Things we do to fit in"When I was fifteen," writes No3L, "I curled up in a Budgens trolley while someone pushed it through the supermarket doors to nick vodka and Benny Hedgehogs, just to hang out with my brother and his mates."
What have you done to fit in?
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chthonic, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 12:30)
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Although......isn't a Surrey accent a gentler version of a South London accent (at least that's what mine sounds like, I think)? Mind you, talking like you're from Peckham when you're really from Reigate is a bit daft (innit)?
My wifey's accent does what your Father's does- she's from Cheshire and she becomes a little bit more more northern sounding when we visit her relatives. Worryingly, it's started to rub off on me, and I sometimes pronounce "done" as "doon" rather than "dun" which is what you would expect...
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milkybarnick is calming down Boris on, Sat 17 Jan 2009, 10:38,
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Hard to tell what a Surrey accent should sound like, actuallyDepending on where you go, people either tend more towards Radio 4 or, as you say, something which sounds quite South London. Having said that, you could say the same about South London.
What you don't find naturally are the tones of cheeky cockney chappies from the East End. Just kids pretending they are. Or pretending they're from a black ghetto.
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