BRITISH ACCENTS

Now, here you have a website where you can listen to people with different accents. Have fun! Accents

What else? Well, Recently, I've watched a TV series called Gavin and Stacey, you might have heard about it. Anyway, it is about a nice boy from Essex (England) and a sweet girl from Barry (Wales) who fell in love and got married. Now their families and friends have to deal with this new situation and I assure you the consequences of this new life for all of them are hilarious. Besides, you can really notice the difference between English and Welsh accents and expressions. For example, Nessa, Stacey's friend, always says "what's ocurring?" instead of "what's the matter?".

Listening exercise: South East Wales voices

Reading exercise: what's occurring with Ruth Jones (Nessa)?

The awkward breakfast: Stacey's uncle makes fun of American accent:

Gavin's friends go to Barry: nobody speaks Welsh here, you slag!!!

Check this out, you can even make the Gavin&Stacey tour. They have a special tour for Valentine's Day. What do you make of that?

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