The participants were asked to describe how they spoke in their own words.
How do you describe your accent: "Slightly 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: French, Welsh
KATHRYN: No I, I can't hear one really. I supppose that's from being around lots of younger people, they're tending to faze it out slightly as they're using more slang and they're trying to not sound Welsh like you were talking about before. You do, you can't really hear when it sounds really mixed at times. Even if they try to make themselves, it sounds awful but if they try to make themselves sound slightly more common as long as it's not that Welsh coming across all the time. I do, it doesn't bother me, I go shopping to Chester and they're like "oooh you're from Wales" and it's like only 20-30 minutes down the road. It's quite strange. My mum's from Oswestry so she doesn't know any Welsh and she's got no Welsh accent. Oh she's got a tiny bit now from living in Chirk, she's lived there for like 33 years now so but she's still very very, she hasn't got any of the accent. But everytime I roll my r's or I say something that sounds, even if it's a tiny bit Welsh she looks at me and gives me a little smile as if to say you're a Welshy, hee, hee, hee.
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