The Nottingham accent?

rick182rick182 Posts: 11,092
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Whats the local accent in Nottingham?
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  • TheBillyTheBilly Posts: 5,514
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    They say 'duck' a lot.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 61
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    rick182 wrote: »
    Whats the local accent in Nottingham?

    Who cares?

    They've got the prettiest girls!
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    TheBilly wrote: »
    They say 'duck' a lot.

    Us lot in Derbyshire are guilty of saying duck more then the Nottingham lot.
  • lea_uklea_uk Posts: 9,639
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    We say duck in Northumberland too, mainly when we see a duck.
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    lea_uk wrote: »
    We say duck in Northumberland too, mainly when we see a duck.

    but that's because round there seeing a duck is probably the most exciting thing to happen all day
  • Nigel GoodwinNigel Goodwin Posts: 58,330
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    rick182 wrote: »
    Whats the local accent in Nottingham?

    It's fairly similar to Derbyshire - and (according to University Linguistics departments) is the most neutral accent in the UK.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,383
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    It's fairly similar to Derbyshire - and (according to University Linguistics departments) is the most neutral accent in the UK.

    And the most slovenly and lazy drawl...

    ent i... (isn't it)
    doown cha (don't you)

    My cousins are Nottingham girls, nice girls and then they open their gobs.........
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    LCDMAN wrote: »
    And the most slovenly and lazy drawl...

    ent i... (isn't it)
    doown cha (don't you)

    My cousins are Nottingham girls, nice girls and then they open their gobs.........

    They only speak like that in Bulwell ' or Bu''ll as they pronounce it .
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,383
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    And Bestwood Park ...
  • CryolemonCryolemon Posts: 8,670
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    Can't really describe the accent, but it's fairly distinctive. Newark and Mansfield also have different accents altogether.
  • Slarti BartfastSlarti Bartfast Posts: 6,607
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    As a big fan of Shame Meadows films I find I'm quite fond of Midlands accents.
  • 80sfan80sfan Posts: 18,522
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    A 'cob' means a bread roll, mi duck :D
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    Cryolemon wrote: »
    Can't really describe the accent, but it's fairly distinctive. Newark and Mansfield also have different accents altogether.

    Without offence to people from there, I think Mansfield has one of the worst accents in the country... It horrid! :o:o
  • Nigel GoodwinNigel Goodwin Posts: 58,330
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    80sfan wrote: »
    A 'cob' means a bread roll, mi duck :D

    Don't even go there :D

    My daughter had a long running discussion about what a cob was her first year at Uni :D Not to mention what 'baps' were as well - one lad used to go in the local shop and ask the girl to 'see her baps'.

    I was impressed though that a Belgian girl knew a cob was also a male swan.
  • CryolemonCryolemon Posts: 8,670
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    80sfan wrote: »
    Without offence to people from there, I think Mansfield has one of the worst accents in the country... It horrid! :o:o

    It's like a cross between Nottingham and Sheffield accents, with the negative parts of both lol.

    Newark is like a posher version of Nottingham, but with the addition of random Romany slang lol.
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    Cryolemon wrote: »
    It's like a cross between Nottingham and Sheffield accents, with the negative parts of both lol.

    Newark is like a posher version of Nottingham, but with the addition of random Romany slang lol.

    I think it also depends on how you want to talk. I'm originally from Newark, and remember making the concious decision to try and talk without using the same words that my parents and siblings use - Waater- for water, Wok - for work, etc...

    I live in Nottingham now and when I go to see my parents, (very seldom, even though its only down the A46), I am amazed that they all still talk like that.
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    david1955 wrote: »
    They only speak like that in Bulwell ' or Bu''ll as they pronounce it .

    Lol yes Bu''ll is just like that! I've lived in Nottingham all my life, but sometimes when I hear the way some Nottingham people (usually from Bulwell, or Top Valley, Bestwood Estate, Basford), it just makes me cringe!
  • CryolemonCryolemon Posts: 8,670
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    dodgydaz wrote: »
    I think it also depends on how you want to talk. I'm originally from Newark, and remember making the concious decision to try and talk without using the same words that my parents and siblings use - Waater- for water, Wok - for work, etc...

    I live in Nottingham now and when I go to see my parents, (very seldom, even though its only down the A46), I am amazed that they all still talk like that.

    I know a guy from Newark who's lived in Nottingham on and off for a few years and his accent has got more Nottingham like, whether that was a conscious decision I don't know, but it's certainly possible.
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    ey up me duck !
  • jwballjwball Posts: 1,248
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    80sfan wrote: »
    Without offence to people from there, I think Mansfield has one of the worst accents in the country... It horrid! :o:o

    It's horrid?

    Then has the nerve to say I have a bad accent. ;)
  • MenkMenk Posts: 13,831
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    Cryolemon wrote: »
    It's like a cross between Nottingham and Sheffield accents, with the negative parts of both lol.

    Newark is like a posher version of Nottingham, but with the addition of random Romany slang lol.

    Newark slang is like a complete new language - people from surrounding towns in Notts have no clue what they are rockering on about most of the time.
  • CryolemonCryolemon Posts: 8,670
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    Menk wrote: »
    Newark slang is like a complete new language - people from surrounding towns in Notts have no clue what they are rockering on about most of the time.

    Is your username intended to be an example? (If not then it's a pretty good coincidence lol)
  • MenkMenk Posts: 13,831
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    Cryolemon wrote: »
    Is your username intended to be an example? (If not then it's a pretty good coincidence lol)

    Coincidence. :cry:

    I found out a couple of years ago that people in the West Midlands used it, but I never had it down as Newark. Doylam or dimler are the Newark equivalents that I know of.
  • CryolemonCryolemon Posts: 8,670
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    Menk wrote: »
    Coincidence. :cry:

    I found out a couple of years ago that people in the West Midlands used it, but I never had it down as Newark. Doylam or dimler are the Newark equivalents that I know of.

    Or "spesh".
  • MenkMenk Posts: 13,831
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    Cryolemon wrote: »
    Or "spesh".

    Or even radged! :D
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