DEVON - Regional Dialect England

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Now watch this 4 minute video which packs in EIGHT different British accents: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKDOh4Wlib2GbZI

[@SoothingRelaxationMusic73]

Good to have connected with you. Very peaceful channel, how nice to know that there's such channels as yours on youtube. All the best to you.

[@WITYTRAVELS]

You have really opened our eyes to the various accents and terminology of Britain!

[@GENerationXplorers]

Wow so many varied accents and words in the locations you have visited. Its a lovely regional dialect that Devon one, love how they mix up the sentences too! Very charming! ❤

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks friend! Where are you now?

[@michaelpriestley4684]

So I’ve been doing my family tree and I’ve traced back my great, great, great grandparents back to this place. Nice to hear what my family used to sound like. Gotta love KZbin.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Amen to that! 🙌 Hopefully you can go visit! Cheers for watching and leaving a comment! Dara

[@RhubarbAndCod]

Those are some delightful turns of phrase! Where I come from has a lot of these sorts of dialectic distinctions, so this very much reminds me of home. Loved this Dara!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Oh, you need to tell me some of these Canadian phrases!

[@JohnandCaraRetiredTravellers]

So sorry we missed this, but what a gem! So interesting! I had to pause and rewind to see if I could understand. Great job! ~Cara 💖

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Haha yes there are some interesting sayings!

[@christabuchanan5889]

Oh I loved this little short!!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I love quirky local sayings!

[@Mark_Dyer1]

DARA: I am so proud of my dear partner - who usually sounds as though from Surrey - for explaining some of the local peculiarities of the Devon/Somerset accent. I'm half Scots, and spent many of my years in North Wales (Gogledd Cymru = Gogleth Cumrie), where English is spoken with an accent markedly different from that in South Wales. Whilst to hear my dear late Elgin mother, telling me "If you do that again, I'll brain you!" was sufficient threat to prevent me, or my four siblings, ever doing it again! That so small an island as Great Britain can harbour so many indigenous regional dialects is amazing. Whilst we now have lots of other accents - such as those from Tower Hamlets - with which to cope.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Oh my goodness! Have I ever told you that I was born in ELGIN?!?!?! Illinois, of course... but how fun to know that I have something in common with your mum ;-) And yes, the variety of different accents and dialects on the wee British Isles is staggering!

[@tonywilkinson6895]

Shiverrrr me Timberrrrrs. All the best Dara and Ian.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks Tony! Thankfully my covid is over and I'm done shivering! lol

[@leecook8818]

I’m from Devon and a few would be like ‘When are you going to be here?’ ‘I’ll be there dreckly.’ - meaning soon. Another would be ‘Alright my lover.’ - meaning how are you/are you ok. Another would be ‘make ace’ - meaning get a move on. Another would be ‘draish on.’ - meaning get on with it. Another would be ‘She’s a nice maid.’ - meaning she’s a nice girl/woman.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thank you so much for all of those additional words and phrases! An American would be very shocked if you said “alright my lover“ to them 😂😂

[@peterlawson7623]

"Directly" and "haste". I've not heard "dairish on" before, but I'm from East Devon, which isn't the most Devonian bit of Devon. Have you heard men calling each other "bay": "boy". "Oiright bay? Where's your maid to tonight?" ("Hello my male peer. May I enquire as the the whereabouts of your female life partner this evening?"

[@petersymonds4975]

Hello Dara. I’m from South Wales. People here are generally English speaking and some of sayings aren’t heard in other parts of Wales and probably not in England either. One such expression is “Hiya Butt” meaning “Hello Friend or Mate”, another is “Tidy Init” meaning that’s ok/good, a contraction of Tidy Isn’t It”or Sometime “Tidy Like”. Sometimes we combine Welsh with English such as Chwarae Teg, pronounced Wara teeg, meaning fair play. During many years training for my job in British Telecom I attended many courses in BT’s national training in Yarnfield, Stone, Staffordshire. In a course of 24 we would come from all of the UK. The most difficult to understand are the Geordies from Newcastle, Tyneside and those from Glasgow. Edinburgh and the more rural areas of Scotland were much easier to understand.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That is so funny! I’m imagining 24 British people in a room not able to understand each other😂… I absolutely loved hearing the Geordie accent, as well as the Scouse and Mancunian accents this summer!

