Originally Posted by
Tam Lin
Regarding Joseph`s accent - it must not be forgotten that Haworth is a mere seven miles to Wycoller (Mr Rochester`s residence, by the way), for example, which is in Lancashire, the border of which is even nearer to Haworth.... food for thought - Joseph`s accent cannot therefore be said to be pure Yorkshire in my opinion.
The matter of dialects and local accents interest me a lot. Where I was born and bred and still live, in South Lancashire (Wigan, in fact), one needs only to travel say ten or fifteen miles in any direction of the compass, and the accent will be totally different, albeit using the same dialect.
I think that to lose one`s own accent and dialect is a shame, and to lose it on purpose is quite frankly, a disgrace ! :frown2:
Si thi fer now, a`m gooin fo`mi tay ! :biggrin5: