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Any YouTube search for "Norfolk accent" or "Norfolk dialect" will give you some good examples.
I grew up in Suffolk which has a similar (though not exactly the same) dialect. East Anglian dialects and accents are definately southern type varieties but fall into their own subcategory and are quite distinctive once you learn to recognise them. I can tell a Norfolk/Suffolk person the minute they open their mouth - even if they're quite posh and have lost quite a lot of the accent.
For some reason it's probably the least known dialect/accent in the UK. You never hear it on TV, and most people who migrate away from the region quickly loose the accent. Most people think the accent in Suffolk/Norfolk is a kind of rural southern "farmer" type accent like that of Somerset or Devon. Actually it's nothing like that.
Also in the main towns it's dying out among young people quite a bit in favour of Estuary English. Big shame if you ask me.
However if you go to rural areas of north east Suffolk or Norfolk, the locals down the pub still use a thick dialect when speaking to each other. There are many words and expressions unique to this region that are not employed elsewhere, such as
"aan th' huh" = meaning "askew" or "unaligned", eg, that picture's aan th' huh
"aan th' drag" = running late, eg, "e's aa th' drag again"
Have a look at some YouTube and write back what you think!
Sidney Grapes - You'll note that Sid came from Potter Heigham. How you say that depends on where you come from. Is it 'Potter Hayum' or 'Potter Higham'? (It's debatable..)
Sidney Grapes - You'll note that Sid came from Potter Heigham. How you say that depends on where you come from. Is it 'Potter Hayum' or 'Potter Higham'? (It's debatable..)
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Southern of course. It's below the 'trap-bath' split line. It sounds vaguely like a Kentish or Essex accent to my ears. Most outsiders might mistake it for Cockney.
Southern of course. It's below the 'trap-bath' split line. It sounds vaguely like a Kentish or Essex accent to my ears.
Time for a new hearing aid?
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Most outsiders might mistake it for Cockney.
Especially those called Dork von Dick
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