UK accents SWOOSH Cidlia Sousa Cludia Regina Abreu

UK accents SWOOSH Cidália Sousa Cláudia Regina Abreu Vanessa Reis Esteves

Accent What’s this? The way someone pronounces the words of a language, showing which country or which part of a country they come from. Source: Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman

Regional Dialects and Accents • Dialect: A variety of language spoken in a particular geographical region, by a particular social class, or by a particular generation; it includes vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. • Accent: features of pronunciation that identify the region or social class a person is from.

GLASGOW Glaswegian “Aye nae bother. ” “It’s not a problem. ” Glasgow is famous for ship building.

NEWCAST LE Geordie “Ye knaa what ah mean leik” “Do you know what I Newcastle is mean? famous for the bridges over the river Tyne. Geordie is also a regional nickname for a person from the larger Tyneside region of North East England.

NEWCAST Geordie LE ? ? ? Howay = Come on ? ? ? Doon = Down ? ? ? Toon = Town “Am gannin doon the ? ? ? toon” ? ? ? down “I’m going ? ? ? town” Canny = Nice Lass = ? ? ? Girl “She’s a canny lass” “She’s a nice girl

MANCHESTER Mancunian “I’m gaggin’ for a brew. ” “I really need a cup of tea. ” Manchester is famous for its football.

LIVERPOOL Liverpudlian “We ‘ad a do lassnight. ” “We had a party last night. ” Liverpool is famous for being the hometown of the Beatles. People from Liverpool are called Liverpudlians

RHONDDA Welsh “Y’not from round hyer? ” “You are not from around here, are you? ” Rhondda is famous for its coal mining.

LONDON Cockney (Rhyming slang) Butchers Hook = Look “Have a butchers at that” Pork Pies = Lies “Are you telling porkies ? ” Dog & Bone = Phone “He’s always on the dog” London is famous for its red buses and the Big Ben.

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