To be honest, if I didn’t actually search this, they could sound like they could be from the backwoods of Southside Virginia. This accent is probably the predecessor to the Piedmont Accent
There's a wall plaque above the old harbour in Newlyn, saying that after leaving Plymouth, the Mayflower called into the harbour. So it's possible that someone joined and "exported" the West Cornwall accent. Although huge numbers of Cornish tin and copper miners took their hard rock mining expertise to the US - my grandfather being one of them, to Michigan in 1912.
I'm italian and i'm not very able to undestand foreign accents....but this accent sounds to me so american that if i hadn't red that it's cornish, i'd have thought that it was american. Surely is more similar to the accent of Washington than london's one
As a Cornishman who’s been around the south of the USA and not as high as Virginia I find that really interesting! I’d always assumed that the rural areas of Mississippi, Alabama or maybe far out areas of Texas would be the ‘US version’ of Cornwall (not that I’d gone to look of course, was just my assumption!) I’ll have to visit again a bit higher up it seems! I wonder how that’s come to be.
Shame this accent is really dying off now. Only my Grandad has the accent as my Great Gran and Grandad died only a couple of years ago. And its rare to hear the accent now. Probably only met about just under 10 people in the past 5 years with it.
@@balls9420 yeah well much of the south was settled by folk from southwest England, the old accents were preserved in isolated communities and Islands on the east coast and especially in the mountains.
The old Cornish taxi driver was telling the story of how he took a load of blokes out on a stag night, but he got so drunk that the stag had to drive the taxi home, and put the taxi driver to bed!
This might as well have been in Swahili; as a Canuck, I can't understand a word of what they're saying, but fascinating comments about the connection to southern US accents.
You're right there, especially down this end of the county. I was born, raised and lived all my life here, but I've only got a mild accent. Even if I try to sound more Cornish, it only sounds contrived
The accent probably isn't as mild as you think 😅. I lived in cornwall till i was 11 and was raised by a well spoken mum but still 20 years on in brum people still notice a 'twang' in my accent.
@@seldom_bucket For me it's mostly certain words. For instance, when I say 'Cornwall', even I can hear the accent and I can even feel my mouth moving differently. I've lived in England for over 30 years now, but a while back I visited home again and stopped in a local pub. There was a group of locals at a table casually insulting each other and chatting away, and it was a joy to just sit there and let the accent roll over me.
There certainly aren't very many people left with an accent as strong as this - in fact, there aren't many Cornish people left in Cornwall, who can afford to rent or buy a home here.
I love that beach, one of my best childhood memories. Perfect Caribbean water, some men had dug a whole like 10ft deep which was just cool and then a sunset show at the minac theatre. Something to do with two mice finding cheese in a maze.
The pub he was talking about was the Logan Rock, which is the other side of those rocks. It is a fantastic beach, although it also gets ludicrously busy sometimes
I have lived in cornwall my entire life never even left the county. I dont sound anything like this video or even compared to my family. I've literally had Americans tell me i don't sound Cornish.
It was what our people sounded like, mostly in fishing villages, 50 years ago. I've heard them. The English moved down, and people firstly changed the way they spake to them, then the TV made a difference. But, I lived away for decades, but the people, whether I am in England, think I have a Cornish accent, even though I would say I've lost it.
@@lyndseykramerI've always lived here, and I don't have that strong an accent, either. Back in the 1970s, I used to drive lorry loads of veg to London markets, in Borough Market, they used to call me 'Taff' - because they thought I sounded Welsh!
St.Just used to be a world all of its own, these days it seems to have become quite trendy. I worked up there with an old St.Juster for a while over 40 years ago, and he used to say "Dee no" when he disagreed with anything, I think it was a shortened version of "Damn thee, no"
Probably, it was there, but not everywhere when I was a kid in Truro 50 years ago. It's part of us, a real thing, not a reinvented Cornish language, but a real part of our heritage.
To be honest, if I didn’t actually search this, they could sound like they could be from the backwoods of Southside Virginia. This accent is probably the predecessor to the Piedmont Accent
There's a wall plaque above the old harbour in Newlyn, saying that after leaving Plymouth, the Mayflower called into the harbour. So it's possible that someone joined and "exported" the West Cornwall accent.
Although huge numbers of Cornish tin and copper miners took their hard rock mining expertise to the US - my grandfather being one of them, to Michigan in 1912.
I'm italian and i'm not very able to undestand foreign accents....but this accent sounds to me so american that if i hadn't red that it's cornish, i'd have thought that it was american. Surely is more similar to the accent of Washington than london's one
As a Cornishman who’s been around the south of the USA and not as high as Virginia I find that really interesting!
I’d always assumed that the rural areas of Mississippi, Alabama or maybe far out areas of Texas would be the ‘US version’ of Cornwall (not that I’d gone to look of course, was just my assumption!)
I’ll have to visit again a bit higher up it seems! I wonder how that’s come to be.
Geddaway withee...
It really does sound more like the American accents I'm used to than anything British, it's quite surreal
I understand all of this,
I’m southern 😂 so this rings true
They sound very similar to my Appalachian grandparents.
Shame this accent is really dying off now. Only my Grandad has the accent as my Great Gran and Grandad died only a couple of years ago. And its rare to hear the accent now. Probably only met about just under 10 people in the past 5 years with it.
what a shame mr balls9420
Allot of old timers in the southern usa sound very similar to this, i hear it quite often
@@aqua_addicts1787 The Cornish accent is sometimes mistaken for the American one.
