I'm an American, but lived in Suffolk for a bit way back in the 90s. I always try to tell people about the accent there, but folks who only know English accents from movies or TV don't seem to understand how different the accents are from area to area.

It melts my brain having lived in Scotland for the last few years and hearing someone from Suffolk again. I used to live on the border in stoke by nayland, and this video reminds me exactly why we get mistaken for Australians up here. Also getting on alright is burned into my personal lexicon as hard as “nae bother” is here. Golden video

@pinknylon1121

5 ай бұрын

I grew up in Stoke by Nayland too, and have been asked several times if I'm from Australia

Thankyou for that. I ve met a friend who works in Risby and I love the way she’s says “ Shoppin “

@EssEvergreen

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant :D There's certain words and ways that we say things that stand out to people. I have my favourites too :)

I love every bit of this! You are a great presenter and explainer of things, too. :) Am off to browse your other vids now. Thanks for putting this online!

@EssEvergreen

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words Deborah, they mean a lot to me. I'm so glad you are enjoying the videos :)

Your accent is alluring and captivating, my great great grandma was born in Lowestoft and I just had to take the deep dive.

@user-kf3iw5hr5e

Ай бұрын

I see on

@EssEvergreen

Ай бұрын

Greetings! Thank you so much for your lovely comment :) Lowestoft has a lovely coast line, and so much history. Your Great Great Grandma would've been there during it's hay day :)

'She shruck and she hollered but she hetta hev ut'. - She screamed and shouted but she had to have it. Classic Ipswich saying...;0)

Hey from Ipswich. It was very much on the ball. Love it

@EssEvergreen

Жыл бұрын

Hiya, thank you so much. I'm glad you liked it :)

I LOVE all your fox things in the background!! :3

@EssEvergreen

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! Another fox person :D I absolutely love them.

Love this x

@EssEvergreen

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you like it 🙂

Thank you for your videos! I’m moving to Suffolk and I’m used to somerset accent, so I’m approaching to Suffolk accent. Thank you x

@EssEvergreen

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I'm glad you my videos. Also nice to hear that you're moving to Suffolk, how lovely! A Somerset accent would blend nicely with the Suffolk one :) x

@ArwenUndomiel87

4 жыл бұрын

@@EssEvergreen I hope I'll be able to create a nice blend then! x

@EssEvergreen

4 жыл бұрын

@@ArwenUndomiel87 I think you will, and quite easily too! There are similarities, you'll fit right in. x

I'm from Chapmans and Berrys from Wickham Market area, lovely to hear this sound

@EssEvergreen

Жыл бұрын

Hiya Juliet, I'm so glad you like the video. I've not been to Wickham Market in years, I've got a friend who used to work there.

😀Greetings to the South folk from the Far South folk! As an older Aussie I am gobsmacked listening to your normal accent. You could easily be a lovely Mum from Brisbane, Queensland. Besides the odd sound that we don't use you sound SO Australian. The way you drop the g at the end of words is exactly how we country folk and older people speak ( except when we're 'bunging on' an 'educated' accent. I love it. There is always been a fair bit of conjecture as to where our accent comes from but I am now absolutely convinced that it's from Suffolk thanks to you!

@EssEvergreen

3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from here to you too! Really makes you wonder doesn't it, about this far travelling accent. I was in Cambridge a few years ago and I bought a ring, the shop assistant who was Australian asked me what part of Brisbane I was from! I was completely baffled at the time, and so was she because she thought I came from the same area of Australia that she did! So now I know, I have a Brisbane accent. Love it :)

@WingChunMindForce

3 жыл бұрын

Suffolk Sarah Bee Hiya Sarah😀 it's funny but your accent has elements that make me feel nostagic for the voices of my youth in Brisbane in the 60's. At times you sound just like Aunties and ladys in corner shops from then. American culture became dominant here in the 70's so younger people in the cities have lost the old accents ( and there was a subtle range of them). This lovely old doco is the Brisbane of my youth, makes my heart ache actually 😀 kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZapzceDisnaf9Y.html The narrator's accent is the typical ABC plummy accent of announcers, doctors, etc. 'Bunged on' we would say. My accent is always change depending on who I'm speaking to. I can speak broadest bush Aussie 'Okker' ( Strewth, she'll be right, stone the crows etc and the 'educated' accent and somewhere in between. ) I'm pretty much a Brisbane Paul Hogan ( Crocodile Dundee). Accent is still definitely a class issue and people still tend to judge each other by the way they speak. Personally I delight in the Aussie old way of speaking, and now I feel very proud to know that it comes very much from such a quintessentially lovely country English place as Suffolk. Another thing I've discovered recently was how profoundly Scottish Australia is especially Brisbane where almost every suburb name is Scottish, my ancestors are mostly from Scotland and I think that accent can be heard at times in our accent. The New Zealanders really have a lot of Scottish sounds in their accent which we of course laugh at them about ha ha Keep up the great work! Cheers

@ash3rr

2 жыл бұрын

@@WingChunMindForce watching that documentary you shared reminds me more of the NZ accent of today. (New Zealander here). The Scottish NZ accent is more prominent in the South Island (Otago).

