What English (UK) Dialect Could This Be?

[Judge]

I've been viewing this fellow's YouTube channel for a few years now, and his accent always amuses me. Though at first he might be an expat from some other country, then concluded he might be Scottish. Yet his rather "thin" bio indicated he was born in England.

Any guesses as to where his regional dialect comes from ? Maybe much further north of the Midlands, yet south of Scotland?

Just curious...

 

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Northerner. Lakes district, Blackpool, etc.

 

[Judge]

Northerner. Lakes district, Blackpool, etc.

Interesting. There's only about four lads whose accents I'm familiar with who once hailed from that part of the country...though a bit to the south in Liverpool.

Funny I didn't make the connection with this YouTuber. Go figure.

 

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Interesting. There's only about four lads whose accents I'm familiar with who once hailed from that part of the country...though a bit to the south in Liverpool.

Funny I didn't make the connection with this YouTuber. Go figure.

His accent isn't really all that strong, to really know where they're from you need to hear them after they've had a few beers.

 

[Judge]

His accent isn't really all that strong, to really know where they're from you need to hear them after they've had a few beers.

Exactly. The subtlety of his accent was what kept throwing me off. I find so many English dialects fascinating. So many....and so different.

Reminds me of how Martin Clunes of "Doc Martin" commented on how most of the cast couldn't seem to accurately grasp the Cornish dialect. Including himself.

But then ya know it don't come easy!

 

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But then ya know it don't come easy!

I grew up in Adelaide, I can even understand a pissed Scottsman.

 

[Judge]

I grew up in Adelaide, I can even understand a pissed Scottsman.

For me it all becomes exasperating usually when they fall back on local slang. Particularly with my relatives in Ulster, when they go full "Norn Iron" on me.

 

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I've seen some very funny videos of Scotts trying to use the voice activation systems in their cars.

 

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Do you know if most dialects in the vicinity of the Mersey are subtle like this?

I know actress Caroline Catz seems to maintain a relatively subtle accent, and she's from Manchester.

Yet if you go much further east, to places like Sheffield, then I'd probably need a translator....lol.

 

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Do you know if most dialects in the vicinity of the Mersey are subtle like this?

I know actress Caroline Catz seems to maintain a relatively subtle accent, and she's from Manchester.

It's the same with Aussie accents, and those in the US as well. The more cosmopolitan and the more educated people are the more mild their accent is. Go to a local pub full of factory workers and you'll be lucky to understand 1 word in 10.

 

[Judge]

It's the same with Aussie accents, and those in the US as well. The more cosmopolitan and the more educated people are the more mild their accent is. Go to a local pub full of factory workers and you'll be lucky to understand 1 word in 10.

How about a place like Alice Springs? Talk about the middle of nowhere....

 

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How about a place like Alice Springs? Talk about the middle of nowhere....

Same deal as anywhere else, talk to politicians, journalists and medical staff and there's very little accent. Go to the pub and it's a different story.

This one's from rural New South Wales:

 

[Judge]

Same deal as anywhere else, talk to politicians, journalists and medical staff and there's very little accent. Go to the pub and it's a different story.

This one's from rural New South Wales:

ROTFL.....I can actually understand most of what both of them are saying...

A bit of a different story when I think of Norn Iron. Reminds me of YouTuber Christopher Flanagan who pronounced "air cooler" like "ar-color".

 

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A bit of a different story when I think of Norn Iron. Reminds me of YouTuber Christopher Flanagan who pronounced "air cooler" like "ar-color".

There's quite a few videos out there of people getting Scotts to try and say "burglar alarm".

 

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There's quite a few videos out there of people getting Scotts to try and say "burglar alarm".

Yep. Being an American Southerner, I'm not used to hearing English dialects where they roll their "Rs" like the Scots do. My accent is subtle, but we tend to just ignore "Rs" at times. They just seem to fall of a cliff...lol.

 

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Yep. Being an American Southerner, I'm not used to hearing English dialects where they roll their "Rs" like the Scots do.

Quite a few tried to teach me how to do that when I was a kid. No matter how hard I tried I never managed it, I think Scotts are built different.

 

[Mary Terry]

It's the same with Aussie accents, and those in the US as well. The more cosmopolitan and the more educated people are the more mild their accent is.

I don't know about that. Have you ever heard educated people from Boston, Massachusetts speak?!

 

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I don't know about that. Have you ever heard educated people from Boston, Massachusetts speak?!

LOL. I was just thinking about that when it came to metropolitan Boston and New York City.

As much variety as in London...from the East End to Belgravia.

 

[Mary Terry]

Yep. Being an American Southerner, I'm not used to hearing English dialects where they roll their "Rs" like the Scots do. My accent is subtle, but we tend to just ignore "Rs" at times. They just seem to fall of a cliff...lol.

I think those lost "Rs" attach themselves to British pronunciations of words that contain no "Rs".

 

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I think those lost "Rs" attach themselves to British pronunciations of words that contain no "Rs".

I still chuckle at New Englanders and their "areaers". And their "chowdah".

But then you also have individuals somehow creating those "Transatlantic" accents out of nowhere, like William F. Buckley and Carrie Fisher....both from opposite ends of the USA. Go figure.