ACCENTS
Transcript: Commonly spoken in the East End of London is the cockney accent. It is typically associated with working class citizens. *Spelling and punctuation started to become more standarised. Cockney: “I want to rabbit with you in the nuclear.” Standard English: “I want to talk with you in the pub.” Cockney: “Fancy a butcher’s?” Standard English: “Want to take a look?” Cockney: “Babbel rang me on the dog.” Standard English: “Babbel rang me on the phone.” *Word order became more fixed: subject-verb-object *Archaic possessive pronouns were still in use in earlier examples of texts, for example, "thy" and "thou" *Use of auxiliary verbs became mandatory in interrogative sentence, for example, "did he go running?" *Americanisms and American spellings (or/our and re/er endings) started to form. This accent can be heard around Southeast England, East Anglia, the Midlands and North. It is slightly similar to General American in the US. Vowel combination “ae” is very common. Take for example the word “cannot” in Standard English. In Scottish English, the T is swallowed, and the O sound changes to “ae”, becoming “cannae”. ‘I cannae do it.’ Not only does the T at the end of “cannot” get swallowed, but “it” also has that distinctive glottal stop after the vowel sound, so you don’t actually hear the letter T in the sentence at all. KEY TEXT: Written religious texts Stage 4: Modern English Stage 1: Old English Scottish English - Capitals used for proper nouns but also important common nouns -The spelling of words resembles the literal pronunciation, influenced by the Bible which was meant to be a spoken text -Loss of many inflections, making word order more important -French words: more elegant and refined with softer sounds and different stress on the endings of words. -The most common adjective used in English is ‘good’. -The most commonly used noun is ‘time’. -The word ‘set’ has the highest number of definitions. -Month, orange, silver, and purple do not rhyme with any other word. -The word ‘lol’ was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2011. -The word ‘Goodbye’ originally comes from an Old English phrase meaning ‘god be with you’. -Etymologically, Great Britain means ‘great land of the tattooed’. -The oldest English word that is still in use is ‘town’. West Country Stage 3.-Early Modern English (from 1450 to 1750) The West Country accent can be heard in the South of England, just about fifty miles West of London and extending to the Welsh border. Often, the letter ‘r’ is pronounced after vowels. Instead of saying mother as ‘muthah’, someone from the Southwest would say ‘mutherrr’. Stage 2: Middle English ACCENTS and dialects Gaby ,Grecia, Camila, Ricardo West Country: “Alright me’ansum? / Alright me’luvver?” Translation: “Hello, how are you?” (Lit. “Alright, my handsome?” / “Alright, my lover?”) Usage: This common greeting is popular across the West Country. The word me’ansum is used when greeting close male acquaintances. West Country: “Ideal” / “Proper job!” Translation: “Very good!” (Lit. it was “ideal”, or it was “proper job” – like a “job done well”.) Usage: Both expressions are used by West country folk to express happiness or contentment, and they can be deployed at any given situation and in all manner of contexts -The old english was only spoke until 1100 and then was not spoken again. -Muscular quality to the words: short, direct and forceful. -Use of kenning, for example "bone-house"= body • Geordie: “Areet marra?” • Standard English: “Alright mate?” When to use it: When you bump into a friend on the street, or when you meet a chum in the pub. • Geordie: “Wey aye!” • Standard English: “I’m in agreement.” When to use it: When one of your marras (friends) suggests going to the pub for a bottle of broon (brown ale). • Geordie: “Champion!” • Standard English: “Great!” When to use it: When celebrating your favourite Alan Shearer goal. • Geordie: “Howay!” • Standard English: “Come on!” When to use it: This is one of the most famous, and most misunderstood, bits of Geordie. “Howay!” can be taken to mean “Come on!” in both positive and negative associations. Stage 4.- Modern English (from about 1750) Geordie normally refers to both the people and dialect of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in Northeast England. It is one of the oldest and best loved British dialects, but it is slowly dying. History of English *Many prefixes (anti-, post-, pre-) and suffixes (-ate, -ic, -al) were taken from Latin. British Language "The Tempest" - Shakespeare *Where should this music be? I´the air or the earth? It sounds no more; and, sure it waits upon Some god o´the island. *But ´tis gone. Cockney Geordie Stage 3: Early Modern English Estuary English Fun facts Stage 2.- Middle English (1150 to 1750) Stage 1.- Old English (from 450 to 1150) Scots roll their Rs regularly and collapse their words so that they sound like they have been cut off in the middle. For instance, ‘cot’ instead of ‘caught’ and ‘not’ with ‘nee’. So instead of saying you ‘didn’t
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