In North Colchester at the Farm Auction in Highwoods, (Saturdays & Wednesdays) that heavy accent is very prevalent. You can usually hear it next to the cafe/bar section. I think they all drive down from the Dedham Vale & Sudbury area out of boredom.

@EssEvergreen

4 жыл бұрын

That's rather interesting, especially that you can hear the accent descend near you on those days. It's a good way of hearing the diversity of who visits you. I'll have a little peak on a map I think :)

@Luke3Bsea

4 жыл бұрын

I'm from Colchester, although I moved out about 12 years ago. My Dad is 'old Colchester' brought up in the fifties and sounds very Suffolk, as do most of his local generation, despite being from Essex. I think more & more people from the Colchester area now sound more 'estuary/mockney Essex' & the Suffolk twang seems to be losing its relevance. This is incredibly Suffolk though & brings a smile to my face. I love the fact accents can change just in a 5-10 mile journey up the road. The UK has such a diverse range of accents.

I lived in Eye, I hear it a lot and I used to live in Gislingham and Walsham as well

@christophergarrard5210

7 күн бұрын

Eye born myself 😊

That reminds me of the ladies at Sainsbury's. There is always someone with that strong accent working there

@EssEvergreen

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, Supermarkets definitely need their share of a strong regional accent. Keeps things interesting :)

Love that accent

@EssEvergreen

4 жыл бұрын

That's good to hear! Regional accents are great :)

Originally from Essex, but been in Suffolk since I went to High school. Now living in Stowmarket, not sure if it's a Suffolk thing but I've picked it up, the greeting "y'alright buh".

@jessicacole1331

4 жыл бұрын

Awww Stow! My old home town but live in NZ now. Rest of the family still mostly there and I just luuuv the accent.

@jessicacole1331

4 жыл бұрын

Awww Stow! My old home town but live in NZ now. Rest of the family still mostly there and I just luuuv the accent.

@EssEvergreen

4 жыл бұрын

Hiya, yes, you've definitely picked up our Suffolk greeting :) You've probably picked up more Suffolk than you know, especially with how you say certain words. You might have acquired a bit of the accent too :)

@raydowsett9770

2 жыл бұрын

Lived both sides of Stour.....Mother was from Bury, Father from Colchester..........we sorta mooved around a bit! Lovely to hear the old dialect, though lost most of mine over the years, 'cept for odd word or phrase, loike what yew say coupla three times..... married a Liverpool girl, so have lived "Scouseland" for over 30 years.

Dear Saranna Fae , Love your posts !

@EssEvergreen

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Anton, I'm so glad you're enjoying my little videos. Hope you are keeping well :)

Same in Country Essex, they´ll change the vowels around and say ´git´for ´get´, probably for emphasis. Also I´ve heard them say gintleman for gentleman.

@EssEvergreen

4 жыл бұрын

That's very true, I've also heard that. It also reminds me of when people are being very well spoken in comedy shows, they tend to say "gintlemen" too :D

@IpswichRobert

2 жыл бұрын

North Essex (maningtree etc) is proper Suffolk dialect

Hi, I'm here because of the accent of Dani Filth from the metal band Cradle of Filth, from Suffolk, his accent is easier for me to understand as I'm a Spanish speaker, greetings from Mexico

@EssEvergreen

2 жыл бұрын

Hiya, Victor. Hope all is well in Mexico! Funny you should mention Dani Filth, I’ve met him a few times through various circumstances, clubs and music stuff. Cradle of Filth started up near to where I lived, so as I’m a Goth I used to see them around a lot 🙂

Cooo ta hell. As' wholly noice ta hear ya Gal. As loveleh. Keep you on cus as on t'way out.

@EssEvergreen

3 жыл бұрын

Well thank yew kindly! Glad to hear you loike what I'm doing. And I agree, sadly it is getting less and less.

Benn in suffolk 40 year really great I'm nearly a local. Lol

@EssEvergreen

3 жыл бұрын

In my book that makes you a local for sure 🙂

Have you heard the greeting 'Wood-oh'? I've used it myself years ago!

@EssEvergreen

Жыл бұрын

That's one I've not heard in ages! Takes me way back to a family I used to know that used it all the time.

