Mancunians: Where Do We Start, Where Do I Begin

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The GOAT and GOOSE vowels show socioeconomic variation in Manchester but in different directions. A fronter GOAT vowel is positively correlated with higher social classes whereas GOOSE is stable across all social classes except before /l/, where a fronter GOOSE is correlated with lower social classes. [30]

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Wells, John C. (1982), Accents of English, Vol.2: The British Isles (pp.i–xx, 279–466), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-52128540-2 I’ve been aware of David Scott’s work for a number of years in many forms; on the radio, as ARGH KiD the Mancunian Poet and performer; appearances on TV and more recently via podcasts, Scotty And Motty (co-presented by his mate Jay Motty). It was probably his tribute to popular TV presenter Tony Morris on the day that he passed in in August 2020 on Granada Reports though that really made me sit up a take notice. Here is someone who is fiercely ‘Mancunian’, with an understanding of the city’s recent past, but not bogged down by the baggage and beholden to it. This is post-Factory Records; post the Hacienda; post Oasis; post IRA bomb. Sebald depicts Manchester in its once dark and desolate state despite having gone through the 18 th century Industrial Revolution. Richard Jupp is a lecturer at LIPA in Liverpool and former co-founder, co-songwriter, and drummer with the award-winning band Elbow.Anne Worthington is the last Manchester clay tobacco pipe maker and is a retired customer service advisor. She is a volunteer guide at Manchester Cathedral and secretary of St George’s Youth and Community Centre. Preface: A view from the Low sappnin(g) – contraction of 'what's happening?', now used as a greeting, via the sense of 'what are you up to?' It can sort of be described as the Manchester he sees in his mind, rather than directly about the city he lives in. He writes his poems from the point of view of Mancunia, which is not exactly Manchester but heavily based on it.

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Engels was a philosopher, political theorist and historian who focused on the political economy and revolutionary societyHaving lost his parents on a deportation train to Nazi Germany Max struggles alone as a painter in Manchester. Like all Northern English accents, Mancunians have no distinction between the STRUT and FOOT vowels or the TRAP and BATH vowels. This means that but and put are rhymes, as are gas and glass (which is not the case in Southern England). [13] Though today Manchester is fresh, vibrant and well worth a visit, the 1950s was a time when the city was recovering from the devastation of World War II, finances were low and emotions were high. This is definitely a book for supporters with a good knowledge of football and Man United specifically. Turton, Danielle; Ramsammy, Michael (2012), " /ɪ, ə/-lowering in Manchest [ʌ]: contextual patterns of gradient and categorical variabilit [ɛ̈]" (PDF), The 20th Manchester Phonology Meeting, Manchester: University of Manchester

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There is definitely a sense of fatherly fondness in the way he writes. As he describes the players and the club, he loves so much it’s with pride and passion. A further trait of Manchester English, especially among younger residents, is the pronunciation of /s/ before /tɹ, tj, tʃ/ as [ʃ] in words such as street, district, stupid, moisture and mischief. [33] This is a phenomenon known as /s/-retraction and is also found in various other varieties of English. His book Little Wilson and Big God is an autobiographical piece and one that any British literary lover would appreciate reading.Though this book will undoubtedly please Manchester United fans, other football or sporting enthusiasts will find Ferguson’s journey and writing style easy and enjoyable to read. Throughout his book, Scott delves into the “lost era” of Manchester through a series of collective memoirs. Manchester's most famous soap opera Coronation Street has, despite being based in the city (a fictionalised version of Salford), less pronounced Mancunian accents than other TV shows set in the area. Several of the show's cast members do speak with pronounced Mancunian accents in the series. They include Michelle Keegan (Tina), Helen Flanagan (Rosie Webster) and Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald). The West Sussex-raised British actress, Jane Leeves, portrayed the character of Daphne Moon, a Manchester emigrant to Seattle with a supposed Mancunian accent which was actually much closer to a broad Lancashire dialect, in the American sitcom Frasier. Robinson, Jonnie (5 November 2013). " 'angin in Mancs and rhoticity in Lancs". Sound and vision blog. British Library . Retrieved 22 March 2023. The book covers the period between 1980 and 2022. Spinoza himself describes the book as “an account from punk to the pandemic of how the 1982 opening of the Hacienda gave the kiss of life to a dying city”.

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The book is written through a lens of politics and history and includes some tragic and poignant events in Manchester’s history, like the Peterloo Massacre and the Manchester Massacre of 1819. John Moss is a retired firefighter, having served twenty-eight years with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. The Industrial Revolution is often hailed as being an event in history that resulted in progress and got society to where it is today. The book has David telling his story but also includes interviews he’s done with a mix of famous (many finding the first flourishes of fame during this period) and not-so-famous in search of pinning down what it is to be Mancunian in the 21st Century. The search for identity began in the pandemic, frustrated in part by many’s view of Manchester being in the past, overshadowed by Oasis. In truth, by 1996 the city was entering a hangover following a 20-year party which had begun in 1976, sparked by the Sex Pistols legendary gig at the Free Trade Hall. Bailey, George; Nichols, Stephen; Turton, Danielle; Baranowski, Maciej (2022), "Affrication as the cause of /s/-retraction: Evidence from Manchester English", Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics, 7 (1), doi: 10.16995/glossa.8026

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