Old English Suffolk accent and dialect, East Anglia (1) "Marn't" and "Sharn't"
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2019
- Following on from my last video in this series which introduced how the Suffolk dialect works and sounds. This time explaining how we say the word "Have" and also explaining how we say "Must not" and "Shall not".
Anybody here old enough remember the Singing Postman from the mid 1960s, Allan Smethurst ? He sung many songs in a Norfolk dialect ('Hev yew got a loight boy' was the best known of them). Born originally in Walshaw, Bury, Lancashire, he was very young when his parents moved to East Anglia. Believe it or not, he ended up on prime time TV singing his songs. Unfortunately he had personal health problems for much of his life, including alcoholism. Sadly he passed away around 2000 in a Sally Army hostel in Hull.
Apologies here, Allan died in Grimsby, not Hull, around Xmas 2000. Close, but no cigar for me. A real shame and a rather sad life for someone who tried to keep the Norfolk dialect very much alive, as our lady here is trying to do for the slightly different Suffolk version. Keep up the good work, m'dear...
I’m from Suffolk, use most of these and still find this hilarious 😂
Hi Libby, you understand only to well then :D All these things that we say and take for granted...until you step back and think about it, then you realise how daft some of it is :)
Nooaarrrmallly it's onally whehen sumwuhhn recawahds yew talkan that yewew nowtiss how you sowahnd... (Ipswich me!)
@@motopsycho87 Hahaha, I totally read that in our accent :D
Yes!! It's nice to hear it again - in moderation! @@EssEvergreen
For years, I was under the impression that Cockney - as we hear it today - was the main predecessor to the Australian/Kiwi accent, but now I’m certain it was this right here. Mystery solved.
It's certainly very similar at times isn't it, and I get asked all the time if I'm Australian. Yet when I spent a week in Newquay all the Aussie lads thought I was from New Zealand. That made a nice change :)
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a nice thought but since surely most the prisoners for petty crimes were in London, they most likely hailed from London.
@@dbcox2009 Yes, but Cockney as we know it today developed from East Anglian.
@@EssEvergreen Like Australia, in NZ we also have regional / class differences within the accent. I found a young woman from Suffolk on CZcams recently and was astounded how similar her accent was to the NZ accent I grew up surrounded by. This video was one of the first videos I came across after learning she was from Suffolk, and I have to say this pretty much confirms it for me! Very interesting! She mentioned she tried to change her accent because everyone in the UK makes fun of the 'RP' Suffolk accent.
American here in Appalachia, my ancestors came from Suffolk, as did many families that settled here. The -ing transformed to -un is used with the exact same inflection. I want to dive more into the linguistics of Suffolk dialect now.
It's so interesting that our Suffolk way of speaking stood the test of time and is still going strong over where you are. I've heard a few people on documentaries sound so Suffolk, it's great. Some of my relatives settled in America too, centuries ago :)
@@EssEvergreen We may be distantly related haha. My family was from Lavenham, last name Mills, Miles up until the 1600s.
@@millennialfalcon8958 Lavenham is a lovely place, really pretty. And who knows, we may well be related, I have some "Miles" attached to my family tree.
@@millennialfalcon8958 My mums's family are still all in Lavenham, Hadleigh, Layham and Monk's Eleigh. Its a fantastic area.
My favourite Suffolk town. If you take the time to look up a British TV series called 'Lovejoy' you'll enjoy it. Filmed nearly entirely around rural Suffolk i's a brilliant series about an antiques dealing charmer. Lavenham appears in it several times.@@millennialfalcon8958
I don't think I've ever met anyone with a proper Suffolk accent like this. So interesting!
Thank you, glad you like it. Shame you’ve not met more people with a strong Suffolk accent though, it’s disappearing so fast now so I’m sadly I’m not surprised.