@terencemagee

Жыл бұрын

@@EssEvergreen Good to hear it's used elsewhere in our region, thanks for telling me!

For another lovely,true Suffolk accent watch the 5 parts of "the shoals of herring" here on KZread.

my friend used to live in Norfolk and she said Kittle for Kettle.

@EssEvergreen

4 жыл бұрын

I love that, we say that too! :D There are quite a few similarities with Norfolk, and also a lot of differences. Us here in Suffolk can always pick up on a Norfolk accent, I love it :)

Like coffee, the stronger the better.

I'm waiting to move back to Suffolk, I'll be moving to Lowestoft. I've already lived in Eye, Walsham le Willows and Ipswich

@EssEvergreen

2 ай бұрын

I wish you well on your travels and hope you settle in nicely. You’ve lived in some lovely areas, and now you’ll be near the sea! Lovely 🙂

Amazing! Richard from Suffolk Saddles... this is perfect Suffolk Accent. Brilliant vid xx

@EssEvergreen

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you like it 🙂 Who is this Richard chap though? x

I love watching all of her videos!

@EssEvergreen

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I’m glad you like them 🙂

Hello Suffolk gal I am very interested in keeping the Suffolk dialect alive . Thinking of doing something for Suffolk day. Was interested to see if you thought my Suffolk was proper. Stununy

Don't here so many speaking suffolk now wear I live but us it myself. Hop yer all getting on and your not over in the field over yonder.

@EssEvergreen

8 ай бұрын

That is sadly so true, you hardly hear nowadays which is such a shame. And I'm doing ok thanks, and hope you are too :)

love your heart your the best me little lovely ,did i know diss or dat ,na its all Beccles ta me in Kent lol x

@EssEvergreen

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊 Loving the usage of “Diss” 🙂 x

@johnnymoore7206

Жыл бұрын

We here have lost ours , may be still south Kent ,dungeness way Romney Marsh ,and say older people, which is a a mixture of yous and say west Hampshire dorset any further and they sound like pirates lol although some of my family from se London say cor farmer int shaa,I can't see or sorry hear that it s different to them but they can ,I think your fantastic ❤, a proper gooden ,honestly seriously ,I met a bloke from North Essex, not super Suffolk but nearer yous than me ,different to you but not quite Tilbury or Dagenham..same county big change ..thats why north Kent has lost that :(

@johnnymoore7206

Жыл бұрын

Ps.. see I left Sussex out ,they don't know their east from their west ,never did ,even in the olden days, thats wessex for ya :(

Charming! Or I should say "charmin'"! I'm American, but my forebear immigrated to South Carolina in 1749 from near Norwich in East Anglia ( a village called Honing). We still talk somewhat like this, we drop all of our "g's" and we say "yuh" instead of "you". We'd say "Hi, how yuh doin'?" instead of "Hi, how are you doing?" Further West they say "Howdy", or "howdy do", of course, short for "How do you do?".

@EssEvergreen

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Karen, thanks for your fab comment. It’s great to hear that this old way of talking is still going, and how it’s still so much like us over hear. It’s interesting that you mentioned “Howdy do” because we often say something similar which is simply “How do”. Really shortened that one down 🙂

@karenbartlett1307

3 жыл бұрын

@@EssEvergreen How lovely that the "old way of talking" (nice phrase) is still alive and well on both sides of the "pond". I like England because, for one reason, it is still an old-fashioned country in its rural parts, with old-fashioned values. The rural areas in the US are the same. People still go to church and they are still polite! Thank you for your comment!

@kibetsproductions5867

7 ай бұрын

Hey there! Also an American here whose ancestors all hail from Suffolk and settled in NC and Kentucky. My grandparents were appalaichan and I can hear some of this Suffolk accent in their Kentucky accent!! So incredibly cool.

@karenbartlett1307

7 ай бұрын

@@kibetsproductions5867 Yeah, it's great to learn something about your ancestors, especially in accent they use when they speak, the foods they eat, phrases they use, ways of thinking and interpreting situations. One of my dad's phrases was "God willin' and the creeks don't rise". Took me awhile to appreciate that phrase.

Is Bury St Edmunds a strong Suffolk accent .

@EssEvergreen

4 жыл бұрын

Well that probably depends who you're talking to, and it is classed as Mid Suffolk there so in theory it should have a strong accent. I lived there for a little while and some people had the most amazing strong accents, then others not so much.

@Ruiggie

3 жыл бұрын

Certainly the surrounding villiages are.

