what's going on guys today we're looking
at how to tell the difference between a
North English accent and a southern
English accents and we're going to use
two famous British soaps EastEnders and
Coronation Street to help us
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let's quickly talk about what accents
you'll find in the South of England and
in the north of England so in the South
you have received pronunciation cockney
multicultural London English Bristolian
s tree English and a variety of other
ones in the South West particularly then
in the north of England you're going to
have accents like an Mancunian accents a
Scouse accent which is from Liverpool a
Geordie accent which is from Newcastle
Brummie from Birmingham Yorkshire accent
and within yorkshire there's lots of
different accents so yeah those are the
main ones that we're gonna be focusing
on today
the first main difference between the
North and the South of England is
something that we called the trap bath
splits and this is what you have an
eight and the two different sounds that
can be produced so in the South of
England you have two sounds for example
baths that are sound and trap that ah
sound so ah and so words with are things
like bath laughs glass afternoon dance
etc now the sound you've got man hand
Japan pasta Harry so you have two
different sounds but in the north of
England there isn't that distinction so
you only have one sound that's the sound
you wouldn't use an R sound so with
words that take R in the South of
England there uh in the north of England
so it would be bath laughs afternoon ask
glass dance
here's example from a really famous
British soap Coronation Street which is
set in Manchester in the north of
England so they're going to be using a
northern English accent let's have a
listen see if you can identify that ah
sound oh I forgot to ask his mom all
right
oh don't worry did you hear that ask now
in the South of England that would be
asked okay are that are sound so in the
north ah
in the south our Oh physical contrast
keys ma'am all right oh don't worry now
let's look an example from EastEnders
where they have a southern English
accent and see if you can tell the
difference
whoa okay it's a explosive seen this one
but she said the word can't can't she's
using the R sound there in the north of
England that would be AK you can't can't
but in the South of England cons
okay let's go back to Coronation Street
and the north of England and here
another example
oh it's been pushed back to this
afternoon okay did you hear that
afternoon afternoon so that a sound in
the South of England that would be
afternoon right afternoon
oh it's been pushed back to this
afternoon now before we continue guys I
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like these kinds of accents I teach you
the differences between a cockney accent
and received pronunciation Mancunian
Scouse I also have a dictionary with all
the British slang that I know we also
have cockney rhyming slang
there's loads of cultural information as
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okay the second big distinction between
the North and the South of England is
the AH sound well
uh-uh-uh-uh-uh so the two ways that we
use to sort of show this is cut and put
cut and put you have two different
sounds there that are and the ah now in
the South of England you have that
difference you have those two sounds are
and a putt put but in the north of
England the accents in the north don't
have that distinction it's just a sound
oh so let's go through the southern in
and what those words would sound like so
with the earth sound you have put good
wood sugar etc and then you have the ah
sound
CF putt shut nut Sunday summer run now
in the north of England those were
putz nuts run it's not that ah it's Oh
so be put looked run summer Sunday shoot
and so on okay let's go back to
Coronation Street and find an example of
this sound right well give me ten
minutes while I'm gone freshen up okay
that up seven up in the South of England
it's up ah by the north of England oh oh
right well give me ten minutes while I'm
gone freshen up okay let's hear example
in EastEnders which is from the South of
England listen to me Sam you can leave
at that front door or you can choose a
window okay he used the words Sun s o n
Sun now in the north of England that Sun
Sun ah oh but in the South of England
son listen to me son you can leave an
air front door or you can choose a
window and in fact if we go back to that
first example we used from EastEnders
she says mother at the end mother that
muck in the north of England
mother mother so mother mother okay
another one
love love love in the South of England
roof in the north of England there'll be
plenty of time for that okay so those
are the two big differences that ah and
AH and the oh and AH now the third big
difference that you have between the
north and south is vocabulary now there
are regional words throughout England of
course so you if you are listening to
someone speaking and they use a certain
word sometimes that word will tell you
where they are from and they from the
north of England or the south of England
and even within that are they from
Liverpool are they from Manchester are
they from London are they from Newcastle
so some big examples that we have in the
north of England lunch is called dinner
and the last meal of the day is called T
whereas in the South of England lunch is
lunch and the last meal of the day is
dinner so if you hear someone saying
what do you want for tea
indicates that they're from the north of
England just from that choice of
vocabulary now another interesting
difference is terms of endearment in the
north of England you might be called
duck or love or pets or chuck if you
walk into sa a bakery and you ask for a
sandwich or some bread
they might say all right love all right
Duke all right Chuck all right pet
whereas those words you might hear them
in the south but you're probably more
likely to be called love or darling
someone all right darling or I love
something more on those lines so those
can be some differences as well another
example might be if someone says write
me old China all right me old China
that's an example of cockney rhyming
slang so that suggests that they're
probably from London or at least the
South of England now me old China
cockney rhyming slang China plate what
is plate to rhyme with meit someo china
is my mates my friend so son says all
right me old China they sitting there
saying all right mate hmm now but if you
hear someone say our kids are kid what
does that mean well in Manchester
particularly our kid is another way of
saying like my younger brother or sister
for example if they said our kids just
got a job at Google that would tell you
that their brother or sister has got a
job at Google so that that word that
phrase tells me that they're probably
from the north of England probably from
Manchester so vocabulary is a really
good indication of where someone is from
within England okay it's time for a quiz
I'm going to show you a little clip of
someone speaking and I want you to
decide are they speaking with a northern
English accent or a southern English
accent good luck
remember this is between you and me yeah
always like ice need to stick together
remember this is between you and me yeah
boys like ice need to stick together
I was up to my elbows in nice and hot
I'm fine I'm just a bit tired I was up
to my elbows in nice and so God knows
what's our last knot
you know what I think Emma's made it up
and that Cal Fiona Middleton the ring
League together they want you money
you know what I think Emma's made it up
and that Cal Fiona Middleton the ring
lead together they want you money how
did you do
were you able to tell the difference all
right if not go back to the in this
video go through it again and then come
back to this quiz thank you so much for
watching guys remember I have my new
book coming out really soon
the link will be in the description
below when it's ready until next time
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