Have heard this before about the PF Site...... My house master at Wymondham College was stationed at Bircham Newton in WWII and when I ppaid a return visit to the place to sort out my sister's problems there (after our mother died) he and I wer talking and I mentioned my interest in folk music and dance with trference to step dancing he was full of how the farm workers went to the pub on a Saturday and danced. Nothing to do with dialect but interesting all the same. David Why did that comew to mind I wonder? On 13 March 2014 13:54, David Tennant <[email protected]> wrote: > David raises an interesting point. Jasper Carrot would not be perceived > as funny in a "normal" accent I think. > Accents are most noticed, it seems to me, by somebody who has an > accent themselves. I recall my Norfolk accent being pointed out to me as > "funny"when in the RAF at Weston Super Mare by people with a broad West > Country accent. ( every sentence a question!) Similarly in the Southern > States of the US. I think too I recall different intonations during my > visits to other parts of Norfolk than my own. > I also remember my visit years ago to the Plymouth Plantation, the > Pilgrim Father's Heritage Site near Boston ,Mass, where the period clad > staff spoke in a remarkably close to Norfolk accent. I recall pointing > this out to one of them and he agreed that this was the effect they were > trying to achieve though I think he was not totally clear on the origins > of the accent he was using. I tried to "broaden" it up a bit for him as > I recall. > Dave > On 13/03/2014 7:47 AM, David Mills wrote: > > The most maligned accents/dialects are Black Country and Birmingham > > accents.....next seems to be the accents of Liverpool... the psychology > of > > all this must be very interesting. > > I wonder if , as well as influences in the ex colonies, Norfolk and > Suffolk > > have influenced other areas. I'm thinking of the periods of migration > from > > the land to industry, like the NE. Also the influences of migratory > workers > > on Local speech, such as in Yarmouth . > > > > Must get on.. > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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.