Apologies here, Allan died in Grimsby, not Hull, around Xmas 2000. Close, but no cigar for me. A real shame and a rather sad life for someone who tried to keep the Norfolk dialect very much alive, as our lady here is trying to do for the slightly different Suffolk version. Keep up the good work, m'dear...

Hi Libby, you understand only to well then :D All these things that we say and take for granted...until you step back and think about it, then you realise how daft some of it is :)

Nooaarrrmallly it's onally whehen sumwuhhn recawahds yew talkan that yewew nowtiss how you sowahnd... (Ipswich me!)

@@motopsycho87 Hahaha, I totally read that in our accent :D

Yes!! It's nice to hear it again - in moderation! @@EssEvergreen

I was so heartened to read this comment of yours, thank you. I love that there's elements of this old way of speaking still around, wherever it may reside. I also like that our way of speaking is so alike, it keeps the past alive in these modern times and I personally feel we need more of that :) You come from a lovely area by the way, I looked it up :)

Greetings from Suffolk Christopher!...I've seen a few vids about American accents. It's fascinating how some of you guys have managed to keep it going after 100s of years!

Thank you, glad you like it. Shame you’ve not met more people with a strong Suffolk accent though, it’s disappearing so fast now so I’m sadly I’m not surprised.

Because Essex is takun the brunt of London accenct to save East Anglia..same as Kent has had to do to what the west country speak ...Southern kentish old people still talk ampshirish..but listen to her and listen well she's a dying breed im afraid ..God elp us all...I'm gonna go drinkun...before the accent is brokun 💔

Look up.good night mister.Tom. The old.man has the most.perfect.suffolk accent

I once worked in Kings Lynn, in nearby Norfolk, for 6 months in the early 1970s. Being from Manchester, 170 miles away, the local accent was completely different to mine, but I found it easy to understand, albeit totally different.

It's certainly very similar at times isn't it, and I get asked all the time if I'm Australian. Yet when I spent a week in Newquay all the Aussie lads thought I was from New Zealand. That made a nice change :)

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a nice thought but since surely most the prisoners for petty crimes were in London, they most likely hailed from London.

@@dbcox2009 Yes, but Cockney as we know it today developed from East Anglian.

@@EssEvergreen Like Australia, in NZ we also have regional / class differences within the accent. I found a young woman from Suffolk on KZfaq recently and was astounded how similar her accent was to the NZ accent I grew up surrounded by. This video was one of the first videos I came across after learning she was from Suffolk, and I have to say this pretty much confirms it for me! Very interesting! She mentioned she tried to change her accent because everyone in the UK makes fun of the 'RP' Suffolk accent.

So pleased to hear that. I know that surrounding areas and counties still have pockets of it here and there, wish there was more.

@@EssEvergreen In north Essex where I live, the accent is quite strong in the over 70s. It tapers off as you go younger and most under 50s speak with an estuary accent, although you will still hear hints of the 'old' accent even with children. It's partly because of the huge influx of east Londoners since the war.

i’m 20 and grew up in colchester, me mum doesn’t have the accent but me dad does mines an odd blend of classic essex boy and old north essex, must sound like a right cretin

Well this is the east Anglia and London area accent - the Thames valley, Surrey and Hampshire (and I think also Sussex) would’ve spoken more like western country. Kent would’ve had a mix of the two probably

That’s really interesting Ryan, thanks for explaining that. The Suffolk accent is still clinging on in places which is both very heartening, but at the same time also rather sad because it’s being so drowned out now. I hardly ever hear it when I travel around the county now. I hear the London influence all over the place, which makes sense considering us modern folks have been moving further afield for decades now.

It's so interesting that our Suffolk way of speaking stood the test of time and is still going strong over where you are. I've heard a few people on documentaries sound so Suffolk, it's great. Some of my relatives settled in America too, centuries ago :)

@@EssEvergreen We may be distantly related haha. My family was from Lavenham, last name Mills, Miles up until the 1600s.

@@millennialfalcon8958 Lavenham is a lovely place, really pretty. And who knows, we may well be related, I have some "Miles" attached to my family tree.

@@millennialfalcon8958 My mums's family are still all in Lavenham, Hadleigh, Layham and Monk's Eleigh. Its a fantastic area.

