An analysis of Somali English accents in SE England

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

1. MLE -Medium Cockney hybrid .Fairly common in some areas of London and the South East.This Accent is characterised by medium or light cockney dialect with some clear MLE pronunciations and word formation .This accent is best characterised by Sir Mo Farah :

2.Strong Estuary English.This in fact rare as most Somalis grow up in working class areas and attend comprehensive secondary schools .Rageh Omar is good example of this accent ,as he speaks with a middle class estuary accent ,albeit with some elements of a mild Conservative RP (Received pronunciation accent )at times .

3.Multicultural London English
(MLE ) . Spoken by a large number of Somalis who either came to the UK as children or were born there .this is the most popular accent amongst young people from minority backgrounds (those who grow up in multicultural areas with Afro Caribbean influences ).The harshest representation of this accent is characterised by the young Lady Ramla from Black chat -although she emphasises the Afro -Madowtonic glottal sounds far too much . A very good representation by the Hawiye chap below :

4.Cockney (light to medium ).very rare , as one has to virtually be adopted into a pub orphanage to have this kind of accent .this accent is best represented by the somaliland Essex fellow below :


5. Mild working class -educated estuary Xalimo accent :
This one should be self explanatory.

6.BBE ( Broken Burco English ).Spoken by Waraabes family .We arr for the bibal of the beritish Somaliland brotectorate etc !

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

Next we Will discuss which British dialect or accent we will get you better jobs ?
Which accent will decrease your meh-r price ?
Which accent is best for sales ?
How does one become accent or dialect fluid ?
Are Somalis really great communicators ?

Keep on discussing some Ethiopian DNA results and make_up abusers !

 

[McLovin]

Informative stuff

 

[Gambar]

You can be from a working class environment and not have a working class accent. It depends on what schools you went to, your mentors, whether or not you are influenced by those around you, etc. There's also code switching.

 

[Bahal]

Had some relatives visit from the UK once, shocking accents that sounded more from Kingston than London.

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

You can be from a working class environment and not have a working class accent. It depends on what schools you went to, your mentors, whether or not you are influenced by those around you, etc. There's also code switching.

Don't gate crash my five minutes of Suugo science fame .

 

[NA9]

I speak like Rageh Omar I am very sophisticated mashallah.

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

I speak like Rageh Omar I am very sophisticated mashallah.

I am accent fluid .

 

[dhegdheer]

Abdi Essex

I don't know what my accent is tbh lol it's easily influenced

Next we Will discuss which British dialect or accent we will get you better jobs ?
Which accent will decrease your meh-r price ?
Which accent is best for sales ?
How does one become accent or dialect fluid ?
Are Somalis really great communicators ?

Keep on discussing some Ethiopian DNA results and make_up abusers !

RP accents are heavily favoured when ur looking to get jobs l, that's why everyone and their mother code switch when they go for interviews lol

 

[Madaxkuti]

1. MLE -Medium Cockney hybrid .Fairly common in some areas of London and the South East.This Accent is characterised by medium or light cockney dialect with some clear MLE pronunciations and word formation .This accent is best characterised by Sir Mo Farah :

2.Strong Estuary English.This in fact rare as most Somalis grow up in working class areas and attend comprehensive secondary schools .Rageh Omar is good example of this accent ,as he speaks with a middle class estuary accent ,albeit with some elements of a mild Conservative RP (Received pronunciation accent )at times .

3.Multicultural London English
(MLE ) . Spoken by a large number of Somalis who either came to the UK as children or were born there .this is the most popular accent amongst young people from minority backgrounds (those who grow up in multicultural areas with Afro Caribbean influences ).The harshest representation of this accent is characterised by the young Lady Ramla from Black chat -although she emphasises the Afro -Madowtonic glottal sounds far too much . A very good representation by the Hawiye chap below :

4.Cockney (light to medium ).very rare , as one has to virtually be adopted into a pub orphanage to have this kind of accent .this accent is best represented by the somaliland Essex fellow below :


5. Mild working class -educated estuary Xalimo accent :
This one should be self explanatory.

6.BBE ( Broken Burco English ).Spoken by Waraabes family .We arr for the bibal of the beritish Somaliland brotectorate etc !

 

[YoungFarah]

I'm a light version of number 3. @fox do you sound like your cousin Mo Farah?

 

[Transparent]

Bruh my boi abdi Essex took some major Ls
Maybe next time buddy

 

[fox]

I'm a light version of number 3. @fox do you sound like your cousin Mo Farah?

I grew up around bow church and roman road market so i got a horrible cockney accent. I try to suppress it.

 

[Madaxkuti]

When it comes to interviews and getting shit done on the phone or speaking to white people rageh omaar is the way to go. Otherwise the Mo Farah version of MLE not like I'm straight outta Kingston

 

[Kaleel]

I'm probably nr. 3.

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

I'm probably nr. 3.

You sound like Abdirizak and Chantelle at the same time .go girl !

 

[YoungFarah]

I'm probably nr. 3.

Hard to believe saxiib I imagine you speak like rageh aswell

 

[Dhay Geel]

Number 6 for me the Brocken Burco accent.

 

[Dhay Geel]

No man seriously I would say I am between 1 and 4. I’m definitely on the cockney side, maybe not as bad as Abdi Essex.
Number 3 is the worst, I used to speak like that when I was 18.