https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada Made with panache en-us 2019-01-28 13:41:30 UTC 2025-11-10 05:37:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324968431 Do accents make you smarter? 
In theory they do but it depends on what accent it is - it states that accents such as Scouse,Birmingham and Gordie are associated with not being a formal dialect,however accents such as Glaswegian, Edinbrugh, Kent and The London accent are associated with being a high register dialect.]]> 2019-01-28 15:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324968431 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324968961 9 divisions]]> 2019-01-28 15:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324968961 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324969276 We are judged based on our accents ]]> 2019-01-28 15:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324969276 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324969718 Kiera ]]> 2019-01-28 15:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324969718 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324969729 Wired
Voice control and communications in standard English may make regional accents die out in the next few decades, technical developments will also make coinage occur rapidly, with the introduction of new words mean while accents will die out vocabulary will increase in the UK.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/dialect-english-regional-accents]]> 2019-01-28 15:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324969729 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324970093 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dialects-and-accents-have-all-gone-south-fn0wghxbx]]> 2019-01-28 15:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324970093 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324970485 Accents define us - tell people about their lives - determine how intelligent / attractive you are 
R.P tends to give people the best start in life 
R.P accents deemed more intelligent ]]> 2019-01-28 15:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324970485 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324970859 Regional accents are getting stronger as people want to keep identity ]]> 2019-01-28 15:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324970859 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324970879 Our accents are under threat: dialects may die as computers strip the beauty from language]]> 2019-01-28 15:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324970879 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324971412 2019-01-28 15:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324971412 ljpwright2000 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324972087 Dialects and accents developed historically when groups of language users lived in relative isolation, without regular contact with other people using the same language. This was more pronounced in the past due to the lack of fast transport and mass media. People tended to hear only the language used in their own location, and when their language use changed (as language by its nature always evolves) their dialect and accent adopted a particular character, leading to national, regional and local variation.

]]> 2019-01-28 15:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324972087 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324972312 2019-01-28 15:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324972312 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324972555 Other factors influence language use, too. One of them is social class. Very many local accents are now associated with working-class speakers, while middle and upper-class speakers tend to use a more standardised English. But this is a relatively recent development. Indeed, until the standardisation of English from the 16th century – when one variety of English came to be used in official situations and by printing presses for the wider publication of books – it was acceptable for speakers of different social classes to speak and write in their own dialects. Then, Latin and French were regarded as prestigious languages, applied by the elite in education, law and literature]]> 2019-01-28 15:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324972555 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324972625 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6927109/British-regional-accents-still-thriving.html]]> 2019-01-28 15:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324972625 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324973177 2019-01-28 15:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324973177 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324973232 People maintain regional dialect - even on social media - not just a spoken thing. 

]]> 2019-01-28 15:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324973232 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324973735 Ugliness View: Some accents don't sound nice. This seems to be linked to stereotypes and negative social connotat]]> 2019-01-28 15:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324973735 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324973978 Dialect levelling in Glasgow - regional accents dialects are joining with big cities ]]> 2019-01-28 15:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324973978 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324974075 Does accent really hinder your job? - specific accents have certain stereotypes ]]> 2019-01-28 15:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324974075 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324974573 Using the matched-guide approach found that listeners hearing arguments about capital punishment more convincing if delivered in a socially prestigious accent]]> 2019-01-28 15:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324974573 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324974622 Jonnie Robinson
Even though language is changing there is some continuity. 
Language is evolving in a good way.]]> 2019-01-28 15:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324974622 ljpwright2000 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324974921 Jonnie Robinson, lead curator of spoken English at the British Library and the author of the Evolving English WordBank, says the exercise – which saw ordinary people across the country “donate” words in special recording booths between 2010 and 2011 – proves that dialect words are far from being extinct.

“A lot of people feel dialect is dwindling but actually, although it’s changing … you can find examples of continuity,” Robinson says. The Evolving English WordBank contains 1,500 contributions to date, many of which are dialect words.]]> 2019-01-28 15:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324974921 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324975472 Northern accents more diverse as ]]> 2019-01-28 15:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324975472 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324975796 Accents create variety in speech and form part of our rich cultural heritage, like forms of history and diversity that we can hear. But they are also a form of history in the making. As younger generations discover all that speech has to offer, they claim its expressivity for their own, with new words being created in schools up and down the country.]]> 2019-01-28 15:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/324975796 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325607886 It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. People are more drawn to accents with connotations of wealth and these accents have more opportunities in society ]]> 2019-01-29 20:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325607886 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325609189 People are convinced that dialect is dying out but there is actually a lot of continuity due to people wanting to keep ]]> 2019-01-29 20:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325609189 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325745418 Accents define us the moment we meet others. They pass on information about our lives – where we are from, our age and even our parents’ histories – and they form an identity that gives us immediate membership to an oral tribe. Often this information we are transmitting does nothing other than inform the listener, but what if the way we speak really could change the path of our lives?ihttps://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/uk-accents-not-what-you-say-how-you-say-it]]> 2019-01-30 09:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325745418 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325745991 The days when a linguist might be able to tell someone’s birthplace from the way the word they used for a small piece of wood caught beneath the skin have ended as English dialects have merged.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/jack-malvern]]> 2019-01-30 09:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325745991 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325746873 Forecasts have suggested accents would disappear and merge into a national way of speaking, albeit with some class and regional variations.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6927109/British-regional-accents-still-thriving.html]]> 2019-01-30 09:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325746873 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325758768 A standard dialect is simply one local variety of a language which has become most publicly accepted in social institutions such as the media, the law and government. In many Anglophone countries, the dialect spoken by most of the population is considered to be standard, such as Standard American or Standard Australian English. In the UK, however, the so-called standard – known as RP or the Queen’s English – is spoken natively by less than 3%. Yet, it’s unreasonable to suppose most Britons are speaking their own language incorrectly.]]> 2019-01-30 09:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325758768 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325759879 However, words are not necessarily unique to one location – dialect tends to turn up in different locations. A common example is that words and phrases that originated in Scotland often appear in Northern Ireland because of the strong historical connections between the two places.]]> 2019-01-30 09:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325759879 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325760353 A considerable amount of research has been done to find out why people have such strong opinions about accents. One of the key methods that dialectologists use is to play lots of different regional accents to people who come from a range of locations. The listeners rate the voices they hear on a scale according to, for example, how educated or friendly the speakers sound to them. Listeners typically get to judge speakers on competence and status traits, like intelligence and self-confidence, as well as social attractiveness traits, such as friendliness and sincerity.]]> 2019-01-30 09:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325760353 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325773267 Our associations have a bearing on whether we feel some accents sound better than others.
 
Experiences impact our attitudes. If we have (or hear of someone we know having) a negative or positive experience of someone from a particular town or city, we subconsciously connect those good or bad feelings with certain features, such as their accent. When we later hear that accent, this can trigger those feelings and make us attribute them to anyone who talks in that way.
http://theconversation.com/why-do-some-accents-sound-better-than-others-77732]]> 2019-01-30 10:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325773267 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ada/wish/325774563 Professor Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) said: "We sound the way we do for a whole range of reasons - cultural, emotional, social - and we tend to judge other people's accents on the same basis."
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