Hello Squirrel and Waterways
Waterways, I don't doubt that what you say is true, though it still pains me to hear that a Liverpool or northern accent may be viewed as a disadvantage in the job market place down south. Although I am sure that as you imply, you have to do whatever you have to do in these precarious times when one can so easily face the axe.
Chris
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Chris, I know some Liverpudlians who were highly qualified and couldn't get jobs, discrimination was so rife. They started a company themselves and quickly employed southerners on the phones and as the front men mainly because of their accents. They did very well. So, like the Jews and Asians before them, Liverpudlians benefited from discrimination.
The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
Save Liverpool Docks and Waterways - Click
Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
canals to view its modern museum describing
how it once was?
Giving Liverpool a full Metro - CLICK
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riding me bike on si today saw a construction worker with everton tatooed on his back. i sang a stave from an old one. oh we ate bill shankly and we ate st john.....made up he was. him sean sweeney. me sean doyle. small world...
Christopher T. George
Editor, Ripperologist
Editor, Loch Raven Review
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Chris on Flickr and on MySpace
I always found my accent to be an advantage when I worked in London. All my clients knew it was me that they were talking to when I phoned them (worked in recruitment providing casual hospitality staff).
On the occasions that I actually went out and worked on some of the jobs myself I always found that I wasn't the first scouser to grace their premises, whether it be places as different as Millwall Football Club or a City of London livery hall (well posh and very traditional).
The usual thing was to joke through the boring initial comments "hope I've locked my car", etc. until getting to the point were people actually admitted that theyliked scousers.
The moral of the story is......... don't change your accent, wherever your path leads, or you could turn into Ringo Starr (or Cilla Black if we need a female alternative).
Maybe being in that field. In other fields the accent is clearly not acceptable at all to them.
I believe the accent is not discriminated against in the music and entertainment industry either. Try banking, consultancy, etc, fields were the money is big. Try working your way up the ranks in these companies even if they take you on.
Last edited by Waterways; 03-18-2008 at 10:09 PM.
The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
Save Liverpool Docks and Waterways - Click
Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
canals to view its modern museum describing
how it once was?
Giving Liverpool a full Metro - CLICK
Rapid-transit rail: Everton, Liverpool & Arena - CLICK
Save Royal Iris - Sign Petition
Superb - really can't decide just how far your tongue is in your cheek!
Having worked in London for a few years, until two years ago, my accent was often picked up on in a very negative way. Took 40 of my students (a lot of them from overseas) to Liverpool - 3 day study visit. They loved it and their attitudes changed totally.
When in the Merch I used to go to New Orleans a lot. Used to get asked if I was Australian, or even from Boston!
I went to a restaurant in down town San Francisco once and they asked if I was Australian. I said that I was from Liverpool and they said "Where is Liverpool" ?
Last edited by Chris48; 03-19-2008 at 06:12 PM.
I went to New York some years ago and was asked was I Irish, then Scottish, then Welsh, then Australian and finally New Zealander. I replied 'no from Liverpool'. I got a puzzled look - I just said 'it is in the north west of England...'
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Last edited by Waterways; 03-19-2008 at 10:31 AM.
The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
Save Liverpool Docks and Waterways - Click
Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
canals to view its modern museum describing
how it once was?
Giving Liverpool a full Metro - CLICK
Rapid-transit rail: Everton, Liverpool & Arena - CLICK
Save Royal Iris - Sign Petition
Coming from Northern Ireland but living in the North of Ireland (there is a difference) there are many different accents, we dont all sound the same.
People in other countries think or ask are we from Scotland?.
To me the Northern Irish Accents is as different as all the Scottish Accents. I cannot see where or how people think we sound scottish.
100% Irish
Re: Students
Not sure I haven't posted some of this before so apologies if I'm repeating myself.
When briefing the students (about 6 different European nationalites and a couple from South America) I had to point out the differences between London and Liverpool.
'Don't freak out if people speak to you on the street'.
This would be an alien experience to them in London and they'd be very unlikely to respond.
Within a day they got used to the idea and each time they came back to the hotel they'd tell me about interesting conversations they'd had with complete strangers. One girl from Slovakia had gone in a shop to buy a paper. By the time she left the person serving knew where she was from, what she was studying in London, and why she was in Liverpool.
The feedback I got from my students was amazing and I've never been so proud of the people from my home town. Of all the positive experiences they had, the people made the most impact.
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