hello and welcome back to this British
accent series today we're back up north
and we're looking at the Manchester
accent so who is going to help us this
is Cora Cora is from Manchester that
means she's a Mancunian or some would
say a monk hello Cora hello there are
many variations of the Mancunian accents
so what we're looking at today is just
general all right so the Mancunian
accent is a northern accent but there
are some specific features specific for
the people from Manchester and if you're
trying to achieve a Mancunian accent
then perhaps you want to look at being a
little bit more nasal more nasality in
your vocal placement and perhaps over
enunciated some of your vowels but first
let's look at some of the dialect that
you would use so here are some words
that you might hear in Manchester Judith
chewing gum can have some jitter could I
have some chewing gum myva trouble sorry
to my via I'm sorry to trouble you
gagging versity I'm gagging for some
water I'm really thirsty for some water
dead very well that were dead good well
that was very good men excellent that
were men that was excellent
scraping crying stops crying stop crying
brew cup of tea try a brew I love a cup
of tea
stop tantrum she had a strop she had a
tongue
snide tight don't be snide don't be
tight onion disgusting oh that we're
hanging or that was disgusting
sound decent re sound oh he's decent
buzzing excited and buzzing about
tonight I'm excited about tonight out
anything have you got out have you got
anything excellent now let's look at
some of the vowel changes that we would
hear firstly the short vowel ah Cora
would say oh for example in the word
shut shut shut shut shut the door shut
the door
lovely lovely lovely lovely she's lovely
she's lovely
up up up but you're going up in the
world you're going up in the world so
the next thing we're going to look at is
the long our vowel in many cases this is
replaced with ah-ah-ah for example in
the word last last last last that's your
last one that's your last one bath bath
bath bath you need to take a bath you
need to take a bath
she's right past past past past it's
half past one it's half past one the
next sound is the th sound
this is often replaced with an F or a V
for example in the word think think
think think I'll have a think about it I
love a think about it with with with
with are you going with her or going
with a weather weather weather weather
weather the weather is cold weather the
weather is cold weather the weather is
cold weather the weather is cold in his
cold slit
awful weather today in London thank you
thank you thank you thank you thank you
very much thank you very much he didn't
even say thank you you didn't even say
thank you if a tea appears in the middle
of word then it will be glut alized for
example water water water water I need
to drink some water I need a drink some
water letter letter letter letter a
letter arrived for you and letter
arrived for you a letter arrived for you
a letter arrived for you better better
better better I hope you feel better
soon I hope you feel better soon I hope
you feel better soon
I hope you feel better soon meter meter
meter meter don't forget to check the
meter don't forget to check the meter if
an H appears the beginning of the word
then you'll often find it has been
omitted for example house house house
house are you coming to my house hey
come in - meows home um home um you need
to go home you need to go on happy happy
happy okay I'm feeling happy today I'm
feeling happy today
how come how come how come how come how
come you didn't come to my house I'll
come you didn't come to my house
hiya hiya hiya hiya
she didn't even say hiya she don't even
say hi yeah finally we're going to look
at the ing sound now in standard English
you would hear walking in general
northern you would hear walking but in
Manchester you'd hear walking which is
the front of the tongue forward and up
on the roof of the mouth and again
walking great so I went walking I went
walking I were walking I went walking
meeting meeting meeting meeting I'm
meeting him here I'm meeting a meal I
him here and meeting a meal waiting
waiting waiting waiting don't keep me
waiting
don't keep me waiting don't keep me
waiting
don't keep me waiting I wouldn't keep
her waiting watching watching watching
watching
I've been bird watching I've been bird
watching
I've been bird watching I've been bird
watching well here is a story for you
Sara parry was a veterinary nurse had
been working daily an old Zoo in a
deserted district of the territory so
she were very happy to start a new job
at a superb private practice in North
Square near the Duke Street Tower that
area was much nearer former immortal
Lycan even sir on a first morning she
felt stressed she ate a bowl of porridge
checked herself in the mirror and washed
her face in an array then she put in a
plain yellow dress at a fleece jacket
picked up a kit and headed for work when
she got there there was a woman with a
goose waiting for her the woman gave
server an official letter from the bear
the letter implied that the animal could
be suffering from a rare form of
foot-and-mouth disease which was
surprising because normally you'd only
expect to see it in a dog of a girl
Sarah was sentimental so this made feel
sorry for the beautiful bird before long
that itchy goose began to strut around
the office like a lunatic
which made an unsanitary mess the gooses
owner
Marie Harrison kept calling comma comma
which Sarah thought was an odd choice
for a name comer was strong and huge so
it would take some foster trapper but
Sir had a different idea first she tried
gently stroking the gooses lower back
with a palm than singing a tune to her
finally she administered ether her
efforts were not futile in no time the
goose began to tire so Sarah were able
to hold on to comment and give her a
relaxing bath once server had managed to
bear the goose she wiped her off with a
cloth and laid her on a right side then
server confirmed the vets diagnosis
almost immediately she remembered an
effective treatment that required her to
measure out a lot of medicine so a
warned that this course of treatment
might be expensive either five or six
times a cost of penicillin I can't
imagine paying so much
but mrs. Harrison a millionaire lawyer
thought it was a fair price for a cure
so there you have it the Mancunian
accent I just want to say a huge thank
you to Cora you have been amazing Cora
is an actress and has a website all of
her own which you can check out in the
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