British Accents: MANCHESTER / MANCUNIAN

[@EnglishLikeANative]

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[@willcurb5962]

English Like A Native In this video for the word 'metre' you used the phrase 'don't forget to check the meter' as in electricity meter.Instead you used the word 'metre'-a unit of measurement-spelt differently of course.

[@spbeats6040]

are you a native yourself?

[@j.dino.supreme953]

Liam Gallagher!!!!

[@petuser1]

Coming from West Disdbury - South Manchester, that young ladies accent was most definitely North Machester as appossed to myself and Liam and Noel G. who are most definetly south mancs.... sorted... got it.?

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Brilliant!

[@qazwery]

Cora's look in her eyes is like she saw her whole village being burned by vikings

[@------country-boy-------]

i laughed so fricken hard at this lol

[@Sammie551]

😂😂😂

[@igotanM16]

Wat??

[@OldNavajoTricks]

And she WILL have her vengeance...

[@garyhillman4993]

Eh ?

[@_Antilemming]

I really love that accent. The word "lovely" alone gives me a big smile on my face. Cora, lovely.

[@mishatomskovich7103]

Simply lovely

[@jjc.2102]

Ikr

[@j7smine]

luvleh

[@rooseveltdumornay4954]

Lovely 😊. It sounds so beautiful

[@joakimblomqvist7229]

Luvleh indeed!

[@CarlyBoothheartsmovies]

The way she said “lovely” made me all melty.

[@rooseveltdumornay4954]

That made my day. I'm going to study at university there and leave America

[@kieronmclean3901]

Simppp jk lmao

[@merk40tharealest13]

Loovelay

[@winglessfairy564]

Same omgggg

[@Baggerz182]

repent to God

[@redcommander27]

The Manchester accent is my favorite English accent.

[@usagiamv2562]

i like the london one more

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

In some areas of the UK your accent can dictate what strangers think of you before they even know you. eg. On hearing a West Country, Geordie or Brummie accent people might wrongly assume you're thick. With a Scouse accent the assumption is that you're not trustworthy and always trying to scam someone. A general Scottish accent gives someone credibility which hasn't been earned yet and Black Country people are all assumed to be comedians. There's something calming and direct with a Manchester accent that you don't get elsewhere. Absolutely no airs and graces. It's comparatively easy for strangers to understand and it's warm and friendly just like the majority of people from that area! ps. Please don't think I'm biased as I don't have a Mancunian accent.

[@thaithaovy.1]

@@KryptonitetoallBS that's an excellent description of the Mancunian accent 😍

[@sarahkendall1378]

Thank you :)

[@emanuelerighetti2149]

Me too!

[@igotanM16]

My girlfriend is from Manchester and she has lived in the US less than a year. I'm the first and only guy in the USA she's dated. I fell in love with her and her accent almost immediately. She's just "luvleh" 💞💞 🇺🇲🇬🇧

[@ericr8378]

This was a super fun video! I've been really enamored with Jamie Tartt's accent on Ted Lasso, so I searched for Mancunian accents to hear another. Cora's speaking is so nice!

[@TheCaptainSurreal]

OMG that’s the exact reason I ended up here!!!

[@lizouimette]

Same!

[@jenwhit439]

That is exactly how I ended up here

[@josieadams3107]

Ditto

[@apollocarter5735]

bruh same

[@camerpin]

I'm an American who spent two years living in Manchester and Liverpool and hearing Cora's accent is really bringing me back. I love those northern British accents.

[@allpissedup229]

Hope you can come visit again soon mate. (You can skip Liverpool it's fine)

[@wisteriaaa_23]

@@allpissedup229😂😂😂

[@gomerhanger2285]

just upload an Oasis interview. That's all.

[@nwest8274]

Gomer Hanger Yeah, my first thought as well. Yet: I guess Liam is speaking in his own unique lingo - one needed to introduce a further category for him then 😆 ( From the angle of a German fan that I am )

[@AdamTheMan1993]

Or any video that has Karl Pilkington in it.

[@pandjiaryopoerwono3789]

Just watch Garry and Jamie on SkySports

[@padorupadoru8039]

"the man's a fockin wizard" -noel gallagher

[@phoebe_2007]

That's what I thought lmao

[@criscris2691]

I´m completely in love with the Manchester accent...no idea why, it´s totally charming, touching...Cora should teach it to all of us :) I´d enroll immediatly...it´s dead mint :)

[@RendezvouDoo]

Me too!

[@MarquisSmith]

I thought the omitted 'h' thing was absurd.... then said 'house' out loud. You win this round, posh lady on the internet.

[@taylorbaggins0922]

Best comment ever 😂😂😂

[@mikeall75]

Cora is so cute, she's luvley. Please keep talking.

[@SharkboySJS]

Ive always loved the Manchester dialect. Cora's voice is quite lovely. Too bad the host did not put her website in the description like she said. Was looking forward to seeing what films/shows shes been in.