@@balls9420 yeah well much of the south was settled by folk from southwest England, the old accents were preserved in isolated communities and Islands on the east coast and especially in the mountains.
@@balls9420 look up Carolina brogue accent, tangier island accents, smith Island, and Appalachia accents
Bootiful! 😂
not even CC could help me understand a word
The old Cornish taxi driver was telling the story of how he took a load of blokes out on a stag night, but he got so drunk that the stag had to drive the taxi home, and put the taxi driver to bed!
Love this accent! I managed to catch most of it i think as well
It's rare to hear anyone with as strong a Cornish accent as this any more
Proper job
Hes just drunk lmao
He was certainly drunk when he drove his taxi on that stag night!
This might as well have been in Swahili; as a Canuck, I can't understand a word of what they're saying, but fascinating comments about the connection to southern US accents.
You're right there, especially down this end of the county.
I was born, raised and lived all my life here, but I've only got a mild accent.
Even if I try to sound more Cornish, it only sounds contrived
The accent probably isn't as mild as you think 😅.
I lived in cornwall till i was 11 and was raised by a well spoken mum but still 20 years on in brum people still notice a 'twang' in my accent.
@@seldom_bucket For me it's mostly certain words. For instance, when I say 'Cornwall', even I can hear the accent and I can even feel my mouth moving differently.
I've lived in England for over 30 years now, but a while back I visited home again and stopped in a local pub. There was a group of locals at a table casually insulting each other and chatting away, and it was a joy to just sit there and let the accent roll over me.
You should record more of these!
Thanks for watching, I'm hoping to do more, but people with strong Cornish accents are getting fewer and fewer
All the more reason to find the ones we have left!
This sounds like Gerald from Clarksons farm😂
This must’ve been where the Australian Accent came from
No way it didn’t.
Im a cornish maid born and bread and i understood lol i hear 'what happen was' on the daily 😅
Sounds southern, Irish, and English its a bit of a mix!
Cornwall and S.Ireland are similar in many ways
Gusson.. whaddee givin' us?
This sounds like LOTR mate, do they seriously sound like this dude??? 😂😂❤❤❤❤
There certainly aren't very many people left with an accent as strong as this - in fact, there aren't many Cornish people left in Cornwall, who can afford to rent or buy a home here.
Ah, so that bit from Hot Fuzz wasn't exaggerating.
You'd have to search to find anyone with a Cornish accent in Cornwall these days, especially anywhere near the tourist hotspots
Sounds like Fred West
Sounds like Uncle Ben from Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man!
I wouldn't put it past him!
I love that beach, one of my best childhood memories.
Perfect Caribbean water, some men had dug a whole like 10ft deep which was just cool and then a sunset show at the minac theatre.
Something to do with two mice finding cheese in a maze.
The pub he was talking about was the Logan Rock, which is the other side of those rocks.
It is a fantastic beach, although it also gets ludicrously busy sometimes
I have lived in cornwall my entire life never even left the county. I dont sound anything like this video or even compared to my family. I've literally had Americans tell me i don't sound Cornish.
He lives in the West of Cornwall, the accent is completely different from anyone in East Cornwall
It was what our people sounded like, mostly in fishing villages, 50 years ago. I've heard them. The English moved down, and people firstly changed the way they spake to them, then the TV made a difference. But, I lived away for decades, but the people, whether I am in England, think I have a Cornish accent, even though I would say I've lost it.
@@lyndseykramerI've always lived here, and I don't have that strong an accent, either.
Back in the 1970s, I used to drive lorry loads of veg to London markets, in Borough Market, they used to call me 'Taff' - because they thought I sounded Welsh!
Do Barbados and Antigua
Got every word😂
Don't hear many people with Cornish accents around here these days, but there are still a few left though
@@TomRelubbusmine makes a come back when I’m down from uni. Gets pretty faint when I’m out of kern for a while tho
I'm from Penzance, as was my father; my mum's from Carnyorth: I enjoy annoying her by telling her she's 'bloody St Juster'.
St.Just used to be a world all of its own, these days it seems to have become quite trendy.
I worked up there with an old St.Juster for a while over 40 years ago, and he used to say "Dee no" when he disagreed with anything, I think it was a shortened version of "Damn thee, no"
My partner from penzance I'm a Redruth girl 😂
@@TomRelubbus St Just is trendy? When I left Penzance around 30 years ago, we would still make joke about them not having discovered the wheel yet.
all i hear is smacking hahaha
He was eating chocolate biscuits as he was talking!
That accent has all but disappeared now
Alas, a lot of the old Cornish way of life has also disappeared, along with the local accent
Probably, it was there, but not everywhere when I was a kid in Truro 50 years ago. It's part of us, a real thing, not a reinvented Cornish language, but a real part of our heritage.
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I'm going to Cornwall. I'm not going to take this accent seriously am i
It's very unlikely you'll encounter an accent anywhere near this strong.
It is difficult to understand them.
There aren't many left with an accent as strong as this
It's hard to understand this. This is what it sounds like when Yankees hear southerners speak, can't understand a damn thing we say.
That's nothing new, I'm Cornish born and bred - but I can't understand what Scottish people say!