[@neilgayleard3842]

I think that it would be the opposite.

[@drumlinbeatpaul]

Hi Peter, when I was a kid in Bristol we had a neighbour who was from South Devon and he used to say "Alright ma butt?" - so there might have been at least one place in England where "butt" (for friend) was used! 😊

[@rachelpenny5165]

I often use the word dimpsy. But as I grew up in rural Devon nearish Okehampton, I still have a slight Devonshire accent. But this video brought back good memories. My father originally grew up near Plymouth when he and his family moved near Okehampton while he was still little. He was asked 'How old be you called? '. So he replied my name is _________ and I am ____years old. I do sometimes speak in the dialect, but I was taught to speak properly. Take care and best wishes.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I’m so glad that you watched the video and it brought back some memories!💕

[@MadameMinima]

That's very interesting!!! I would love to see more such videos. As a linguaphile I love to here these differents dialects 👍

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

When I eventually do my Liverpool videos, it will be fun to hear those accents 😉

[@StephenandAndie]

We always love hearing the variety of dialects!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Me too! Even if I don’t understand a word 😂

[@IamaDutch-Kiwi]

This is another gem. I too love the colourful differences throughout the country. Funnily enough, even though really small compared to the UK, in 🇳🇱 we too have numerous accents AND a second official language. I guess to communicate we must all make an effort. Great co-operation of your two interviewees. Hoping you are on the mend Dara. 🙏 💖 👍 🙋‍♀ 🇳🇿

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Forgive my ignorance, but what is it? German?

[@IamaDutch-Kiwi]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Frysk or Frisian. It’s the northern Provence of Fryslân ( Friesland). The language is taught in schools and in some places widely used others but less but fiercely protected like the Welsh language is there.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@IamaDutch-Kiwi interesting!

[@IamaDutch-Kiwi]

@@MagentaOtterTravels en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian_languages

[@jillhobson6128]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Our 2nd official language is Welsh.

[@wencireone]

👋 just got a KZbin survey for this, another ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ performance of course, hoping you and Ian are recovering from the lurgy and you're feeling better now, looking forward to seeing more of your adventures in Europe 👍❤

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes, we are both over the nastiness! It took 10 days for me to feel back to normal. Tomorrow there will be a video about some drama we experienced in Paris! And if I can get my act together, this Friday we will be back in the Cotswolds for a long overdue video of cute animals!

[@88KeystoCure]

Hahah this was so funny and interesting! I was so lost… 😅

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Right? Me too!

[@vanburger]

I come from East of Manchester in the Peak District but live in Warwickshire. I'm often told to say that again here. Particularly this "Ont Tuther Side" our dialect we tend to drop parts of words and squash 2 words together. Just means "on the other side". But it makes my friend laugh.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Haha I love that! Thanks for the example! Speaking of things I love, is your surname holt… as in the place where an otter lives? 🦦💖

[@vanburger]

@@MagentaOtterTravels when looking up my family name and ancestry, we discovered our name comes from a lovely town called Holt in the county of Norfolk. I often wonder how american towns get their names. So often named after old towns here in the UK. Perhaps your town is named after the Norfolk Holt. Then we have a tenuous link. LOL.

[@adamnoseworthy6524]

there's a large connection to Newfoundland from Devon. I know my ancestors were from there long ago. We even still have some similar sounds I think

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That's really interesting! I was not aware of that connection. Thanks for your comment. Cheers! Dara

[@JackPhillipsBraunton]

Many vessels from Braunton went there apparently for the cod

[@lesjames5191]

Two of my favourite North east words, Clarty and Plodgin = Muddy and paddling I still use them today.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Those are wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

[@chrisp6072]

Born in Devon. I have lived in Germany for 45 years. So I speak German with a Devonshire accent!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That's fun! 🤩 I was just watching a KZbin video last night about Germans in Texas who speak German with the Texas accent. That was very funny! What part of Germany do you live in? We will be visiting Hanover next year as I go visit family history sites from my fathers ancestors. And actually, today I have a video coming out at 5 PM your time which is a vlog of our trip to Mittenwald in Bavaria. 🇩🇪 I hope you check it out! Cheers! Dara

[@chrisp6072]

I live about 20 miles south west of Frankfurt in the state of Hessen. Hessen has an incredible dialect (Hessisch). It is the Devonian of German! Many say that you cannot write dialects. Not true! My daughter-in-law sends me WhatsApps in Hessisch. In Hannover you will not experience dialects. They speak the Oxford English of German!