[@Brokenface]

Her name Is Cora Kirk, if you Google It you'll find her movies basically

[@Stevenkjy]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Kirk

[@nadiayona5181]

cora is so beautiful

[@damsoamnesie5628]

MT96 Cora is hotter

[@rikybologna3579]

John Doe www.google.it/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_and_the_Grapes&ved=2ahUKEwjVrMW0p6DZAhUGjqQKHbeDBGQQFjAJegQICxAB&usg=AOvVaw07_glWQIU7Ih5tyS1YCdsn *EDIT:* Just above my first comment there was another one of a different user ("Jhon Doe") that offended this girl, affirming that she is ugly and other derogatory adjectives, so I answered to it posting the link above. Thus, just assumed that she is not sure, nobody is allowed to describe any woman in that way, nevertheless because he cannot be considered by her only... that motivates the link about "The Fox and the Grapes" story, where the fox denigrates the grapes just because the latter is too high placed on a vine to be catched by it only. Overall, that user deleted his comment after many other people ones, so I am writing this edit because now it may be difficult to understand what happened exactly. Moreover, I hope that my massage is not too grammatically wrang, because I did my best even if I know that is poor.

[@hsnafk]

Riky Bologna brilliant response

[@rikybologna3579]

H A Thank you Bro 😉

[@darkwolf2343]

Sam H she really doesn't though, does she?

[@mickey245]

So weird they have so many accents in just one country wow

[@kinnexion]

There are so many Accents in Manchester alone. Probably about 8 or 9 stand out accents in one metropolitan area alone (Greater Manchester)

[@user-xy4ff5yp7b]

CocoCandii what are they?

[@kinnexion]

@@user-xy4ff5yp7b Wythenshawe, Wigan, Salford, Stretford, Bolton, Didsbury, Rochdale, Oldham, Stockport, Bury, Sale, Gorton, Middleton. All have unique accents. Did I answer your question adequately?

[@user-xy4ff5yp7b]

CocoCandii well I guess so. I was just wondering since I’ve lived in Manchester for 2 years and didn’t know this.

[@hudsonquay]

@@kinnexion South Manchester definitely has a distinct accent compared to North Manchester. Wigan I don't really class as Manchester even though it's in Greater Manchester. I grew up in Wythenshawe then moved to Withington and there wasn't any discernable difference between the accents in those places.

[@mario_barker]

Who else is in love with Cora? 😍

[@greg_4201]

She's cute as all hell but Anna steels the show by being effortlessly and accidentally sexy

[@PaddyMcann]

not white

[@cain524]

It is amazing how much of a difference there can be in language just within a few miles. I love listening to different dialects from around the world.

[@walx274]

Within Manchester there are tons of different sub accents It is really interesting

[@johnoregan8911]

The accent in the UK allegedly registers a notable difference approximately every 8 miles

[@danellboy5757]

The American accents were developed when travelling around was a lot eaiser. British accents have a much older origin where people 20 miles away would barely come into contact. Because it wasn't as easy to meet people different to themselves accents diverged a lot. It's like when animals get trapped on a remote island and evolve differently, of course that takes a lot longer to happen than for an accent to change.

[@doragonbeats5818]

Cora is so frickin cute

[@ToddKeck98]

That smile. That damn smile. (And whatever eye closing expression that naturally comes with a smile as well)

[@moritzzz1]

Stop being gaggy for her

[@YungOhCris]

@@moritzzz1 underrated comment

[@PS_RocketLeague]

@@moritzzz1 🤣

[@TedEhioghae]

I heard this accent in Love Island from Callum.

[@mikelricard6016]

I can't stop crying. I love the Manchester accent. I met a customer who lived years in Manchester. It was the most magical moment. Thank you.

[@jonnydavies2304]

I was expecting “ alright r kid, mad for it”

[@maja5406]

Dyou know what i mean

[@emiliosaymon5096]

Y'a mean?

[@dderpyhooves]

Im from manchester mate WHATS GOING ON HERE

[@johnoregan8911]

I don't know if it's an age thing (Oasis are older than me) or a Burnage thing or what but I have never actually heard "mad for it" or "our kid" as a widespread thing during my entire life in Manchester. "d'y'kno'warra'mean" on the other hand is widespread and authentic

[@TheTruthIsDiscovered]

yeah, nah u'rite r'kid no wot-a mean fanks Dav-ie ya made me laff funny wen ya fink abowt it init :D

[@Denigoddess2001]

I'm from Nebraska USA and amazed at how many different English/ Scottish/ Irish/ Welsh accents are contained in everyday American English. We say bath, last , taffy, castle with the same short "a" sound that Mancunians use.

[@ajs41]

Most of the north of England uses that type of pronunciation in those words.

[@kristopherhiser4967]

I noticed while watching this that American English, at least the generally midwestern nonaccented version, has a lot in common with the Mancunian accent.

[@calebclendenin7073]

The trap-bath split came later. About 200 years ago it started in Southeast England like London and gained popularity.

