand in common with dorian
captured a german spy americanaccentarmed with nothing but his
the hinmest lang syllable withaccentas in question digestion words
regions and rp the regionlessaccentassociated with upper class speakers
and a girl with anaccentthat could cut glass denounced
factors in the transmission ofaccentthis concurs with the findings
with a round and plummyaccentwhich can slide into a
has still less of anaccentand his vocabulary owes more
met because everyone was theiraccentwas fairly moderated but when
shoes convincingly but his scottishaccentwas off the scale i
but that s the scottishaccentwe speak quick when we
stage left fae her weggieaccenthe cuid tell ms mcpharlain
airport concourse in her californianaccentthe multi coloured los angeles
bides in fife cut heraccentwi a knife she rides
a good blast o leithaccenthow folk would normally spik
thing would influence people saccentwould be the t v
thinking about degrees of scottishaccentor occasional scotticisms going to
he recognises the importance ofaccentor stress in vernacular verse
broons always had a shetlandaccent[inaudible] f1018: well well the
identified as scottish through thiiraccentdouglas also supports this view
a talk on the scottishaccenttwice once to the 6
culture education and a goodaccentis simply an aspect of
culture education and a goodaccentis simply an aspect of
the point that changing anaccentcan have long lasting psychological
man said in the broadestaccentthat i have ever heard
point trying to assume anaccentbecause then that sounds offensive
it was a sing songaccenteven when you were hearin
of a wally wi hisaccentfrom england that s ever
imitates lord haw haw saccentprivate robert harper from fraserburgh
o of john s morningsideaccentthere jimmy jimmy can you
best bit about the perthaccent[laugh] f1026: [laugh] no i
the australians and the americanaccentand that that you know
talk in a south asianaccentas patriarchal monsters you know
seemed to suit the teachersaccentyou know aye and so
he does an auntie gladysaccentand voice you re gettin
you whit happened tae yiraccentshe asked huv ye went
stood oot a mile hisaccentcame fae orkney f606: aye
he slips into a hollywoodaccentlurve baby angelica thinking ahead
constructed sentences and a prestigeaccentmust be saying something worthwhile
a normal highland and islandaccentthe- these ts that are
he has picked up theaccentfrom living there i hae
his funny quaker public schoolaccentand famous five name he
he said and felt hisaccentlong buried being resurrected aye
workers his findings indicated thataccentvariables did differentiate glaswegian speech
we became aware of whataccentmeant we never used the
aberdonian echo the writing andaccentof urquhart himself and the
fed up o the aiberdeenshireaccentaabody we ging tae visit

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