Newark on Trent, England
The Newark on Trent Accent
Newark on Trent sits inside the East Midlands dialect area, which covers Nottingham, Derby, Leicester and Lincolnshire, England. The nearest other area is South Yorkshire, about 33km away.
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What people in Newark on Trent 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 Newark on Trent has all of them — the full East Midlands profile sets out where the region varies.
Newark on Trent against North Yorkshire
Newark on Trent 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 | Newark on Trent | North Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|
| Do “singer” and “finger” rhyme in your natural accent? | yes — “singer” has a hard g | no — they sound different |
Dialect areas near Newark on Trent
Is your accent from Newark on Trent?
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.