Instructions to Teachers: - English Banana
The language is English, but the accent is unique to Derbyshire. It doesn’t sound the same as “standard English” (also known as RP – Received Pronunciation).
Accent = how we speak the language – vowel sounds and consonant sounds.
Slang = words and phrases that are known and used in a particular geographical area.
What does a person from Derbyshire do when they speak?
1. They lose the beginning of a word:
• E.g. “because” ( “’cos”.
• In particular the initial “h”. E.g. “head” ( “’ed”.
2. They lose the end of a word:
• E.g. “were” ( “w’”. They also drop the last “-g” on gerunds – “doing” ( “doin”.
3. They use short vowel sounds instead of long vowel sounds:
• E.g. “be” ( “bi”.
4. They run words together (elision) and miss out words which are not important to the meaning of the sentence:
• They miss out verbs, especially auxiliary verbs. E.g. “I have been” ( “’Av bin”.
• They miss out “to” before an infinitive. E.g. “want to go” ( “wanna go”.
• They miss out the short space between words. E.g. “got a” ( “gotta”.
5. They use the wrong word:
• E.g. “there” ( “the”.
• Use verb “to be” incorrectly. E.g. “I was” ( “I were”.
• Use the wrong pronoun. E.g. “The girl who…” ( “The girl what…”
6. They pause, stumble and interrupt themselves.
7. They don’t speak in complete sentences:
• They continue speaking without pausing between sentences.
• They stop suddenly in the middle of a sentence and start a new one.
8. They use slang words and phrases, including words not appropriate in a formal situation, e.g. swear words, words appropriated from TV and popular culture (in particular words from American English), and/or words which are only known locally.
Note: they may do any combination or all of these things. No wonder it can sometimes be difficult for a non-native speaker of English to understand what English people are saying!
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