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| |  | Debby Salmoni
Lives: Splott, Cardiff
Time lived in area: More than 10 years
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Debby remembers being treated badly in a shop in north Wales after, she believes, her south Walian accent revealed her home town of Cardiff.
Language of interview: English
Duration: 01:26 (mins/secs)
The participants were asked to describe how they spoke in their own words.
How do you describe your accent: Not Given
Have there been other influences on the way you speak: Not Given
Do you have skills in languages other than English?: No
Other languages: None
DEBBY: Well what I have been told is we talk very fast - we're multi-cultural now so we hear all walks of life. Well, my local street, I know I've got, um, I think it is, three or four different cultures in my street. So, you know, I have been told that we do talk very fast. I did have a negative response when I went to Pwllheli in north Wales - went into a shop and the lady just blanked me. Um, so I asked her again what I wanted and she still blanked me, and in the end she did serve me, and, uh, we come out from the shop and we joined the people from the coach, and they were saying the same. And, you know, we said - well why? And apparently it was because we were from Cardiff. So I was shocked, because you know we're Wales, we're all Welsh, and I was really shocked and I actually, we walked further on in the village a bit and we found another shop and we went in, and they were previously from south Wales, and they were so helpful and everything, we did ask - well why? And they said, because you're from Ssouth Wales. Apparently they didn't like that Cardiff was the capital.
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