the derelict dialects

29.april.05: not too many people in the states can recognise the different english dialects in the country. we know there’s tons of different american accents, and we can even tell the english from the scottish from the irish, but it takes more discernment to tell between the different english accents within itself. the only way i can make heads or tails of it is if there’s someone famous from that region. for example, ozzy osbourne is from birmingham, the beatles were from liverpool, and tony blair is from the southern counties (probably, from what we can tell). there’s refined english and cockney (a la My Fair Lady), and there’s some others that i haven’t quite encountered quite yet.

my favorite so far is definitely scottish, but from within england, i’m quite partial to the more refined-sounding-yet-not-snooty type. i believe that comes from london or southern england. the smooth choppiness is quite pretty to my ears.

if smooth choppiness is at all possible.