05-11-2018, 11:23
In the course of my life I`ve been called many things, Matt, but I honestly can`t remember 'posh' ever being one of `em.
Like you though, Dancing, I`ve spent most of my life away from the area and have been told I don`t have much of a local accent left at all. I remember one time - it must be at least 20 years ago now - I came back to the town for the first time in quite a while; I`d lived in the London area and abroad for some years and hadn`t had the chance. My wife and I sat drinking coffee and people-watching and listening for a while, at which point I made the unbelievably crass (even for me) comment; 'Don`t people talk funny up here!'
After a few minutes - when she`d stopped nearly wetting herself laughing - my better half politely (well, sort of) pointed out that this was the accent I`d grown up listening to and hearing for the first 20-odd years of my life. Strange how the way the ears pick things up changes; that`s probably what`s happened in your case, Dancing.
Like you though, Dancing, I`ve spent most of my life away from the area and have been told I don`t have much of a local accent left at all. I remember one time - it must be at least 20 years ago now - I came back to the town for the first time in quite a while; I`d lived in the London area and abroad for some years and hadn`t had the chance. My wife and I sat drinking coffee and people-watching and listening for a while, at which point I made the unbelievably crass (even for me) comment; 'Don`t people talk funny up here!'
After a few minutes - when she`d stopped nearly wetting herself laughing - my better half politely (well, sort of) pointed out that this was the accent I`d grown up listening to and hearing for the first 20-odd years of my life. Strange how the way the ears pick things up changes; that`s probably what`s happened in your case, Dancing.