I studied BSL and Makaton for a while for my work, and yes there are ‘accents’ ie regional variations.
Shockingly/sadly I was told by my tutor that in one predominantly white city the sign for ‘brown’ and ‘sex worker’ was the same … it transpired that the Deaf Assoc HQ in that city was in the centre of the ‘red light’ area and in those days the majority of ‘working girls’ there were of mixed race (often girls from badly run children’s homes) 😢
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I rarely look at this thread now, let alone participate, for reasons I won't bore people with, but there seems to be a helluva lot of analysis paralysis around these days...
My dad was almost totally deaf from birth @pansyface, but he never really lost his English [London] accent, despite living for far more years here, than he ever did down there.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Canadians say oot and aboot. New Zealand vowel sounds are different and sometimes non existent as in Nzlund
Exactly that @B3. A dead giveaway. When we were in Hawaii some people thought we were from Australia, and in Canada some initially thought we were American! In Hawaii we were accosted by a bloke who simply wanted to talk to us because he loved the English accent. At least he got the country right.
The late George Thomas, Lord Tonypandy and one-time Speaker of the House of Commons, was internationally renowned for his avuncular repartee.
Winifred Ewing, an Scottish MP legendary for her strong Highland burr once complained that the Liverpool accent of
a Labour Party member was so thick she couldn't understand it.
"There are many accents in this House," replied Thomas in his singsong Welsh cadence. "I only wish I had one myself."
When there's always biscuits in the tin, where's the fun in biscuits ?
A friend was trying to chat up two young ladies we had picked up hitch hiking (remember that?). His chances faded faster than a Scottish summer when he asked "What part of the USA are you from?" "Canada!" was the terse reply.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
http://deafmagazine.co.uk/deaf-lifestyle/deaf-studies/bsl-regional-variations-respect-and-knowledge-of-linguistics/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My dad was almost totally deaf from birth @pansyface, but he never really lost his English [London] accent, despite living for far more years here, than he ever did down there.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Exactly that @B3. A dead giveaway. When we were in Hawaii some people thought we were from Australia, and in Canada some initially thought we were American! In Hawaii we were accosted by a bloke who simply wanted to talk to us because he loved the English accent. At least he got the country right.
Winifred Ewing, an Scottish MP legendary for her strong Highland burr once complained that the Liverpool accent of a Labour Party member was so thick she couldn't understand it.
"There are many accents in this House," replied Thomas in his singsong Welsh cadence. "I only wish I had one myself."