Huddersfield Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Sure I've heard Porpiss from our southern friends. No idea how they get that pronunciation. As Huddersfield says, I don't think Northerners say that, think they're good porpoys folk, through and through. If there's a way to drag out a vowel we usually find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I was just drafting a reply to that effect I don't think it's that simple; in this part of England you'd definiely hear tor-toyce; tor-tiss or variants would be seen as a bit posh. But thinking about it, you might hear tor-tuss (silent middle 't') around Newcastle. I'm pretty sure you'd get a tor-toyse in Lancashire albeit with a different accent than the more erudite side of the Pennines. I just showed a couple of people hear a photo & asked & all straight away said tor-toyce. In my head I think of tortiss as just a bit posh, but that chip on my shoulder might be affecting my hearing. I checked it out in Durham - where I was driving when I heard the proposal - and they were, as you say, tortuss, with a kind of glottal "t" in the middle. I suppose all we've shown is that Lancashire is correctly part of Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 That's just a waste of a "u". There is no need for it. Not really, the sound is not a straightforward "o", almost a diphthong of "o" and "u" to my ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Can somebody explain Lerwick v Berwick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan II Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 Can somebody explain Lerwick v Berwick? Terry Fenwick could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) So that's it settled. TOR-TOISE. edit : only watch this if you are a very calm person not given to angering quickly. Edited December 22, 2015 by adamntg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Can somebody explain Lerwick v Berwick? In that Shetland detective thing with Dougie Henshall they pronounced it as Lerrick, as opposed to Ler-wick. This surprised me as I always thought it was the latter, but I'd be equally as surprised if they had gotten something so fundamentally wrong in their programme research. Must be a Shetlander on here surely who can confirm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Not really, the sound is not a straightforward "o", almost a diphthong of "o" and "u" to my ear. In that case would it not make more sense if the first "o" was a "u"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 In that case would it not make more sense if the first "o" was a "u"? Probably, but it's no up to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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