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Old 09-07-2003, 00:04
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If anyone has been up north do they really talk like Cameron.
My mother was up as far as Shetland and they dont speak like
that at all.
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Old 09-07-2003, 00:05
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No he's making it up as he goes along
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Old 09-07-2003, 00:08
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Aye they do and sometimes even a lot worse. The Western Isles accent is even funnier, it sound like a cross between Irish and Swedish.
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Old 09-07-2003, 00:18
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Och nooooooo!!!!!!!!!
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Old 09-07-2003, 00:19
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Och aye!

Its funny how the chookters say it different to us lowlanders. Probably not as optimistic.
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Old 09-07-2003, 00:21
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highland accents are similar in inflection but not as fierce
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Old 09-07-2003, 00:34
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Why would you doubt it?
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Old 09-07-2003, 00:36
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I'm in sunny Glasgae, but I have to say Cameron sounds more Weelsh than hee doooes Sccoottish....

Ayeee,

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Old 09-07-2003, 01:10
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I just find it a bit odd considering his mother does`nt speak like
that.
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Old 09-07-2003, 01:15
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Lisa said she thought he was from Norway
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Old 09-07-2003, 02:15
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i've been told that i sound like cameron

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Old 09-07-2003, 02:31
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it sounds like something the queen would say

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Old 09-07-2003, 02:34
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Originally posted by Graceland
I just find it a bit odd considering his mother does`nt speak like
that.
His mother's probably finding it a bit odd that he's speaking like that.
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Old 09-07-2003, 02:41
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Originally posted by The_Green_Man
His mother's probably finding it a bit odd that he's speaking like that.
I would think so to................He has made it into very broad Scots

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Old 09-07-2003, 03:33
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I'd be surprised in everybody in Orkney talked like Cameron.... It would mean that you would have an island full of spiteful, nasty, two-faced, duplicitous, violent, inconsistent cretins!

As for the accent, I have no idea
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Old 09-07-2003, 04:10
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They are strange, those Accordions!
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Old 09-07-2003, 04:12
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Originally posted by burrogrande
They are strange, those Accordions!
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Old 09-07-2003, 04:16
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Originally posted by burrogrande
They are strange, those Accordions!
They are indeed
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Old 09-07-2003, 08:51
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Originally posted by Graceland
If anyone has been up north do they really talk like Cameron.
My mother was up as far as Shetland and they dont speak like
that at all.
That's a bit like asking 'does everyone in Glasgow talk like Fed', and errrr no they don't.

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Old 09-07-2003, 09:13
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Was watching a programme about the Top Ten British ancient monuments the other night. 2 of them were in the Orkneys and the folk talked just like Cameron.

On another point,perhaps Camerons mum isn't from the Orkneys herself, which may account for why she doesn't sound Orcadian.

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Old 09-07-2003, 09:23
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Orkney, like most place, has a wide range of accents: yorkshire, london, cornwall, birmingham, glasgow, abderdeen etc. The indigenous accent is though like cameron's. His is a variant common to those who have lived away and/or been highly educated. The accent can be a lot stronger than his. His mother is displaying her 'telephone voice' - something all Orkney folk have when talking on the phone to non-Orcadians: we all realise we can be hard to understand!
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Old 09-07-2003, 09:41
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Originally posted by Graceland
I would think so to................He has made it into very broad Scots

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Broad Scots ??? Somehow I don't think so If he spoke 'broad Scots' then no-one in the house would understand him far less the viewers south of the border.

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Old 09-07-2003, 09:46
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Originally posted by lulu
Broad Scots ??? Somehow I don't think so If he spoke 'broad Scots' then no-one in the house would understand him far less the viewers south of the border.

lu
Agreed. A friend married a woman from the Shetlands, and sometimes I had great difficulty understanding a word she said. Cameron's accent is quite soft compared to the broader ones that exist up here. I like it, certainly much nicer than the Glaswegian I speak.
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Old 09-07-2003, 09:46
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I'd be surprised in everybody in Orkney talked like Cameron.... It would mean that you would have an island full of spiteful, nasty, two-faced, duplicitous, violent, inconsistent cretins!

No your talking about Newcastle - the sh*thole of the north.
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Old 09-07-2003, 09:48
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Orkney was populated by norwegians and the language still has a lot of old words from 'Old Norse'.

In fact they had theor own langage called 'Norn' which died a few hundred or years ago..

A number of words, phrases and indeed the structure of Orcadian dialect still contain remnants of Norn, with words like:

Felkyo - meaning "witch"
Speir - meaning "to ask"
Kye - meaning "cattle"

A few tiny written fragments exist, such as the Norn version of the Lord's Prayer shown below:

Favor i ir i chimrie, Helleur ir i nam thite,
gilla cosdum thite cumma, veya thine mota vara gort
o yurn sinna gort i chimrie,
ga vus da on da dalight brow vora
Firgive vus sinna vora sin vee Firgive sindara mutha vus,
lyv vus ye i tumtation, min delivera vus fro olt ilt, Amen.

So if you see Cameron muttering 'Felkyo' under his breath, he's probably talking about Lisa..

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