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Thread ID: 85501	2007-12-12 07:56:00	Accents	rob_on_guitar (4196)	PC World Chat

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620564	2007-12-13 01:22:00	Haha must be I guess, they had to leave some at home to tend the farms. There was a non-average number of Winton kids in the group of friends that regularly got drunk with my daughter in London... My daughter's group was mainly Dorklanders, but it had a disproportionate number of Winton members. Lovely looking girls too. A decade after you were there, but it was noticeable at the time. Sadly one of the southern boys in the group was killed by a car when he was wending his way home (possibly a bit tired and emotional). I don't recall now whether he was from Winton or Gore, but I had the sad task of phoning his parents to pass on my daughter's sorrow for their loss. Wot a sod of a way to lose your son.	John H (8)
620565	2007-12-13 01:24:00	Yes they do. My mother is Welsh and she says the South Wales people can't understand a word what the North Wales people say even if they both speak Welsh. :lol: PJ may be able to confirm that. :p They are so different, they are almost different languages.	John H (8)
620566	2007-12-13 02:47:00	My friend from Hull, Yorkshire, in the UK, has sent me a booklet entitled 'Visitor's Guide to 'ull'. I can almost hear one of my previous work colleagues speaking. He hailed from Yorkshire. He used to drop his 'aitches' and add them on to other words that began with a vowel. I found it delightful. Possibly because I love language, with all the various accents (most of them, anyway). Do South Islanders have a different accent to those in the North Island? I am a South Islander and have often been asked whether I am English.	Marnie (4574)
620567	2007-12-13 02:50:00	Who did you work for Bantu - you might have driven me around Europe.... Top Deck. A heap of rivalry between TD and Contiki at the time but all the crew used to party together frequently. Autotours, Trek Europa, Vikings, Top Deck, Contiki, Sundowners, and a few other European tour companies. I was there before the Deckers got banned from Europe.	Bantu (52)
620568	2007-12-13 03:01:00	Ahh - I usually went via Golden Lion - cheap as chips in comparison to the bigger players like Top Deck and Viking and Contiki (Contiki were for the softies that couldn't put up their own tents and had to sleep on beds rather than on the ground as God intended!! :D )	johcar (6283)
620569	2007-12-13 03:27:00	My friend from Hull, Yorkshire, in the UK, has sent me a booklet entitled 'Visitor's Guide to 'ull'. I can almost hear one of my previous work colleagues speaking. He hailed from Yorkshire. He used to drop his 'aitches' and add them on to other words that began with a vowel. I found it delightful. Possibly because I love language, with all the various accents (most of them, anyway). Do South Islanders have a different accent to those in the North Island? I am a South Islander and have often been asked whether I am English. LMAO :D That reminds me of when I was a teenager. A friend confessed that she loved my "Pommy accent" and when I queried (with horror) "what Pommy accent?" she said I was always dropping my "aitches". I didn't even realise I was doing it but it was something I had picked up from my Cockney father. I still do it but since then 'ave tried really 'ard not to. :o Another thing she said I do is say "meself" instead of "myself" but it seems that one was really contagious because lots of Kiwis do it now. :D Aucklanders speak funny. Someone told me a few years ago that they 'ad an accent but I was still surprised when I 'eard it for meself.	FoxyMX (5)
620570	2007-12-13 03:37:00	(snip) Do South Islanders have a different accent to those in the North Island? I am a South Islander and have often been asked whether I am English. Those in the north of England never subscribed to The Great Vowel Shift between 1200 and 1600 - hence their English pronunciation is closer to that of the origins of the language. Secondly, those in the north east in particular (like Hull) were within the Danelaw, so much of their language was influenced by Norse as well as Anglo Saxon. Re NZ - I was away from the South Island for twenty five years, and when I came back to Canterbury, I suddenly became aware of these old ladies speaking and sounding like the aunties that brought me up down here. I hadn't heard it for years from people outside my family. People often ask me if I am English, but I put it down to a Canterbury upbringing and some radio and stage acting. When a mate and I went to Southland to work between high school and uni, a family in Gore took us under their wing. The mother said how wonderful it was to hear English being spoken properly again - she was from the West Coast and her hubby was from Gore... She reckoned that neither place could speak English properly. I am not sure there is a "South Island" accent, but I think there are regional differences. I can recognise the Southland burr quite quickly, and I think the Auckland region has developed a distinctive accent. I think I can pick up the accent more easily with women's voices for some weird reason, and especially if it is over a medium like the phone or radio!	John H (8)
620571	2007-12-13 03:52:00	Ahh - I usually went via Golden Lion - cheap as chips in comparison to the bigger players like Top Deck and Viking and Contiki (Contiki were for the softies that couldn't put up their own tents and had to sleep on beds rather than on the ground as God intended!! :D ) Never heard of Golden Lion. Vikings finished about early-mid 1982 Vikings were all setting up tents everywhere. Autotours were the same. Sundowners went bust towards the end of 1982. At the time Top Deck were at the low end (the party animals), Contiki high end (where do i plug in my hair dryer in this tent?). Top Deck did more countries than Contiki. My longest trip was London - Kathmandu, then 4 weeks around India, then Kathmandu - London. Total time away from London including breaks between trips 6 Months. My Europe trips ranged from 3 weeks to 9 weeks.	Bantu (52)
620572	2007-12-13 04:49:00	I have to admit that I do love a good accent especially, Irish, English, South African ... the list goes on. I really love the South Island accent. I lived down there when I was little and for a few years, (a few years ago) and still speak a bit funny (according to my family). For instance ...... I would say .... "Over there is their bags" but I pronounce their as thur. My son and mother still try to correct this slight flaw. :annoyed:Where abouts in the South did you live? I still miss the luxxing, eating Boston buns and belgium too; and warming clothes in the super-heater cupboard :p	Myth (110)
620573	2007-12-13 04:55:00	A local :lol: My 7th form Geography teacher was Maori (half Maori blood I think) and he called Wellington "Willington" (most Ky Wys (kiwis) say Wullungtun) I find accents quite interesting tho...	jwil1 (65)
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