Because Essex is takun the brunt of London accenct to save East Anglia..same as Kent has had to do to what the west country speak ...Southern kentish old people still talk ampshirish..but listen to her and listen well she's a dying breed im afraid ..God elp us all...I'm gonna go drinkun...before the accent is brokun 💔
Look up.good night mister.Tom. The old.man has the most.perfect.suffolk accent
I once worked in Kings Lynn, in nearby Norfolk, for 6 months in the early 1970s. Being from Manchester, 170 miles away, the local accent was completely different to mine, but I found it easy to understand, albeit totally different.
I am born and bred in Hadleigh, Suffolk. We had IT lessons at Hadleigh high school and my teacher once said in a broad Suffolk accent "roight then poopuls, today oim ghoona teach you stoodents about compooters"
Which translates into " right then pupils, today I'm going to teach you students about computers".
I am so happy to learn about your dialect. I am American from the State of Tennessee Appalachian Mountain region and country side and this is how my grandparents and old folks spake from my mother's side . So we neer speak a proper Suffolk dialect. Still today I drop those dreaded ing sounds by droppin' the g. I say at for that. I could go on and on. I know it has been 3 years ago since you made this video but just discovered it 9th October 2022. Thank Y😁u for makin' this video sharing your Suffolk dialect. We have neer the same accent too save mine is a little bit more country sounding.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I was so heartened to read this comment of yours, thank you. I love that there's elements of this old way of speaking still around, wherever it may reside. I also like that our way of speaking is so alike, it keeps the past alive in these modern times and I personally feel we need more of that :) You come from a lovely area by the way, I looked it up :)
Greetings from Suffolk Christopher!...I've seen a few vids about American accents. It's fascinating how some of you guys have managed to keep it going after 100s of years!
It's not just a Suffolk accent; some people in north Essex, especially the older generation, still talk like this.
So pleased to hear that. I know that surrounding areas and counties still have pockets of it here and there, wish there was more.
@@EssEvergreen In north Essex where I live, the accent is quite strong in the over 70s. It tapers off as you go younger and most under 50s speak with an estuary accent, although you will still hear hints of the 'old' accent even with children. It's partly because of the huge influx of east Londoners since the war.
i’m 20 and grew up in colchester, me mum doesn’t have the accent but me dad does mines an odd blend of classic essex boy and old north essex, must sound like a right cretin
About 200 years ago, most of the south of England spoke like this. It’s only in the last century that the London accent (formally known as “Thames Estuary accent English”) has spread and mostly replaced it. But for some reason it still survives in Suffolk.
It was between 200-250 years ago that convicts from the UK started to be sent to Australia. They would have an accent similar to this
Well this is the east Anglia and London area accent - the Thames valley, Surrey and Hampshire (and I think also Sussex) would’ve spoken more like western country. Kent would’ve had a mix of the two probably
That’s really interesting Ryan, thanks for explaining that. The Suffolk accent is still clinging on in places which is both very heartening, but at the same time also rather sad because it’s being so drowned out now. I hardly ever hear it when I travel around the county now. I hear the London influence all over the place, which makes sense considering us modern folks have been moving further afield for decades now.
Hi!!! I’m from Australia and it’s very strange, I thought you were Australian for a moment because we use so much of the same shorting of words, like you guys do. Loved your video ❤️
Hiya, thanks for watching and I'm glad you liked the video :) I get asked quite often if I'm Australian, sadly I have to reply that I'm not. Just for a moment I sounded well travelled and exciting to someone, lol :D
@@EssEvergreen I'm from the Fens up at the other end of East Anglia and I often get asked (and even sometimes but other Brits) if I'm Australian
I love how you say “shan’t”. It sounds so beautiful and classy compared to other accents in England (at least to my American ears).
