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Low rent British accents

I’m vacationing in Spain and all I hear are working class British accents. Geez, they make Long Islanders sound like the Duchess of Devonshire. I had no idea how bad these accents are.

by Anonymousreply 57June 22, 2023 9:30 PM

I thought Spain was cracking down on Charlie Brits vacationing.

by Anonymousreply 1June 18, 2023 5:11 PM

Scousers, no doubt.

(sniff) Not our type.

by Anonymousreply 2June 18, 2023 5:15 PM

That was supposed to be "chavvie brits". Fucking autocorrect.

by Anonymousreply 3June 18, 2023 5:17 PM

That must be so painful for you OP. You should probably exit that country now.

by Anonymousreply 4June 18, 2023 5:21 PM

Spain is a large place.

I'm guessing OP isn't relaxing in the more exclusive parts of Valencia or Sevilla or Zaragoza or but slumming it in an all inclusive on the Costa del Sol

by Anonymousreply 5June 18, 2023 5:25 PM

Is that what they call the Costa de Gin R5 or is that in Portugal?

Either way, it can be hilarious to see them wandering the streets, screaming in the streets, fighting in the streets, and then falling onto the streets so fucked up that they can't get up.

by Anonymousreply 6June 18, 2023 5:55 PM

I love "British white trash accents."

Especially when you are fucking them in the pub toilet stall!!

by Anonymousreply 7June 18, 2023 5:57 PM

Tell me you're in Benidorm without telling me you're in Benidorm.

The Brits have taken over Costa Del Sol for 50 years now.

by Anonymousreply 8June 18, 2023 7:54 PM

Are they inviting you to eat some tea luv? Are you sat down the pub?

by Anonymousreply 9June 18, 2023 7:56 PM

Easily avoidable by not going to tacky low rent Brit/German/American destinations.

Benidorm/Costa del Sol/Malaga/Torremolinos/Canary Islands.

But then you can't rely on English menus for people who can't even navigate Google translate.

Low rent is as low rent does.

by Anonymousreply 10June 18, 2023 8:03 PM

It’s like being down South in the US. Daytona beach 🏝️

by Anonymousreply 11June 18, 2023 8:15 PM

Iss prih-hy much all wot's on ve BBC now.

by Anonymousreply 12June 18, 2023 8:34 PM

Why do I feel a movie coming on? 🤔

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by Anonymousreply 13June 18, 2023 8:37 PM

Spoiler alert: the OP isn't in Spain, he's in Mexico and enjoying Jack the Nephew in The White Lotus

by Anonymousreply 14June 18, 2023 8:43 PM

Where do upper class Brits vacation in the summer? Provence?

by Anonymousreply 15June 19, 2023 7:28 AM

Wealthy people can afford to go wherever they want!

Personally I stay at home in the summer and would visit Italy in September/October.

by Anonymousreply 16June 19, 2023 7:31 AM

I feel like they need subtitles when encounter them.

Like I know they are speaking English, but I cannot pick out a single word.

by Anonymousreply 17June 19, 2023 7:40 AM

The English really have the nobbiest nobs and the trashiest trash.

by Anonymousreply 18June 19, 2023 7:42 AM

Debo is rotating quickly in her reliquary. To

by Anonymousreply 19June 19, 2023 7:53 AM

[quote]The English really have the nobbiest nobs and the trashiest trash.

Actually - if you want real class extremes - look to Scotland!

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by Anonymousreply 20June 19, 2023 11:46 AM

R2 ey, fochk'in shot it, yeh Beaut!

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by Anonymousreply 21June 19, 2023 12:19 PM

oi eh? uu oi yah!

by Anonymousreply 22June 19, 2023 12:30 PM

OP huh, y'wha? Oi dunnow wot that mayns.

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by Anonymousreply 23June 19, 2023 12:35 PM

why ya gad da tram fanti ifella!

by Anonymousreply 24June 19, 2023 12:49 PM

jamie tartt doo doo doo doo doo. . jamie tartt

by Anonymousreply 25June 19, 2023 12:54 PM

Oh, dear.

by Anonymousreply 26June 19, 2023 12:59 PM

OP- What passes for middle class nowadays sounds like characters from an episode of EastEnders.

by Anonymousreply 27June 19, 2023 1:04 PM

R18- I agree. Everyone from the UK either sounds lower class which is almost everyone or upper class.

by Anonymousreply 28June 19, 2023 1:05 PM

Working-class Mackem accents have me weak, though that's cos I've been conditioned...

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by Anonymousreply 29June 19, 2023 1:10 PM

As if you've ever been to Spain, OP.

by Anonymousreply 30June 19, 2023 1:19 PM

Personally I cannot wait for the hilarity of hearing Jude Bellingham try to learn Spanish with that hideous native Brum accent.

