English and how it is spoke

[Gayle]

The play that I'm currently rehearsing for requires really broad accents. We are playing factory workers from 1945. I know that I'd be identified as a Lancashire lass from anywhere else but it's really hard trying to make it broader than it is.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by yerself

I thought I'd heard or read somewhere that the purest form of English was spoken in Inverness, so I did a google and found the following:




Scottish Dialect http://www.talentscotland.com/uploads/2322/ES_1947A.jpgThe Scottish Dialect

Scotland’s rich variety of dialects contains some of the clearest and most melodic English spoken anywhere in the world.

Scotland has a wealth of dialects but the key thing for the newcomer to remember is that while all these rich dialects exist, the majority of Scots speak standard English with an intelligible Scottish accent.

Indeed, Scottish accents are the most popular among call centre users across the whole of the UK and it is said that the Highlanders from around Inverness speak the clearest and most melodious form of English anywhere in Britain.

The majority of Scots speak standard English

That's true, East coast Scotland has some very precise accents. After having lived in Glasgow however, if you ever venture into the Gobals, don't forget your phrase book, you'll not understand a bloody word.

[mez]

true that rindy ........i spent a week up in glasgow & came back with a brain more fuddled than when i went he he ...........but still think they are great people.

[grannyclaret]

is that the rab c nesbit accent?

[SPUGGIE J]

GC thats terrible Rab C Nessbit accent is weegie aka Glaswegien up Inverness and all highland areas they are tuechters. Ther eis another frase for them but I would be banned from the sight for saying it.

[grannyclaret]

oops sorry