How to do a Manchester Accent and how to understand it!

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[@davideduardos4621]

I love Manchester Accent. I LOVE IT! For me, one of the top 3 accent.

[@ileyosu8063]

fr man

[@kareemdjerdjouri2231]

I study British accents as a hobby and an English-Speaking Canadian/US citizen. You couldn't have uploaded a video about the Mancunian Accent at a better time - I'm currently studying the accent in depth. Your video adds to my collection of resources for better understanding and learning the Mancunian accent and will come in handy down the line. Thanks in a million mate.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

You are very welcome !

[@kareemdjerdjouri2231]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah It's gotten easier for me to distinguish it from the Scouse. I now clearly see how they differ.

[@colegriffin4142]

Proper Mancunian here. Good luck studying our accent. We’re the polar opposite of what people expect to be standard English. Need any help, reply to this! Good luck 🙂

[@kareemdjerdjouri2231]

Thanks for reaching out Cole. Is it true Mancunians prononce the long i sound as an air sound in following words - alright, nice, alive, high, and fight?

[@CallMeMrChainmail]

@@kareemdjerdjouri2231 This is gonna sound dumb but look for a video of a character called Psycho Paul from a show called Ideal. He's doing an exaggerated version of what you're talking about. It's not normally that pronounced and not all Mancs do it. Also the lady in the video forgot one thing which is that a lot of Mancs will swap th sounds for f or v but the effs and vees aren't themselves interchangeable. Muvoh = mother but can never be muffoh baff = bath but can never be bav

[@dudehere1100]

My favorite British accent!!

[@CarlosHenrique-lq5qh]

Hi Sabrah, glad that you're back with new helpful lessons . I can't wait for the next video lessons. Keep it up.

[@misterb.s.8745]

Thanks for this! I'm an American and I'm *obsessed* with the Manchester accent! The other day I randomly came across a KZbinr doing a gaming stream, immediately clocked him as a Manchurian. He was so happy that I recognized his accent, we became friends right away :))

[@Newton2222]

"Manchurian"? Was he from north-east China? Think you might mean Mancunian, mate.😁

[@misterb.s.8745]

@@Newton2222 I've heard Mancs jokingly call themselves Manchurian before, just a bit of banter mate

[@mattc8797]

Not sure why I stumbled on this video. I'm from Manchester and that accent is spot on. Also, my heart skips when you put on your manc accent.. 😊❤

[@eleanorsimmons4928]

She's good and I lived in Manchester all my life.

[@hellostckhlm1419]

As a Manc, I wasn’t aware of just how extreme feature 7 was in my accent until working with folks from abroad who can speak English but had never lived in the UK. For instance, when I say ‘I don’t want to’ it sounds more like ‘A dow’ wa’ a’.

[@baptisteyves377]

as a french person watching this video before going to Manchester is really helpful! thanks a million

[@japcar84]

I think this is one of the easier British accents for us Americans to try. I don't know exactly why, but it just feels easier.

[@davidalen2590]

Lovely. Thank you for sharing.

[@jacquelinesarahwatt7366]

As a Manc, this is spot on. 👌

[@maurotombolini6904]

Great lesson, Thanks! I ❤ the MCR accent.

[@germanmorganti9686]

Thank you so much for this kind of video, Sabrah! It's very nice to have you back! Regards!!

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Thank you so much! It is nice to be back! Xx

[@lecarotte3745]

This is so interesting and clear thank you so much

[@louisayyh]

Living in manchester as an expat, not understanding their accent is such a pain. I have no idea how to learn it and I'm in despair. This video has relieved me a bit. At least I can learn from videos of carl pilkington as much as possible. Thank you so much Yiu.

[@paoloc.8055]

Expat = glorified immigrant

[@MrZedelijk]

Thanks a bunch for the lesson! It is very educational, helps to understand native British speakers, which can be quite challenging sometimes.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

You are welcome glad you enjoyed it !

[@urmilamishra4182]

xxxxxzzzzzz taeema parashanalla रमाई🔥

[@meinhendl]

fascinating !!!👍🏼

[@redunited2939]

adore english accents. Thanks a lot, cutie !!

[@ffoksak]

This is just lovely!