I’m from the most eastly point in Suffolk and have always lived here for my whole life and I for sure do not have a farmers accent as you’re portraying 😂

@EssEvergreen

6 ай бұрын

It's the old Suffolk accent that many, many of us still have. We still speak this way, it's how our entire families speak. So calling it a farmers accent misrepresents it a little. Not everyone has it now sadly, much like yourself. Wishing you a lovely day 🙂

@leah_marie

6 ай бұрын

@@EssEvergreen oh I see, it’s nice to hear how the accent is heard from an older background then. It definitely has seemed to have got lost then. Thank you for your kind message, have a lovely day too ☺️

My ma is from Ipswich. I’m Welsh, living in mid wales. her accent has changed, but we laugh when I tell her “go dun the fen”

@EssEvergreen

5 ай бұрын

Awww, I bet your Ma has the most wonderful accent now. I love it when you hear elements of people’s previous accents and dialect in their speech. You’re in a lovely place by the way, Wales is stunning.

@chrisbrewin3762

5 ай бұрын

@@EssEvergreen yeaaaah haha she sounded a lot like you , that strange Australian New Zealand tang 😂. You’d love our accents this way, change from village to village

"How yew gettin orn" = How are you getting on???

@EssEvergreen

5 ай бұрын

Yes, exactly that. Just in our own special way 🙂

Good video. If you could be a liitle more broad, it would be even more enjoyable ;) From my Suffolk childhood i remember the "double" vowels. Spoon was pronounced spu-uhn. And bone boh-uhn. Is that right?

@EssEvergreen

23 күн бұрын

Thank you, and I shall indeed be doing more videos covering the varying levels of broadness within our Suffolk way of speaking. I’ve got lots of new content coming up 🙂

Just have to say, I'm from Bedfield..darkest, deepest Suffolk. Oright Bo.

@EssEvergreen

Жыл бұрын

Bedfield, that's good ol' Suffolk country that is! Makes me think of all the old hedge and tree lined lanes out there, lovely.

@stevecowham1017

Жыл бұрын

@@EssEvergreen Bedfield, a proper outback village, in the middle of nowhere.

Sounds very Australian!

@EssEvergreen

5 ай бұрын

Probably why I keep being mistaken for being an Aussie 🙂

Should be called the Anglian accent, as Norfolk and Suffolk accents exist on a spectrum and largely are exactly the same, with various sub accents, eg: West Norfolk - and so on. do you keep troshin

@waggyquack974

Ай бұрын

I can spot a Norfolk accent a mile away. We were brought up in South Suffolk (before the London overspill engulfed the small towns) and when we used to go to Yarmouth for our holidays we thought they spoke ever so odd!

I’m English and never heard this particular accent which is strange. Almost sounds Australian at times

@EssEvergreen

3 жыл бұрын

Hiya, it can be easily missed as it can be very localized. And a lot of us from Suffolk often get people ask if we are Australian, which is kind of fun.

@JobForAMaxboy

3 жыл бұрын

@@EssEvergreen I live in Gloucestershire, which in the grand scheme of things, isn’t all that far away. I feel ashamed that I’ve never heard it before! Do you ever get mistaken for Irish too? I could hear little bits of that thrown in too!

@ArcofNeptune

3 жыл бұрын

@@EssEvergreen I get the same said to me, but it's a case that the antipodeans sound like us - many of the early settlers of the antipodes came from East Anglia, and so they have retained our inflections over the course of a sentence to this day. A notable example is the rise towards the end of a sentence, so that a statement sounds like a question. Now that is very Suffolk, gal!

@Lee-ii9mk

3 жыл бұрын

same with me. just discovered the west country accent too. east anglians sound a bit like cornish. i hope it doesn’t go.

@ABee-jb9vz

Ай бұрын

My mother is from Bury and lives in America. People there always think she is Australian

ps i never ever want you girls to lose that beautiful accent ,coz they will steal it ,and you have to Waveney good bye to your ancestors ,please don't let that happen for gods sake x

@EssEvergreen

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, and don’t worry I’m never changing my accent for anyone 🙂 It’s a huge part of me and my ancestry. People over the years have tried to change how I speak, but why should I when it’s part of my heritage x

my old dad always used to say "How are yew all a gittin on tergither" even if there was only one of you,and if it was going to rain it would be "wholly dark ovaa near wilf muthers"

@EssEvergreen

3 жыл бұрын

Love it, you can't beat that use of "together" :) Somewhere in amongst my videos I've done one on that. I still use it as it's how my family still talk, and I like that. And I've heard of Wilf's mother too, must be a favourite around certain parts :D

To my ears it’s the closest British accent to the Australian

@EssEvergreen

2 ай бұрын

I completely agree, especially as I get mistaken for being Australian on a regular basis.

Rum ol' video, should larn um

@EssEvergreen

Ай бұрын

Gotta love our old ways of speaking. A lot of people cud larn a lot :)