My favourite Suffolk town. If you take the time to look up a British TV series called 'Lovejoy' you'll enjoy it. Filmed nearly entirely around rural Suffolk i's a brilliant series about an antiques dealing charmer. Lavenham appears in it several times.@@millennialfalcon8958

Hi David, thank you so much for the best wishes. Sending them in return to you, especially during these troubled times. Thanks for your little glimpse into your history, I've got something coming up soon that might interest you :) It's heartening to hear that you love this region so much, and that it left such an impression on you. It's always here waiting for you to visit :)

Hiya, thanks for watching and I'm glad you liked the video :) I get asked quite often if I'm Australian, sadly I have to reply that I'm not. Just for a moment I sounded well travelled and exciting to someone, lol :D

@@EssEvergreen I'm from the Fens up at the other end of East Anglia and I often get asked (and even sometimes but other Brits) if I'm Australian

Awww, thank you. That's a very nice thing to say, I'm glad you like the accent and words like "Sharn't" :)

I still say shan't too :D

I am from North East Tennessee Appalachian Mountain region and country side my dialect is just as her's and my dialect and accent was never referred as to being classy. I was called stupid,lazy and mental retarded by my classmates for it and some of my teachers also. Yes right here in no so great United States of America. Ats awl folks gotta be a-goin'

I’m so pleased to hear that, I love knowing people are still using the old language and sayings. I know Sudbury quite well, I used to travel to there for awhile 🙂

Lovely to hear your mum has a strong accent, especially as it’s not heard so much these days sadly. Maybe you have a little more of the accent than you think, little hints that others might hear but you don’t notice. I know people who don’t have the accent at all until they say certain words 🙂

So glad you liked it, thank you 🙂 Nice to know your ancestors were from here!

That’s a lovely connection to Suffolk, and also to Yorkshire too which also such a beautiful place. I so hope you get to visit Suffolk one day, you’ll love the history and I’m sure you’ll really feel the connection to your ancestors and family here.

Hi Tina, thank you. I'm so pleased to hear that my videos may have been of help to you. I hope the audition went well and you got the part! I've heard from quite a few people who the accent seems to have missed, though I like to think it's in there and just hiding until it's needed. :)

Suffolk Gal Sarah : You’re welcome. And I did get the part so thank you!

@@freya.moorhouse That's fantastic news, I had my fingers crossed for you. I hope it all goes really well :)

Suffolk Gal Sarah thank you 😊

@@EssEvergreen did you hear there is a new film out now with Ralph Fiennes doing the accent?

Thank you, I'm pleased you were able to hear it via my video :)

This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing that, it really made me smile 😀 Especially as I can hear the way she says those names 💚🥰

How lovely 🙂 I do love accents in general but there’s something so pleasing to the ears of a true deep southern accent, and the old dialect. It’s part of peoples heritage and our connection to our lands, it’s a very special thing.

As soon as you mentioned “Chis” I was transported right back to my childhood, people used to say that all the time. I still sometimes hear it but nowhere as much as I’d like to. It’s nice to hear an “Ol matey” too, there’s always that one person from our past that says that to everyone and their dog…literally their dog too 🙂

I really can sympathise with how you feel, and please know you aren’t alone in feeling that you had to steer your accent away from your native tongue. I have lost count of how many messages and comments I’ve received saying the very same thing. To some people they feel heartbroken over it in later years, others simply see it as something which needed to be done at the time. You’ll always be strongly connected to this area, no matter how you speak. The fact that you had the accent in the first place speaks volumes of where your roots were firmly planted. As I’ve said to many a’ people, there will always be a hint of that old Suffolk in something you say. You may not be aware of it yourself, but it’s there. Maybe in just one word, or a phrase. And it’s never too late to start adding our lovely Suffolk way of saying words back into your daily life 🙂

Yay! More Suffolk ancestors :) Always like hearing who is connected to this part of the world :)

Richard Kimball sr. & Ursula Scott are my ancestors who came to the American colonies in the 1630s! :)

Pleased to hear you like the video, thank you :) I'm pretty sure you still have hints of your Suffolk accent, it might come out once in awhile. And I bet if you visited here again you'd soon fall back into it, you can take the boy out of Suffolk, but you can't take the Suffolk out of the boy :)

Suffolk Gal Sarah I think you’re right. I never really noticed but I still say “as what I mean” instead of “that’s what I mean” 😂. Hadn’t noticed this until i watched your vid about “that” 🙂

@@rubberneck2 It's quite funny when we actually realise just how differently we speak. Little things here and there, I like it. It 's our own thing :)

Oh wow, you really did get to know our region well which is fantastic. It’s lovely to hear that you liked it so much you stayed on for a time here. All the places you’ve mentioned are places I know so well, I too have lived in both Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds! It’s certainly a different way of life compared with the states, and living in the countryside areas here is vastly different to being in the big towns and cities such as London. It’s like another world sometimes 🙂