[@JasonThinks]

It’s just love-luh

[@ivanbarbosa81]

Thanks very enlightening

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Glad it was helpful!

[@zaidkhan-zl2xv]

Really nice

[@eunyog]

Thank you so much 💚

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

You are so welcome

[@ResplendentAura]

Absolutely brilliant! I’m from West Midlands Black Country (Tipton) you may have heard of it Its only a small town Always gets roped in with Birmingham, and our accent I’d completely different! Even to another town a lot close to us Dudley, and that’s only 5 miles away! (Gornal)

[@mahmaodmahmaof554]

A subscriber and fan of your channel from Liya. We hope that you will design videos for the daily natural conversation of the English, with clarification of difficult words and terms. Such content will attract a large group of followers and will benefit many language learners

[@honza8832]

Dear Madam Teacher Sabrah,thank you so incredibly much for these lessons about different accents in the UK! There are so helpful and useful! I really,truly appreciate it.Warm greetings from the Central Europe. Have a nice,pleasant summer-time and take care.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

You are very welcome! Glad your enjoyed it !

[@ManishSharma-sk2zh]

Hi, Sabrah Great to see your new lessons. Appreciate 👏👏👏. Thanks and regards,

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Thanks for your comment ! Xx

[@ManishSharma-sk2zh]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah your welcome

[@BlueRoad_Vietnguyen]

Thanks for the video Maam 👌

[@Harsh-em5hs]

Yiu you are an amazing inspirational educator, i really enjoyed your relaxed and pleasant way go through these lessons please make one videos about IELTS general letter and essay with vital phrases ❤

[@fernandomilicich8160]

Thanks a lot for the video.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

You are welcome !

[@allane3446]

As a Danish man who lived 1½ years in Salford back in the late 70's they even today can hear my Manchester accent when I'm speaking English ;-p

[@sharonm8634]

Sabrah, LOVED your video and I have just now discovered your channel! Being American I know we have all kinds of accents around our country, but to my ear they don't vary from each other as much as UK accents do. For some British movies I have to use captions! I watch some KZbinrs from Kent and have trouble with that--what kind of accent is that called? As a retired educator, I have always been so interested in linguistics. Thanks so much!😄

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

So glad you loved it ! So the Kent accent is a little bit like a London accent although the vowel sounds change slightly. It is sometimes known as the estuary accent. Have a look at videos on the Essex accent as it is similar. Thank you so much for your comment and I am a fan of the US!

[@Zack_410]

Loved how you used Oasis in the thumbnail

[@daniellageorgiou-norman2244]

i’ve never ever been to manchester before, partly because it’s like 3 or 4 hours away from where i live but i really want to go there not only for like a small holiday but also because i wanna kind of adapt the accent because i have a plain british accent and it’s boring so i wanna kind of have a manchester accent permanently if that makes sense

[@AntoniusReginaldus]

Part of the feature that involves excessive contractions is the elision of the word "the." It gets reduced to just 't' . One of the standard lines in Coronation Street, heard in almost every episode, is "I'll put the kettle on." Sometimes you hear "I'll put t' kettle on." In this case, the t is almost swallowed up by the preceding t in the word "put," and you would amost think the word "the" was completely omitted. In other cases, there wouldn't be a preceding t there, like "in t' back of the shop." What I find challenging about this accent is how some people use glottal stops - and some people do so much more than others - but also use the single-tap r or even trill the r when they're feeling a little boisterous. This clip from over 40 years ago demonstrates this a bit for us. Listen to how a young pup of a Kevin Webster says there was "dirt in the carburetor" of Alf's car. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYiZkn2oj6d3mNksi=toMvdah_EfSLHJn2

[@r3tr0gam3r89]

Thanks! I've been setting up a bit of a comedy skit and when talking to friends who are not from Britain about accents, I decided it would be a good thing to do this, so am looking to learn a few. I was in Manchester recently so am going to use my experience. Also helps I love watching the classic Coronation Street episode with 'me mam and dad' 😂 I'm from Hertfordshire and we often drop our H's at the start of a lot of words too.

[@mancpaul01]

As a Manc, this is probably the most comprehensive video I've seen on "R" accent. 😉

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Great to hear! Thank you!

[@kbhprinsesse]

Great video, so informative ❤ Though to be honest, my favourite British accents are the Yorkshire and the posh accent.

[@klemm5]

learning manc accent bc of jamie tartt✅

[@righteouslioncomedian1069]

5:41 - I noticed she left "Couldn't" out of the equation. Probably for the best, eh? 😂

[@satyajitganguly3135]

I wouldn't care much for the accent since English is spoken with different accents in different parts of UK and then also in other parts of the world.....What's important is the right expression for meaningful exchange of ideas when in a foreign country.....

[@vs351]

Mancunian dialect appears as quite clear comparing to either Scouse or Welsh one on my take.🙂

[@user-pr5nb1wd1e]

Dear Sabrah.Thank you for teaching and guiding me through my International First Year Media and Communication in 2021, I have now been awarded a 2:1 Honours Bachelor's Degree in Media from Bournemouth University, after which I will go on to pursue a postgraduate degree in a media related subject in the UK! kind regards Yichen

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Oh hi Yichen!! Lovely to hear from you and congratulations!!! Amazing news !!

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Stay in touch!

[@paulbainbridge5498]

I am from Manchester you have to be careful contracting couldn't for obvious reasons :P

[@fabrice9252]

It's been dʊnkeys my lʊvelɛ ;-), I'm so happy that you are back! 😊🤗 🙏 I'm mad for it, Sabrah but still more for you ma belle! ❤ I love it when you do these accents; they sound so beautifully, charmingly and also quite sexy in your mouth and you are seemingly a master at it. I have to say that without your help and this highlighting of the features, I'd probably be fully lost If I judge by the hard time I have understanding some parts of the extracts you proposed and without the subtitles. Lol. That's bonkers! It would certainly require a lot of listening to grab it and get used to it as for most of the other accents by the way. :-) I had a question... Except for the lower pitch and the more nasal stuff, would you say that there are a few common features with the Liverpool accent or are they very different? ... I am always stunned that the accents and their respective features can be so different between 2 regions so close in the UK... Crazy stuff! 😂I wish you could make a dialogue between a Liverpudlian and a Mancunian ;-) Thank you so much Sabrah, great lesson, I loved it; Please keep on it if you can with the Cockney, Brummie, Geordie, Yorkshire, Scouse, Irish, Welsh etc. 👏👏👍 I love you, merci ❤Bisous 😘🌹

[@Undefinedcreature394]

pls do another manchester accent video

[@user-cc2ux9ew1r]

Hey Sabrah! Always a stupendous to be here. Hope you are well. Much obliged for your time as well as your lessons. Is laila still in Portugal? We ❤ you to bits. Take care and bye for now.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Thank you for your support !

[@jy7140]

oh，it's intresting. i woule like to have Birmingham accent episo too. I recently got a Birmingham housemate, we both hard to understand each other.

[@user-xz7zb3cv8k]

I like it british accent

[@DanielS10291]

Im pretty good at accents usually, but i just cant do manc, its so hard, i take it too far and it becomes half scouse - its similar to Northern Ireland for me, really subtle in places but exaggerated in others Yours is very very good

[@smallpotato5445]

5:19 If someone contracts "wouldn't" to "wunt" I would just assume they said "won't", this is interesting!

[@user-cc2ux9ew1r]

I heard the word * buzzing* in Manchester as well as * our kid* and innit?

[@modernrecipes]

brilliant. shared with my language buddy. don't forget we can also often drop the T at the end with glottal stop? like Cat becomes "Ca-", it was "Wun' it" not "Wunt it" for example.

[@modernrecipes]

also a nice nod to "innit" woulda been nice :P

[@anchalverma7955]

I dont wanna learn accent but i am here to learn manc accent so that i understand my British boyfriend more ..he is from Manchester ❤

[@derek-press]

right are kid !

[@kylewaddington1983]

There lots of different Acteens around the UK

[@ottonormalo4638]

I have read that Philomena Cunk's accent is the Mancunian. Is it true?

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

It is a similar accent - she is from Bolton.

[@ottonormalo4638]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah Thank you for your answer. My native language is French. Your channel is a gold mine for anyone who wants to make progress in English.

[@abbashussain6390]

😍

[@DaLucaciShow]

Whachabinapta?

[@briwire138]

You left out the shortened pronunciation of couldn't. Probably a good idea.

[@anthonyscully2998]

Steve Coogan sounds very different to the Gallagher brothers

[@sayedyousif3156]

I enjoy listening to Angela Rayner but don't expect to speak with Manchester's accent.

[@danielcobbins8861]

A former neighbor of mine, speaks just like this, only she is from the Bradford- Leeds area.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

It is a similar accent

[@user-dm8ux8pj7b]

My like is the eighth 😀 happy to see you again

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Thanks so much ! Thanks for your support !

[@sandramorley1845]

I'm a manc, r yuh ok r kid ous it goin . There are also inner-city dialects in Manchester.

[@FionaEm]

I'm Australian. My grandfather came from Bolton. He didn't drop g's at the end of words; he pronounced them and other endings quite distinctly: brin-g, thin-g, fil-m etc. Has that practice changed over time, or do ppl from Bolton speak differently from Mancunians, even though they're only 20km apart?

[@truthtriumphant]

From what I have experienced in England (only been twice), there are so many different accents, which can be different from literally one town to the next. In the city of London, there are so very many, different accents as well.

[@georgio101]

Mancunian and Boltonian are pretty different, but the same with regards to 'ng'. When they do pronounce an 'ng' sound it always has a full [g] on it, so eg. singer rhymes with finger. This is probably why it's so common to drop the g entirely and end a lot of -ing words -in', because it can sound a bit over-enunciated otherwise. This trait is found across to Liverpool and down to Birmingham, and it's actually the older pronunciation for 'ng' sounds. Regarding 'fil-m', I'm not so sure about that one. Irish people and Geordies both sometimes say 'fillum', but I've never heard that in North West England. Maybe it was more widespread in your grandad's day? Alternatively, if you're Australian you might have L-vocalisation- so maybe the absence of L-vocalisation is what sounds distinct to you?

[@briwire138]

Not sure why he pronounced the g at the end. Bolton and Manchester has a lot of differences but that isn't one of them. The biggest is the difference in words like "down", Manchester pretty standard "down", Bolton "daown", thousand, "Thaosand". Also because it is slightly further north, Bolton goes more Lancashire so gate becomes "gaate", and stone becomes "stoone". Watch the comedian Peter Kay for an example.

[@georgio101]

@@briwire138 People in Manchester also pronounce the 'g' at the end. It's to do with something called 'NG-coalescence', or more accurately - a lack of NG-coalescence. If you're from the region you probably don't realise the way we say 'ng' is unusual to the rest of the world (I didn't until reading about it). Basically for most of the world 'ng' has coalesced into a single sound halfway between an 'n' and a 'g', but for us it's still very much two consonant sounds, and the proper [g] sound we say stands out to others. Or, we drop the 'g' entirely in a phrase like 'what's happenin'?'.

[@briwire138]

@@georgio101 I've heard scousers say "filum", so could be the Irish influence.

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

Sabrah Laila is more...

[@ceemmm3526]

This is hilarious and insightful (now I know how to fake a Manchester lol)

[@NhutMinhChiem]

my crush in the caothang campus the asian international school f4 primary is bella2

[@itsROMPERS...]

Two other tips: "were" instead of "was". " 'e were vereh 'andeh" "No 'e weren't" Glottal interword "t": party: pahr-ee, substituting a closed throat sound for the "t"

[@GMlilEASTSIDEcharlie]

Really should be more of a Reahlleh

[@AshtonArcher]

You claim to be 'English University Teachers' - which university do you teach at?

[@saab6032]

is it thomas shelby accent?

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

No that is Birmingham.

[@JRPO1960]

Being from Australia, I thought that was real’e luvl’e . It was real’e sumthin.

[@d2dar459]

"Reall-eh" l, "Luv-leh", "summat". 😁

[@JRPO1960]

@@d2dar459 I thought “summat” was summat a Yorkshireman would say?

[@d2dar459]

@@JRPO1960 Lol. It is, but we do it in Manc as well. Altho, (without having the decency to be well versed in the history of my own dialect) I'm guessing it might have been initially borrowed from Yorkshire.

[@MaiElizabeth]

What about 'poopeh'?

[@robertnewhart6969]

Tyson Fury, Ned Stark, Jon Snow.

[@paulbainbridge5498]

Th and f sound exactly the same.. people can't tell if I am saying free or three because they sound exactly the same

[@mariusboda]

This accent is closer to european pronunciation of U or A sounds

[@naomipalmer7565]

I’m from Manchester and I sound nothing like this.

[@stephanevu-hoang1014]

Cos there are loads of variations, Oldham Manc is way different from Stockport Manc. However those features remain.

[@heikojoerges8330]

I guess that’s because accents vary with the district of any given city (some areas are more posh others rather working class or have a high population of immigrants). I have a Mannheim accent blurred by a Frankfurt accent (I grew up with my grandparents from Frankfurt, Frankfurters take me as a local) and even a Berlin accent (my father grew up in Berlin and I lived there 12 years). Now I live in Malta and often don’t have any conversation in German over weeks. I am watching this as I plan to visit Manchester as England’s music hub and my English ex girlfriend studied at Manchester (she’s from London btw) :0)

[@RichiEnglish]

To me Northern accents are the most lovliest ones. Used to live in Yorkshire for years and after coming home to my home country, no-one understood me, so I had to learn RP again :D BTW, would love to have a collab (or a live) with you. I might shed some light on how a non-native TEFL had to cope with Northern accents before youtube has popped off and only textbooks were available. Today's learners are so jammy compared to 'missen'... ;)

[@paulbainbridge5498]

k I am originally from Manchester ... the oo has variations .. as does pronouncing Manchester .. Man -chist- stor or like me Man-chist-tr then I am educated but still slip into the me and my , and wunt ... depending whom I am talking to.. my wife is from the US and complains "slow down! your words all run into each other!!"

[@hattabfati605]

Is there any shows you can recommend to learn the accent?

[@Ik3Devious]

0:19 I only wanted to learn the accent because of Karl

[@skmehebub7262]

I need to have been a doctor. Is this sentence correct?

[@wesleybaylis5463]

I am from and live in Salford. There is a small difference between the Salfordian and Manc accent. However we sound nothing like this so this is alot misleading. And nasal? Haha thats a laugh as we dont. But you tell me where in the manc and salford accent do we have a Yorkshire twang? If you are going to try and attempt our accent then best to practice it first than make our city sound like a load of David Platts. We are Salford and Manchester not the make believe city of Weatherfield

[@mariohood789]

P r o m o S M 🌈

[@davidtyler2012]

and Davy Jones... he's a manc

[@lehvak8567658]

Wait so wouldn't becomes wunt, doesn't becomes dunt, so couldn't becomes c*nt😂?

[@chattingee]

Extra features that you forgot to mention: Th frotning Voiced th becomes v, juat like in cockney e.g me bruvva Glottal stops, just like in cockney e.g > didn/t/ like i/t/ No bath trap split No good / food split

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

No bath trap split is quite easy and well known but yes the others I could have mentioned

[@ColHogan-bu2xq]

Are you sure that Mancunians are not French, actually ?

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Haha why do you say that?

[@ColHogan-bu2xq]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah They drop their "hs" ! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6aXY316mN98Ztk

[@rinku1160]

Sabrah name is not good your good name will be Damini (vy good name)

[@birukdamtew]

If u go to liverpool every one sounds like a 12 year old boy

[@ebrihamakonteh5018]

Not very different with American accent. Great effort sabrah

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Oh gosh it is different ! Listen to American accent and then compare!

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

Sabrah your Manchester accent was sexy! It enhanced you!

[@tanvancouver7115]

Poopay.

[@ahlamnoori77]

How are you mess

[@maelynette6462]

my bf is from Manchester and truly I do need a “ how to understand it “ tutorial 😭😭😭😭💀

[@MrZyxxtl]

HEY LEILA, while your criticizing Donald Trump again, did you know your name is slang for LEZZIE? Or maybe you'e just advertising? Stop being such prime Fannies!!!

[@-flabber6663]

For me, the Mancunian accent sounds a bit like the Chinese. Why don't the British have the standard pronunciation after 400 years of learning their language from others? Thank you, Sabra, for introducing these comics. One day, you could become a Mancunian.

[@bertiew6771]

It just sounds really thick to me.

[@200131356]

They talk like they’re asking a question lol