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Post by account_disabled on Feb 11, 2024 3:08:23 GMT -6
is quite mean, because clearly people from Essex have never heard themselves speak. The name is derived from Brummagem and Bromwichham, both historical alternate names for the large city of Birmingham, where people speak this dialect. People with a Brummie accent would say the word ‘hello’ as heh-LOUW instead of HEH-low, although there are lots of variations of the accent across the city (it’s the third-largest city in England). Discover the world and study a language abroad Learn more 7. West Country The West Country includes the counties of Gloucestershire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon Belgium Telemarketing Data and Cornwall, and the dialect is the closest to the old British language of Anglo-Saxon, which was rooted in Germanic languages – so, true West Country speakers say I be instead of I am, and Thou bist instead of You are, which is very close to Ich bin (I am) and Du bist (You are) in modern German. How weird! The rest of the accent is rhotic (where the letter R is soft and rolled), so it actually sounds a bit like American English, although West Country residents won’t admit to that. If you want to hear the accent in action, head to any of the major West Country cities, like Bristol or Bournemouth. 8. R.P.area (the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex) is closest to what people call Queen’s English, also known as Received Pronunciation (R.P.) or Standard English. It’s basically a ‘flat’ accent with emphasised vowels like A (pronounced ah as in car) and
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