Arnold, England
The Arnold Accent
Arnold sits inside the East Midlands dialect area, which covers Nottingham, Derby, Leicester and Lincolnshire, England. The nearest other area is South Yorkshire, about 27km away.
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What people in Arnold sound like
- “Duck” and “me duck” as a friendly address, regardless of who to.
- “Mardy” for sulky or bad-tempered — the region's best-known word.
- A bread roll is a “cob”.
- “Ay up” as the standard greeting.
These are the markers of the East Midlands accent as a whole. No survey claims every speaker in Arnold has all of them — the full East Midlands profile sets out where the region varies.
Arnold against North Yorkshire
Arnold is close enough to the North Yorkshire area that the two get confused. These are the questions where the survey expects a different answer on each side.
| Question | Arnold | North Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|
| Do “singer” and “finger” rhyme in your natural accent? | yes — “singer” has a hard g | no — they sound different |
Dialect areas near Arnold
Is your accent from Arnold?
There is no way to answer that from a description. The test asks 29 questions about the words you use and how you say them, scores your answers against the East Midlands English profile and every other profile in the survey, and shows you where people who answer the way you do actually live.