[@danellboy5757]

The American accents were developed when travelling around was a lot eaiser. British accents have a much older origin where people 20 miles away would barely come into contact. Because it wasn't as easy to meet people different to themselves accents diverged a lot. It's like when animals get trapped on a remote island and evolve differently, of course that takes a lot longer to happen than for an accent to change.

[@MrFitznicely]

Cora sounds more like shes from Oldham / Rochdale than straightforward manc, but it's largely spot on. Btw, as a manc, my mum would give us a clip round the ear if I ever said "Wevver" instead of "weather", so I reckon that's got more to do with class than regional accent.

[@hannahdyson7129]

She sounds more Yorkshire to me .

[@dunebuggy1]

I think she’s from right on the Lancs/Yorks border. Not manc. The way she pronounces “one” and “goat”

[@sutty85]

Bowl, there and goat were very broad, but the rest was spot on.

[@barryh.4220]

Yeah, I would agree that it sounds like she's from somewhere on the outskirts of manchester, greater Manchester , or towards the Yorkshire border .... just the way she pronounces the odd word.

[@thathorrorlass]

I'd say Bury area

[@Violet_Beauregard]

you forgot one thing, as far as I know Mancunians usually say "me" instead of "my"! Actually also Cora says it in this video if I remember correctly

[@emilyx9848]

Valentina B I think this is true well I'm Mancunian and I replace 'my' with 'me' all the time.

[@whnook]

There are variations across Manchester.

[@MsDimps24]

Valentina B yes we do !

[@aeolian51]

they're actually still saying my, not me, they just pronounce the y differently, making my and me homonyms

[@MsDimps24]

Kaori Hing thanks, we are defo saying me not my, we are capable of pronouncing my too!

[@danielabitencourtborges193]

Thank you so much Cora. I lived in Manchester for 8 months and I returned to Brazil a month ago. I was missing the mancunian accent. It was hard in the beginning but I learned to love it and now I miss it so much. Expecially when you don't pronounce the 't' like 'water' and 'better'. You are lovely and your accent is beautiful. Obrigada 😊

[@blackporscheroadster6415]

I'm from Greater Manchester originally and I always pronounce the 't' in words. It's one of the things about northern accents, they more closely follow the actual spellings.

[@extsaojose]

For you i would pronounce "gata". Tu é muito gata

[@katheylee1303]

When I visit Manchester 14years ago for my first time, it was too hard to understand Mancunion accent. As a Korean I have learned English during school time only in USA accent. But after 1 year experience in Manchester I could understand Manchester accent. And now, many years passed and I miss the accent. After watch this video, I miss Manchester city centre, tram, primark(😂) and many faces of old friends. I miss Manchester. I want to visit there again with my husband and child.

[@choncord]

@Kathy_Lee You should visit, Manchester is a very different and developed place now, even better. It has so much more to offer. So many Korean restaurants now, and Koreana Restaurant is still here. 👏

[@Newton2222]

@Kathy Lee Awwww... and we miss you.😍

[@lordtette]

missing Primarni 😂. But I get it, it's a good shop

[@Just4Bboying]

I've been an Oasis's fan for quite some time, and at this point where their music is not enough for me, I decide to get to know their accent.

[@elenakochash7358]

I am so-so grateful to you! You can't even imagine how much you helped me to save effort. So, there's a story. I'm studying foreign philology and I'm having a seminar about accents where I'll have to talk about all the phonetic differences in british regional variants and provide examples of them imitating them and in that bloody book it takes so much time to understand it with the transcription. So your videos happened to be the most helpful for me all over youtube:) THANK YOU!

[@Mike1911a1]

Thank you for making such detailed and comprehensive tutorials about the variants of the English accent. Without you or your service, I would agree never been able to tell people which English accent is my favorite. Now I know, the Manchurian one. Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏 I can listen to Cora speak all day. And the cute smile at the end of that passage reading was adorable.

[@anastaciakonstantynova3047]

Cora speaks beautifully ))))

[@muzunguhunter7979]

isnt it

[@lucy_h566]

she's like a posh manc mate don't know anyone who fuckin speaks likes that pahaha

[@sashamoody1708]

Cora speaks like shes from fuckin sheffield not manny

[@3103-q6z]

Cheers

[@yunglorddaggerdick7505]

I hate that voice it sounds mancy and how they say lovely ynwa

[@O-Ophelia]

Why am I sat here learning about my own accent-

[@Sammie551]

You're proud

[@mickleeqbal6373]

Cora exists.... that’s why 😂😂

[@legitnesquick]

Omg it’s her..... Ophelia

[@O-Ophelia]

@@legitnesquick ‘tis I.. Ophelia

[@graciesidwell2435]

Same mate

[@mdmcdonald7338]

Cora is angelic! I could listen to her all day.

[@Marco-iy7lt]

How can this be a Mancunian video without the phrase "Ya'riiigh?" lol

[@leon_sullivan_]

Ya'righ r'kid, u a manc? 😂

[@Marco-iy7lt]

@@leon_sullivan_ yes, I'm a Manc arhh kid! 😂

[@leon_sullivan_]

​@@Marco-iy7lt Me n all 😂😂

[@Marco-iy7lt]

@@leon_sullivan_ nice! Whereabouts?

