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#british accent
one-time-i-dreamt · 25 days
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I could see ghosts and the only thing they did was drink tea and make fun of us with British accents.
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vhstown · 3 months
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super short london slang guide !!
i haven't got a scooby doo about cockney so this is mainly gonna be mle and like the way 14 year old secondary school boys talk oookay let's go (just so yk i am a londonder!!!!!)
direct things to call people (or avoid calling people)
bruv, blud, man, mate, fam (can use in replacement of a pronoun like he, she, you and i or for emphasis — "man's got a meeting, bruv!")
more on "man" it can be used in plural too — "us man" or "them man" or "you man"
my g, my guy (for referring someone you are friendly/friends with)
bossman (something you'd call a shop or business owner — "aye bossman get me the 3 wings and chips yeah")
big man (usually used in a sarcastic friendly but kind of demeaning way, the older cousin of "big guy" — "oi big man what you sayin' cuz?"
i wasnt going to put these here cause of personal preference but 😭 people are gonna use them anyway so i might as well tell you what they mean:
peng (adjective cute/pretty — "her? she's peng!")
leng (adjective hot/sexy — "rah, he's leng you know?)
nouns
ting (usually to refer to a girlfriend but can also just mean "thing"... or a knife? — "don't chat to my ting fam!")
grim (very outdated word for a promiscuous woman — "she's a grim bruv!")
skeng (gun)
shank, spinner (knife)
paper, Ps, pronounced "peas" (money)
ends (neighbourhood, area — "if i catch you in my ends yeah")
mandem (group of friends — "having a laugh at the pub with the mandem" aha)
gyaldem (group of women / female friends)
ganja (weed)
blem (cigarette)
pagan/paigon (snitch or untrustworthy person, not a super common you might wanna use "snake" or "snitch" instead)
wasteman (someone who's useless, a lowlife)
pussio/pussyo (pussy, coward)
other common words and phrases
wagwan, or "wag1" in text (what's up, what's going on)
bare (a lot — "i got bare problems with him!")
gassed (prideful, full of yourself — "im actually so gassed, man got promoted"
"and that" (instead of "and stuff" — "i got links and that")
"allow it" (let something slide — "i forgot my wallet allow it bossman")
safe (like "alright cool", or as a bye — "aight safe")
"pattern up" (fix up, get it together)
hard, tight (cool, good, though "hard" is also used in an offensive way — "bro thinks he's hard, pussio")
blam (to get shot, not actually very common to hear in my experience)
sheffed (up), shanked (to get stabbed)
ahlie (used as an interjection when in agreement with something, similar to phrase "am i lying?")
non-mle specific words i hear sometimes
thick (dumb, stupid)
clapped/tapped (ugly, weird, unattractive)
merk/murk (kill, beat up)
slag, sket (slut)
chav (used to refer to someone of the low social status, associated with violent or rude behaviour)
taking the mick, taking the piss (being annoying)
mad (means crazy obviously but people use it a lot, can have positive and negative connotations — "that's mad!")
nonce (literally means pedophile / sex offender, do what you will with it 😭)
dickhead, bellend (similar to douchebag)
wanker (used towards someone you dislike, or in a joking way)
geezer (usually to refer to an old man)
also!!!
depending on which communities are predominant in the area, words from other languages can come in / have come in
some words are common with US slang too because they share origins 😁 ain't that cool
there's a lot of influence from jamaican patois due to the history of british jamaicans in london for ex in words like "ting" or "mandem" or "wagwan" (hence why mle is sometimes referred to as "jafrican") and its not strange to hear "bomboclaat" or "bloodclaat" here either
in communities where there's muslims and arabs (especially in east london) you might hear arabic terms like "wallahi", "khalas" or "astagfirullah" (though people debate whether that's cultural appropriation or not)
south asians have also had an influence with words like "gora" or "ganja" though again this is largely area based and the impact of hinglish is also found a lot outside of london
some people have a mix of different dialects! i mainly alternate between mle and estuary (sometimes yorkshire don't ask it is very easy to pick up...)
you're not gonna hear every single word here all the time the usage varies throughout london. the way north and west londoners speak can be v different for example
uhhhh if you wanna learn properly just listen to some grime or sutn . listen to londoners speak!
for some more resources in-depth PLEASE check out these guides made by other british people ! (one and two)
ok that's it bye bye british ppl & londoners feel free to add on! it is midnight rn so ive probably missed stuff lol... dms are open in case you've got any questions or want any help :p
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poetrybyonur · 3 months
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When you’re the one who’s always the strong one, keep the one who is there to catch you when you feel like collapsing.
A caption piece that I created into a spoken word. For a special friend. (Background music by Amaranth Cove)
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wordsbyjenpoetry · 2 months
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True love is vulnerable.
A new spoken word piece I created. Click to hear my voice.
Background Music by Sleeping At Last
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wildlife4life · 1 year
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Omg… what if and it’s a big what if, for the possible undercover poker game they let Oliver use his true accent. Like British arm candy anyone?!?! I would scream.
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sanegreen · 2 years
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i don't want you if you cannot appreciate my fake british accent
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phoebepheebsphibs · 1 month
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It might just be my sleep deprivation talking but I imagined the bois poking fun at Raph for his British accent and being all “it’s chewsday, innit?” “Blimey, gov!” “God save the queen!” “got any crumpets for me tea, luv? Ah no, dats roight, y’frew all our tea in the harbor!”
And Raph just looks at them like “…You lads know that I’m not technically British, right? My Mum’s British and I picked up the accent from her…”
But naw they just tease him even more
And then to counter it Raph’ll poke fun at them and speak in a horrific American accent and say “y’all” “y’ain’t” and “y’orn’t” and the only one offended by it is Donnie
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nightingalespen · 3 months
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Let’s be real: if Gwendoline Christie were to pull me to the side and sit me down and tell me I needed to listen to her explain her whole life story….I’d drop EVERYTHING and grab the popcorn.
I could lowkey listen to her talk all day.
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harlltree · 21 days
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i hate when people write in an accent. I don't mean slang words i mean like..."Meh" or "sorreh" like wtf. nobody writes like that
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voiceemporium · 2 months
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Wife Karlach in Baldurs Gate 3 voiced by Samantha Béart
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aisumountainu · 5 months
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gallerian marlon has a thick british accent because marlon is based off of britain
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sillyb00ks · 1 year
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Ladies, Gentlemen and Gentlethems may I introduce you to the movie character who brought my standards so high I’ll end up alone with six cats
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thylocalbard · 2 months
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People I meet keep thinking I'm a weird strain of British because my accent is an odd combination of RP English, British slang and Australian. I'm not British, I've never been to Britain, and the only reason I sound like this is because I'm obsessed with BBC Merlin, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman.
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poetrybyonur · 5 months
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I have all the coordinates of your body memorised. I know very well, what areas will emit what sounds and what parts will produce a sigh, a moan or a cry. But I do love to pretend I'm lost sometimes, just for the pleasure of rediscovery.
A variation of a spoken word I posted last week. Background music by Aurai.
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wordsbyjenpoetry · 9 days
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There is a book and you are woven into the verses of my life.
Music by Antent.
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stardustmuseum · 7 months
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my mom didn’t appreciate my joke enough for me 😔
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