What do you sound like ?

I was born in Birmingham (and very proud of that city) but moved around a lot and would say I speak more like a Londoner than a Brummie. I've lived in Scotland for 15 years now but have never picked up the (west coast) accent. From time to time people ask where I'm from and I always say that I'm originally from Brum and almost always they will reply that they thought so as they recognised my accent. I haven't the heart to tell them it's more west London than West Midlands.

Still have a potteries accent. Not so strong now after 50 years in the south. More pronounced if I have a cold. I was determined to keep my accent.
When I lived in Sheffield my landlady had very posh neighbours whose name was B U R D A S
Landlady used to say it was the only time they didn't use a long A.!

My DD's partner is from Sunderland and his (Mackem) accent is so different to the Geordie accent (despite us being not too far away from each other).

Apparently calling a Mackem (or Mackum) a Geordie is the biggest insult !

People in Co. Durham say oo and u differently from those north of the Tyne.

I'm western Canadian and always thought we didn't have accent, boy was I wrong! Lol. My DH from Newfoundland. I meet him after he had left the "rock" for many years and his accent is mild, until he talks to others from Newfoundland then it sure comes out. When we first married I had to have him translate everything his family said to me between their accent and local sayings I couldn't understand anything they said, much to their amusement.

I love, love, love the (Southern) Irish accent. Its so dreamy.

I was brought up in the north so had short 'a's but moved south aged 13 and quickly learnt to use long 'a's - here described as barth etc. But we really dont put an 'r' in there , just a more drawn out vowel. That is as wrong as describing tge northern 'u' as oo. It's just very difficult to describe a sound in writing. I think the person who said that 'up' rhymes with 'put' in the north came closest. But a Yorkshire accent is different from Lancashire and the northeast is different again so it's too simplistic to call them all Northern! And I agree that in TV programmes and films set in a specific place in the north all sorts of northern accents are used which is just not right.
I'm told I sound posh but don't think I am. I hate my voice when I hear it recorded!
I now live in the midlAnds and Im interested to hear a sort of in beween long and short 'a' in really local people. Sort of laaaf (not laf of larf, ) for laugh. It's got to change gradually if you think about it. But there are people living locally from all sorts of places so a real mixture of accents.

This is getting silly trisher I can send you an almost identical link saying exactly what I printed earlier:

a "Geordie" comes from Newcastle, Blyth, Ashington, North Tyneside, SOUTH Tyneside and Gateshead

South Shields is in South Tyneside. (unless it has moved without my knowledge).

The (old fashioned) term Sand Dancer is very specific to someone from South Shields and does not mean they are not Geordies.

When referring to the people, as opposed to the dialect, dictionary definitions of a Geordie typically refer to "a native or inhabitant of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, or its environs", an area that encompasses Blyth, Ashington, North Tyneside, Newcastle, South Tyneside and Gateshead
Geordie - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie

I'm very London sounding (not cockney) living in Scotland for last 12 years. Haven't lost my accent at all but do use the odd local word (aye ?)
And phrase (bin is a bucket, worktop is a bunker).
My dd was bullied for being 'Australian ' when we arrived (never understood that) and quickly adopted the local accent. Dgd was born here but as she lived with me for 4 years is a mix of London & Scottish much to my dd disgust!
Apparently when I speak to friends back home on the phone infront of my friends here my accent gets stronger.
My dm is Scottish. She has been in England so long you wouldn't know unless she's speaking to her sister who still lives here!
We are funny creatures. I've never been able to take off a different accent either

Who is permitted to call themselves a Geordie?
Again there are various viewpoints. Originally, it would appear that the name applied only to miners, colliers, or inhabitants of Newcastle. Later it became applied to resi- dents of Tyneside in general. Local Folklore has it that a Geordie is someone born on the north side of the Tyne, within a 1 mile radius of Newcastle. Dictionaries also record that the word is used to describe natives of Tyneside, or things pertaining to Tyneside.
www.newcastle.gov.uk/wwwfileroot/legacy/libraries/Geordiemainbody.pdf

Sandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandancer-Dancer
Somewhere in the future Geordie comedy hall of fame, there’s a plinth reserved for Sarah Millican. Sure, she’d be the first to admit she’s technically a Sand-dancer, hailing from South Shields as she does
narcmagazine.com/comedy-review-sarah-millican-tyne-theatre-31-7-16/

trisher I don't know wher you got your facts from but Sarah Millican is absolutely a Geordie.

