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Old 14-04-2013, 14:55   #14
DtheP47
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Re: Lancashire accent

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Originally Posted by westendlass View Post
I was doing a course as UMIST (Manchester)in the early nineties and one of the other students was boasting about coming from 'the Home Counties although she lived in Clapham. She kept telling me to slow down as she needed a translator for my accent. She then proceeded to start throwing 'ee by gum' in to every sentence. She very nearly experienced the 'Oswaldtwistle kiss' as a going home present.!
I work with a lad from the US..his attempts to mimic my Lancashire accent well.....think the bastard child of a sabden treacle miner (female) crossed with Dick Van Dyke outa Mary Poppins.
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