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Thank yew so much 🙂 I’m so glad you liked my little video. We have such a wonderful way of saying things don’t we, and I’m a great fan of “hint” too…just as well as I use it all the time 😂

Hi Kelly, thank you, I’m so glad you like my videos. I bet you’ve got a great accent, I imagine it’s a great combination 🙂

Thank you, I’m glad you liked it 🙂

Funny how that happens, you don't realise how you talk until you go somewhere else. Or someone from elsewhere comes here and mentions it. We talk it for granted don't we. So marn't has gone missing, hmmm. You might need to mention it once in awhile, give it an airing :)

Hiya Max, thank you so much. Glad you like it :)

I'm really looking forward to the film too! Not just because of the locality or that I only live a few miles away, but I grew up knowing all about the story (I've done a video about that) I'm interested to hear the accents of the finished film too, especially as I get contacted by actors so often for help. It can be difficult to master.

The film was great, and I reckon they got the dialect pretty much right........mind you as Ralph Fiennes comes from Ipswich he ought to ......I lived for a while at Felixstowe Ferry, mouth of River Deben, so not a million miles from Sutton Hoo...........one of the people who got to view the dig in 1939 was my mother.

Some words do differ from village to village don’t they. I come from a family that still say “Buds”, which I hadn’t really thought about until now so thank you 🙂

I know what you mean. I love hearing those accents when I’m watching a tv documentary filmed in those areas 🙂

So glad you like the accent, and you’ve definitely got the hang of how we say certain things. It’s a fun accent and dialect I think 🙂

Oh yes, Norfolk has a fab accent and dialect too which is quite similar to ours here. And sadly it's dying out there too, which is a real shame.

That's a very nice thing to say, thank you :)

As soon as you mentioned the wet dwile on the legs I shuddered (not a sentence I usually get to type out 😄) There’s so many similarities between Suffolk and Norfolk in the way we speak, yet some words and phrases miss areas all t’gether. They can change from village to village, even if they’re just a few miles apart.

@@EssEvergreen I should have pointed out that we wore shorts to primary school in those days 😎

Hiya, glad you liked the video :) I reckon you must have more of a Suffolk accent than you think, especially if you've also been asked if you are Australian :D I've got fond memories of Framlingham, lovely place. x

That’s really good to know, and thank you for helping keep this dialect alive 🙂

The Ipswich Town supporters Scandinavian Branch all speak English with broad Suffolk accents.

Thank you Kelly 💕 There’s definitely a link between them all, so no wonder I love the both the Kiwi and Aussie accents too 🙂

Well that can only be a good thing, thank you 🙂

Ahhh, a Suffolk gal! You’ll understand all of this then, being a native 🙂

So happy to hear you're still using some of the old words! The accent and dialect is disappearing so fast sadly, like in many places now. Here's hoping it does manage to cling on here and there, it's better than nowhere :)

Thank you, very kind of you to say that :)

You can’t beat the old ways, it’s a shame so much of heritage is disappearing. Especially the old, old style like your Uncle.

Hiya, thanks for getting in touch. I will indeed be doing a video about this in the future, especially as some so-called experts have been getting elements of our Suffolk vocal history wrong. I want to make it right for our ancestors here, and for the future going forward :)

@@EssEvergreen okay thanks will look forward to hearing about that.

Hi, you can't beat a good "gonna" :) There is a difference, if you were to get someone from each county talking together you would hear it. Plus there are some differences in certain words, yet we're quite alike in a lot of ways. Nearer the border there's a right cross over.

Norfolk tends to be more drawled and with little rise or fall of voice, Suffolk the voice rises and falls frequently, and as someone said, "Suffolk, is Norfolk put to music". North Essex is same as Suffolk, but the further South you go, the more the London accent intrudes on it.

That's all very interesting, and it sounds like your heritage is very similar to my own. Family accents do often change over time, but if you still love that Suffolk accent and it's within you then I say make the most of it. It's disappearing so fast, it needs all the love it can get :)

Thank you, very kind of you :)

And thank you for your “thank you” 🙂

I’m glad I sound like your Grandparents, that makes me happy. You live in a lovely area, Cambridge is so beautiful and the history is amazing. I’ve been so many times, I think I need to come visit again soon 🙂

Haha, yet another fantastic term we use. It's on my list of ones to video, I used to know a lady who said that sooooo well! Always made me laugh and I'm Suffolk, lol :)

I do love Yorkshire, I’ve been there so many times. It’s a lovely part of the world with a lovely way of speaking 🙂

I’m in Mid Suffolk, so I’m right in the heart of the county

From a small town to such a big town! :) x

I can imagine that your Swedish accent mixes well with our Suffolk words :)

No you're not.

