Tom Leonard -
'6 O'Clock News'
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Tom Leonard -'6 O'Clock News'
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BBC accent - 'BBC English', sometimes called 'Received pronunciation' was developed during the Second World War, when the BBC wanted to establish the BBC News as THE source of truth. |
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lik wanna yoo scruff = 'like one of you scruffs'. 'Scruff' is a slang word for an unkempt or dirty person - described on one web forum as 'local perhaps more working class often sort of criminal looking'. |
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belt up - meaning 'shut up', but the use of the word 'belt' (give you the belt) implies violence and punishment. |
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yi widny wahnt - Note the the phonetic spelling (if you say it exactly how it is written, it sounds like a Glasgow accent). |
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ah lookin at yu wid - a good example of Agard using Caribbean dialect... |
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and when I'm introduced to you - a good example of Agard mixing standard English in amongst the Caribbean dialect |
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if a toktaboot = 'if I talked about'. |
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