Awww, thank you. That's a very nice thing to say, I'm glad you like the accent and words like "Sharn't" :)
I still say shan't too :D
I am from North East Tennessee Appalachian Mountain region and country side my dialect is just as her's and my dialect and accent was never referred as to being classy. I was called stupid,lazy and mental retarded by my classmates for it and some of my teachers also. Yes right here in no so great United States of America. Ats awl folks gotta be a-goin'
I was at RAF Woodbridge, '85-'88 and miss this accent SO much! It left an everlastin' impression on me and it was an absolute honor to be there. Suffolk is a holiday destination for me, and I don't care what anyone might say about that. It's like a second home in my heart..so glad for this channel; all the best to ya
Hi David, thank you so much for the best wishes. Sending them in return to you, especially during these troubled times. Thanks for your little glimpse into your history, I've got something coming up soon that might interest you :) It's heartening to hear that you love this region so much, and that it left such an impression on you. It's always here waiting for you to visit :)
We do that in the area around Boston. MA which was settled by people from East Anglia. In documents from the colonial times the words are even spelled that way. They wrote" goin to meetin" instead of "going to meeting".
I was born and raised in North Essex, near Sudbury. Despite living over 40yrs in the North, I still use some of these words, including "old boy" when referring to an old man (much to my wife's amusement).
I’m so pleased to hear that, I love knowing people are still using the old language and sayings. I know Sudbury quite well, I used to travel to there for awhile 🙂
My mum has such a strong Suffolk accent I have lived in Suffolk my whole life and obviously learnt to talk from her however I don’t have the accent at all
Lovely to hear your mum has a strong accent, especially as it’s not heard so much these days sadly. Maybe you have a little more of the accent than you think, little hints that others might hear but you don’t notice. I know people who don’t have the accent at all until they say certain words 🙂
I love this, never find enough East Anglian accent stuff! Love your accent.
There was a girl on the train recently who was talking and said "we are going to get s'n". Easily understood as "we are going to get something" East London/Essex accent. 👍
Being from Australian with Suffolk ancestry so love this.
So glad you liked it, thank you 🙂 Nice to know your ancestors were from here!
I’ve lived in Suffolk all my life but I don’t have the accent for some reason. I need to speak like this for an audition and I found it very useful. Thank you
Hi Tina, thank you. I'm so pleased to hear that my videos may have been of help to you. I hope the audition went well and you got the part! I've heard from quite a few people who the accent seems to have missed, though I like to think it's in there and just hiding until it's needed. :)
Suffolk Gal Sarah : You’re welcome. And I did get the part so thank you!
@@freya.moorhouse That's fantastic news, I had my fingers crossed for you. I hope it all goes really well :)
Suffolk Gal Sarah thank you 😊
@@EssEvergreen did you hear there is a new film out now with Ralph Fiennes doing the accent?
My great papas were both from Suffolk , and my other great papa is from Loftus Yorkshire. Papa and Nanny. They immigrated to the USA , and then my other papa immigrated to Canada after. I always want to visit where my ancestors are from.
That’s a lovely connection to Suffolk, and also to Yorkshire too which also such a beautiful place. I so hope you get to visit Suffolk one day, you’ll love the history and I’m sure you’ll really feel the connection to your ancestors and family here.
Great video. I grew up just outside Ipswich (capel st Mary) but moved to the north west of England 30 or so years ago. I so wish I could’ve kept my accent-I think the Suffolk accent is beautiful.
Pleased to hear you like the video, thank you :) I'm pretty sure you still have hints of your Suffolk accent, it might come out once in awhile. And I bet if you visited here again you'd soon fall back into it, you can take the boy out of Suffolk, but you can't take the Suffolk out of the boy :)
Suffolk Gal Sarah I think you’re right. I never really noticed but I still say “as what I mean” instead of “that’s what I mean” 😂. Hadn’t noticed this until i watched your vid about “that” 🙂
@@rubberneck2 It's quite funny when we actually realise just how differently we speak. Little things here and there, I like it. It 's our own thing :)
I have recently found that one of my ancestors was from Bawdsey Suffolk. I enjoyed your presentation and as a Northumbrian (AKA Geordie) found the accent made perfect sense. Or as we would say "Yi soond alreet ti me lyke" It might be that what connects us is the Saxon invasion and settlement followed by the Vikings and Danes?
