English Banana.com Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Derbyshire Accent Project Notes Why people from Derbyshire speak like this? So that they can speak faster To minimise the time from speakers brain to listeners brain To fit in To feel that they belong to a particular social, geographical, economic and/or cultural group Because they are proud of their class and their heritage To keep continuity with their family: My dad spoke like this, and his dad before him and so on They are comfortable with how they speak and everyone else is incorrect either odd or comical (e.g a Cockney or Brummie (Birmingham) accent), or posh (e.g RP Received Pronunciation) The language is richer and more varied (and as such more interesting and alive?) than standard dictionary English Important Phonetic Differences: LrL=ẹỗờ=LắL e.g bus ặ LrởL LỏL=ẹỗờ=LẫfL= e.g Monday ặ LDórồầỏL L^WL=ẹỗờ=L~rL= e.g about ặ L]D^WớL= = LụL=ẹỗờ=L^WL e.g bath ặ LụqL= LắL=ẹỗờ=LflL e.g was ặ LùắũL= LẫL=ẹỗờ=LỏL= e.g ready ặ LDờẫầẫL= = one ặ LùrồL out=ặ L^WớL = LỡWL=ẹỗờ=LỡWL= e.g stupid ặ LDởớỡWộfầL= LũL=ẹỗờ=LởL= e.g because ặ LDfõắũL L]L=ẹỗờ=Lẫ]L= e.g wasnt there? ặ Lùflồớ=a]L= LẫL=ẹỗờ=LẫfL= e.g make ặ LóẫõL= LỏL=ẹỗờ=L~fL= e.g my ặ LóỏL= LỏL=ẹỗờ=LỏWL= e.g she ặ LpỏL= For more fun tests, quizzes and games log onto www.englishbanana.com now! This worksheet can be photocopied and used without charge