Guest 3130- Registered: 22 Feb 2019
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The trending accident in Dover is a kind of Jafaican-tinged East Kent twang.
Spoken exclusively by some of da yoof, it has incorporated a bit of MLE/Jafaican - more in the intonation than actual vowel sounds.
They machine gun out their words, with an aggressive guttral inflection, as if they were spitting out something they had gargled with - the words are expelled as fast as possible as if they had something toxic in their mouths that had to be jettisoned asap. And given the language us Dover Souls are bombarded with out there, they often have.
It is both a reflection of their Monster-fuelled overstimulation and about display.
Keith Sansum1
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But I find the youth in many parts of the country speak that way
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Guest 3130- Registered: 22 Feb 2019
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Keith Sansum1 wrote:But I find the youth in many parts of the country speak that way
But of course, Keith. The Dover version is a remix of the local twang with a dash of MLE, like many otgher places.
victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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I do not think there is a Dover accent I was born here in the war years so if there had been I would have it.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Blimey I agree with lady poster !
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Blimey I agree with poster 25
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Guest 3130- Registered: 22 Feb 2019
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Of course there is a Dover accent, or rather a spectrum of accents, as we have established. Just like everywhere else.
Just because you live in Dover it does not mean you have to have it
Matey
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Agree Andrew and I suppose when people have the accent, they don't even know!
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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From what has been said above this could apply to many places in England
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Guest 3130- Registered: 22 Feb 2019
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Keith Sansum1 wrote:From what has been said above this could apply to many places in England
No Keith, everywhere.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Oh
That's a baffling reply Andrew
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Guest 3130- Registered: 22 Feb 2019
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Sorry yOu are baffled, Keith.
"No Keith, it applies to everywhere in England". i.e. everywhere has its own accent or spectrum of accents." Hope that helps.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Dover doesn't have one
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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I think it does
victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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You are joking Vic .
Guest 3130- Registered: 22 Feb 2019
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Apparently, we are not supposed educational/professional qualifications to comment o this as it is "bragging" but there is a Dover accent (or spectrum of accents).
Button
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I suggest Dover also has a particular sentence construction and, to perhaps a limited extent, it and the villages have a particular vocabulary too.
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Jan Higgins
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In my opinion anyone who worries about an accent unless they study linguistics (like Professor Higgins) is a bit of a snob inverted or otherwise.
Just think how boring life would be if we stopped trying to work out from where someone originated.
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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I think this one is one of the better ones, then some of the other ones
