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Old 13-09-2013, 20:00
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What did he have before that?
I've wondered that. So many kids get into their teens and then drop their family / local accent and start following the trend, looks like Abz just stuck with it until it became his normal speech pattern.

It's the London accent popularly called Jafaican because the user is not Jamaican and has never been there.
You find it outside London too. There are lads on bikes who hang about outside my Tesco Express who talk like that...in a rural village miles from London.
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Old 13-09-2013, 20:00
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It's the London accent popularly called Jafaican because the user is not Jamaican and has never been there.
Much more realistic name for it than MLE.
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Old 13-09-2013, 20:02
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I've wondered that. So many kids get into their teens and then drop their family / local accent and start following the trend, looks like Abz just stuck with it until it became his normal speech pattern.



You find it outside London too. There are lads on bikes who hang about outside my Tesco Express who talk like that...in a rural village miles from London.
A few contestants on Jeremy Kyle seem to have that accent too.
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Old 13-09-2013, 20:03
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Its the accent of a sub culture. He is perfectly entitled to use it.
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Old 13-09-2013, 20:07
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Its the accent of a sub culture. He is perfectly entitled to use it.
Yes, the adopted accent.
I don't think anyone's suggesting he's not entitled yto you use it.
For instance I'm going to be a Scouser until mid-November, do Somerset up to Christmas and then convert to BBC received pronunciation for the New Year.
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Old 13-09-2013, 20:07
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A few contestants on Jeremy Kyle seem to have that accent too.
Oh dear, it must be bad then. Glad you're not snobbish at all.
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Old 13-09-2013, 20:21
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Yes, the adopted accent.
I don't think anyone's suggesting he's not entitled yto you use it.
For instance I'm going to be a Scouser until mid-November, do Somerset up to Christmas and then convert to BBC received pronunciation for the New Year.
No I wasn't describing a pick and mix lets choose an accent. The one he has is a living accent in the circles he moves in and socialises with. In that sense its pretty organic not forced.
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Old 13-09-2013, 20:23
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No I wasn't describing a pick and mix lets choose an accent. The one he has is a living accent in the circles he moves in and socialises with. In that sense its pretty organic not forced.
But he lives in Wales
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Old 13-09-2013, 20:27
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But he lives in Wales
Maybe he has a Welsh accent when he's at home.
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Old 13-09-2013, 20:27
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But he lives in Wales
How much of his life has been spent in Wales?
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Old 13-09-2013, 20:48
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Yes, the adopted accent.
I don't think anyone's suggesting he's not entitled yto you use it.
For instance I'm going to be a Scouser until mid-November, do Somerset up to Christmas and then convert to BBC received pronunciation for the New Year.
Like it. I'm hoping Abz adopts the Indian accent next to go with the spiritualist zen role he's chosen to play.
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Old 13-09-2013, 21:01
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I keep wondering is he really jamaican
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Old 13-09-2013, 21:09
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peop y don't get it do they lool Jamaican seriously?have you guys seen how jamicans talk? abz has muticultural London accent a fairly new accent that has been around since the 80s or 90s, many people speak like him.
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Old 13-09-2013, 21:11
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peop y don't get it do they lool Jamaican seriously?have you guys seen how jamicans talk? abz has muticultural London accent a fairly new accent that has been around since the 80s or 90s, many people speak like him.
This - jeez, some people on here are so out of touch with modern culture.
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Old 13-09-2013, 21:11
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwDgA9LUVMA This is Jamaican accent.
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Old 13-09-2013, 21:12
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Just wondering if he will revert to a normal accent in his interview
I thought it was Mafioso.
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Old 13-09-2013, 21:14
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This - jeez, some people on here are so out of touch with modern culture.
tell me about it. its the same when mc Harvey and the judo boy was on it.
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