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Originally Posted by Egan
As to the number of accents in Britain, I was always intrigued by the fact that in Aberdeen, a city of about 250 000 people, Aberdonians could tell what part of the city other Aberdonian's came from by the difference in their accents.
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You can always tell if someone's
fae Torry! There's a few others as well.
But you can aye tell a weegie when ye hear one - "There's been a murrderrr!"
Taggert and Rab C have a lot to answer for. Though I did find it funny that they put subtitles on the latter when they screened it south of the border!
Shetlanders have an interesting accent as well - fower, not four, for example.
Mike.
