You know I was once told the following by one of my bosses “Mike, you´re an intelligent lad and you´ll go far if you could just lose your accent”
My response to this was something along the lines of “What the **** has my accent got to do with the price of fish?” I didn´t work there very long, my boss was an idiot!
Its not the only time I´ve been told my accent is a problem, when I worked for Ocean software I used to work on the customer service line and was told a few times by customers, “I´m sorry I don´t understand your accent”, Mind you the other lad I used to work with had a broad mancunian accent and once received a letter from a satisfied client which read “The phone was answered by the most aggressive man with a mancunian accent……although he did solve my problem, many thanks.”
I dont sound like George Formby and I don´t see my accent as a problem as even my Japanese wife and her English speaking friends and family can understand me if I don´t speak in slang.
However if I do speak in slang, then unless your another Lancastrian then you may not understand. This is why I have included a few Lancastrian phrases and words so that you might understand any words I say to you.
My accent is part of who I am, I am a Lancastrian, and it says so on my Birth Certificate.
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A Level Drama This has been really helpful is preparation for my character development on the play ROAD (Set in Lancashire during the 80 s.) I was wondering, if it s not to much trouble, if you could possibly tell me how to pronounce some of those words and the alphabet as I am sure the way we pronounc things like book are different. I m from the South East and my accent is extremely different and this would really help me in my drama A Level. Thank you so much :)
mykp says: Sorry chuck, but no.
Posted by: Leah on 11 January 2010
thanks! I am interested in the Lancashire accent because my great grandparents were born in Oldham. Since I never knew them, I was curious about their accent. Do you think it would be close to yours? Of course they left there in 1841! Thanks for your article.
mykp says: No I think the accent has been diluted over the years, however certain pockets of Lancashire still retain the dialect if not all the various ways of speaking.
Posted by: Elizabeth Rose on 01 October 2009
Brilliant If only everyone could speak and be proud of our dialect!!!!! I only wish that people still wouldnt stigmatis dialect!!!!!
Posted by: Gregg Ashcroft on 11 April 2009
ACCENT was slightly helpful. I was looking for pronunciation and some sound would be good . I have a part in "Brassed Off"
mykp says: You do know the brassed off story is based in Yorkshire. a very different and some would say, strange accent :x)
Posted by: ROSS CARRICK on 26 March 2009
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You know I was once told the following by one of my bosses “Mike, you´re an intelligent lad and you´ll go far if you could just lose your accent”
