amy
i think people should speak in what ever stile they want because it makes them happy.
andy mim
ye im at skool and my teachers and my mum (mam) tells me off because they from lincoln and im from hull so i picked up the accent from my mates and i cant stop speaking it haha
Paul Allen age 29 of Sutton Park
we have without doubt the worst accent in the civilised world. and that includes people from scotland and liverpool.
Jill Clarkson
It is getting nearly 40 years since I left Hull but I can still remember the English teacher, Mrs Kirk, trying to teach us to say ducks and buckets correctly. My accent is still very strong, so much that my husband gets annoyed that I cannot say Fir, Fair, Fur, Fare etc without them sounding all the same! As regards other accents, my ear frequently gets caught out by Geordie and Scottish accents. Another word that I did not see in the list was "sandshoes" - a word we used at Endike Lane School for what others call pumps, plimsolls etc
Aimee Ralphs
I think the Hull accent is unique. We have ties with the way Liverpudlians speak (In the way we say their, square, hair, fur, blurry etc) we have ties with Nordic countries (The way we say 'no' 'road' etc) and we have a brilliant and colourful dialect. Unfortunately, people see accents as unintelligent and stupid, but in actual fact, its just a point of intrest. I love my Hull accent!
Mike.
I originaly come from Grimsby, when I moved to liverpool I was always being asked where i came from as I didn't have an accent which I think is true, I think that because we are in the middle of the east coast we neither have a northern or a southern accent, I think the Grimsby and Cleethorpes accent is pretty neutral.
James Dennis, Tokyo
Walking into a fish and chip shop in Hull my mother, from Wales, could not understand when the assistant asked her if she wanted her chips 'err pen'(open). It is also funny how cold is sometimes pronounced 'cowled' in Hull, but I think that is a test of how strong your Hull accent is - 'cowled' might be more East Hull if I'm not mistaken?
ruth green
a kroggie was a ride on a crossbar of a bike if you were on a girls bike you were asked for a backy(back saddle)where you stood up and your passenger rode on the saddle so you see there were two differnt expressions for riding tandem
Gary Hastings
Well I am a Geordie aye from the toon in newcastle been living in ull now for 3 years i love the way people from hessel way say toast
Peter Kissagizlis
I have a speech problem called a clutter, many others have a stammer and it makes it difficult for people to understand us at times, even though I am from Hull.
To many people, speaking is so easy, you open your mouth and speak, to many others it is very difficult, just the fact of trying to piece together a sentance to say something can be extremely difficult, even traumatic.
I am secretary of the Hull & East Yorkshire Stammerers self help group and we provide regular meetings for stammerers and clutterers, many people are not aware that our group exists, we run regular meetings at the Mind Centre in Hull town centre our next one is on Monday the 15th of August, our next event will be an open day at the Endsliegh centre in Beverley Road in Hull on Saturday the 17th of September, when officers from the British Stammering Association and a local speech and language therapist will be on hand to talk to people.
More details from www.speakingout.org.uk
Jenko
'ave just checked out the Remould list an, horror of horrors, such a medieval staple such as pork has been mis-quoted! Shame!
Hull posh in a Chinese Restaurant would not be complete without; Me poke and prone bowls are fantastic - look, ya get farve of each an sum rice. Oh, yeah an' a glass o' warte warne!"
Sophie Hostick
I was brought up in East Yorkshire, Anlaby/Kirk Ella, so as a result think I have only a slight Hull accent. I'm not too keen on the really strong Hull accents, but I think overall the Hull accent is a friendly one, unlike accents such as the Cockney accent which sounds patronising.
Ken Starkey
I recently spoke to some family and friends and they told me about some of these quaint expressions.
Flag edge {pavement kerb]
Winder brekker [ type of spinning top used in whip & top game]
Follers on [a game of marbles played along the gutter]
Foggy taffs [a rule in the laying of conkers]
Foggy, seggy [ first & second]
Re-allyoh
Queenie [all kids street games]
Eggitybudge
3 gardens & yer'out [a rule in street cricket meaning if the batter hit the ball into anybody's garden 3 times he/she was out [and they had to go and ask for the ball back!]
The following are sort of geographical specific to anyone born & brought up on North Hull Estate as I was
Yon end [ the shops at the Ellerburn/Greenwood Ave. junction]
Foggy & Seggy drains[ 1st. & 2nd. the 2 drains under Cold Harbour lane , later called Orchard Park lane when the OP estate was built]
Stu M
I'm from North Yorks, but went to Uni in Hull. I was amazed at the difference between accents.
In Hull the 'o' as in 'pope' or 'oats' is pronounced like 'er', so it comes out as 'perp' or 'erts'. It sounds rather funny and I'm surprised it's not more well known! Great accent, though...
Steve Cooke
As a person who was born and brought up in Hull, but has a taste of the great and many wide ranging accents throughout the country and even the world I have to say there is a gross misrepresentation of the Hull dialect, or Hullite. It is most commonly represented being very sililar to the Leeds accent but any Leeds person who has heard the Hull accent would agree that it is very disimilar. The popular misconception arises from people who have little or no understanding of the diversity of the East Yorkshire/East Riding accents. This misrepresentation also leads to problems of understanding the Hullite accent because of assumptions made from incorrect conclusions over the accent. It is wise to abandon the incorrect information regarding how to understand the Hull accent and just ask a resident to 'speak properly'.
