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Natalie Louise Stevens
Born: 19 April 1986
Lives: Winch wen, Swansea
Time lived in area: All my life
Occupation: Student playworker
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Natalie discusses a person remarking on her Welsh accent and Sylvia enthuses about the London accent and how it reminds her of her husband.
Language of interview: English
Duration: 01:21 (mins/secs)
The participants were asked to describe how they spoke in their own words.
How do you describe your accent: "Normal Welsh."
Have there been other influences on the way you speak: Not Given
Do you have skills in languages other than English?: No
Other languages: None
NATALIE: I never thought I had an accent, but one of the girls in Burger King on Friday...Sunday said to me, 'Cor, you've got a strong accent' and I'm like, no I haven't. And she's like, 'Yeah.' And I'm like, well what kind of accent have I got then? And she was like, 'Er, Welsh,' and I was like, oh right! And I was like, where are you from, what accent have you got cos I couldn't make it out, but I didn't realise I had a very strong accent. I think she was from London or just outside London, and I'm like - oh ok. SYLVIA: I feel the same, if someone comes ere now and they're from London, say a workman or something comes ere, and they got a London accent, I said - ooh say some more, because I love the London accent. I think because my husband was from London, and there's memories there, you know, and I say, oh say some more, you know - because my car broke down on Sunday morning, and I had the AA man out the front, out the back there - only to mend my car mind! GWYNFOR: Well, that's what you're telling us! No wonder you were late coming to church! SYLVIA: And I said to him, oh you've got a lovely accent, and I said, say some more, I said. 'I've never been asked that before,' he said to me, he was really funny about it. But I think the London accent is nice because it's got memories there, that's all, yeah, yeah.
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Women talk 'posher': Across the world in almost every language studied, females use more 'prestige', 'standard' forms of language. The exception is extreme Arabic societies where women do not participate in public life.
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