tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post6389296444700546398..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Jo Swinson's strange accentMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-91273762135025218782019-12-07T23:19:16.821+00:002019-12-07T23:19:16.821+00:00Perhaps her mum was from Scotland and her dad from...Perhaps her mum was from Scotland and her dad from Bristol.<br />A friend of my youth married an American and went to live in the US. When I met her many years later back in England, I noticed that when she was speaking about her life in the US, she sounded American, but when she was speaking about the old days in England, she sounded as she used to.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-60905746430593453132019-12-07T12:43:23.044+00:002019-12-07T12:43:23.044+00:00B, yes, there are different Scottish accents, the ...B, yes, there are different Scottish accents, the same way as a stereotypical Northern accent shades between Liverpudlian, Geordie and Hull-ian (if that's a word). Using these three as fixed points, you can interpolate where somebody is from. People from Warrington or Wigan sound generic northern, shading into Liverpudlian. <br /><br />But most accents are internally consistent, after a minute or two, you can predict how the speaker will pronounce certain words, even if he has not used them yet. All the sounds fit together nicely.<br /><br />But Swindon's accent is all over the place, she jumps back and forth. <br /><br />For example, she mainly uses the proper Scottish rolled "R", with tongue at back of mouth, but when she is doing long vowels with tongue at front of mouth (Bristol fashion), the "R" comes out wrong. Try saying "Roll" with a Scottish "R-" and a Bristol "-oll". It's difficult and sounds like shit.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-64050472713775920132019-12-07T09:13:20.285+00:002019-12-07T09:13:20.285+00:00What we recognise as a "Scottish" accent...What we recognise as a "Scottish" accent is actually the accent from only a part of Scotland, other parts sounding much more RP, so I suspect the Bristol influence is simply characteristic of wherever Jo Swinson hails from.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-35378752107918724692019-12-06T12:40:16.456+00:002019-12-06T12:40:16.456+00:00https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000byy1/the...https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000byy1/the-andrew-neil-interviews-election-2019-jo-swinsonJames Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10487916621748348915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-84396586831462400022019-12-05T21:24:25.311+00:002019-12-05T21:24:25.311+00:00I'm usually interested in this sort of thing, ...I'm usually interested in this sort of thing, but I can't bring myself to listen to Jo Swinson.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-1257020395680533002019-12-05T16:06:01.752+00:002019-12-05T16:06:01.752+00:00SM, yes she did, didn't she?SM, yes she did, didn't she? Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-65244033322217982162019-12-05T13:34:37.025+00:002019-12-05T13:34:37.025+00:00Yes I did notice her strange accent. At times it s...Yes I did notice her strange accent. At times it sounded as if she came from BristolStaffordshire manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572121503308389236noreply@blogger.com