Search results
Results from the 24/7 Vacations Content Network
Jim Scott - BBC News, North East and Cumbria. July 26, 2024 at 2:21 AM. Sunderland-based lecturer Mike Pearce has studied accents in north-east England [Sunderland University]
The accents of English in Wales are strongly influenced by the phonology of the Welsh language, which more than 20% of the population of Wales speak as their first or second language. The North Wales accent is distinct from South Wales. North East Wales is influenced by Scouse and Cheshire accents.
Many historical northern accents reflect the influence of the Old Norse language strongly, compared with other varieties of English spoken in England. [24]In addition to previous contact with Vikings, during the 9th and 10th centuries, most of northern and eastern England was part of either the Danelaw or the Danish-controlled Kingdom of Northumbria (except for much of present-day Cumbria ...
A number of rival theories explain how the term "Geordie" came about, though all accept that it derives from a familiar diminutive form of the name George, [24] "a very common name among the pitmen" [1] [25] (coal miners) in North East England; indeed, it was once the most popular name for eldest sons in the region. [citation needed]
The accents of Teesside, usually known as Smoggy, are sometimes grouped with Yorkshire and sometimes grouped with the North-East of England, for they share characteristics with both accent regions. As this urban area grew in the early 20th century, there are fewer dialect words that date back to older forms of English; Teesside speak is the ...
East Anglian English is a dialect of English spoken in East Anglia, primarily in or before the mid-20th century. East Anglian English has had a very considerable input into modern Estuary English . However, it has received little attention from the media and is not easily recognised by people from other parts of the United Kingdom.
Regional dialects in North America are historically the most strongly differentiated along the Eastern seaboard, due to distinctive speech patterns of urban centers of the American East Coast like Boston, New York City, and certain Southern cities, all of these accents historically noted by their London-like r-dropping (called non-rhoticity), a feature gradually receding among younger ...
This category covers all of northern England, so includes dialects spoken outside the north-east region) Accents/dialect in and around: Berwick-upon-Tweed ("Tweedside") Newcastle (Geordie) Northumberland and Durham (Pitmatic) Sunderland (Mackem) Grammar: Northern subject rule