Regional accent quiz

[ThirdWay]

Can you understand this funny regional accent?

The BBC helpfully provides subtitles in case it's too difficult.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-yo ... e-37934011

[bungeejumper]

Hmmm, a tough one, that. I think she might have said "quickerly" right at the end, but the rest of it was utterly incomprehensible to me.

BJ

[zico]

Yes, every word. I don't think she has a strong accent at all. The only British accent I struggle with is strong Scottish accent, where I have to tune in for the first couple of sentences.

[robbelg]

I don't know because the BBC is still using the obsolete Flash which I long ago deleted from my system

[AleisterCrowley]

very tricky - she did mention grabbing a Pole - something to do with Brexit?

[wheypat]

Pah, easy. Now this young man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuEJRSmRx0c

I can understand him, but it's hard work following what he's saying.

[CaptainBlade]

Your Northern Oirish yoof was an easy one.

You must listen to this famous 'Strabane' one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaadphJyy50


CB

[AleisterCrowley]

I can just about manage that. I find broad Glaswegian 'difficult'
I just nod and smile usually

[DiamondEcho]

I found it [lady in Ripon] so straight-forward to understand I'm puzzled why it's being asked. Or rather where you're from Thirdway to have a problem with it!

IMO/E her accent is not a regional one, perhaps more of a class one, and you'll find people of that class who speak in that way just about all over the country. But IME even 'upper-class' people in a place like Newcastle-U-T will always retain a tiny give-away of their local accent, esp. so if born and bred there and still located there.

I find accents/dialects etc fascinating, but you've lost me with this example.

[kiloran]

I find accents/dialects etc fascinating, but you've lost me with this example.

Methinks Thirdway missed out a

--kiloran

[ThirdWay]

I find accents/dialects etc fascinating, but you've lost me with this example.

Methinks Thirdway missed out a

--kiloran

Yup, I was really wondering why on earth the BBC thought they needed to subtitle it.

[PinkDalek]

Yup, I was really wondering why on earth the BBC thought they needed to subtitle it.

For the hard of hearing?

PD

[Slarti]

Yup, I was really wondering why on earth the BBC thought they needed to subtitle it.

I'm wondering why it is still a Flash clip when they are supposed to be stopping doing that?