Accents and Dialect

Accents and dialect

 

A dialect: is a specific variety of English that differs from other varieties in three specific ways: lexis, grammar and phonology. English dialects may be different from each other, but all speakers within the English-speaking world can still generally understand them.

Accent: refers only to differences in the sound patterns of a specific dialect.

 

  Examples – Geordie vs English

Geordie	English
How man mutha man.	Please mother don't embarrass me.
Ye knaa what ah mean leik.	Do you know what I mean?
Eeeh man, ahm gannin te the booza.	OK, I have had enough, I am going to the bar.
Whees i' the netty?	Who's in the lavatory?
Gan canny or we'll dunsh summick.	Be careful or we will crash into something.

                                                                                                                                    

 

Examples of scouse terms

• Skint - To have no money
• Togger - A football match
• Offey - Off licence
• Mogger (ride on a bike)
• Meff - Trampish looking fellow
• Gowed instead of "Go ahead"
• Kecks – Trousers
• Kidda/Kidder - Good friend
• Divvy - A stupid or silly person
• Baltic - Extremely cold weather