PROUD OF MY NORTHERN ROOTS!
WOMAN'S OWN|January 02, 2023
With over a quarter of adults saying they're mocked for their accent, Stephanie Oram, 51, speaks out
ASHLEIGH PAGE
PROUD OF MY NORTHERN ROOTS!

Standing at the bar with my new flatmate on the first night of Freshers' Week, I got the barman's attention. Bottle of lager and a glass please, I said, and at that moment, my flatmate burst out laughing. "Glass!" she said. Only, our poles-apart accents meant we'd said it in a very different way - and all these years later, IS PAF I'd still tell her and anyone else who asked, it's definitely 'gl-ass', not 'glars!

Back then, I was 19 and I'd just moved from my home in Blackpool to a university down south and didn't I know it. I was surrounded by southerners constantly arguing with me that it's 'barth' and gra-rss'. Erm no, it's ba-th and gra-ss!"

While my friends often laughed about my twang, I was always proud to be from the North.

For as long as I can remember, I've always been very aware of my accent.

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