I'm a son of Suffolk. I could speak with a Suffolk accent when I was a child. I can remember some expressions; "Chis, bu'", which meant "Yes, mate", I think. "Ho" meant "no". I remember this old shepherd from Norfolk and he spoke very differently. He would greet you with "Hello, me ol' ma'ey". "Hello, my old friend."
As soon as you mentioned “Chis” I was transported right back to my childhood, people used to say that all the time. I still sometimes hear it but nowhere as much as I’d like to. It’s nice to hear an “Ol matey” too, there’s always that one person from our past that says that to everyone and their dog…literally their dog too 🙂
Loving your video's though, slowly working my way through as many as I can find.
I’ve often wondered what a Suffolk accent sounded like. Fascinating!
Thank you, I'm pleased you were able to hear it via my video :)
I grew up in Southern California but the families of both my parents were from the deep country south. My mother, Tennesse, my father, Missouri (pronounced something like Mizzzourrrahh), were second- and first-generation transplants to Southern California. I heard all this sort growing up.
How lovely 🙂 I do love accents in general but there’s something so pleasing to the ears of a true deep southern accent, and the old dialect. It’s part of peoples heritage and our connection to our lands, it’s a very special thing.
I grew up in north west Essex (nearly Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire or Suffolk!). My grandfather was a great user of Marn't, as am I, and yet few people these days seem to use it, which is a shame.
I’m 73 this year and still feel bad about saying that I was shamed outta my accent at the age of about 17 when I found myself surrounded by ‘my betters’ at college in Colchester. Thankfully I cannot recall what torture I musta put myself through as I painstakingly eradicated part of my roots. All my family come from in and around the Shotley peninsula with Belstead being my place of birth. In closing I’ll recount sitting in Christchurch Park around about when we were starting to come out of Covid restrictions. I was near the kiosk and the ice cream lady who was jorrin’ in her luscious Suffolk accent with another lady. I’ll confess it almost brought me to tears as I miss that sound so much, these days relieved only briefly with my pilgrimages to Portman Road. Uppa Towen!
I really can sympathise with how you feel, and please know you aren’t alone in feeling that you had to steer your accent away from your native tongue. I have lost count of how many messages and comments I’ve received saying the very same thing. To some people they feel heartbroken over it in later years, others simply see it as something which needed to be done at the time. You’ll always be strongly connected to this area, no matter how you speak. The fact that you had the accent in the first place speaks volumes of where your roots were firmly planted. As I’ve said to many a’ people, there will always be a hint of that old Suffolk in something you say. You may not be aware of it yourself, but it’s there. Maybe in just one word, or a phrase. And it’s never too late to start adding our lovely Suffolk way of saying words back into your daily life 🙂
Very interesting! I'm from Suffolk, however I have an interesting accent as I have picked it up from an American Mother and Suffolk Father. Love your videos!
Hi Kelly, thank you, I’m so glad you like my videos. I bet you’ve got a great accent, I imagine it’s a great combination 🙂
My Kimball family and much of my English heritage is from Suffolk cool!
Yay! More Suffolk ancestors :) Always like hearing who is connected to this part of the world :)
Richard Kimball sr. & Ursula Scott are my ancestors who came to the American colonies in the 1630s! :)
We still use sharn't where I live but I think marn't has been dropped, also very common to say noo for new,foo for few and foose for a fuse and the en at the end of a word instead of in or ing,the weird thing I never really thought about it until I was working in another part of the country and people pulled me up about it
Funny how that happens, you don't realise how you talk until you go somewhere else. Or someone from elsewhere comes here and mentions it. We talk it for granted don't we. So marn't has gone missing, hmmm. You might need to mention it once in awhile, give it an airing :)
Three names in our family, pronounced by my adoptive Big Sister. Jeeyun, Johhwun and Caaaarul. Thank you ❤❤❤
This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing that, it really made me smile 😀 Especially as I can hear the way she says those names 💚🥰
Love your vids. Memories for me of 20 years living in Suffolk, from Wickham Market to Ipswich to Stowmarket to Woolpit to Bury St. Edmunds. Even ended up being a Suffolk landlord in Hawstead! Was stationed at Bentwaters and Lakenheath, and loved the region so much I stayed after military retirement and worked at Highpoint. Life finally pulled me back to the states, but the memories of the way of life are still strong. I do miss it.
Oh wow, you really did get to know our region well which is fantastic. It’s lovely to hear that you liked it so much you stayed on for a time here. All the places you’ve mentioned are places I know so well, I too have lived in both Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds! It’s certainly a different way of life compared with the states, and living in the countryside areas here is vastly different to being in the big towns and cities such as London. It’s like another world sometimes 🙂
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great education I love this sort of education.
This was very helpful, thanks.
I was interested due to the conversation over the movie "The Dig" on the Kermode and Mayo show with Ralph Fiennes. I'm from the midwest of America and have no real appreciation of English dialects. Fascinating and helpful. Looking forward to the film and possibly your response to the accuracy of the dialect, which apparently they took pains to get right.
I'm really looking forward to the film too! Not just because of the locality or that I only live a few miles away, but I grew up knowing all about the story (I've done a video about that) I'm interested to hear the accents of the finished film too, especially as I get contacted by actors so often for help. It can be difficult to master.
The film was great, and I reckon they got the dialect pretty much right........mind you as Ralph Fiennes comes from Ipswich he ought to ......I lived for a while at Felixstowe Ferry, mouth of River Deben, so not a million miles from Sutton Hoo...........one of the people who got to view the dig in 1939 was my mother.
I grew up in Felixstowe then I moved to Framlingham lived there for 9 years then moved to Bungay I don’t have an accent at all well I don’t think I do but when I talk to people from different countries I do sometimes get asked if I’m Australian so maybe I do a wee bit. Great video x
Hiya, glad you liked the video :) I reckon you must have more of a Suffolk accent than you think, especially if you've also been asked if you are Australian :D I've got fond memories of Framlingham, lovely place. x
Very distinct...I like it.
Thank you, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
Oi loiked watchun thaaat oi did. Asss roight interestun int ut! I like that we say 'I hint got none' and 'no I int'. And we can't leave out 'hah ya got a loight buh?' 😂
Thank yew so much 🙂 I’m so glad you liked my little video. We have such a wonderful way of saying things don’t we, and I’m a great fan of “hint” too…just as well as I use it all the time 😂
5 years in Leiston in the 70s, I can't recall hearing Marn't. I remember hearing pensioners say buds, instead of birds.
Some words do differ from village to village don’t they. I come from a family that still say “Buds”, which I hadn’t really thought about until now so thank you 🙂
Hello Sarah. I instantly like the pronunciation of Sharn't and Marn't. We going drawnnn. We going sleepnnn. Yes broad Suffolk accent sounds so cool. Please keep gowinnnn
So glad you like the accent, and you’ve definitely got the hang of how we say certain things. It’s a fun accent and dialect I think 🙂
I think it is very charming.
That's a very nice thing to say, thank you :)
Hello there! Lovely accent.
Hiya Max, thank you so much. Glad you like it :)
Coming from Norfolk many years ago, I don't remember Marn't but I du remember "Du you do that, you'll get wrong". I often " got wrong" , sometimes with a wet dwile across the back of the legs. That wuz hully sore.
As soon as you mentioned the wet dwile on the legs I shuddered (not a sentence I usually get to type out 😄) There’s so many similarities between Suffolk and Norfolk in the way we speak, yet some words and phrases miss areas all t’gether. They can change from village to village, even if they’re just a few miles apart.
@@EssEvergreen I should have pointed out that we wore shorts to primary school in those days 😎
Beautiful accent, touches of Suffolk must be in the Kiwi ans Aussie accents. We also love to shorten words 🥰
Thank you Kelly 💕 There’s definitely a link between them all, so no wonder I love the both the Kiwi and Aussie accents too 🙂
Raised in Suffolk. Sounds perfect to me!
