This young woman was interviewed while traveling from Birmingham to Plymouth, England.  She is in her 20's and talks about a global problem of a businesses entering countries and altering the landscape how they see fit because they have the money to do so and the locals do not.  She is a native of the UK, originally from Hampshire, England.

 businesses, change, hampshire

Another recording of the young woman in her 20's being interviewed while traveling from Birmingham to Plymouth, England. In this recording, she talks about the village that she grew up in near the south coast of England and the changes that it is going through.

 

An English woman around the age of 70, from Yorkshire shares information about members of a group that she belongs to.  She has a nice, classic English accent where the "r" is nearly skipped.

 

Reading phrases and definitions from the book, “Learn to Speak ‘Ull” by the Remould Theatre Company in Hull. A member of the East Riding Dialect Society.  Not the Yorkshire most of us think of.  From the Eastern coastal town Withernsea.  Loves pigs.  Literally has piggie figurines in every corner of her home. She reads in Olde English.  90 minute immersion files available.

Dialect, Hull, Yorkshire, humor, translation, slang, colloquialism, phrases: East Riding: Olde English,

Woman discusses what Posh is like and does an impression of it, and tells a story about going to a dinner with people in the army and their spouses

Woman, Posh, UK, England, Over the top, Impression, Dinner, party, army, wives

Immersive conversations. First with two Manchester seniors, a man and a woman, who talk about a variety of subjects. These include people they know, fossils and the common cold. Second conversation features some 19 year old women from Stockport and a woman from Ireland talking about meeting someone, college, where they are headed, the state of affairs in the world, where they work and projects they are working on. Third conversation features a woman in her 20s talking about traveling to Romania, taking time off college, archeology, working in an orphanage, adoption, school, Liverpool and John Lennon.

Manchester, seniors, fossils, dinosaurs, footprints, Joel, cold, Stockport, college, e-mail, affairs, world, war, work, land registry, voice, registry, lawyers, computer, Dragon Systems, dialects, understanding, travel, Dublin, Irleland, Cork, Romania, gap year, archeology, conservation, orphanage, children, adoption, language, school, Liverpool, concert, Birmingham, John Lennon, Strawberry Fields, tourists

 

Recording is of a middle aged woman that was born in Lancashire, which is located somewhat centrally in England, just east of Liverpool. She is a teacher for children who are 10 years of age. Her daughter also helps and together they prepare the students for their required exams. She discusses her time going to an all girls Catholic school.

 

White Male in is 20s from London East End who talks about an old mate who pranked folks by farting in church.

British, Cockney, London, England, joke, friends, roommates, fart, church, east-end

Someone insults his wife, and he smacks them, kicks them in the nuts and tells them to fuck off.

British, Cockney, London, England, Angry, Insult, Bulldog, Wife, Kick, Smack, Nuts

 

White woman in her 50s talks about Musty day and a memory of being scolded by her teacher. She speaks with an RP British Accent recorded in 2003.

British, woman, Musty Day, teacher, you’re wrong, clothing, uniqueness. sequins, RP

45 year old, white male from Welton, East Yorkshire talks about traveling in America, spirituality of Native Americans, and people watching

UK, East Yorkshire, Welton, British, white male, 45 years old, middle aged, America, Native Americans, People watching

Plymouth, UK white female in her 20s talks about campaigning for free education, world problems, wealth distribution, problems in Britain, American politics, television, consumer culture, and politics. Another woman chimes periodicly.

UK, Plymouth, white female, 20s, monologue, British, free education, world problems, wealth distribution, problems in Britain, American politics, television, consumer culture, politics

Dot Perkins is an expert in the preservation of the Old English dialects of Yorkshire, specifically East Riding.  Withernsea is on the West Coast of England near the Humbar River.

Yorkshire, Old English, Old Woman, Shakespearean, Northern England

Another recording of a woman from Yorkshire, England aged around 70 years.  She talks about some English expressions and what they mean.