#9 Burnley accent "£9 ice cream!" Viral video

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In this video, we test our listening skills with an authentic Burnley accent. Micro-listening improves your real life listening skills. These is from the viral video of two young girls complaining about the cost of ice cream.

Burnley is a mill town in east Lancashire. North of Manchester.

Burnley:
/ai/ is much flatter
e.g. ice cream / nine / my
Elision of /h/
e.g. hear / he /
Contractions:
going to – gonna
is not (isn’t) – int / isn’t it - innit
Vocabulary:
well = very e.g. ‘well bad’
bloody hell – phrase to show annoyance

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The full script:
A. Girls, what's just happened?
B. So, there's an ice cream van there selling just two ice creams with two chewing gums in it for bloody 9 pound for two of them.
A. Nine quid for 2?
B. Yeah, 9 quid. That is gonna get nowhere. The one that comes on my street that have 1 pound, a p, or 2 pound. That is gonna get nowhere with that.
A. No, he int, is he?
B. No! No, he int.
A. That's well bad, innit?
B. He should know. And he only does bloody card. Stood there with my cash! Bloody hell!
A. That's well bad, innit?
B. Bloody well bad! Yeah, bet he can hear me!

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Paragraph:
This video uses the viral "£9 ice cream!" meme featuring twin girls from Burnley to help English learners improve their listening skills by focusing on rapid, colloquial speech. The Burnley accent and natural conversation style make this micro listening exercise ideal for practicing comprehension of real-life English and understanding regional accents. The video is perfect for those aiming to train their ear to catch authentic speech patterns and British slang in fast-paced interactions.

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