No not your imagination. Jimmy Carr and Russell Howard are major culprits dear Stephen Fry is alone in admonishing the offenders. There are some very offensive stereotypes peddled in the name of comedy. None of this would be a problem if the county was not trying to overcome years of being thought of as a backwater when trying to encourage businesses to relocate in order to boost the economy. Rosie On 12/03/2014 11:56, David Mills wrote: > Is it my imagination or am I hearing more supposedly comic feferences to > Norfolk in the media? Particularly in reference to supposd in breeding? > It's all ver well to include the comment "Very flat, Norfolk." in a comic > play but, like dyslexia references, I'm getting tired of these. > > Incase you have never heard him or had the pleasure of introducing him to > an audience here's a link to Sid Kipper > > https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sid%20kipper&sm=3 > > > > > On 12 March 2014 07:33, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> All move ins now! Up to 25% of homes on the North Norfolk coast are >> second or holiday homes and hereabouts we have lots of people from out >> of county.Kids with local accents get the " I can't read I can't write I >> can drive a tractor " jibes and slip into estuary/TV speak. The accent >> seems to be regarded by non Norfolk people as either quaint or thick so >> it is disappearing and children no longer spend time as much time around >> older people as they once did to pick it up. >> I assume this is much the same in every region, especially rural >> areas. except Scotland and Wales where the accents and dialects seem to >> be regarded as a matter of national pride and are acceptable to >> broadcasters and employers. No doubt someone will put me right on that! >> David's link to the article might give an insight into why the >> enumerators not from Norfolk came up with some weird versions of our >> village names. >> Rosie >> On 11/03/2014 20:05, David Mills wrote: >>> Bob, >>> On Mardle Fen is always fun if not always accurate..... interestingly it >>> was the word "mardle" which took me to the site.... a word that seemed >> as a >>> kid to mean atleast two things: Daydreaming and gossiping. I din't know >> the >>> pond connection. >>> >>> I'd dealy love to go back to Tunstead and see what people sound like >> these >>> days. We went back to Wells NtS a few years ago for my Aunt's 80th >>> birthday. I hadn't been back since 1975/6 winter for various reasons. It >>> was at least two hours before I actually heard anything approaching the >>> accent that I knew of old. Which probably explains why, having read a >>> couple of John Kett's Poems (remember him and his brother, Bill?) , a >>> fellow member of the folk club said that she had never heard anyone in >>> Winterton speak like that or use such dialect. "We own a holiday cottage >>> there. So I know what Norfolk sounds like." >>> There is a lady who works inthe local Charity shop comes from Norwich. >>> First met Joan in the queue at the local supermarket and overheard her. >> So, >>> I said hello and we fell to talking. Next time I saw she said she had a >>> bone to pick with me..."All that Norfolk talking the other day. My >> daughter >>> said to me'Mothe who're you met? You're talking funny again.' That's your >>> fault." I'd picked up her slight accent and during the conversation it >> had >>> become more obvious and my wife told me that by the time we'd finished I >>> was almost as broad. That habit/ablity has got me into trouble before >>> because I used to pick up Irish accents and be accused of taking the >>> mickey. I also had a colleague for years who hailed from Norwich.... some >>> of her grammatical peculiarities would make other colleagues shudder. As >>> head of English, I suppose that is unerstandable. Mind you with a >> Yorkshire >>> Tyke and a Cumbrian on the staff (let alone the various colonials ) most >> of >>> them didn't have a leg to stand on. >>> >>> Which was Kingdom? The one with Fry in it? That never really impressed >> me. >>> Take care all. >>> David >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 11 March 2014 19:08, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Where Kingdom went wrong is that it tried to put an accent to words >>>> which were not phrased the way we say them. Doesnt work >>>> The Fen accent is really elusive. My father's side is all fen, and I >>>> lived on the fen edge for fifteen years,but I could not speak with the >>>> accent of my Greats from March if I tried. >>>> Rosie >>>> On 11/03/2014 16:54, Bob Rust wrote: >>>>> Thanks for that David, very interesting for Cockney speaker. >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone heard the Radio 4 series "On Mardle Fen". >>>>> The old fen man sounded good to me, I wondered what real Norfolk >> speakers >>>>> thought of it after the comments on "Kingdom" >>>>> >>>>> Bob >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "David Mills" <[email protected]> >>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 11:24 AM >>>>> Subject: [NFK] Intreset: Dialect >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Interesting Wikipedia entry >>>>>> >>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_dialect >>>>>> >>>>>> best >>>>>> >>>>>> David >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> Please note that this e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be >>>>>> privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure under >>>>>> applicable law. 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