Ahhh, a Suffolk gal! You’ll understand all of this then, being a native 🙂
I'm Swedish, but I've lived in Suffolk since 2010 n I'm startin to copying the dialect
That’s really good to know, and thank you for helping keep this dialect alive 🙂
The Ipswich Town supporters Scandinavian Branch all speak English with broad Suffolk accents.
Great video! I had no Idea this dialect existed. Is this also true for Norfolk too or is it just a Suffolk thing?
Oh yes, Norfolk has a fab accent and dialect too which is quite similar to ours here. And sadly it's dying out there too, which is a real shame.
From one who can't understand most British English accents, this is adorable! By the way, I'd love to learn the regional languages like Northumbrian, Cumbrian and certainly their sister Scots, all of which I believe stem from Old Northumbrian, or the true Anglian language!
Can you do something about the origins of the Suffolk accent as in where it comes from and it’s influences ?
I think a lot of Suffolk accent sounds as if it’s got a Dutch influence as well as West Country, it sure if I’m right.
Hiya, thanks for getting in touch. I will indeed be doing a video about this in the future, especially as some so-called experts have been getting elements of our Suffolk vocal history wrong. I want to make it right for our ancestors here, and for the future going forward :)
@@EssEvergreen okay thanks will look forward to hearing about that.
Thank you
And thank you for your “thank you” 🙂
This is great, my mum is from Suffolk and though I don't have her accent I still say Marn't and Sharn't - it confuses everybody where I live. I hope the accent holds on, the local accent in Herts and Beds is really hard to find these days, just the odd very old person.
So happy to hear you're still using some of the old words! The accent and dialect is disappearing so fast sadly, like in many places now. Here's hoping it does manage to cling on here and there, it's better than nowhere :)
I can hear how Suffolk influenced American Southern accents.
I know what you mean. I love hearing those accents when I’m watching a tv documentary filmed in those areas 🙂
whatchaaaa you sound like my grandparents, im just down the road in cambridge where we tend to lose alot of the east anglian sounds :)
I’m glad I sound like your Grandparents, that makes me happy. You live in a lovely area, Cambridge is so beautiful and the history is amazing. I’ve been so many times, I think I need to come visit again soon 🙂
Here in Southeast Michigan (Metro Detroit) we also say gonna for going to. Is there a noticeable difference between the Suffolk and Norfolk accents?
Hi, you can't beat a good "gonna" :) There is a difference, if you were to get someone from each county talking together you would hear it. Plus there are some differences in certain words, yet we're quite alike in a lot of ways. Nearer the border there's a right cross over.
Norfolk tends to be more drawled and with little rise or fall of voice, Suffolk the voice rises and falls frequently, and as someone said, "Suffolk, is Norfolk put to music". North Essex is same as Suffolk, but the further South you go, the more the London accent intrudes on it.
My fathers side of the family has suffolk r'utts going back quite a few generations, farming and clergy yet at school i was posh! My grandad was a farmer but after he retired from farming worked for the bbc in radio (and itv) and learnt RP (recevied pronunciation) or queens english and now our family have very little accent. Is okay for me to do suffolk? I mean i will so what ever 😅
That's all very interesting, and it sounds like your heritage is very similar to my own. Family accents do often change over time, but if you still love that Suffolk accent and it's within you then I say make the most of it. It's disappearing so fast, it needs all the love it can get :)
Can I ask whereabouts in Suffolk you're from?
I’m in Mid Suffolk, so I’m right in the heart of the county
born and bread in suffolk love the old ways uncle was the the old school than me lost all the way
You can’t beat the old ways, it’s a shame so much of heritage is disappearing. Especially the old, old style like your Uncle.
for some reason this video made laugh a lot
Well that can only be a good thing, thank you 🙂
My dad used to say marnt sharnt hent and my favorite he'd say "moind how yew tegither goo" when anybody went anywhere
Haha, yet another fantastic term we use. It's on my list of ones to video, I used to know a lady who said that sooooo well! Always made me laugh and I'm Suffolk, lol :)
Lovely accent!
