...just read that Brummie accent is the funniest in the UK, but for years, people from the great city of Birmingham have been seen as somewhat lacking in social style and normal day to day reasoning - id est; 'simpletons'. Could the truth be that people from the Midlands are more laid back than anywhere else?
2006-08-20 20:53:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Absolutely, we have been trained from a very young age to stereotype most people based on appearance, accent or culture. Most people hear me speak in my Northern Irish accent and automatically make assumptions based on it and like Barney boy - it's really quite enjoyable to see just how patronising people can be until they discover that actually I'm a very well educated professional who works in public health medicine. (Well done for making it out of the Belfast slums, eh girl??)
2006-08-20 21:27:40 · answer #1 · answered by Daisy the cow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the brummie accent is the most melodic in the UK therefore when I hear someone with a Brummie accent I always assume them as 'arty' and friendly so I guess one does have initial stereotypical impressions of a person with a particular accent or local dialect. I'm not sure which one I would assume is the most intellectual!
2006-08-20 21:03:54 · answer #2 · answered by Cocktail 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a lovely accent, when you get used to it. I lived there for 10 years but when I first got there I used to wish for subtitles!
Brummies are funny - they are willing to laugh at themselves and that's the most powerful humour there is!
2006-08-20 21:05:47 · answer #3 · answered by Roxy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true. I have a thick Scottish accent and I'm always made to feel inferior because of it. Especially when I was at uni and everyone caricatured it.
Sure, I could put a plumb in my mouth, but why bother?
I'm proud of my accent now, tho' it is very frustrating when I can't make myself understood
2006-08-20 21:16:17 · answer #4 · answered by Patchouli Pammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think we do. As Professor Higgins says 'This verbal class distinction by now should be extinct', but I find myself jumping to conclusions about people as soon as they open their mouth.
I mean, take Colin Pillinger - one of our leading Astronomers and a highly respected scientist, but as soon as he starts talking about probes to Mars, in his thick west-country accent, people start to smile! (Ooo Arrr! Oil nevvah know wart appened to that there beagle, it be a real musdery, ooo ah!)
2006-08-20 21:07:23 · answer #5 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
es,unfortunately.I left Dublin many,many, years ago,& I still have a strong Dublin accent,A lot of people have said how much they like it,but you will always find the snobs who think you are a bit thick.I love leading them on,then shooting them down in flames,they get really embarrassed when they realise they have been had,by a 'thick' Paddy.
2006-08-20 21:34:19 · answer #6 · answered by michael k 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do have to agree. It amuses me that when people first hear my accent (scouse) they do treat me differently, speak a bit slower, smile patronisingly etc... but the classic line comes after they have spokent to me for a few minutes 'aren't you clever', well people 'Yes, I f ucking am'.
Thank you for my opportunity to rant.
2006-08-20 21:04:16 · answer #7 · answered by Barneyboy 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If I hear somebody speaking 'common-like', then I would assume they were a moron. It's true.
2006-08-20 21:02:47 · answer #8 · answered by solo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sure don't.
2006-08-20 21:11:01 · answer #9 · answered by Direktor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