[@linaride]

Cora's accent just gives the impression that she doesn't have time for any bullshit. I may be a tiny bit in love with it. >

[@choncord]

Manchester people don't play.

[@averagehankhillfan5506]

I was wondering why I was so enamored by her speech, lol.

[@gwho]

it's the accent you imagine catwoman or Vi from League of Legends would have

[@briansharp896]

Yes it luuvley

[@TheBreakfastClubMusicTV]

we don't ha ha

[@kirstyleigh9778]

Im originally from rochdale and most of what she said is how we talk. Luvleh gets me everytime though

[@lowkeyfreya2402]

i’m from rochdale to ahaha

[@spaceyextra7234]

Nice to see some fellow rochdaleans

[@Branflakes3011]

@@spaceyextra7234 feel sorry for you 😂

[@greendayrus]

I am from Manchester and there is major differentiation some of us do pronounce the the th in thank you etc. But I enjoyed the video x

[@sakuvacitric6666]

greendayrus i say fank you 😂😂

[@vwatchem]

I've heard people from South London use "f" for "th!"

[@mistral55]

Ditto.. and a huge difference between North, (Bobby Ball), South, (Craig Cash), East (Noel Gallagher) & West Manchester (Jason Manford))

[@ammarsyahmi7621]

Hello, my name is Ammar. I am a 19-year-old Malaysian boy. I am at my last sem in foundation year in International Islamic University Malaysia, Centre for Foundation Studies. Currently, I am doing a project on Mancunian dialect and accent. For this project, I am given the option whether to interview a native speakers of the dialect that I am doing which is Mancunian or the experts in the linguistics field of the dialect. So, could you help me to find someone or do you have any friends that could help me in this project?

[@pamelareilly4997]

This girl isn't a mancunian. We don't say "Surrah" and there's other words she says that sound more like someone from Yorkshire or even some part of Lancashire. Most of it was Mancunian sounding but those odd words gave the game away.

[@johnweston2422]

What about the word: SUNSHINEEEE

[@Amelia-bj2bk]

John Weston SUNSHEEEIIINNNNN

[@hbwr3ker902]

HAHHAHA

[@lucy_h566]

HIYA SUNSHINEE

[@comradesamzoh9982]

Innit

[@3103-q6z]

An wot about arkid?

[@rinkagamine1621]

I live down South and where I work if there’s a problem with anything to do with IT we have to call the IT Service Desk. Pretty sure they’re based somewhere in Manchester or nearby. Every time I call them they’re like, “Hello this the IT service desk *name* speaking how can I help?” And I’ve literally already melted the second they said IT. I don’t know what it is about the accent but it’s just beautiful and the fact that every person I’ve ever spoken to with the same accent has always been so nice and friendly (and the guys at the IT Service Desk are so helpful too) it just adds to the attraction. Ugh.

[@chrisgoshey7388]

Scrikin' means the same as skriking in Norwegian, I wonder if its due to Manchester being part of the Danelaw during the Viking era.

[@TheStarBlack]

Must be. I've never heard it anywhere else in England.

[@abbie.ireland]

I would bet my house on it. This lady sounds more Leeds on a few words.

[@walx274]

I kinda doubt it would last 1000 plus years tho

[@johnoregan8911]

Skriking is a term you'll hear in the north, not just Manchester, but yes the root is in Scandi but if you look around Manchester place names (or again, anywhere formerly under Danelaw) anywhere you see -hulme as a place name is derived from Scandinavian roots (so eg Levenshulme, Kirkmanshulme and, er, Hulme) 'mere' also means a body of water, so Lake Windermere translates as Lake Winderlake, which gets me every time

[@johnoregan8911]

@@walx274 It has indeed lasted over a thousand years; likewise any place name you see ending in -hulme, -by or -mere is directly derived from Scandinavian languages used by the Vikings: www.viking.no/e/england/danelaw/epl-danelaw.htm

[@TheHighRisker]

U avin a laf m8 manc dont sound notin like dis

[@lucy_h566]

initttt fuckin hell

[@jackdavidson4775]

They do tho

[@jamesdesmond6211]

They really do ...

[@ManchesterLife786]

haha she is proper un mancunian that Cora

[@niajordan4929]

They do

[@mittenpandas299]

im on here because one of my teacher came from manchester to my college and it just sounds so nice

[@fredonline]

As stated previously, the Manc accent has it's regions, depending on the part of Manchester you're from. I take issue with "weather" or most words that end "er", weather should be pronounced "wevvuhhh" and drawn out at the end with the expelling of a breath!

[@blackporscheroadster6415]

The Wevuhh is shite in Manchester.

[@Pixietoria]

@@blackporscheroadster6415 HA HA this made me laugh. That it is.

[@sunnyray4065]

But Manchester has several accents. This girl is from North Manchester like Bury or Rochdale. I'm from South Manchester and I pronounce "care" like hair with a C. Bury pronounce it the Lancashire way like "Curr". Not all Mancunians sound like that.

