When we moved to Keynsham (just up the road from Bristol) in the 1970s, i remember someone in church reading from the 'book of Isaiahl'. It still makes me smile now, after 50 years
@@aoiseodwyer Wow, that beats me, ( I mean it beat's I ) lived in brissul and north zomerset for most of my life, but locals still say, yor not from these parrts are de ? because I was born in , and lived in Brum for 15 yrs. I'm a' forrrinor' see.
I'm a Brizzol boy who lived there during the 1980s. It is a Marmite accent, not as harsh as the Devonian accent where I ended up for most of my 20-30s, my Girlfriend at the time was broad Bristolian and a heavy Zider drinker..... "Zider I up Landlord!" Now live in Lincolnshire where everything is pronounced differently to the signage..... local Pub is the Barley Meeeoooow rather than Mow and the old boys are hard to understand at times.
That radio dj referring to her sister "gert Glorial" (Gloria). Brings back happy memories of Bristol. One lad I worked with preceded just about everything he said with "gert"😂😂
The old girl 20 secs in is classic bristol. I don't mean the accent, which she is, but that jutting of the jaw, obvious belligerence, yet still remaining passive-aggressive when she realises the posh lad is taking the piss is the sound of my childhood.( I love this video, but that blokes solo bits to camera are all up the hill near the bbc studios and bridge, only going into broad mead for the vox.)
I sound nothing like the "prima Donna" speil, I'm not used to hearing the L added on to the end. I was born here an lived here all me life. Ps I was so hoping in vain that id see someone I know, my mother was 1 when this was filmed
It's slowly going as generations change. Older Bristolians still have a twang but its getting less and less. If you walk around Easton or St Pauls you might get a Bristolian al added on your Jamaican patois. Bristol is cultural melting pot so the accents change but its all good fun
The ers and ars are still there. I still say idea-l. But it's mostly a holdover for saying among bristolians. Not many natives with strong dialects nowadays.
The stigmatising well under here. This time done in a humorous, patronising way. No other region (even Birmingham) has been so effectively stripped of its regional identity. You do still hear a ghost of the accent now amongst older residents, but none of the dialect. 50-60 years of having anything “Bristolian” repeated back in an exaggerated manner, means only any socially unaware young people still grow up with the accent. And even then, will be judged by their city folk who don’t. 😢
It's still around in some ways. All my older family members have very strong Bristolian accents, and parts of that have been passed down but some of it has been lost. My northern friends all say I have a very noticeable Bristolian accent but compared to my grandpa it's nothing.
No, the accent and dialect are stymatised. Programmes like this helped that. They’re mocking. You still hear it here & there, on older people. Or younger who aren’t socially aware. It’s socially acceptable to mimic any use the accent in an exaggerated way, to the users face. So that they know it is wrong. Nowadays the accent is a mix of received pronounciation moderated with Estuarine (London) characteristics. Think Dermot O’Leary or Lily Allen. Hence it not being heard in Skins.
These people are perfectly literate, that's how they're reading. I think it's kinda sad we all speak the same now, the variety of accents were a wonderful bit of local culture, a bit of spice to communication, something to share and learn about when you travel.
