Why do northerners talk funny

Most commonly, Southerners pronounce the word 'cray-ahn,' while Northerners and other areas say 'cray-awn,' 'cran,' and 'crown. You'd think there wouldn't be discord on what seems to be an easy word. Southerners have one of two ways to pronounce the word, either as 'pin' or like 'pyen.

Most Americans pronounce the word 'been' like the word 'bin. Most Americans pronounce this word as 'sir-up,' but the Northeastern part of the country people typically say 'sear-up. In the south, most people pronounce the word 'caught' like 'kawt,' while Northerners pronounce it a lot like the word 'cot.

Almost unanimously across the southern part of the United States, the generic term for a sweetened carbonated drink is 'coke. Meanwhile, most Northerners call soda's 'pop,' though some in the northeast just call them 'soda.

Shopping carts are a staple of every grocery store, and most Northerners call them shopping carts. Southerners, on the other hand, call them 'buggies. If you have a question for our resident Brit drop us an email at askabrit greatbritishmag. The lowdown on Brits and their teeth. Great British Mag. Why do Brits wear a paper poppy in November? Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth. Edition: Available editions United Kingdom.

Become an author Sign up as a reader Sign in. Rob Penhallurick , Swansea University. I asked Hull-born-and-bred Maureen Lipman if she had any thoughts on the matter. The north has always felt looked down on by the south.

Life was hard up north. I never laugh more than when I return to Hull and someone starts a sentence with, 'Now then! Now then! When it comes to the north and south, I don't believe one is funnier than the other, but they do breed different comedians. She says that what northern comics have is warmth: "We connect with these characters on an emotional level.

So basically, mate, what she means is that the north is a nicer place in general. My dad is a Londoner and he still says it is, despite the broken marriage to a Hull woman and 16 years of arguments and child maintenance payments.

Watch Lucy Beaumont performing live here. Jarski also claims that northern humour is the humour of recognition.