[@fashionandbellatrixlover1057]

exactly also from south manchester and the north has a different twang to some words in places like bury then wythenshawe or baguly

[@alicoleman6098]

Bury is a town and has a Lancashire accent and is the region of Greater Manchester not Manchester city

[@roccaluce]

She's from Oldham, apparently.

[@Yung_Mango]

@@alicoleman6098 Yes but All of Greater Manchester is considered Manchester now. Otherwise Manchester would be very tiny and hardly anyone would be from there, same with London. Fulham, Chelsea, Dagenham are all considered part of London other wise the actual 'City of London' would have a population of just 7000. Therefore Oldham, Bury, Stockport etc are all Manc.

[@alicoleman6098]

Mattoafc 789 they literally all have their own councils and Greater Manchester is still in Lancashire ceremonially, GM doesn’t have a county council, county flag

[@pattyfarghaly1821]

I miss that accent a whole lot. I miss Manchester. 😥😥

[@culesfc]

Love your accent discovery videos. Can't wait for one comparing standard British vs standard American accent. Keep it up!

[@EnglishLikeANative]

+ESR it's coming :)

[@jackharb8348]

Even then, I'm from California and my family was originally from Texas/Oklahoma. I now live in in the Midwest and even though I have a typical "american" accent, which i think the influence of California culture on media played a significant role in establishing it as "standard", there are some distinct differences I've noted. Specifically: 1. I tend to run my words together and drop the distinct pronunciation of vowels and syllables. For example, I've met two women named Elaine. (Forgive how i butcher the pronunciation here) One is from California and one is from Michigan. The California pronounces her name "uh-laine", de-emphasizing the E sound (which is how i pronounce it) and the one from Michigan pronounces her name "E-laine" with a strong E sound. Similarly, in Michigan there is a town named "Charlotte" which, in Michigan, they pronounce "Shar-lot" and I pronounce "Sharlet". 2. There is an over-pronunciation of vowel sounds in the northern mid-west states and a substitution of the "D" sound for "Th" in a word. Typically called, at least in Michigan, the "Yuper Accent" (for Upper Peninsula) a saying like, "Oh, Hey there!" would sound like "OOh, hey dere!". Kinda hard to write, but the O sound is over emphasized and the H of "hey" is de-emphasized. I've heard similar accents in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.

[@newyork4311]

cause new yorkers drop their "r's" just like the english.

[@yusufgta4341]

I have a heavy Brooklyn New York accent

[@yusufgta4341]

New York accent is very distintive to other American accents because its very non rhotic not saying the Rs. We pronounce dog,colfee,thought,and talk as dawg,cawfee,thawght,and tawk.

[@meurer13daniel]

That's a hard accent for non native speaker. It's kinda cute, though. Nonetheless, please make a video about Scottish accent! Probably my favorite.

[@EnglishLikeANative]

The shoot has been booked. It is on it's way soon :)

[@rystdin]

Daniel Meurer aye 😂

[@alastairbraun8748]

I ain’t a native speaker of english language and I live in Manchester for about 3 years an’ 6 months and I caught up the accent. Really proud of me xD

[@yirishblessing]

Yes, please! My brother-in-law is Scottish! I want to impress him ))

[@coat.thik1]

I was born and grow up in Sicily and Manchester's accent is more familiar to speak because we have a similar way to pronunce words. I find hard to speak southern way like a London's accent. By the way sorry for my rubbish english 🤣

[@tatuco8]

Yeah we have many different variations of the same accent depending what area of Manchester your from, its also dependant on class, culture, education.

[@jamie8474]

She's from Leeds her mate

[@JixieDyeAuthor]

Yeah there was some leeds-ish parts to the way she spoke but also some Manchester ones. I'd say she'd spent time in both places.

[@EvasiveElbow]

She does sound like there's some Yorkshire there but it's not Leeds at all. The way she said "goat" was weird, with more of an "uh" sound whereas Leeds is an "ohh" sound.

[@jemimasampson2573]

Only a Mancunian accent could make "you're going up in the world" sound so ominous. I love it.

[@nicolasgiordano6769]

The mancunien girl talk like a French who speak english ☺️. I like it 🤪

[@migginsowen]

She's not from Manchester, she sounds more like Rochdale and Blackburn way on.

[@MrJamiez]

I'm from Manchester, Rochdale. But Rochdale is in the Greater Manchester.

[@kimmagely]

I think a central Manchester accent would have been better. I'm a Salford girl and don't sound anything like her 😂.. close and vocabulary virtually the same but pronunciation is quite different. Mint vid though👍

[@3103-q6z]

Nah mate am from manny an I sound like her

[@mancheetah5610]

Why would she go to great lengths to create this video on many accents and not use a manic girl. Just shut up you fuckin known-it all

[@cazz3000]

The guest speaker definitely represents more of a northern-rural type of speaker than what most people stereotype as a “Manc” accent. All of the expressions etc were bang on though, just a slightly more colloquial variation, almost quite Lancashire-esque.

