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Do People In Orkney Talk Like Cameron ??? |
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Do People In Orkney Talk Like Cameron ???
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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No he's making it up as he goes along
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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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Och nooooooo!!!!!!!!!
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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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highland accents are similar in inflection but not as fierce
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Re: Do People In Orkney Talk Like Cameron ???
Why would you doubt it?
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I'm in sunny Glasgae, but I have to say Cameron sounds more Weelsh than hee doooes Sccoottish....
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I just find it a bit odd considering his mother does`nt speak like
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Lisa said she thought he was from Norway
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i've been told that i sound like cameron
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it sounds like something the queen would say
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Originally posted by Graceland His mother's probably finding it a bit odd that he's speaking like that. I just find it a bit odd considering his mother does`nt speak like that.
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Originally posted by The_Green_Man I would think so to................He has made it into very broad ScotsHis mother's probably finding it a bit odd that he's speaking like that.
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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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They are strange, those Accordions!
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Originally posted by burrogrande They are strange, those Accordions!
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Originally posted by burrogrande They are indeed They are strange, those Accordions!
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Re: Do People In Orkney Talk Like Cameron ???
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Originally posted by Graceland That's a bit like asking 'does everyone in Glasgow talk like Fed', and errrr no they don't.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. lu |
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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. bc |
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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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Originally posted by Graceland Broad Scots ??? Somehow I don't think so I would think so to................He has made it into very broad Scots . lu |
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Originally posted by lulu 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.
Broad Scots ??? Somehow I don't think so lu |
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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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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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