cyberspacekadette wrote:I don't think anyone's ever got mine wrong - I'm a proper Manc (think Shameless, not Corrie)I have had some people from "darn sarf" not being sure which bit of "oop north" we're from, but then again I can't tell the difference between any Southern accents either - Essex, Kent, Surrey... they all sound the same to me, as I'm sure most Northern accents sound to Southerners :lol:
It's really interesting as I always seem to be on holiday with people from up North, I can never work out where Southerners go on holiday ? I love it, trying to work out all the different Northern accents, I would like to think I know Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle, but ironically I cant tell 'darn sarf' accents apart myself even though I am from Herts/Essex, people from Kent, Surrey etc all seem to sound the same as I do to me. (hope i haven't really insulted anyone from Kent and Surrey now

Also if you come from down south and especially any of the Home Counties, its often just easier to say you are from London, which is a bit of a cop out. Years ago I had someone on holiday from Chelmsford tell me they were from London and I was but that's 20 miles further out than me ,so they were obviously using the same system.
