16-08-2018, 17:41
A true Manc like a proper Dee-da or a Scouser or a Geordie tends to be pretty obvious to my ear.
When I was working in a Devon bookshop not many people could accurately place my origins, but I've spent a year in Stoke, 3 in Huddersfield, 14 in Cheltenham so maybe that accounts for it. A proper Devon sticks out like a Bristol-ol. Brummies you can't miss, but you need a good ear to pick Stoke and Derby accurately ..... but locals do it easily.
Today is A-level result day, a long day I used to dread when I worked at Ucas. My favourites then were Geordies and Scousers, because however good or bad the news - they could handle it .... and Glaswegians from families originating in Pakistan had almost incomprehensibly thick Scottish accents which I sort of looked forward to too. The worst - Tiger Mothers from the South of England ringing against their offspring's wishes to poke in a tiger nose where it wasn't wanted.
When I was working in a Devon bookshop not many people could accurately place my origins, but I've spent a year in Stoke, 3 in Huddersfield, 14 in Cheltenham so maybe that accounts for it. A proper Devon sticks out like a Bristol-ol. Brummies you can't miss, but you need a good ear to pick Stoke and Derby accurately ..... but locals do it easily.
Today is A-level result day, a long day I used to dread when I worked at Ucas. My favourites then were Geordies and Scousers, because however good or bad the news - they could handle it .... and Glaswegians from families originating in Pakistan had almost incomprehensibly thick Scottish accents which I sort of looked forward to too. The worst - Tiger Mothers from the South of England ringing against their offspring's wishes to poke in a tiger nose where it wasn't wanted.