The Coke Side of Belfast

[StevieB]

Noticed this excellent bus shelter ad down the road from me the other day and just had to take a photo of it! Have any other regional versions of these been spotted??

[Gavin Scott]

Not seen anthing like that (yet), although I dread to think what Scottish parlance would appear.

The East/West dialects are quite different. Appending every other sentence with "by the way" or "but" (or both!) isn't something you hear in the East, but it is commonly used in the West.

And only people in Dundee such as Pete, Barney, the Broons and Oor Wullie say "jings" and "hoots".

I assume.

[Nini]

Is this going to be a major city thing? Sounds interesting though of course it'll be more interesting to see other dialects than your own.

[lukey]

Ah jings, I haven't seen one of these yet. Only a matter of time before "I'll smash yer fuckin' pus in, ya wee cunt" is sprawled playfully around a Coke bottle, I'm sure.

[Nini]

And I'd pay to see it too, make it so.

[Col]

Do like that. I wonder if Coke have done posters for other parts of NI, would like to see a Coke Side of Derry, haiy.

Haven't spotted them around York, but as there's no discernible accent here, it's a mish-mash of a bog standard Yorkshire accent with a pinch of North East dialects for a while, I'm not sure if we'd get expressions more typical of Leeds or 'Ull.

[marksi]

Coca-Cola's marketing is generally done on an island-of-Ireland basis, rather than UK/RoI.

[nwtv2003]

Coca-Cola's marketing is generally done on an island-of-Ireland basis, rather than UK/RoI.

Best example is probably the Christmas adverts, NI/ROI get the old 'Holidays are coming' soundtrack where as the rest of the UK get the new soundtrack on the Santa going through the ages advert.

[Luke-H]

Haven't spotted them around York, but as there's no discernible accent here, it's a mish-mash of a bog standard Yorkshire accent with a pinch of North East dialects for a while, I'm not sure if we'd get expressions more typical of Leeds or 'Ull.

I dunno, I'd say there was an accent, and that it changes ever so subtly as you travel just outside of York. Maybe some people pick it up more than others, but I often get told I've got a 'Selby' accent

[Sput]

I hope you punch those people in the face repeatedly.