I think you will find a "Geordie" comes from Newcastle, Blyth, Ashington, North Tyneside, SOUTH Tyneside and Gateshead.

Well, I'm Welsh and have a Welsh accent. Occasionaly I do some radio work about gardening for Radio Wales, but I never listen back.

Sarah Milligan is not a Geordie- she's from South Shields and admits she's a Sand-dancer. So not a Geordie accent- much as Southerners may think so.

I was once interviewed in a radio studio about my job and before going in it hadn't occurred to me to think about what I might sound like, I was just concerned to answer the questions correctly and conscious that my colleagues were listening and wanting me to get the right message across.
Later, when I heard the recording, I was really shocked to hear how 'posh' I sounded and even more so when my family and colleagues assured me that it wasn't a trick of the radio but actually how I sound (I'm NOT from a posh background at all). I did a good job answering questions and so my boss asked me to do a TV interview a day or two later. I was really conscious of my voice during it and felt very unnatural when I was talking. Now, after twenty years of teaching English as a second language I think I sound much better.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyT2jmVPAk

One woman 17 accents !

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyuo9ZH3frE

Pretty much my voice....

not an "oop" to be heard.

Still have a very pronounced Yorkshire accent even though I have,nt lived there for over 50 years. Have lived in various parts of England, Scotland, and abroad as part of being a military family and having to upsticks at regular intervals. Having lived on the south coast now for 20 years I thought my accent might have become more southern ....apparently not. I am teased quite a lot for my northern vowels ....but can soon shock people in my replies as I am a very good mimic and the look on their faces is priceless!

I think some peoples perception of how others speak is obviously very wrong.

Born in Lincolnshire, but moved to Essex aged 3, so even if I put on a posh voice I still sound like an Essex girl. But if I visit the Midlands I find myself reverting to the local dialect. I don't know I'm doing it but DH thinks it's amusing.
Strangely each time I visit Cornwall I'm asked if I'm Australian.

I wish southerners realised they DO have an accent. One which sounds a bit odd to us up north. One of our son's has adopted a strangulated accent with long A's, etc and we think he sounds proper daft.

And why do most people ask for a 'Lartey' coffee, even those with strong regional accents. The Italians call it a cafe latte (with a flat a) so where has the r come from?

Thank you for your explanation trisher but a Geordie accent does not differentiate between the "u" sound in bus or umbrella. I certainly don't say boos.

I was born & bred in West Riding of Yorkshire, briefly lived in Lancashire then in Middlesex (Surrey) for 23 years working in the Civil Service so have a "well spoken accent". I then moved to Somerset for 3 years & now live in Devon (past 2 years). My Yorkshire accent is still lurking there although people find it hard to know which part of Yorkshire.

I do find now I'm away from Surrey my accent is reverting back to more dialect based. My DD can always tell when I've been speaking to my DM (never lived any-where but Yorkshire) as my accent broadens into more Yorkshire. Probably pick up bits of Devon the longer I live here "proper job" as the locals say

I have always considered the Black Country to be Midlands, Blinko, but as for North, there are those who say that once over the Derbyshire border into South Yorkshire you are in the North - others say, and it was said on here a while ago, that South Yorkshire had no right to consider itself as North (in fact, no right to consider itself as anything at all!), and the North didn't start until you got to Manchester - or Leeds (hereinafter known by some curmudgeons hereabouts as T' Eternal City oop t' road! Now that is having a chip on your shoulder!). Personally, I have no strong views on the matter either way !

I come from Bath and it is Ba'ath always remember on the station hearing Baaaath Spa coming home