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View mezzer's Profile mezzer Flag Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 02 Mar 18 1.20pm Send a Private Message to mezzer Add mezzer as a friend

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Nicked this off the BBS.

Says I sound like Barbara Windsor

Edited by Midlands Eagle (02 Mar 2018 3.01pm)

 


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View Y Ddraig Goch's Profile Y Ddraig Goch Flag In The Crowd 02 Mar 18 1.36pm Send a Private Message to Y Ddraig Goch Add Y Ddraig Goch as a friend

Link doesn’t work

 


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View mezzer's Profile mezzer Flag Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 02 Mar 18 1.48pm Send a Private Message to mezzer Add mezzer as a friend

That's killed this thread then!

 


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View alaneagle1's Profile alaneagle1 Flag Dunstable,Bedfordshire.England 02 Mar 18 1.58pm Send a Private Message to alaneagle1 Add alaneagle1 as a friend

Originally posted by mezzer

That's killed this thread then!

Come on sort it out !!!!!

 


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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 02 Mar 18 2.06pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

I'm sure it would say I sound like Victor Meldrew.

 

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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 02 Mar 18 2.07pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

I think if you pronounce three as 'three' then your accent according to this derives from West London and if it sounds like 'free' then you're East London. Not sure on the scone question.

 


COYP

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View DanH's Profile DanH Flag SW2 02 Mar 18 3.06pm Send a Private Message to DanH Add DanH as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

I'm sure it would say I sound like Victor Meldrew.

No, you're Harold Bishop from Neighbours and that's final.

 

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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch

Link doesn’t work

It does now

 

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View topcat's Profile topcat Flag Holmesdale / Surbiton 02 Mar 18 3.12pm Send a Private Message to topcat Add topcat as a friend

West London, apparently. Like Hugh Laurie.

They didn't ask how you pronounce South.

 


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View JRW2's Profile JRW2 Flag Dulwich 02 Mar 18 3.24pm Send a Private Message to JRW2 Add JRW2 as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

I think if you pronounce three as 'three' then your accent according to this derives from West London and if it sounds like 'free' then you're East London. Not sure on the scone question.

I was brought up to pronounce scone as in Ron, but I've met a few people with airs and graces who pronounce it as in Rome. I tried that once and it sounded so false that I never did it again.

The Oxford English Dictionary says that the Ron pronunciation is associated with the northern working class and the Rome pronunciation with the southern middle class. So that's put me in my place!

 

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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 02 Mar 18 3.40pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by JRW2

I was brought up to pronounce scone as in Ron, but I've met a few people with airs and graces who pronounce it as in Rome. I tried that once and it sounded so false that I never did it again.

The Oxford English Dictionary says that the Ron pronunciation is associated with the northern working class and the Rome pronunciation with the southern middle class. So that's put me in my place!

I think in time pronouncing scone as Rome will be by a few thousand people.

 


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View mezzer's Profile mezzer Flag Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 02 Mar 18 4.04pm Send a Private Message to mezzer Add mezzer as a friend

When in scone......

 


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