Stockport, England
The Stockport Accent
Stockport sits inside the Mancunian dialect area, which covers Manchester and Greater Manchester, England. The nearest other area is East Midlands, about 3km away.
Take the quiz and see how close your accent is →
What people in Stockport sound like
- “Happy” and “city” end on a short “-eh” rather than a long “-ee”.
- Flat “bath” vowel — “bath”, “grass” and “laugh” rhyme with “cat”.
- “Put” and “putt” have the same vowel.
- A drawn-out “goat” vowel in words like “no” and “go”.
These are the markers of the Mancunian accent as a whole. No survey claims every speaker in Stockport has all of them — the full Mancunian profile sets out where the region varies.
What 38 people from around Stockport told the survey
38 people who grew up within 25 km of Stockport have taken the DialectGuessr quiz. These are the answers where they differ most from everyone else who has taken it.
| Question | Their answer | Here vs elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| What do you call shoes worn for sport or exercise? | Trainers | 100% vs 30% elsewhere · 38 of 38 |
| What do you call a small neighbourhood shop selling everyday items? | Corner shop | 97% vs 31% elsewhere · 37 of 38 |
| What do you call the household container for unwanted rubbish? | Bin | 97% vs 31% elsewhere · 37 of 38 |
| Which is closest to how you naturally say “tune”? | “Choon” — with a CH-like start | 89% vs 27% elsewhere · 34 of 38 |
| What do you call thin strips of potato served hot and fried? | Chips | 92% vs 31% elsewhere · 35 of 38 |
| What do you call the wheeled basket used in a supermarket? | Trolley | 97% vs 41% elsewhere · 37 of 38 |
From people who chose to take the quiz and pinned where they grew up, so a self-selected sample rather than a random one. The figures are recalculated daily as more people answer.
Dialect areas near Stockport
Is your accent from Stockport?
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 Mancunian English profile and every other profile in the survey, and shows you where people who answer the way you do actually live.