Mancunians: Where Do We Start, Where Do I Begin

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Mancunians: Where do we start, where do I begin? is the story of those who didn't fit the typecast: the musicians of colour, the football fans alienated by rampant commercialism, frustrated public figures, optimistic developers, and ambitious artists. Aziz Ibrahim is best known for his work as guitarist with Simply Red, The Stone Roses, and their former vocalist Ian Brown, in whose band he regularly performs. H-dropping, i.e. the omission of the sound /h/ (e.g. pronouncing head as [ɛd] rather than [hɛd]), is common in speakers of Manchester English, especially among the working class population. [22] Th-fronting, i.e. pronouncing the dental fricatives /θ, ð/ as labio-dental [f, v] (e.g. pronouncing both three and free as free), is also found in Manchester, especially in younger speakers and among working-class men. [22]

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The dialect itself is more distinctive than many people realise. It is quite noticeably different from the accent spoken in adjacent towns such as Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale and Wigan despite them being within Greater Manchester. The Mancunian accent is less dialect-heavy than neighbouring Lancashire and Cheshire accents, although words such as owt (meaning 'anything') and nowt (meaning 'nothing') remain part of the Mancunian vocabulary. Personal in tone, but unafraid of important social commentary, Mancunians will shed light on the city’s many cultures and promises authentic insight into a key transition period as Manchester really cemented itself as one of the most important cultural centres of our era.” Though this book will undoubtedly please Manchester United fans, other football or sporting enthusiasts will find Ferguson’s journey and writing style easy and enjoyable to read. If you are searching for books about Manchester that are truly uplifting and a “feel good” read then look no further than Samantha Tonge, The Memory of You.This is definitely a book for supporters with a good knowledge of football and Man United specifically.

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Marsha Bell works within the local authority as well as being a community volunteer, but most importantly is a mum to a son. There is definitely a sense of fatherly fondness in the way he writes. As he describes the players and the club, he loves so much it’s with pride and passion. Mary McGuigan works as a freelancer and is the sister of Paul ‘Guigsy’ McGuigan, former member of Oasis. Here is someone who is fiercely ‘Mancunian’, with an understanding of the city’s recent past, but not bogged down by the baggage and beholden to it. This is post-Factory Records; post the Hacienda; post Oasis; post IRA bomb.Baranowski, Maciej (2017), "Class matters: the sociolinguistics of GOOSE and GOAT in Manchester English", Language Variation and Change, 29 (3): 301–339, doi: 10.1017/s0954394517000217