[@GeckoCityUK]

This sounds very much more north Lancashire than Manchester, although I see the two overlap. I haven't met anyone who speaks like that outside of Wigan, Darwen, Colne etc. Mancs do not say Goort for Goat.

[@te1327]

Yeah I'm a wiganer and she sounds like one of us tbh

@@te1327 go Wigan ! Love this place.

[@markfisher8198]

They do in north Manchester. Also "look" sounds like "Luke", same with book.

[@jonnycoxvil4348]

@btj1960 I'd say she is from Rochdale

[@hannahdyson7129]

She sounds like she's from Yorkshire. She's not from Wigan . Not Lancastrain ethier

[@keithsanders6554]

As someone who lived near Manchester and worked in the centre of the city for 21 years it is good to see and hear a You Tube dedicated to the Manchester accent. Too many programmes cover Scouse, Yorkshire and Lancashire. Lancashire and Mancunian accents are quite different so thank you. I now live near Edinburgh, where they think "I talk funny".

[@georgiadh]

The way she says “Suuurah” Definitely from Bolton not Manchester 😂

[@Daniel-tx1vj]

Georgia H and squuuuer

[@kinnexion]

Well Bolton is Greater Manchester, so

[@hedgemist691]

Nope, I think Cora is an Oldhamer.

[@Yung_Mango]

@@hedgemist691 Oldham and Manchester accents are pretty much the same!

[@SoberStart]

Bolton is very different to Manchester/ Salford accent.

[@6thwilbury2331]

Just stumbled upon this entire series because of a convo I had a little while back. One of my friends was talking about "the British accent." I argued that there is no single British accent, just like there isn't just one single "American accent." People in Northern California - where we both live - speak differently than those from Southern California. And it's fairly easy to tell someone from Texas from someone from Alabama from someone from the Midwest US, New York, New England, etc, etc, etc. Of course, he understood that in an instant. But I sense that he still thinks there is only one British accent. Time to send him these videos!

[@allpissedup229]

Your friend is a bit silly. We've been speaking English on this island for much, much, much longer than you have. If the US has developed accents since the 1700s, how does he think the place the language originated from hasn't? You need smarter friends.

[@jaydengarcia]

i’m american (texan specifically) and ive been spending the past few days around a mancunian. i love his accent.

[@simplynaan5771]

I’m a Mancunian but I’m still watching this because I wanna compare our accent to the proper British accent

[@mikasaackerman4237]

Hey. Cora speaks Manchester accent what about the another woman. This is my second video in her channel so I still don't know her name or which Britain accent she speaks

[@dimiplay8229]

@@mikasaackerman4237 London

[@mikasaackerman4237]

@@dimiplay8229 which part of London ?

[@michaeltye2359]

@@mikasaackerman4237 it's not really London so much as Southern in general, the South of England doesn't have that many changes in accent, the Midlands and the North change accent like every 20 miles or something ridiculous

[@mikasaackerman4237]

@@michaeltye2359 thank you

[@deanonewton8704]

Bang on dropping the H, but Cora sounds a little broad, like Coronation Street actors trying too much.

[@rubyr0f]

Thinkin the exact same about corrie like

[@alexanderxie2440]

I'm a foreigner temporarily living in Manchester. I speak with an American accent, and I find it rather interesting to talk with Mancunians

[@alanc1491]

Thanks, really fun series. I've wondered how the 18th Century British English accent evolved into the American English accent in those colonies. When I hear the lovely long-ahh discussion here 2:38 I hear a major difference pointing to the fundamental American accent. Coincidence?

[@onlytruerose1333]

I think the way that Americans generally pronounce 'a' is the same way that the Southern Irish pronounce it, as in 'last' or 'past'. Also the Irish say the word 'sure' so much in everyday life as in 'Sure, amn't I doing it, now!' The Americans say 'sure' a lot in their everyday life too. So many Irish went to America so maybe that was their contribution to the general American accent. I like to think so. I had a lot of ancestors that went from Ireland. I was born in Ireland and mainly brought up in Lancashire, so I have the benefit of both places which are lovely.

[@wickedninja8599]

Huh! Manchester pronounces bath like most of us Americans (US) do.

[@EnglishLikeANative]

That is correct

[@wickedninja8599]

Could this mean the US original settlers from Britain mainly were from Manchester area, or is it just something that happened over time?

[@ottaviazwillenberg3168]

The Progress Report no they were from Plymouth down in Devon

[@jacobpeel8478]

everyone in the north of the uk does.

[@kyrasofiax2454]

The Progress Report pretty much everyone in manny not even that England sais it like that I'm from manny area my my self that women speaks like a stuck up 😂

[@evanrudibaugh8772]

Thank goodness for the three minutes of light outro music over pastel pink and then black. It really helped clarify features of the accent.

[@abbie.ireland]

When she says “goat”, “owner”, “Sarah”, “so” she definitely sounds like she’s from Yorkshire way.

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Yes that is true, I think one of her parents is from Yorkshire and therefore has influenced that particular sound.

