Bristol dialect quiz-
Cheers drive - thanking the bus driver
Dinnum - didn't they/don't know
Slider - a slide
Ideawl - idea
Gashead - Bristol rovers fan
Jasper - wasp
Pitchin - the snow is settling
Peepaw - people
Pitcher - picture
Yer tiz - here it is
Ark at ee mind - look at him
Overt prestige - talking properly/trying to speak standard English
Covert prestige - using your regional dialect and using your dialect for status
Accent - features of pronunciation (the speech sounds) that show regional and/or social identity
Dialect - features of lexis and grammar that show the regional or social background of the speaker
(your accent is part of your dialect)
What stereotypes are associated with the Bristolian dialect?
- people have the impression that we are farmers
- tractors and combine harvesters
- uneducated
- multi - cultural
- pirates
- working class
- males (slightly stronger)
- in his videos he does emphasis the way Bristolian's speak but we do use some of the phrases he mentions but not always in the way he represents them
- he's very proud of his identity
- over exaggerated for entertainment
- Somerset/south Bristol accent
- strong Bristolian accent = links to country
- dialect is dying out/being watered down - dialect levelling
- people are conscious of their accents and the attitudes that come with it
- accents are still prominent
- elocution lessons - "speak proper"
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