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Eeek - southerner alert lol just kidding
I left here when I was 19 - lived in Leicester for 9 years - then came back with my husband who I met there and is from Hampshire-way (has a bit of a BBC accent as his ma was from fancy well-to-do family in Surrey). I think when I left though I lost most of my accent because ppl in Leicester couldn't understand me. I think I left it there never to return. Which is good and bad, because it means that most ppl have no idea where I am from as accent is a bit of a mishmash. But it can be an affront to ppl here - if you don't talk like em they think you're posh or summit. I just try to pronounce words properly and use correct grammar - because I want my kids to speak well enough. Trouble is they have picked up the southern pronunciation of words like BATH - BARTH GRASS - GRARSE etc.

'It's, not, how you start, it's how you finish,
And it's, not, where you're from, it's where you're at' The Hours, Ali in the Jungle - brill song, brill sentiment

oh tell me about it me mum has still got her accent and people say to me where am i from so i explain to them that i moved over here from milton keynes and people dont believe me untill they meet me mum and i come out wid the accent sometime and people look at me like to say repeat what you have just said like it'll cme and go

I think its a bit narrow-minded and insular (insular penninsula?) to judge a person by their accent.

i know which i get p***ed off about

People thought I was well-spoken when I was 7 and moved to Leasowe. I moved from Meols!

aww i know it still does my head in

i am from severn street dont throw stones at glass houses

I think the Birkenhead accent is the best, it is a very soft one not harsh like the scouse one. I watched one of the videos from the ghost hunt and was entranced by the accents especially the girls as there soft voices make it even softer. Very similar to some Irish accents. But then I have been away for a long time.

Dave MIller

I don't have any quarms saying where I'm from, I live on Gautby Road now, the area is the same now as it's always been, people may say it's worse now but all in all the area has always been the same.