Wednesday 5 November 2014

regional identity

scotland 

accents - strong glaswegian accents often hard to understand.

location - rough streets of glasgow, also great architechture in many old places e.g. edinburgh. scottish highlands.

slang - 'we' = little.

clothes - kilts, tartan print clothes.

pastimes - bag pipes, eating haggis, drinking scotch whiskey, irn bru.

attitudes / behaviour - hating english people, being aggressive, drunks.

liverpool

accents - high pitch, annoying, scouse, common.

location - rough council estates, run down, not much money invested, old docks.

clothes - tracksuits, adidas trainers, typical working class clothes, baggy.

pastimes - football, shoplifting, stealing car wheels.

behaviour / attitudes - cheeky, chavs, easy going, left wing, witty.

Newcastle

accents - geordie, hard to understand.

location - huge city, some rough estates.

slang - eg howay, toon.

clothes - tight clothes e.g. geordie shore.

pastimes - going to the gym, drinking, partying, clubbing, partying, watching newcastle united play.

behaviour - friendly, outgoing, party animals, attitude.

Irish

accents - irish accents quite strong, sound happy.

location - busy cities, although lots of greenery and countryside.

clothes - green clothes, leggins, hats.

pastimes - drinking whiskey,  drinking guiness, river dancing.

behaviour - happy go lucky.

London. 

accents - polite, posh in the west / north. more common in south / east.

location - big city, big buildings, busy.

clothes - expensive clothes, well dressed, smart.

pastimes - shopping, going to bars / out for dinner.

Essex

accents - very loud, annoying.

location - medium sized towns, nice houses.

slang - Oh my god, reem.

clothes - fake tan, tight clothes, revealing clothes.

pastimes - clubbing, spending money, getting a fake tan hair etc.

behaviour - bitchy, confident, can be academically challenged.

cornwall / south west.

accents - Stereotypical farmer accent, sounds very country-esc.

location - beaches, lots of countryside, little seaside towns. busy when its warm.

pastimes - drinking, fishing, surfing.

behaviour - friendly, welcoming of tourists.

yorkshire

accents - calm, relaxed.

location - countryside, lots of old buildings in the big cities / towns e.g. leeds / bradford/ huddersfield.

slang - 't' instead of 'the'.

clothes - baggy, sports wear e.g. elleese, football casual clothes.

pastimes - football, walking their dogs.

behaviour - friendly, outgoing.

Birmingham.

accents - sounds dull, boring, brummie.

location - big city, very busy, places are ugly.

clothes - chavs, hoodies.

pastimes - clubbing, drinking.

behaviour - aggressive, rough.

welsh 

accents -strong friendly accents.

location - big cities in south, up north more countryside and farms.

clothes - rugby kits, red white and green clothes.

pastimes - picking daffodils, looking for fossils, playing rugby.

behaviour - drink a lot, friendly.








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