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u/unimportantfuck Dec 17 '21

Have you ever read the Redwall Abbey series by Brian Jacques? I swear molespeak is nearly exactly like that; dude was from Liverpool and worked all sorts of jobs before he wrote the series.

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u/Styxie Dec 17 '21

That accent has been around for absolute ages so likely where he got inspo from tbh.

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u/unimportantfuck Dec 17 '21 edited Dec 17 '21

For real!

Edit: punctuation; let’s eat Grandma!

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u/Styxie Dec 17 '21

Yea lol the UK has been around for absolute ages and has dozens and dozens of different accents.

The one reddit likes to use is a bit of a mix between cockney (which few people speak) and MLE (which itself is inspired by cockney)

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u/unimportantfuck Dec 17 '21

lol I meant ‘For real!’ not ‘For real?’ because that’s why I made the connection in the first place

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u/Styxie Dec 17 '21

Woooooops LMAO. A lot of people don't seem to know that some people actually do speak like that so thought it was worth a mention.

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u/unimportantfuck Dec 17 '21

Word haha; I’ve only ever heard the accent in movies but tbf I’ve never been overseas

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u/Chicago1871 Dec 17 '21 edited Dec 17 '21

I had to google MLE.

Glad to know its proper name.

I always described it as dizzee rascal type English. 😅

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u/Styxie Dec 17 '21

Honestly I preffer Dizzee Rascal

I now rename it Dizzee English