Mention friend who ridicules their accent. Surprised you’ve gone for Panjabi as the test influencing language – it’s only spoken by 3% of the popoluation of Leicester. However, it’s not all bad news for Les-tah – we do finish above Coventry (40) and the Brummies who have the indignity of finishing last. By looking at the influence of the same Indic language in both places, I can compare and see if similar things are going on. C - Cob, chuds, cotty, council pop, chissit, There are two many great slang words so we're going to educate you on five.
As Panjabi is the third most widely spoken main language across the UK, and Bradford and Leicester have large Asian populations, I’m interested in whether there are similar developments in both places. Serge Pizzorno at his beloved King Power Stadium, Why the Leicester accent is undergoing changes, Lestah phrases only true chissits will understand, Sunflowers Nursery 'will be forced to close' if Braunstone Leisure Centre revamp gets go-ahead, Government makes its latest Leicester Lockdown announcement, The Department of Health and Social Care has reviewed the coronavirus infection rates in the city, Live: Anstey Lane closed, police and fire crews on the scene, The incident began at about 6.30pm and police are still on the scene, Royal baby announcement from Buckingham Palace, Controversial bid to build new bypass round Leicester costing more than £1 BILLION given 'kiss of death', Council leaders have been told the road would be too long, too expensive and would not cut congestion as hoped, Woman seriously injured after being trampled by cows in Leicestershire field, 'She came over the bridge from the field looking like a zombie', Police make statement after man found dead in Beaumont Leys, Photo group go virtual for their 2020 exhibition, Leicester Forest Photographic Society's show goes online to beat Covid-19 restrictions, First look inside new £3m Leicestershire pub, Bistrot Pierre announces reopening date for Leicester restaurant - which was set to close for good, The city centre restaurant was one of six branches due to close permanently, Leicester City contemplate next move after £30m James Tarkowski bid rejected, The Foxes are desperate to sign a centre-back, Brazil statement gives Leicester City boost ahead of Manchester City clash, Why fans of a fry-up need to try an 18 hole breakfast from Ben's Kitchen at Forest Hills Golf Club, You can even get a 'family sharer' fry-up, De Montfort University and Leicester University confirm coronavirus cases, Teaching areas have been deep cleaned as students start to return for the new term, Long queues as crash shuts 2 lanes of M1 near Fosse Park, The crash is on the northbound carriageway, Today's coronavirus headlines from Leicester, Leicestershire and around the country, A Department of Health and Social Care update on the city restrictions is expected, Live coronavirus updates as more cases are reported and lockdown review expected, Why two Leicester city centre road crossings have been given a £23k colourful redesign, Drug dealer found with 31 bank cards linked in his car, Stephen Dada was stopped by police after being spotted peddling cannabis in Leicester's city centre, Leicester City predicted line-up v Man City: Evans set for start but Under to miss out, How Leicester City could set up as they travel to the Etihad Stadium hoping to continue their 100 per cent start to the Premier League campaign with a win over Man City, Boohoo knew of poor conditions in Leicester factories months before latest allegations, review finds, QC reports the company knew about supply chain workers being badly treated months before latest allegations, Pubgoer attacks fellow drinker for 'sexual comment about sister'. D - Doing a Leicester Meaning: This one you might hear outside of our fine city when people talk of someone or something doing the unexpected like Leicester City's 5000/1 premier league win. You make a good point. A PhD project being undertaken at the University of York by Jessica Wormald is exploring whether Leicester’s linguistic diversity is contributing to the ever changing accent. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. However, you make a good point, especially considering Leicester’s large Gujarati population (the census reports 11.4% of the population consider this their main language – much higher than Panjabi). Accents are fluid and varying things, despite the impression you might sometimes get!