Cockney Rebel
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For the record, I was born in Edmonton, North London, U.K.- (or "E'mon'on, Norf Landon" as we say dahn there! Ha-ha!) Anyway, I lived down in Edmonton for twenty-eight years, man and boy, but I moved up to Lincoln about a week after I turned twenty-eight. I'm now knocking on thirty-three, and I've lived up in Lincoln, (or as I'd say, "Ling'on"), for five years, at the very start of this coming April. What accent would you expect me to talk with after five years away from me hometown, London? A London one, more of a Lincolnshire one, or neither of the two- (just a neutral one?) "Fer the re'gord, I dun' fink mahr berfplace accent's gorn orf at all since I've bin up 'ere, 'a be honest wiv ya"- (that's once again, exactly how I'd say that, by the way!) Oh, and just for the record, I say "Unduhgraahnd", as opposed to "Oonderground", "Up", as opposed to "Oop", "Landon" as opposed to "Loondon", and whatnot. I never say "Gooter" or "Booter", for "Gutter" and "Butter", always "Guh'uh" and "Buh'uh." I say "Miwk" instead of "Milk", "Bi'uh" instead of "Bitter" and "Cauwd" instead of "Cold." I don't say "Father", "Mother" or "Brother", always "Farvvah", "Muvvah" and "Bruvvah", and instead of saying "Out" and "About", I say Aah' and Abaah'. Finally, whenever I talk about me "berfplace", Edmonton, it's always "E'mon'on", never "Edmonton." I also drop Hs at the beginning of words and Gs at the ends of words left, right and bloody "cen'uh", I always clip Ts in the middle and at the end of words- (very lazy, I know), and Ps in the middle of words such as "Kippers" seem to get pronounced more like very week Bs- (so "Kippers", when said by me'd come out more like "Ki'bbahs") And K-sounds, in words such as "Lincoln" tend to get pronounced more like clipped Gs, with me- (so "Lincoln", when said by me'd get pronounced "Ling'on".) I also say "Dahn" and "Tahn", as opposed to "Down" and "Town", and "Norf" and "Saahf", instead of "North" and "South." So, making a judgement from them pronunciations what I've just give ya, what I'd use in everyday speech, does that sound more like a London accent or a Lincolnshire one, what I've described? What d'ya reckon, guys? I'd really appreciate your angles on this one, please, guys. Much obliged. Peace and love. Be lucky.
That's pretty much how I talk on a day-to-day basis, and yep, that IS my actual, "aufen'ic" accent.
That's pretty much how I talk on a day-to-day basis, and yep, that IS my actual, "aufen'ic" accent.