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I understand this is a new series on the itv. I do hope its not supposed to
be in biblical times as the voice I heard on the trailer sounded pretty
north of England to me, I was waiting for ee by gum.
Brian

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On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:24:37 +0100, Martin wrote:

In the trailer it was quite clearly set in industrial North of England
in the 19th century.

Do you expect a biblical Jericho to have a home counties accent?

On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 23:07:21 -0000, "Brian-Gaff"
wrote:

I understand this is a new series on the itv. I do hope its not supposed
to be in biblical times as the voice I heard on the trailer sounded
pretty north of England to me, I was waiting for ee by gum.
Brian

Its actually supposed to be set in Yorkshire at the time the Ribblehead
viaduct was being constructed. The trailer for it has an interesting
'take' on Yorkshire accents

"Dick" wrote in message
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On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:24:37 +0100, Martin wrote:

In the trailer it was quite clearly set in industrial North of England
in the 19th century.

Do you expect a biblical Jericho to have a home counties accent?

On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 23:07:21 -0000, "Brian-Gaff"
wrote:

I understand this is a new series on the itv. I do hope its not supposed
to be in biblical times as the voice I heard on the trailer sounded
pretty north of England to me, I was waiting for ee by gum.
Brian

Its actually supposed to be set in Yorkshire at the time the Ribblehead
viaduct was being constructed. The trailer for it has an interesting
'take' on Yorkshire accents

There is also rather unconvincing CGI of the half-completed viaduct in the
trailer.

There may have been a fair mixture of accents amongst the navvies, who were
stereotypically Irish but who probably came from various places where jobs
were short and people needed to leave place where they were born to travel
to Ribblehead for the work.

I'll give the series a try, but I suspect it may be a bit naff.

On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 04:14:17 -0600, Dick wrote:

I understand this is a new series on the itv. I do hope its not supposed
to be in biblical times as the voice I heard on the trailer sounded
pretty north of England to me, I was waiting for ee by gum.
Brian

Its actually supposed to be set in Yorkshire at the time the Ribblehead
viaduct was being constructed. The trailer for it has an interesting
'take' on Yorkshire accents

Perhaps they'll use all the Brummie actors who were apparently not
available for Peaky Blinders.

Rod.

NY wrote:

"Dick" wrote in message
o.uk...
On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:24:37 +0100, Martin wrote:

In the trailer it was quite clearly set in industrial North of England
in the 19th century.

Do you expect a biblical Jericho to have a home counties accent?

On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 23:07:21 -0000, "Brian-Gaff"
wrote:

I understand this is a new series on the itv. I do hope its not supposed
to be in biblical times as the voice I heard on the trailer sounded
pretty north of England to me, I was waiting for ee by gum.
Brian

Its actually supposed to be set in Yorkshire at the time the Ribblehead
viaduct was being constructed. The trailer for it has an interesting
'take' on Yorkshire accents

There is also rather unconvincing CGI of the half-completed viaduct in the
trailer.

There may have been a fair mixture of accents amongst the navvies, who
were stereotypically Irish but who probably came from various places where
jobs were short and people needed to leave place where they were born to
travel to Ribblehead for the work.

I'll give the series a try, but I suspect it may be a bit naff.

I was having a bit of a peruse yesterday (increasingly frequent with
advancing years), this time about regional accents. This country has been
the target of many racial invasions over the last two millennia. I wondered
whether today's differing regional accents could partially traced to the
principal areas where the different invaders settled.

What triggered this was the shock to find that some of my younger second
cousins from north east London, at one time had tinges of Afro-Carib in
their accents. They have lost them now but were clearly influenced by the
balance of the kids that they were at school with.

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On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:57:52 +0000
pinnerite wrote:
I was having a bit of a peruse yesterday (increasingly frequent with
advancing years), this time about regional accents. This country has been
the target of many racial invasions over the last two millennia. I wondered

Depends how you define race. I'd say the Celts, anglo saxons, danes & vikings
were the same race, different nationalities.

whether today's differing regional accents could partially traced to the
principal areas where the different invaders settled.