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by Anonymousreply 31June 19, 2023 1:24 PM

Ab Fab’s Bubble loved Spain!

by Anonymousreply 32June 19, 2023 5:56 PM

Another American who thinks that British people should all speak like Princess Margaret. Very few people ever did.

by Anonymousreply 33June 19, 2023 6:10 PM

Why have you gone a downmarket city then OP? Can’t afford better?

by Anonymousreply 34June 19, 2023 6:17 PM

oi yous haba daba tring, yah?

by Anonymousreply 35June 19, 2023 6:18 PM

OP dead ting yuh na....

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by Anonymousreply 36June 19, 2023 6:21 PM

I have noticed on BBC the laste feww years that more and more I cant understand what half of them are saying.I thought it was me at first,but other friends have commented on it too.

by Anonymousreply 37June 19, 2023 6:51 PM

[quote] Geez, they make Long Islanders sound like the Duchess of Devonshire.

Best line I've heard in some time, OP.

by Anonymousreply 38June 19, 2023 7:00 PM

[quote] I have noticed on BBC the laste feww years that more and more I cant understand what half of them are saying.

It’s part of the new diversity push. Only white actors can appear posh (speak well). If you’re not white, you speak in an accent other than Standard British and you are anything but posh.

If you’re white, you can speak Cockney in a period piece or in modern shows if you’re chav. Standard British if you’re a solicitor, doctor, banker or other professional.

by Anonymousreply 39June 19, 2023 7:08 PM

Yeah but no, but yeah, but no

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by Anonymousreply 40June 19, 2023 7:17 PM

[quote]It’s part of the new diversity push. Only white actors can appear posh (speak well). If you’re not white, you speak in an accent other than Standard British and you are anything but posh.

[quote]If you’re white, you can speak Cockney in a period piece or in modern shows if you’re chav. Standard British if you’re a solicitor, doctor, banker or other professional.

What the fuck is a "standard British accent"? And what TV shows have you been watching?!

by Anonymousreply 41June 19, 2023 7:22 PM

Bet R2 watches old Brookie episodes on the sly

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by Anonymousreply 42June 20, 2023 10:45 PM

Where do the trashiest British accents come from? Americans only know cockney from TV and movies.

by Anonymousreply 43June 21, 2023 6:28 AM

Excuse me love, where too's the fake tans?

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by Anonymousreply 44June 21, 2023 6:53 AM

We spent a week in Marbella a few years ago....... We felt like we were in British-Spain....... We stayed @ a beautiful resort that was mostly European tourist, but in town......... Yeah- Sunny Britain.....

by Anonymousreply 45June 21, 2023 6:55 AM

Those horrible accents from the north if England sound like Oik shite. I'd go crazy if everyone sounded like AbFab Bubble.

by Anonymousreply 46June 21, 2023 12:31 PM

personally am a fan of chavs especially when they go on an absolute madness

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by Anonymousreply 47June 21, 2023 3:00 PM

An American has no business talking about English accents.

by Anonymousreply 48June 21, 2023 3:01 PM

Brits are very embarrassed of posh accents and relentlessly ridicule people who have them. So I wouldn’t be shocked if a lot of the people OP is hearing are putting it on.

It’s kind of like the way white middle class kids in the USA use Ebonics on social media and sometimes even speak that way (which is cringe-inducing).

by Anonymousreply 49June 21, 2023 3:16 PM

OP was never in Spain and he never heard any "British accents".

by Anonymousreply 50June 21, 2023 5:29 PM

R43 in the North, the Mersey boasts two of the most notorious, Manc & Scouse. Both quite hard on the ears.

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by Anonymousreply 51June 21, 2023 6:46 PM

OP is a wasteman

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by Anonymousreply 52June 22, 2023 12:03 AM

R41 A standard, neutral radio or television announcer's UK accent is called "Received pronunciation." Not posh, not tatty, not London or the Midlands or Glasgow or Oxbridge.

Many Europeans speaking English sound like they do because they heard it on the BBC.

by Anonymousreply 53June 22, 2023 1:41 AM

R53, I live in the UK.

Give me an example of current presenters who use RP or neutral accents?

Huw Edwards? Clive Myrie? Alison Hammond? Dermot O’Leary?

by Anonymousreply 54June 22, 2023 6:18 AM

R54 do not besmirch the good name of fy Brenin Cymreig in such a manner!

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by Anonymousreply 55June 22, 2023 12:36 PM

0:50

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by Anonymousreply 56June 22, 2023 12:56 PM

TOWIE

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by Anonymousreply 57June 22, 2023 9:30 PM
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