[@chrisp6072]

Example : German 'Wie geht es Ihnen?' (How are you?)...Hessisch 'Ei guude wie?' 😂😂😂😂

[@tabikat989]

Honestly, as someone obsessed with English accents, Cockney Rhyming Slang still eludes me 😂 i love that or a deep birmy accent though they can be more difficult to jive on with.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I'm with you! I'm an efficient person and don't understand why a slang was invented that makes everything quick to say so much longer!!! 😂

[@markjones9693]

Good to see you back

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I love Devon! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@The_Brit_Girls]

As we're from Norfolk, and talk relatively slowly, the hardest accents for us to understand would be from those from the Northern part of England, particularly the Geordie accent.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes, it’s a tricky one!

[@beatrixdobson4795]

As a Geordie who lived down south for a little bit, I agree. Might as well been speaking a foreign language when I was there

[@williamburgess4732]

You may like the book "Ole brisket" by Jan Stewer.

[@zestobouzombie]

My man from Devon and I can't always understand him so. This helps

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Haha that's awesome! Cheers! Dara

[@RichardWells1]

Fascinating glimpse of Devonian accents. I think I'm OK with West Country accents, but broad Geordie and rural Scottish accents take a lot of concentration!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

They all require concentration for me, lol! But I love listening to them all! XX

[@TravelingTramps]

Hope you both are having a "viddy" day, Dara and Ian. The "dimpsey" would confuse me most. Being a little dimpsey myself!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I'm mostly over covid, but still feeling a bit dimpsey at times ;-) haha

[@MadameMinima]

Why is Ian hiding in the background?? Is he scared he might be recruited to talk to the camera 😂

[@ians3586]

You know I’m always trying to stay out of range of the camera. I messed up here!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Well spotted! Yes, Ian is always trying to avoid being on camera 🙄

[@IamaDutch-Kiwi]

@@ians3586 My husband is the same Ian. He's no where near as active on camera as you are. 👍🙋‍♀🇳🇿

[@The_Brit_Girls]

Ooh, this was right up our street! Well, not literally...Devon is a long way from Norfolk! Like the Norfolk dialect, Devon has a very countryfied sound. They have far more rrrrrrr's than us though!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I love hearing all the dialects, and have enjoyed your Norfolk dialect vids! Gotta love those pirate R's from the West Country! ;-)

[@FeinDining]

Every verb is regular?? Our grammatical sensibilities be both confounded and delighted 😲😂

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I didn’t even know what he meant! That’s how much I know about grammar! Lol I was glad he gave examples 😂

[@TheBold1994]

I lived in in Ide a little village outside of Exeter and i had a hard time understanding some of the farmers deep accents and lingos.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I always really enjoy hearing the accents, and appreciating them, even when I can't understand a word they are saying! Lol

[@AnyoneForToast]

Welcome to the West Country. I moved to Dorset a few years ago, I still get laughed at for sounding too "'ampshire". It's only twenty minutes away on a bike! And when I am in 'ampshire, they disown me for sounding too RP. I'll just shut up and go fishing...😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Your comment made me laugh! Yes, Ian's dad is a Brummie who has lived in the states for over 50 years. A Brit would think he sounds 100% American, but to Americans he sounds like an Englishman ;-)

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

Our accents are amazing. Everywhere is slightly different. The Bedford accent is really different from that of Rushden 16 miles North Dog becomes Dug 😃 Nice one Dara. Hope you’re recovering jwell

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks so much! I am FINALLY feeling slightly like a functioning human today! Very grateful.

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

@@MagentaOtterTravels 👍👍👍

[@wencireone]

The phrase " you put the jam on first " 😉😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

😂😂

[@AmmoGus1]

Hello from America my beautiful white cousins! My family were farmers in cornwall for 8 generations before heading to America in 1914. Love you all and take care! :)

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Hiya! How interesting to have roots in Cornwall. Lovely place! Have you visited? What state did your ancestors settle in?