[@peterkilleen3061]

She’s from north Manchester I bet... Rochdale area. They sound like a cross between manc and Yorkshire

[@onetruesmugs]

Was just coming here to say you can hear the west yorkshire vowel sounds, but she's clearly from here :p

[@alicoleman6098]

English Like A Native it’s a Lancashire accent north of Manchester. Similar to Yorkshire

[@GreenCocanix]

More Bolton

[@spidervenomkilljoy]

I'm currently studying in Manchester and I was waiting for you to upload this video :P thanks!

[@CamSeanoaTolls26]

Lived there for almost 4 years as a kid. Loved it.

[@dholtemann]

Oh my god, what is this? What have I stumbled across on internet, you are Queens! This is amazing, this is so well done, you are logical and clear and pedagogical and informative and all I want to do now is learn to speak Mancunian or at least travel there to hear people speaking with such art and grace like Cora and friends. Thank you for this. I'm learning so much.

[@ManUtdMrs]

Manchester is Mint.

[@Baggerz182]

repent to God

[@thesagegamer83]

The best English accent hands down, lovely video as always !

[@drizzy6302]

ok ofical best accent of all time and ty Jamie Tartt

[@SrSaraviaMusic]

Cora is absolutely lovely!

[@EnglishLikeANative]

She really is :)

[@gerardogalindo9932]

in my opinion She talks like Arya Stark.

[@romanpixie]

All the Starks have accents from lancashire/greater Manchester. Apart from Sansa, who has more of Catlyn.

[@gerardogalindo9932]

@@romanpixie thank you, I don't know this.

[@GelatinousPineapple]

@@romanpixie Sean Bean has his natural Sheffield accent I'm pretty sure

[@sureshkhatri7321]

I exactly got the same thought

[@wilsonreuben5307]

Absolutely

[@johnrogers2826]

How many had a crush on Cora by the end of this? I did! Wow!

[@amp538]

This has been really fun to watch. Congrats and thanks for the video! I'll try out some of the mancunian words ^^

[@matiasparedes611]

Finally, I can understand Oasis' interviews

[@charpyles8923]

One of the reasons I LOVE watching Coronation Street is because of the Mancunian accent. This is lovely! Thanks for posting!

[@mishatomskovich7103]

A lot of them are Yorkshire. Vera Duckworth!

[@mishatomskovich7103]

@@Vangough792 aye

[@ManUtdMrs]

Do you know that out of all the soaps on British tv, Coronation street have a higher percentage of local people on the cast compared to say Eastenders.!

[@xXBeastlyGamerXxthegaminglord]

Most of them on Corrie ain’t even Mancs or have a manc accent tbh Kevin Webster and his daughter are the closest and their both from salford the rest are either posh or Yorkshire ways

[@arash6685]

Am I the only one that can hear a twang of Yorkshire in this mancunian accent? Words like 'So' she pronounces as Serrr (Very yorkshire) and 'Square' she pronounces as 'Sqerrr' . Apart from that it's bang on.

[@stevecooper3010]

Its only down road

[@szlachta1alek]

sounds north manchester

[@sodthelotayou3712]

Serrr....sounds a bit Leedsish

[@sashamoody1708]

This is the worst example of a manc they could have found

[@MegaChonk1975]

Definitely Yorkshire. I'm a manc and her accent is not manc.

[@jackworm]

Definitely a little yorkshire in her accent. To pronounce "one" as "won" and "so" as "sur".

[@jackworm]

@Tom Mccarthy no they don't. I am one "won".

[@jackworm]

@Tom Mccarthy Hense why our little island is a minefield for incomers Tom. The vowel pronunciation alone between north and Sarf is confusing! Anyone reading this thread from outside the U.K, please move along. Nothing to see here 😂

[@holldolldee7582]

Yup Northern English accents tend to share a whole lot of similarities

[@AuxesisHyperbole666]

​@@jackworm..and that was just North and South London..😅

[@lucyhowarth6673]

I’m from Manchester , spot on

[@mishatomskovich7103]

Yorkshire surname!

[@TedEhioghae]

I heard this accent in Love Island from Callum.

[@dannyfio1516]

Im in love with everybody in manchester

[@tambocha]

Cora is cuter than Karl Pilkington. And she makes "Mary" sound like "Murray." All around win.

[@MarkoH01]

Since I saw Life on Mars I simply love this accent ... it feels like a complete different language and since I am a native German I had big trouble understanding much without subs turned on ... still love it!

[@bmabesamis]

Cora is so charming! I love her accent.

[@mickybyrne60]

I've got to be honest as a Mancunian myself, I am not keen on the accent. It doesn't sound as bad, if you don't use slang, like "hangin", but it's a really strong accent, nonetheless. The girl sounds like she might be from Middleton.

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

Beats the Dudley accent hands down.

[@whnook]

It beats some West Yorkshire accents, especially Bradford and Leeds. The facelift behind the bar in Corrie is a case in point.

