Regional Identity
NorthernersDialogue/Dialect – Don’t pronounce words properly, use their own dialect ‘’Canny’’
Location/Setting – Scenery, Mountains, Cold Beaches
Props – Brown Sauce
Looks– Pale Skin, Ginger
Costume – A Kilt
Class/Status – More working Class
SouthernersDialogue/Dialect – Posh, Rude
Location/Setting – Cities and Towns
Props – Briefcases
Looks – Smart
Costume – Suit wearing
Class/Status – Working Class, Upper Class
EssexDialogue/Dialect – Miss words out, and do not pronounce things properly, uneducated ‘’well jel’’
Location/Setting – Tanning Salons, Cafés, Clubs, Beauty Parlour, home, Gym
Props – Cars more specifically Corsa’s,
Costume – Fake Tan (Orange), Low Cut dresses that are tight and revealing, Suits, Expensive Jewellery, Like to workout to get good bodies.
Class/Status – They are working class, but like to portray themselves as a high class
ScottishDialogue/Dialect – Miss- pronunciation of words ‘’Canny’’
Location/Setting – Hills, Cold Beaches
Props – Bagpipes
Costume – A Kilt, Ginger Hair, Pale Skin
Class/Status – Working Class
WelshDialogue/Dialect – Strange Language,
Location/Setting – Hills, Countryside
Props – Sheep, Daffodils
Costume – Dark Hair,
Class/Status – Working Class
Into Rugby, In Choirs
ScousersDialogue/Dialect – Uneducated, they say ‘’na’’ a lot, Feisty talk, they talk a lot
Location/Setting – City, Lots of shops,
Props –
Costume – Tracksuit bottoms,
Class/Status – Lower Class to working class
GeordieDialogue/Dialect – Uneducated talk, Chav talk ‘’init’’, talk fast, Violent but friendly
Location/Setting – A City, Estates
Props – Alcohol
Costume – Big Hair, never wear a coat
Class/Status – Lower class, Working Class
MancsDialogue/Dialect – Educated, polite
Location/Setting – Terraced Housing, Big city
Props – Rain, guns and knifes (high crime rate)
Costume – Casual Clothing, Jeans
Class/Status – Working Class
Famous for Football
Brummies’Dialogue/Dialect – Combine Vowels and don’t pronounce them properly, not intelligent, a dialectal hybrid of northern, southern, Midlands, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire speech
Location/Setting – Shopping Centre
Props –
Costume –
Class/Status – Working Class
LondonersEast London
Dialogue/Dialect – Cockney Accent, Cockney Rhyming slang, uneducated
Location/Setting – Estates, poorer housing
Costume – Tracksuits, casual, Pearly Kings and Queens
Class/Status – Working Class, Unemployed - benefits
East London
Dialogue/Dialect – Cockney Accent, Cockney Rhyming slang, uneducated
Location/Setting – The city – lots of shops, red double-decker buses, Black cabs, Big Ben, phone boxes
Costume – Suits, Smart clothing, expensive cars
Class/Status – Working Class, Upper Class
YorkshireDialogue/Dialect – Educated,
Location/Setting – Hills, Farms and Villages, Muddy Fields, terrible weather,
Props – Pipe, tractors
Costume – Flat Caps, Natural make up, Chequered Shirts, Wellies,
Class/Status – Working Class, often self employed
IrishDialogue/Dialect – Strong Accent, a bit thick
Location/Setting – Pubs, green fields, rainy
Props – Alcohol (known for drinking)
Costume – Green clothes, Fair skin, ginger,
Class/Status – working class