[@ShaneNixonFamily]

I love the many and varied English dialects and accents - including from the diaspora - North America, Australia, Africa, Asia... Hard to believe all our accents and dialects came from that one little island where even they don't all speak the same language anyway. 😂As George Bernard Shaw was supposed to have said - "Two nations divided by a common language" 😂 And even then it ain't that common 🤣 By the way, if you want to take a deep dive into the history of English there is an absolutely fascinating podcast on the subject - The History of English Podcast by Kevin Stroud. I couldn't recommend it more highly.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

How fun! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@ShaneNixonFamily]

@@MagentaOtterTravels I hope you're feeling much better too!

[@neilgayleard3842]

I recommend you look at a area that is always overlooked, South East England. Even British people think we are all the same and speak like royalty or Londoners.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@neilgayleard3842 Good point. Which counties are you referring to?

[@TheBuddFiles]

Have a good weekend

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks, Sue!

[@TheEulerID]

The stereotypical Hollywood pirate accent is based on West Country accents, with those rolling arrrrrs. It's also not completely without reason as, reputedly, a lot of pirates originated in the west country. However, Robert Newton, himself a west country man, was mainly responsible for popularising that version from his role as Long John Silver in Treasure Island as he adopted an exaggerated version of his native accent.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That’s such fun context to know! Thanks for sharing 💕. Certainly the rolling Rs can be found well beyond Penzance 😉

[@TheEulerID]

@@MagentaOtterTravelsRobert Newton was from Dorset; Thomas Hardy country.

[@alanwood4968]

Buccan north of Aberdeen a lot of people don't understand it.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I’m certain I would struggle 😉

[@rebeuhsin6410]

They were speaking rp, but just demonstrating the local speech?

[@potdog1000]

nice one my deario

[@BigFanOfManyThings]

The weaselys are definitely not native to devon, none of them in the HP films have the accent, especially since Ron sounds like a right Essex boy😆

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@BigFanOfManyThings ha ha, that's funny!

[@WITYTRAVELS]

We can't pinpoint any accents to their source!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Can you tell someone from Miami vs. a person from Jacksonville?

[@WITYTRAVELS]

@@MagentaOtterTravels DUUUVVVAALLLL

[@archiebald4717]

Geordie can be quite impenetrable.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Ha ha yes, but so fun to listen to!

[@dylanobrien97]

Why don’t people who are from Devon say what town they’re actually from in Devon 🙄

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Probably because some strange American lady is sticking a camera in their face, and they don't want to divulge personal information to whoever might watch my video?😂

[@dylanobrien97]

@@MagentaOtterTravels hahahaha yeah but it’s like me saying I’m from Teesside but where in Teesside need to be more specific people should say what town or city they’re from it’s not hard they don’t say the county they’re from do they ?

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@dylanobrien97 in the US people will say what city or town they are from, unless they're from a very small place. Then they will just say the state.

[@fortyeighter8917]

I like the fact that their accent is rhotic in a country where they almost are totally non-rhotic 😛

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I kinda love all British accents, and they fascinate me. Answer a question for me about "rhotic" please, since I'm trying to understand... when Britons say an R at the end of words when one is not there... like Louisa on Doc Martin calling herself LouisaR... is that rhotic?

[@fortyeighter8917]

@@MagentaOtterTravelsyes, rhotic is when you roll your "r"s like in standards american

[@fortyeighter8917]

Sorry, i mean they roll the R when the word contains an R . I don't know about adding an R when it's not , but in Appalachian English they do, holler for hollow, winder for window, feller for fellow, warsh for wash ...

[@ms.kayak7seas]

Hi and thanks, Dara for sharing. Hmmm...it is hilarious to learn "Dialect" as a Second Language learner. Not surprisingly though..Even in my own language, there is a "Dialect" I have no idea what those PPL talking about. I will just laugh and knod...LOL Thank you for bringing this content. Very much enjoy it. 🥰🥰🚣‍♀🚣‍♀

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Haha, same here! I do lots of smiling and nodding! :-)

[@ms.kayak7seas]

@@MagentaOtterTravels 🥰🥰🍁🍁

[@williamburgess4732]

I should have said Ole Biscuit.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Here in Texas we love our biscuits as well as our briskets!! 😂😂

[@2jcward]

Wow, they sound American! 🇺🇸

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Who? The people in Devon??

[@wencireone]

Glaswegian, I'll say no more

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You know I love the word Glaswegian! Thanks for saying it 💖🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