OK. Example?

@@vaughanrichards7438 I 'avent got a clue. You might know better than me though, I only grew up there.

@@louisfair1876 I think I would a sed " I hint got a clu" but that were 60 year agoo since I moved away.

Hi Molly, it definitely sounds like you've got quite a bit of Suffolk in the way you talk :) And these unusual ways of saying things can easily be carried though families. So even though you may feel you talk funny, just remember you'd fit in really well here :)

I love the similarities between Suffolk and Norfolk...love Norfolk in general really 🙂

It’s nice when you pinpoint where an accent originates from, especially as it can change in subtle ways within a few miles radius 🙂

Suffolk and Essex are close neighbours, so it’s possible 🙂

Hi, nice to know that your ancestors are from these parts! Life here depends of where you live, there are a lot of more built up areas now. But it's still very rural, lots of countryside, farmland and woodlands :)

@@EssEvergreen thank you!

Pace of life is pretty relaxed. With the exception of Bury St Edmunds the towns aren't really that great but there's some marvellous countryside and the coast is largely unspoilt.

Suffolk gals know what they're 'orn' about :)

I think you're right, we're all in good company then :)

Think of it this way, if someone was to say "You must not stick your head in the horses trough", you would definitely say Marn't (as in must not) and not in a "Mussn't (may not) way. I come from a long line of broad Suffolk farming types, they'd always use it the way I've explained :)

I'm suffolk and i would say mussn't - perhaps it varies from area to area

Yes, that is true. My Great Grandfather was one of them, I’ve made a video about that and The Great Migration 🙂

@@EssEvergreen I can't remember the town where Oliver Cromwell was from but i am sure he was from East Anglia.

Funny isn't it how some parts of regional dialects travel around, makes you wonder who said what first and where :)

A lot of the way we talk over here in wexford comes from the yoles or the yolese and their language yola. It was a form of middle english & flemish & was thought to originate from around dorset. If you search yola song on youtube you can hear a guy singing in the yolese language.👍

I wish you well on your endeavours. The trouble with hearing our own accent and voices is that we never hear what other people do, if that makes sense. I hope you manage to track your accent down.

I’m a Mid Suffolk gal, the heart of Suffolk as they say 🙂

I love that, and yes we do tend to sing song a bit when we talk don’t we. I’ve noticed that animals seem to really like it too, my friends dog used to go all silly when I went round to visit. Everyone used to think it was funny but I thought it was so sweet, bless it’s little heart.

Well I like the sound of that 🙂

Greetings! Us Suffolk people do have such a fine mix of ways to say things don't we, and you can't beat an old "Dussent" :)

Hiya, it is indeed a shame. I've noticed it myself when I've been to various places, it's hardly heard at all now.

Thank you, I’m so glad you like my videos 🙂

Thank you 😊 I’ve shall do my very best!

Is that a good or a bad thing, lol

Spells And Spoons oh that’s good, im talking bout Ed Sheeran, I’ve always wanted to talk like him

@@rauldelgado7033 Now I understand :D I was wondering who this Eddy was, I didn't realise you meant one of our most famous faces...and voice :)

That made me laugh :D

BABBALOZA or do you mean ‘cor da hell’?

I do love a Scouse accent 🙂 Us lot who speak in our own way are the best 😁

Very true, it’s such a shame that it’s disappearing. Here’s hoping the accent doesn’t gets lost altogether.

Good question, I think it depends on who you might be listening to. Ipswich has so many people living there from so many different places, it changes the old accents over time.

Joker ➊ no, 100% no

They are one of the original English

Ipswch people do tend to put an extra sound into words sometimes....Nine becomes Noyan....Over There becomes Over Theyer.

I've had people in the past think I was from there, which I didn't mind at all as it's a lovely part of the world :)

Agree Sarah...........many a time I have been asked if I was from West Country, and having lived near Weymouth back in 1960-62, I have to admit the Dorset dialect is similar to Suffolk....................just similar, not akin.

It’s just a bunch of sounds put together isn’t it 😆

I think that’s a good thing as it keeps our dialect alive, and it’s easier to text 😀

I hear that a lot :D It's always a shame when I have to disappoint people, it must sound similar though.

Suffolk Gal Sarah A few twangs here and there but it was good thanks. At least it’s not a Norfolk accent 🤣😂

It really does sound geordie mixed with Australian lol

Your comment made me smile. I think a Geordie/Aussie mix sounds like a fab combination.

@@EssEvergreen would be a lethal combination 😂

I’m happy with that, makes me sound like I come from somewhere more exotic 🙂