[@MsDimps24]

Everlong Raider she sounds like she's from Oldham or Bury either way it's north , I'm from Collyhurst but live in Middleton, don't know anyone who pronounces sarah as Surra from Manchester, it's a Yonah accent.

[@ReeBee21]

She's from Oldham, she went to my school.

[@LillyTVLPS]

i live in bury and pretty much everyone uses hangin

[@BadlndsBob]

I have been following a KZbinr that I now believe is Macunian. Some of us thought he had a speech impediment due to his pronunciation of the "th" sound. Learn something new every day.

[@KrazyX777]

If I had to talk to both, Cora's Manc accent makes me feel more relaxed. Anna's... London accent? Makes me feel like I need to impress her. LOL

[@rodrigooliveira494]

Thanks for the video, Anna! I had already learned about some differences about accents in a book of mine with cds, but seeing that once again and knowing where they come from is really exciting!

[@drepen5946]

I really love that decent is said sound.

[@celestem782]

I'm not from the UK, but the Manchester accent is my favourite

[@dsinco37]

In Manchester ( Jamaica ) , watching a video about the Manchester accent .... Insomnia at its best

[@kshyno7107]

I'm Polish. I lived and worked near Bolton-Farworth for 5 years long time ego. I am grateful to fate for the people I met, for friendship, for the wonderful Mancunian language, which I still use to teach my children :) A wonderful melody for the ears! And thanks to Cora I can go back to those times once again. Amazing girl! Thanks all 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@naboolio8442]

I'm a Manc who has always lived inside the M60 and her "Sarah" shows that she's more northern than me - "Surr-uh" instead of "Sair-oh" ("oh" having the same O sound as the start of "octopus" not "opal").

[@jenniferschmitzer299]

hiya, it does sound weird as me nan would call me jennfuh. ive yet to come over and visit..

[@silverstuff182]

Amazingly, the Mancusian "a" is identical to the American "a". This country must have been populated by many Manchesterians. Unlike the Manchesterites tho, we definitely speak our "t" s. , where you drop them and end with a gutteral back throats sound.

[@sam6719]

mancunians babe

[@sarahreed5953]

I definitely don't pronounce my t's as a chicagoan. Otherwise accent is similar to mancunian in bath, not pronouncing -ing, and the use of the word pop.

[@theresashea413]

I am from Worcester, Massachusetts and many or us don’t pronounce our “t”. Some similarities make me wonder where the original Worcesterites came from.

[@AsukaLangleyS02]

@@theresashea413 Western Mass here. We don't either.

[@TheHappyCamper01]

Yeah I’m American and when she mentioned the pronunciation of ‘a’ I heard it as ‘r’ and was so confused when they said “last” lol.

[@MARYAM-ed9si]

This is what I needed!!! Thankyou very much. Please make more videos like this.

[@stedunn563]

This Manc isn't from the city of Manchester, probs bury or Rochdale. Huge difference, how she says goat and sarah are nothing like a true manc would.

[@brianpoole4369]

bang on our kid...the way she said goat..I knew she wasn't true mancunian

[@szlachta1alek]

true, true manc wouldn't say "surra" sounds north manny Bury, central manc accents would say either "seruh" (standard) or 'seroh' (more scally)

[@modmutha8608]

She said Sarah ‘suruh’ sand as cilla black used to say it. 😂

[@modmutha8608]

szlachta1alek saruh I would say is true manc

[@poopystinkybogiebrainok4629]

szlachta1alek this is so true

[@TheManinBlack9054]

Cora is such a cutie-pie! And her accent is so so nice! I love it!

[@sethsullivan5295]

Very nice video. I am in the U.S. but I know someone whom I talk to everyday who is a native of Manchester. Many of these accents are spot on. Well done video.

[@DoctorDeadMoth]

You forget to tell them that we always refer to people as "mate" and greet people by saying "you alright?", Also that we usually say "cheers" instead of "thanks".

[@emmie599]

that’s all of england (working class)

[@ohgat]

thank you for uploading this sound video! I love Manchester

[@EnglishLikeANative]

:) You are welcome

[@TheMorSkull01]

As a french guy, I found the Manchester accent very pleasant to hear

[@victorborgesfraiha]

Here in Brazil we’re used with American accent, so I ‘ve tried to get more confidence with British accent, but I’ve been in Leeds and....oh god! For the first three days I was like “I DONT KNOW HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH” lol

[@EnglishLikeANative]

It takes a little time to understand a regional accent but eventually you will get used to it.

[@MM-lq4xf]

@@EnglishLikeANative after three years in Manchester I still have a problem to understand people here. I kinda feel like everyone have his own accent lol ;) oh and Warrington accent, even ppl from here cannot understand them

[@Sternmann]

@@MM-lq4xf I've met folks from there and the Wirral, can confirm :P

[@eyesopen66]

Im a Mancunian...and i love our accent. Really! Sounds like home, i guess.

[@SinMinn]

Both accents are so charming omg

[@TheGuvOfWythenshawe]

I’m from Wythenshawe and yet sometimes sound like I come from somewhere like Altrincham or Knutsford ect!