Almost certainly I would think. The american accent apparently traces back
to a mix of irish and west country. Not aure about the aussie accent & vocal
but its similarity to london cockney can't be a coincidence.

What triggered this was the shock to find that some of my younger second
cousins from north east London, at one time had tinges of Afro-Carib in
their accents. They have lost them now but were clearly influenced by the
balance of the kids that they were at school with.

A lot of the kids speak in that silly ghetto accent. No doubt it sounds cool
when you're 15. Luckily most grow out of it.

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On 06/01/2016 23:07, Brian-Gaff wrote:
I understand this is a new series on the itv. I do hope its not supposed to
be in biblical times as the voice I heard on the trailer sounded pretty
north of England to me, I was waiting for ee by gum.
Brian


Could be worse. Could have been 'Mercan

On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:57:52 +0000, pinnerite
wrote:

NY wrote:

"Dick" wrote in message
o.uk...
On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:24:37 +0100, Martin wrote:

In the trailer it was quite clearly set in industrial North of England
in the 19th century.

Do you expect a biblical Jericho to have a home counties accent?

On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 23:07:21 -0000, "Brian-Gaff"
wrote:

I understand this is a new series on the itv. I do hope its not supposed
to be in biblical times as the voice I heard on the trailer sounded
pretty north of England to me, I was waiting for ee by gum.
Brian

Its actually supposed to be set in Yorkshire at the time the Ribblehead
viaduct was being constructed. The trailer for it has an interesting
'take' on Yorkshire accents

There is also rather unconvincing CGI of the half-completed viaduct in the
trailer.

There may have been a fair mixture of accents amongst the navvies, who
were stereotypically Irish but who probably came from various places where
jobs were short and people needed to leave place where they were born to
travel to Ribblehead for the work.

I'll give the series a try, but I suspect it may be a bit naff.

I was having a bit of a peruse yesterday (increasingly frequent with
advancing years), this time about regional accents. This country has been
the target of many racial invasions over the last two millennia. I wondered
whether today's differing regional accents could partially traced to the
principal areas where the different invaders settled.


Yes. Very much so.

The Anglo-Saxons who settled in Britain were a group of tribes speaking
related Germanic dialects. Eventually Old English developed out of those
dialects and later Modern English developed out of Old English, but
differences of accents and dialects remained. The was also Norse
influence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English

Old English developed from a set of Anglo-Frisian or North Sea
Germanic dialects originally spoken by Germanic tribes traditionally
known as the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. As the Anglo-Saxons became
dominant in England, their language replaced the languages of Roman
Britain: Common Brittonic, a Celtic language, and Latin, brought to
Britain by Roman invasion. Old English had four main dialects,
associated with particular Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: Mercian,
Northumbrian, Kentish and West Saxon. It was West Saxon that formed
the basis for the literary standard of the later Old English period,
although the dominant forms of Middle and Modern English would
develop mainly from Mercian. The speech of eastern and northern
parts of England was subject to strong Old Norse influence due to
Scandinavian rule and settlement beginning in the 9th century.

What triggered this was the shock to find that some of my younger second
cousins from north east London, at one time had tinges of Afro-Carib in
their accents. They have lost them now but were clearly influenced by the
balance of the kids that they were at school with.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multic...London_English


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On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 16:05:50 +0000
Peter Duncanson wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multic...London_English

Unbelievable that someone has actually tried to codify this dumbed down idiots
patois as a genuine dialect. Perhaps we'll have a Tourettes English page
next.

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On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 17:02:38 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 16:05:50 +0000
Peter Duncanson wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multic...London_English

Unbelievable that someone has actually tried to codify this dumbed down idiots
patois as a genuine dialect. Perhaps we'll have a Tourettes English page
next.

Experts who study languages and dialects just study and describe what
people use.

After all, all languages are human inventions which are subject to
change.

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