David DJ Hedley said:
David Gerard wrote:
I was amazed when I moved to Walthamstow (London E17). I heard accents from people obviously born here that sounded like NOTHING ON EARTH I'd ever heard before. The Australian accent is incredibly homogeneous by comparison.
American, too. I pride myself (more or less) on speaking a very standard American English with a very standard American accent.
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Most of the world can't even tell what language i'm speaking most of the time. I'm from Newcastle, England and have the accent to suit.
Well I'm from Sunderland, which if anything has a more infamous accent than nearby Newcastle, and I now live...in Walthamstow. :)