Thank you, very kind of you to say that :)
0:40 just like in Norfolk
I love the similarities between Suffolk and Norfolk...love Norfolk in general really 🙂
Swedish woman in Ipswh. Used to live in Eye x
From a small town to such a big town! :) x
Am I right in saying that people in Suffolk ( and E. Anglia generally ) do not drop their aitches?
This makes about the only dialect of English English (apart from Geordie) to do so.
No you're not.
OK.
Example?
@@vaughanrichards7438 I 'avent got a clue. You might know better than me though, I only grew up there.
@@louisfair1876 I think I would a sed " I hint got a clu" but that were 60 year agoo since I moved away.
From America, trying to figure out why I talk so funny. My grandpa on my dad's side has a lot of Glenny accent from Ireland. My great-great-grandfather on his mom's side is a Goldspink. I never pronounce "ing", and my th's are d's. I'm thinking some of the Suffolk made it into my accent. My dad spent a lot of time with his Grandma growing up, so it makes sense. She would still take tea. Also, the way I pronounce "accent" is "accen". Lel, always leave off or harden the last letter.
I just took this test, and it said I'm from Suffolk. I learned a lot today! www.bbc.com/future/story/20180205-which-british-accent-is-closest-to-your-own
Hi Molly, it definitely sounds like you've got quite a bit of Suffolk in the way you talk :) And these unusual ways of saying things can easily be carried though families. So even though you may feel you talk funny, just remember you'd fit in really well here :)
Whereabouts in Suffolk are you from?
I’m a Mid Suffolk gal, the heart of Suffolk as they say 🙂
Are you Australian or Suffolk folk?
I just finished yorkshire yesterday, ee by gum, now suffork. wondering what YT would push me tomorrow.
I do love Yorkshire, I’ve been there so many times. It’s a lovely part of the world with a lovely way of speaking 🙂
Hello from Ipswich, formerly Eye. Originally from Sweden, but I know my mates speak like this and I've copied it
I can imagine that your Swedish accent mixes well with our Suffolk words :)
I'm on a quest to try and find what accent of English I speak, unfortunately this is not it. I think the closest I've found is received pronunciation, but its hard to tell your own accent because it doesn't sound like an accent to you.
I wish you well on your endeavours. The trouble with hearing our own accent and voices is that we never hear what other people do, if that makes sense. I hope you manage to track your accent down.
My grandma is from Suffolk
Is that true that the Pilgrim Fathers that landed in what It is New England were from East Anglia?.
Yes, that is true. My Great Grandfather was one of them, I’ve made a video about that and The Great Migration 🙂
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I can't remember the town where Oliver Cromwell was from but i am sure he was from East Anglia.
Cool vid 😋
Thank you, very kind of you :)
Goodnight mister tom.
My ancestors are from Suffolk. what's life like there?
Hi, nice to know that your ancestors are from these parts! Life here depends of where you live, there are a lot of more built up areas now. But it's still very rural, lots of countryside, farmland and woodlands :)
@@EssEvergreen thank you!
Pace of life is pretty relaxed. With the exception of Bury St Edmunds the towns aren't really that great but there's some marvellous countryside and the coast is largely unspoilt.
I think marn't is more commonly used as may not rather must not, mussn't is generally used for must not.
Think of it this way, if someone was to say "You must not stick your head in the horses trough", you would definitely say Marn't (as in must not) and not in a "Mussn't (may not) way. I come from a long line of broad Suffolk farming types, they'd always use it the way I've explained :)
I'm suffolk and i would say mussn't - perhaps it varies from area to area
Suffolk born and bred me. Sharnt yes although sometimes, like my late father I might change is to oi dussent dew tha...(no "t" of course!)
Greetings! Us Suffolk people do have such a fine mix of ways to say things don't we, and you can't beat an old "Dussent" :)
I used to think my Grandparents had Norfolk accents but now I know Grandad had a north Suffolk accent.
