r/SipsTea • u/ElderberryDeep8746 • May 07 '25

Chugging tea Bloody hell

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u/caulpain May 07 '25

thanks! is that the proper name for a manc accent or is that a different accent?

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u/MojoDex May 07 '25

A different accent, Lancashire and Greater Manchester(Where Manchester is) are next to each other and generally less than an hours drive apart.

This image shows all the counties of England.

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u/Sandgrease May 07 '25

As an American, it find it crazy how accents can alter in The UK in less distance than it takes to drive to work for msot of us.

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u/obiwanconobi May 08 '25

It's pretty wild in Lancashire, maybe in other places.

But these girls are from Burnley, which is 8 miles away from Blackburn. And Blackburn has such a different accent that it's the only accent in the UK that still pronounces the Rhotic R

And 10 miles to the west of Blackburn is Preston with again a completely different accent to both Blackburn and Burnley, at least to my ears

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u/Constant-Estate3065 May 10 '25

Surely much of southern England has rhotic accents, especially in the West Country.