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Different accents throughout the UK. 

Frida, Janne  & Jasmijn

only well known accents

Received Pronounciation

Education & privilege

No specific location

London & south-eastern England

BBC 

Conservative RP

Position of power 

Contemporary RP

Very clear

Relaxed

RP is often associated with education & privilege. Doesn't have a specific location, but is often associated with London & south-eastern England. It was once the only accent you heard on the BBC. 

conservative RP

associated with positions of power 

especially alot of prime ministers speak this

contemporary RP

sounds very clear and more relaxed people like emma watson and ed sheeran speak this

Queen's English

Articulating 

Royal

People say:

Melodic

A little bit nasal

articulating every sound

spoken by the queen and other royals

(jasmijn)

In what accent does Hagrid speak?

1. MLE, London
2. Scottish, Edinburgh
3. Liverpool
4. West Country Accent

West Country Accent

Rhotic = with a hard 'r' like American, Canadian or Irish

Final letter -y is pronounced 'ey' 

like 'partey' or 'silley'

The 'h' is dropped, 'Harry' becomes 'Arrey'

A remarkable thing about this accent is that people pronounce the -r, unlike most other british accents. So instead of fah, they say far. 

Cockney

Working class

East end of city

Glottal t: t doesnt really get spoken

Better = be'eh

mostly spoken by the working class

at the east end of the city

Where is Cockney mostly spoken?

Where is Cockney mostly spoken?

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

MLE

Multicultural London English

Cockney

'Dat' instead of 'that'

spoken by multi-ethnic citizens of london and is influenced by cockney

they say instead of that they say dat

Nottingham accent 

Between the middle and northern England

Very long 'E'

they speak this between middle and north england

they spea the e very long like eee

Yorkshire

Examples:

Southern Yorkshire, Doncaster = 'v' instead of 'th' 

Western Yorkshire, Bradford = 'ay' in 'stay', 'way', 'lay' etc. is elongated like 'stee', 'wee', 'lee'

Eastern Yorkshire, Hull = 'o's are elongated as in 'nohh', 'shohh'

accents are fluid,

most accents are from england, also some other ones.

Which one was a West Yorkshire accent?
Zayn or Louis?

Welsh English

Southern Wales

Intonation

Welsh language 

Welsh English has a quite musical intonation, because of the heavy influence of the Welsh language. We're gonna play a short clip of a person speaking Welsh, so you can hear the how much intonation the language has.

Do the people in the first or in the second video speak Welsh English?

Do the people in the first or in the second video speak Welsh English?

1. wrong answer
2. second
3. first
4. wrong answer

Belfast accent

Northern Ireland

Scottish influences

Emigration

Vowel 'ow' = 'ui'

Example: 

Without = withuit

Nothern Irish is highly influenced by Scottish English, because of the number of Scottish people who emigrated to Nothern Ireland. A remarkable thing about the pronounciation is that te Ow/ou is more pronounces like the Dutch ui. 

Thank you for listening!