Hello everybody, since I'm very interested in british culture and their different accents in all regions, I would like to know how people in britain see people of different counties or regions, as a stereotype. ( I don't want anyone to be offended, I know stereotypes are frequently false), about all from north-east England (for example here in italy southern people are always happy, pizza, mafia, family...)
I'm from Yorkshire in the north, so I'd be happy to help. I'm not sure what you're after, though, when you mention the nroth east. Are you looking for their view of the other regions, or other regions' view of them?
the other region's view of them. but not only for northeast, also other regions if you want. thank you for answer!
I'm from the South of Wales in the valleys. Not sure what the stereotype of Wales is other than sheepshaggers...Which makes no sense, seeming there's probably more sheep in England...Hmmm... To be honest, I'm not quite sure of the stereotype of anyone in England. I suppose Ray Winston is the London stereotype, or anyone on Eastenders. Apples and pears -- apples and pears!
well I don't know, i'm not from south itlaly but I know people from there,., and they are not mafiosi!! hahaha, the rest it suits them
Yeah, I was going to say a lot of northerners think the south is full of soft rich Thatcher loving Tory voters, but the East end of London seems to be the exception.
Aww! That's a shame. I've been to Sicily, Pompeii and Naples and they were all really nice. It had a nice European air about the place: nice cafés, resteraunts, markets. A real communal feeling.
As I am a Londoner, it is interpreted that lower class peasants like myself, speak with a cotney accent and spit into beer mugs. I don't drink tea very often, so I have smashed the typical stereotype that british people love tea. Tea is actually Indian. We just borrowed some.
Generally I think I unconsciously assume people with standard english accents, regardless of where they're from, are intelligent. At least until I listen to what they're saying, when I'm often proven wrong. I can't really understand what L.A Matthews is saying when he speaks like a valleys yokel, but it's probably the most insightful thing in the universe. I tend to assume people with west country accents are friendly, I could be kidnapped and tortured by a west country farmer and still think of them as quite amiable. The same goes for Welsh and Irish accents. There's also a bit of a stereotype that people with strong regional accents are more likely to be working class. That's probably less the case now than it was....
I tend to assume people with west country accents want to bumrape you. And I've yet to be proven wrong
That's just them being friendly. It's probably how they say hello. Just don't ask them how they are, you won't like the reply....
There's an old thing that Yorkshire folk are supposed to be really tight-fisted, I don't know if people still think that.
I think the Irish have a head start in comedy because everything they say sounds witty and sarcastic, even if it's just "pass the salt" or whatever ... also the same seems to apply to Scousers (people from Liverpool ) half of whom are of Irish descent anyway.
This island and its people couldn't be any less different than travelling Europe and experiencing the variety of people and cultures through it nations. English northerns have a totally different perspective to life and living than southerners. Northerners will sound more thick, as mentioned but at times it seems justified but often will be played with and exaggerated in comedies, which can irritate. Northerns - southerners politcally are truly paradoxical; on the one hand northerners and their party political outlook will be socialist or left wing (Labour), the opposite for southerners (Conservative) but northern attitude and belief systems can be extremely right wing and surprisingly cruel and unforgiving which doesn't often seem to come across as much with our southern cousins, which slaps in the face of the saying; northerns are more friendly (if you are referring to a north eastern perspective that is). When you begin to broaden the island and its people the Scots and Welsh would shoot anyone if reference was made to them being English, indeed British on some counts. Most of the southern Irish would blow you up (joke, maybe). All in all we are as different to each other as the accents suggest! Hurrrahhhh for being with ORDINARY PEOPLE!!!! Just been to the Isle of Man and they seem to hate everyone. Though I did say hello to the faeires just in case; (Pascals Wager!?, or is that another thread)
Everyone here in Liverpool seems to think if your not from Liverpool, you are either a 'Woolyback' or a cockney.
