I hate

It's Rob Hatch. He's the lesser of two evil's in that you might have Kirby but it's the pronunciation of any European name, he needs to reign it in a bit.

Also heard him talk, not on commentary recently and he's got a really thick Yorkshire accent. Totally different to his 'TV' voice WTF? I mean like a different person!

I hate that folk change their accent, become affected by anything.

That's easy for you to say

I hate that folk change their accent

It's often not deliberate is it? I know my accent is pretty 'fluid' and morphs according to context/situation/who I'm speaking to. It's not intentional, my accent just isn't very 'fixed'. I suspect it's because I didn't have a stable household/community accent growing up, but I've met other people who say they're the same despite growing up surrounded by a particular accent. It can be a bit embarrassing, I sometimes wonder if people think I'm taking the piss.

Yeah this. I’m a bit of a chameleon when it comes to accents, but not on purpose.

English is a foreign language to me and the accent I picked up is very American - I can't do any other even if I try let alone by accident. It definitely happens in my native Portuguese when I'm speaking to a Brazilian person though and it's always embarassing. Especially in situations where they're talking for a long time and then suddenly I say something, it often comes out in a sort of Brazilian accent that seems like I'm making fun of the other person.

he's got a really thick Yorkshire accent.

He's from Lancashire.

I hate people who moan when British people make an effort to pronounce European names correctly.

My father in law worked in the food industry and pushed hard for packaging that allowed people to get all of the product (honey) out... it was pretty hard to persuede management that it was a good thing to do apparently. They referred to to the 10% wastage (and therefore need to buy more sooner than expected) as thier 'bonus'.

Eat the rich and all that

https://norfolktalesmyths.com/2019/04/04/the-profit-on-the-side-of-the-plate/

I hate that folk change their accent, become affected by anything.

Linguists and social scientist call this accommodation - adapting your speech to accommodate the listener and situation. It’s generally viewed as a positive characteristic, shown more by empathetic and friendly people who, consciously or unconsciously, want the listener to feel at ease with and more socially equal to the speaker.

Rob Hatch is from Accrington. I dare you to go there and tell the locals they have Yorkshire accents!

For reasons I won’t go into, I’m pleased to say this didn’t leave me out of pocket with an incomplete journey.

^ This guy right here officer ^

Linguists and social scientist call this accommodation - adapting your speech to accommodate the listener and situation. It’s generally viewed as a positive characteristic, shown more by empathetic and friendly people who, consciously or unconsciously, want the listener to feel at ease with and more socially equal to the speaker.

Certainly explains me. I grew up somewhere with a relatively neutral accent (Cambridge) but then lived in various places with strong distinct accents: (South Yorkshire, California, Kansas/Missouri).

Cambridge

I wouldn’t forget a second time.

You’re safer now you’ve left. https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-01-31/peeping-tom-wrote-i-love-you-on-cars-and-left-bra-and-pants-in-garden

Ha! Flip it…

Whatever

I have three accents.

My natural fife, which is understood by few.

By “business voice”, which is understood globally and basically Glasgow/Edinburgh Uni sounding

My “Hungarian” which is understood by my wife and no native Hungarian speakers…

Wait a minute. Hungarian as in your speaking the language or do you do an accent?

Speaking it badly. Lots of sounds are fucked up and hard and my version/accent is terrible.

It was mostly a joke.

Ah yes, I spoke briefly with someone on here who was learning/speaking. Maybe it was you. I thought that's what you meant, even my parter looks at me funny if I get a vowel slightly wrong 😅

The sheer number of options there are for things.

At least three wheel sizes, multiple different bird species, two types of gravy.

two types of gravy

Say what?
Different meat (or veg) juices make completely different gravy. Then add your different booze, herbs, mustards, jellies etc. Whole world of gravy out there.

Chicken and beef :)

And now mayonnaise

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I have a friend with Glaswegian parents who grew up in Australia. She flips naturally between Glaswegian and Australian. I met her in Aus mode and was totally wrongfooted when I next saw her with Glaswegian friends.

She said she always used Australian to check in as she was more likely to get an upgrade.

Chicken and beef :)

And onion.