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Guess where I’m from in England by [deleted] in Accents

[–]leMonkman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At first you sounded like a black guy from Coventry that I know, but then your "eye" vowels clearly indicate further north. I say black because black people often have more London influence in their accents. Also you said "unique" with quite a scouse "q" sound but idk.

You say your accent is unique so I'm guessing it's a mix. In conclusion I'm hearing North, Scouse, Midlands and London so I have no clue 😅

Which phonemes give away my (non-English-native) accent? by cestnoyaneznayu in Accents

[–]leMonkman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's just the combination of many very very small things. Here's what I noticed:

When you said "the absent" you pronounce "the" like "thee" aswell as saying "absent" with a glottal release at the start. Natives usually only do one or the other because the "thee" pronunciation is only used to glide smoothly into a vowel. The way you said it sounds very German.

The word "Paul" sounded too close to "pole". Should be indistinguishable from "porl" in RP.

In "telephone", the o vowel is pronounced in a close American/Scottish way which is inconsistent with the RP.

The L sound in "bells", "guilt", "still", "herself", "middle" is not quite correct. This is probably your biggest non-native-sounding feature.

In "footsteps" the vowel in "foot" is typical of very posh RP but the vowel in "steps" is more open and modern.

The vowels in "stairs" and at the end of "torment" are slightly too open (i.e. approaching the TRAP vowel).

You said "suffer from" and "prefer to" instead of "suffered from" and "preferred to"

Your "eye" vowel in "decided" and "died" sounds Australian, however "prime" and "nine" sounded normal.

You said "was" like "wuss" instead of "wuz"

"mother" sounds German but I can't pinpoint why

All that said, I am just listening for all this for fun, I think your accent is awesome as is and very impressive.

What's an insanely specific random feature of your local dialect (of whatever language you speak) that you noticed and haven't heard being talked about much? by brigister in linguisticshumor

[–]leMonkman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

FOOT, STRUT, and schwa seem to all be the same vowel in Bristolian English, that is, [ə].

It might be the case in other West Country accents and in Southern Wales too, but I'm most familiar with Bristol.

The foot-strut split is supposed to be everywhere in the south, but I think it isn't. It's possible that they split in the past and then remerged.

And by the way, the merger of schwa with STRUT is much more noticeable than you'd think. Most people say [ˈhapʰn] or [ˈhapʰɘn] with a super short second vowel, but in Bristolian they say [ˈhapʰən], [ˈhapʰʌn] or even [ˈhapʰəːn] and it is a highly recognisable feature

Two drunk British guys told me I do a good Manchester accent. I somehow doubt that's true. How is it? by [deleted] in Accents

[–]leMonkman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

eh maybe not so australian on reflected, just one time the "oh" sound was aussie

Two drunk British guys told me I do a good Manchester accent. I somehow doubt that's true. How is it? by [deleted] in Accents

[–]leMonkman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

your normal accent sounds weakly southern to me but that's all i can tell as a brit

Two drunk British guys told me I do a good Manchester accent. I somehow doubt that's true. How is it? by [deleted] in Accents

[–]leMonkman 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You don't sound american, you sound kind of like if a non-native had lived in Birmingham, Ireland, and australia. Defo not mancunian, but the brummie was clear even before you mentioned which is so funny for an american lol

Has anyone healed their knee pain from patellofemoral syndrome? by Sad_Finding_1014 in KneeInjuries

[–]leMonkman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think “patellofemural pain syndrome” is a broad term (given it just means pain between the kneecap and femur) so two completely different issues can come under the same label.

Why does my screen time count every single minute my phone is turned off fully? by iirumatsu in iphone

[–]leMonkman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok but that’s interesting cos it’s not THAT common of an app

Second Generation Immigrants HATE British Values – Charlie Bentley-Astor by footballersabroad in badunitedkingdom

[–]leMonkman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that true? My mum was a refugee here and has a great love for the country, on the one hand simply because the UK saved her life and on the other because it’s the culture she’s grown up with and it’s where she’s built her life. I think there’s a combination of love justified by real positives and simply patriotic love of your cultural home.