It’s nice when you pinpoint where an accent originates from, especially as it can change in subtle ways within a few miles radius 🙂
Essex with a slight country twang! 😄
Suffolk and Essex are close neighbours, so it’s possible 🙂
The way you pronounce “shopping”, “walking” and “drinking” is similar to the Geordies!
I think you're right, we're all in good company then :)
Funny, I'm from Wexford & that's similar to our dialect??
Funny isn't it how some parts of regional dialects travel around, makes you wonder who said what first and where :)
A lot of the way we talk over here in wexford comes from the yoles or the yolese and their language yola. It was a form of middle english & flemish & was thought to originate from around dorset. If you search yola song on youtube you can hear a guy singing in the yolese language.👍
Heck we talk like this here in Kentucky sheeww
Well I like the sound of that 🙂
As lyk lisnun tuh grammar dubble...🍓
Suffolk gals know what they're 'orn' about :)
If you mention jargon In Suffolk, they think you have been out running. I was born and live in "Suuufuk" - we sing a bit when we talk, elongating vowels.
I love that, and yes we do tend to sing song a bit when we talk don’t we. I’ve noticed that animals seem to really like it too, my friends dog used to go all silly when I went round to visit. Everyone used to think it was funny but I thought it was so sweet, bless it’s little heart.
Born and raised in Suffolk but I can’t say I actually know all that many people with the accent, kind of a shame really.
Hiya, it is indeed a shame. I've noticed it myself when I've been to various places, it's hardly heard at all now.
Shortun ...sweet.. snappy ??..I'm in love or luvun yax
Wonful! I’ll watch the rest!
Thank you, I’m so glad you like my videos 🙂
Eddy Brought me here
Is that a good or a bad thing, lol
Spells And Spoons oh that’s good, im talking bout Ed Sheeran, I’ve always wanted to talk like him
@@rauldelgado7033 Now I understand :D I was wondering who this Eddy was, I didn't realise you meant one of our most famous faces...and voice :)
Keep on a troshun gal.
Thank you 😊 I’ve shall do my very best!
Am I the only one who searched for Suffolk accent videos after the BBC secret British accent test?
do people who are from Ipswich speak with a British accent
Good question, I think it depends on who you might be listening to. Ipswich has so many people living there from so many different places, it changes the old accents over time.
Joker ➊ no, 100% no
They are one of the original English
Ipswch people do tend to put an extra sound into words sometimes....Nine becomes Noyan....Over There becomes Over Theyer.
I definitely the younger generation are losing accents.. they’ll always be a slight accent on area but nothing like the oldies..
Very true, it’s such a shame that it’s disappearing. Here’s hoping the accent doesn’t gets lost altogether.
Bloody hell harry lol
That made me laugh :D
BABBALOZA or do you mean ‘cor da hell’?
I don’t know = urdono in Suffolk
It’s just a bunch of sounds put together isn’t it 😆
Like us scousers, instead of 'un' for us it's 'in' 😂
I do love a Scouse accent 🙂 Us lot who speak in our own way are the best 😁
Yeah, i even type like this lol. Phonetic spelling
I think that’s a good thing as it keeps our dialect alive, and it’s easier to text 😀
Sounds almost West Country
I've had people in the past think I was from there, which I didn't mind at all as it's a lovely part of the world :)
Agree Sarah...........many a time I have been asked if I was from West Country, and having lived near Weymouth back in 1960-62, I have to admit the Dorset dialect is similar to Suffolk....................just similar, not akin.
I thought you were doing an Aussie accent.
I hear that a lot :D It's always a shame when I have to disappoint people, it must sound similar though.
Suffolk Gal Sarah A few twangs here and there but it was good thanks. At least it’s not a Norfolk accent 🤣😂
Sounds geordie to me with the un instead of ing
It really does sound geordie mixed with Australian lol
Your comment made me smile. I think a Geordie/Aussie mix sounds like a fab combination.
@@EssEvergreen would be a lethal combination 😂
u sound australian lol
I’m happy with that, makes me sound like I come from somewhere more exotic 🙂