British Accents: MANCHESTER / MANCUNIAN

The video explores the Mancunian accent, a northern English accent, highlighting its unique features such as nasality and vowel over-enunciation. It introduces common Mancunian dialect words and phrases, explains vowel and consonant changes, and demonstrates these through a story. The video aims to help viewers understand and replicate the Mancunian accent.

What is a common feature of the Mancunian accent?

• It is very soft and melodic.

• It has a lot of nasality and over-enunciated vowels.

• It is similar to the Cockney accent.

• It is characterized by a fast pace.

In the Mancunian accent, how is the short vowel 'o' typically pronounced?

• As 'u'

• As 'i'

• As 'e'

• As 'a'

Which sound is often replaced with an 'f' or 'v' in the Mancunian accent?

• The 's' sound

• The 'th' sound

• The 'r' sound

• The 'l' sound

What happens to the 't' sound in the middle of words in the Mancunian accent?

• It is pronounced as 'd'.

• It is glottalized.

• It is omitted.

• It is pronounced as 's'.

How is the 'h' sound at the beginning of words treated in the Mancunian accent?

• It is replaced with 'y'.

• It is pronounced as 'ch'.

• It is often omitted.

• It is pronounced more strongly.

In the story, what was the name of the goose?

• Dash

• Period

• Colon

• Comma

What was Sarah Perry's profession in the story?

• A veterinary nurse

• A teacher

• A chef

• A lawyer