I'd like that - plenty of people at school had it, although the town I live in is fairly central and increasingly gentrified too. I like the Forest though, so maybe one day that'll be me.
I've lived mostly in Wales for university for a year and a half now, but I've been living with students from a variety of backgrounds so I'd be surprised if it shows in my accent. It's general enough as it is to show any more influences.
Well I didn't get any hint of Scottish - maybe it's because he's enunciating every syllable? His accent sounds very clean to me; English, but I can't pick up on any inflection suggesting where in England.
That's right. I do a short "a" rather than a long "a". Bath is "ba!-th' rather than "bar-th". In my town it's not totally uncommon, but the long, southern "a" is more common. I have other southern accent traits to balance it out though, for example I don't use the glottal stop in the same way my northern family members do (although you wouldn't hear it on this recording as I'm enunciating more clearly than I usually would :P).
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Slightly disappointed you don't have more of a West County twang :D
You need to live a few years in the deepest, darkest parts of The Forest of Dean - then people will definitely be able to place your accent. Oo arrr!
Nice reading, though :)
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I'd like that - plenty of people at school had it, although the town I live in is fairly central and increasingly gentrified too. I like the Forest though, so maybe one day that'll be me.
I've lived mostly in Wales for university for a year and a half now, but I've been living with students from a variety of backgrounds so I'd be surprised if it shows in my accent. It's general enough as it is to show any more influences.
You should post one, if you're up to it :)
Does dom180 sound Scottish, or was I way off with that?
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Well I didn't get any hint of Scottish - maybe it's because he's enunciating every syllable? His accent sounds very clean to me; English, but I can't pick up on any inflection suggesting where in England.
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"Pass" and "basket" were not pronounced in the standard southern way.
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That's right. I do a short "a" rather than a long "a". Bath is "ba!-th' rather than "bar-th". In my town it's not totally uncommon, but the long, southern "a" is more common. I have other southern accent traits to balance it out though, for example I don't use the glottal stop in the same way my northern family members do (although you wouldn't hear it on this recording as I'm enunciating more clearly than I usually would :P).