Wednesday 5 November 2014

Regional identity

Scotland
Accent - Glaswegian accent hard to interpret.
Location/settings - Glasgow quite rough, Edinburgh upper class and nice architecture, countryside.
Slang - 'We' - Little
Clothes - Tartan, Kilt.
Pastimes - Drinking whiskey, bagpipes, eating haggis, Braveheart.
Attitudes/behaviour - Angry, aggressive, dislike for England.

Liverpool
Accent - Heavy Scouse accent hard to interperet, High pitched.
Location/setting - Run down, council houses, Poor.
Slang - N/a
Clothes - Working class clothing, Tracksuits, adidas.
Pastimes - Football, The Beatles.
Behaviour - Left wing, Chavvy, relaxed.

Newcastle
Accent - Geordie accent is quite high pitched and strong.
Location - Rough estates, Large cities, Tyne bridge.
Slang - 'Like', 'Howay'.
Clothes - Newcastle United tops, Tight clothing - geordie shore.
Pastimes -Gym, Newcastle United, Geordie shore.
Behaviour - Partying, drunk.


Irish
Accent - High pitched, happy.
Location - Countryside, cities filled with pubs.
Slang - 'Top of the morning to ya' - Have an enjoyable morning.
Clothes - Green.
Pastimes - Guinness and Murphys drinking.
Behaviour - Happy go lucky, Drunk.


London
Accent - Cockney rhyming slang - South/east london, Upper class posh - North/west.
Location - Built up cities, skyscrapers.
Slang - 'Brown bread' - Dead, 'Apples and pears' - Stairs.
Clothes - Upper class - Suits, Chavvy areas - tracksuits.
Pastimes - Working in a market, Pub, Shopping.
Behaviour - Looking down on homeless people.


Welsh
Accent - Extension of words, relaxed.
Location - Rural countryside, hilly.
Slang - 'Valleys' 'Wayals' - Wales pronunciation.
Clothes - Farmers wear, Rain coats?
Pastimes - Sheep herder, rugby.
Behaviour - Happy, friendly.


Birmingham
Accent - Strong accent.
Location - Large city, Built up area, Cars.
Slang -
Clothes - Chavvy, tracksuits, Adidas, Nike.
Pastimes - Concerts, Shopping, Partying.
Behaviour - Aggressive, rough.


Essex
Accent - Annoying, unintelligent.
Location - Countryside
Slang - Reem, Fusie.
Clothes - Well dressed, upper class.
Pastimes - Partying.
Behaviour - Unintelligent.










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