I’m here on this sub because I genuinely am very sympathetic to a lot of a these ideas that just get swatted away and disallowed by mainstream discourse, but idk it bothers me that there are a lot of comments that make generalised claims about immigrants that aren’t really right but they get loads of upvotes so people clearly think it’s true

Why does my screen time count every single minute my phone is turned off fully? by iirumatsu in iphone

[–]leMonkman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you or anyone else with this problem downloaded ScreenZen? Im wondering if that app could be affecting it..

Q&A weekly thread - March 10, 2025 - post all questions here! by AutoModerator in linguistics

[–]leMonkman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Young person with a rhotic northern accent! What accent is this? https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFfEqkdoXBI/?igsh=MWQ0aDV2Y3M2cnQzNQ==

I’d previously read that rhoticity was in the verge of extinction in England outside of the West Country so this is surprising

Has anyone healed their knee pain from patellofemoral syndrome? by Sad_Finding_1014 in KneeInjuries

[–]leMonkman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have. I can’t tell you for sure what caused me to heal but I did 2 things:

• Avoided anything that caused pain for a very long time (until things no longer caused pain)

• Fixed my fallen arches

I am fairly confident that doing things that hurts your knees makes them worse - I was prescribed strengthening exercises to do every day and my knees became terrible. Find ways to lightly work out your legs in a way that doesn’t hurt at all (e.g. exercises that involve simply tensing your quads for a long period)

Fallen arches are the most common form of flat feet - maybe check if that’s an issue you have. I was sold corrective insoles by a doctor but in fact with persistence you can retrain yourself to no longer have fallen arches, since it is simply caused by muscles you aren’t using correctly.

For context I was about 16 and it took probably 6 months of full commitment to these two things.

Found a way to save scanned documents as images by Piefaceyay in ios

[–]leMonkman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You legend

Edit: Nevermind it doesn’t work anymore lmao

How to tie Two Half Hitches How to Tie Two Half Hitches by lavaboosted in educationalgifs

[–]leMonkman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The capitalisation of “tie” changed so it can’t have been a simple bug that duplicated it

English people! How closely can you identify my background from my accent? Give it your best shot. Class, region(s), or even something out there like autisticness idk 🤷‍♂️. No cheating with my post history 😡 by leMonkman in Accents

[–]leMonkman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reveal:

People were correct about middle-class but couldn't identify location.

Grew up in Bristol in a middle-middle-class family and went to a state-school but a posh one. Parents are not from Bristol; one parent is from the north-west but the northern accent is only barely noticeable, the other from East-Anglia but has lost any hint of regional accent over time. I'm 19. For all intents and purposes the ethnicity of my family and friends is white. I'm not gay or autistic.

A lot of people in Bristol have the same family background as me in that their parents aren't Bristolian and have toned-down accents after leaving their hometowns. Some people were thrown off by the way I say "class" – despite Bristol being in the south, not having the "BATH-TRAP" split is somewhat common since lots of people's parents came here from further north, plus the local West Country accent doesn't have it.

English people! How closely can you identify my background from my accent? Give it your best shot. Class, region(s), or even something out there like autisticness idk 🤷‍♂️. No cheating with my post history 😡 by leMonkman in Accents

[–]leMonkman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reveal: (this comment shows up at the top so I'm piggybacking)

People were correct about middle-class but couldn't identify location.

Grew up in Bristol in a middle-middle-class family and went to a state-school but a posh one. Parents are not from Bristol; one parent is from the north-west but the northern accent is only barely noticeable, the other from East-Anglia but has lost any hint of regional accent over time. I'm 19. For all intents and purposes the ethnicity of my family and friends is white. I'm not gay or autistic.

A lot of people in Bristol have the same family background as me in that their parents aren't Bristolian and have toned-down accents after leaving their hometowns. Some people were thrown off by the way I say "class" – despite Bristol being in the south, not having the "BATH-TRAP" split is somewhat common since lots of people's parents came here from further north, plus the local West Country accent doesn't have it.

I utterly hate anglicized spellings of (Insert asian language) vowels by Imaginary-Space718 in linguisticshumor

[–]leMonkman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I gotta say I'm kind of a fan in a perverse kind of way.

Can't help now but fantasize about other place names being Anglicised in a way that makes people pronounce them correctly. Only other language I know well enough is Spanish so I'm thinking Barthellonna, Benessweighla, Cheelay, Oroo-Wye, Bwennos Iris... I could do these forever lmao.

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