Although I spent most of my childhood in Norfolk and my later teens I don't think I ever gained an accent except in the playground at times. My father's family were Yarmouth but he grew up in Birmingham, my mother's family were Cheshire/ Lancs with Italian roots grew up in Ilford.... so home influence (including radio four) was very RP....I heard Norfolk spoke on the farms and in church as well as at school.. Scene: A classroom a couple of weeks before the Christmas play sometime in the early 1950s: Teacher," Now, The first Shepherd will be David." Voice from back of class, "Please miss, he can't do that. He talk proper." Teacher," Yes but he has the loudest voice." This tale was told me by my mother... we lived at Aylmerton at the time. I believe that the school is now a Field Study centre... well, whoever the wag was he (I bet it was a boy) he was right.... no-one who talked posh would ahve been a shepherd back then. David On 11 March 2014 13:53, David Tennant <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. Have lived in Canada now for 35 years or so and when I go > back to Norfolk my initial reaction is to notice the accent. This fades > after a few days however. I still retain more than a trace of my Norfolk > accent however. It is interesting to be accused of having an accent by > somebody speaking in a Southern US fashion (Y'all etc) and being asked > if it is Australian! ( On second thoughts , do I qualify? I was born in > Belton ,then Suffolk!) > I've recently returned from Florida where my wife and I met up with an > old school friend of her's from Caister on Sea who has lived in Boston > Mass for 50 years and the accent is still there. (perhaps understandably > since many of the Pilgrim Fathers came from East Anglia). > They , the US, have troubles with accents other than their own, Spender, > the Geordie crime series, was shown over here with sub titles! > Dave > On 11/03/2014 8:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Yup. Not a bad article .Despite the best attempts of Lynn High School to > > knock it out of us, I suppose I still think in Norfolk and have to > > deliberately use RP when talking to non Norfolk people. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Please note that this e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this communication or any of its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and then delete this message, any attachments, and all copies and backups from your computer.

Ha, Hilarious. My mother and my grandmother always tried to speak correctly, the accent was there but they did not often slip into dialect. However I spent a lot of time with the uncles and grandfathers... Rosie On 11/03/2014 14:42, David Mills wrote: > Although I spent most of my childhood in Norfolk and my later teens I don't > think I ever gained an accent except in the playground at times. My > father's family were Yarmouth but he grew up in Birmingham, my mother's > family were Cheshire/ Lancs with Italian roots grew up in Ilford.... so > home influence (including radio four) was very RP....I heard Norfolk spoke > on the farms and in church as well as at school.. > > Scene: A classroom a couple of weeks before the Christmas play sometime in > the early 1950s: > > Teacher," Now, The first Shepherd will be David." > Voice from back of class, "Please miss, he can't do that. He talk proper." > Teacher," Yes but he has the loudest voice." > > This tale was told me by my mother... we lived at Aylmerton at the time. I > believe that the school is now a Field Study centre... well, whoever the > wag was he (I bet it was a boy) he was right.... no-one who talked posh > would ahve been a shepherd back then. > > David > > > On 11 March 2014 13:53, David Tennant <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Interesting. Have lived in Canada now for 35 years or so and when I go >> back to Norfolk my initial reaction is to notice the accent. This fades >> after a few days however. I still retain more than a trace of my Norfolk >> accent however. It is interesting to be accused of having an accent by >> somebody speaking in a Southern US fashion (Y'all etc) and being asked >> if it is Australian! ( On second thoughts , do I qualify? I was born in >> Belton ,then Suffolk!) >> I've recently returned from Florida where my wife and I met up with an >> old school friend of her's from Caister on Sea who has lived in Boston >> Mass for 50 years and the accent is still there. (perhaps understandably >> since many of the Pilgrim Fathers came from East Anglia). >> They , the US, have troubles with accents other than their own, Spender, >> the Geordie crime series, was shown over here with sub titles! >> Dave >> On 11/03/2014 8:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> Yup. Not a bad article .Despite the best attempts of Lynn High School to >>> knock it out of us, I suppose I still think in Norfolk and have to >>> deliberately use RP when talking to non Norfolk people. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >