Variations Of The Bristol Accent - A Tour Around The City

[@rachelhilton1196]

You are amazing! I grew up in Bedminster but moved away when I was eleven so it’s fantastic to hear all the different accents I remember from my childhood. Thank you.

[@gdsongwriter]

Thank you so much. I've done a much more recent one on the same theme, making use of Snapchat to create different characters, called 'The Bristol Accent In All Its Glorious Variations".

[@jeanthomas3910]

I lived in Southmead and you have the accent just right. I live in Brighton now so it's lessened slightly but still got the Brissol twange.

[@gdsongwriter]

I got to know a lot of meaders growing up. It was impossible not to living just down the hill in Brentry!

[@MrDaiseymay]

Brissol---qwite roight me babbie

[@TonyPirog]

Steve Merchant does seem to reflect the modern day east Bristol accent very well. It's all gotten softer over the years, especially the R's. As someone who grew up in Kingswood, spent quite a lot of time in 'Annum, and went to school in St. George's (St. Jarge's is how we pronounced it), but now lives in America, it's always a treat to hear him speak on the telly. Takes me back to my youth, when I was just a nipper. :-)

[@tedwordlaw5135]

Ya almost brought me to tears.. Thanks for sharing'

[@gdsongwriter]

Ted Wordlaw Tears of laughter I hope! Are you from Bristol or nearby?

[@TonyPirog]

***** Strange thing. If this is the Ted Wordlaw I know, he is from Chicago. Myself I grew up in Bristol. :-)

[@oliverehmann1879]

Ar'right mate, im from round that neck of the woods too. Tis all changed now, Church Road is like little Krakow and are Lawrence Hill is gone proper Zambian. Come home Bristolian!

[@MichaelTheGamer10]

Hey, I'm from Longwell Green, next to Hanham :)

[@jasminev1482]

North bristol: alright my loverr/dar, south bristol: alright my babber/babes

[@youandwhosearmy6339]

North Bristol them, south Bristol US. COYR!

[@MrDaiseymay]

I was born in Brum (Birmingham ) family moved to Brissol 12 yrs lay er. I couldn't unnerstand them, and they cudner unnerstan me. What was most prevelant, especially from the old Bristolians of the 1950's was, How Bist' ? ( how are you ? ) 'de cassant' ( you can't ) 'De Bissant' Biss ?( you didn't did you ?) De be, ( you Are) Now listen to Adge Cutler singing, with his south Brissol north Somerset accent.

[@366Gli]

During my 5 year sojourn is Briston in the 50's the thing that intrigued me about the Bristolians was their use/misuse of final L's in a word. I remember a T.V installr coming to inquire if this was the house that needed a TV area installed ( rather than a TV aerial). I was also told that Africal is a Malarial Areal. Words normally without a fianl L got one and words that should had one missed it.

[@Bonez0r]

Ah yes, i was looking for videos with Bristolian accents and one i came across was pointing that out in a humorous way kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKKuc4Wkrryfm7c

[@PowerpopPrince]

I lived 'out Yate' for about a year and noticed their accent is almost completely different from K'wood/StGeorge!

[@thebritishippie]

Haha Kingswood boy here 👌 so right!

[@kathhollandful]

“Out Yate”! So funny! I’ve heard that so many times! But never heard anyone say “out” anywhere else in Bristol!

[@thebritishippie]

@@kathhollandful Out Cribbs too!

[@denicafairman4253]

Absolutely brilliant!! Thank you so much for this tour!! I have a great idea of the accent now so feel fully equipped for my VO job tomorrow. You are a ledge!! 😀

[@charlotteatkins7343]

I'm from Whitchurch, near Stockwood and Hartcliffe. It's softer and we are near enough all City fans.

[@soup_pigeon]

best bristol area moment

[@bristol527]

Love it, Im from Kingswood Living in Australia Bristol born and bred love the accent spot it a mile off.

[@gdsongwriter]

My older brother lived in Sydney, Australia for 18 years and I remember when I stayed with him in the 90s I tried to teach my youngest niece (who was about 4 at the time) the expression "ow bist?" Of course, she repeated it in her Australian accent and then asked "What does it mean?" My brother overheard and, having lived away from Bristol for a long time and being Oxbridge educated, he was horrified. "What are you teaching her?" he yelled!

[@TheJ1mmey]

I'm in Australia atm, Im from bedminster and I met a 50yr old women at a doof from knowle west. I was like wtf, alright my baber haha

[@djanitatiana]

@@gdsongwriter Haha. Mate, if you think "Poshtolian" is a larf, you need to get an earful of "Aussie abroad". These are various dropkicks & butt nuggets terminally diagnosed with cultural cringe and have decided the remedy is to sound like Prince Andrew if he was raised in Wormwood Scrubs.

[@Beatlefan67]

Good! What about Sea Mills and Whitchurch me babber. Can you do they?

[@petewest3122]

+John Penny I 'erd from Ratty Al, in school like, that there was a beaver in the Trym.

[@thomasp8533]

I'm from Kingswood/ hanham way but I haven't really got the east Bristol accent but due to family from different parts of the city I think the best to describe mine is a mix between meader and Whitehall

[@gdsongwriter]

+Tom Perrett Hi Tom, Although there are slight differences in the accent I think it's hard to pin it down too precisely. Like I said, my vid is full of ludicrous generalisations! I've heard women from south Bristol speak exactly like Josie Gibson who I believe is from Westerleigh, which is near Yate and miles away from Withywood and Hartcliffe!

[@MichaelTheGamer10]

I'm from Longwell Green :)

[@victoryfornelson]

South Bristle is Red and we say Gert, Proper and Lush in every sentence

[@glumonion1454]

My mum came from a large family who grew up in Bedminster/Ashton Gate border area. Your Bristol City supporter accent had me in stitches 🤣🤣 That was exactly how they spoke about everything (not just football), in that soft but very Bristol in a rather sorrowful defeatist slightly moaning tone.

[@alistairallen7397]

that sitter from 35 yards

[@Burkhart4192]

It's funny, I grew up in Bedminster and was moved to Ireland at the tender age of seven, so I have some of the accent but -being the sort who cared about this stuff- I pronounce everything "correctly", eg no dropped Hs.

[@harrymail7]

What about he jamacian accent in Saint Paul's and easton??

[@thegreatestshenfan6484]

Easton is more Arabic influenced. The st.paulers just sound like black east Londoners really.

[@stevethomas5849]

there is a West Indian/Bristol accent that has developed.

[@carsonking5549]

Hanham was as spot on as the rest, excellent job. Me and my friend (both gas heads) watched the open top bus being welcomed i n Kingswood on KZbin when Jerry Francis as manager, had lost in the play offs in the 70's and everyone was still singing and cheering. Up the Gas, best football supporters in the world. 'Bristol Rovers are shit', 'yeah I know, I've been following them 30 years, fancy a pint'.

[@gdsongwriter]

Thanks a lot. I grew up a gashead although I had a trial run in City's A team when I was a teenager meaning that, although Rovers' results are always the ones I'm most interested in I like to see City do well too. There's another vid on youtube of me doing keepie uppie at Rovers old Eastville Stadium in 1972!

[@itsjudystube]

Loved Westbury on Trym

[@Channel-os4uk]

I thought 'Bedminster' was 'Bemster'. (Rhotic R)

[@CraigFemboy]

I dont have a Bristol accent even tho I live in southmead

[@christopherstephens2547]

harry mcmillan, What about the Jamaican & West Indies Caribbean accents in certain parts of Bristol? Unless you really wants them to sounds like Bristolian's Pirates & farmers, come gangsters crossover accents! Foreign originated accents aren't English so of course it's going to sounds like a gangster Bristolian mash up lol

[@del1984fly]

Brilliant 👍👍😃

[@gdsongwriter]

Thanks a lot. Recorded this before the days of snapchat. Did a more up-to-date version on the same theme very recently - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYCrp3qJitdoorc

[@theelephantseal3142]

We need to cook Jesse

[@djanitatiana]

Wow, that was spectacular, especially to an Aussie from Sydney. So follow up question in light of the Stephen Merchant reference: John Cleese is from Weston-super-Mare, does he have any traces of Somerset or Bristolian to the trained ear?

[@gdsongwriter]

John Cleese speaks with pretty much a 'standard English' accent. Incidentally, my brother lived in Sydney for 18 years and I've visited the city twice. After a fortnight there I was saying 'wadda' for water instead of using the classic Bristolian pronunciation 'wa'urr'!

[@djanitatiana]

@@gdsongwriter Haha! If you stayed for three weeks it would have had three syllables, two for the "aa-uh" part!

[@simonclark29041978]

well I'm originally from fishponds I don't find the accent there as strong as say knowle west or Southmead there's no ARK AT EE spoken there

[@thegreatestshenfan6484]

What about the St Paul's/Easton accents? Easton sounds like a cross between Hartcliffe and Punjabi/Arabic for some reason, no idea what A St Paul's accent sounds like.

[@rowangibbins8612]

St paul's: OI BRUV RUN THEM SHOES

[@thegreatestshenfan6484]

@@rowangibbins8612 Ah yes, I remember. St. Paul's is the Bristolian equivalent of roadman

[@gitbackmymushh06]

@@rowangibbins8612 ere look run me them shoes unless u want a straightin

[@carol-lo]

Its interesting !

[@MrJohnQCitizen]

We scored a gorl

[@So3oodiya]

Spot on

[@gdsongwriter]

Thank you!

[@jennybrooke9284]

You are brilliant.lmao