To find this incredibly irritating and rude?

YANBU. People who think that the fact they are doing it because they 'love your accent' makes it a compliment are ignorant idiots. It's the sign of an uncultured, clueless monolingual thicko.

Why do so many English people seem to regard other people's accents as either weird/unattractive or sexy, instead of just normal? Literally everyone in the world has an accent.

Yes, digwilydd means rude (literally shameless, but actually rude or impolite). Estrongasaol is a new one for me, but is made up of words that translate to xenophobic.

Very rude.

People can get funny with accents. I am from Europe and speak very native like English, which is best described as English English with a scottish twang. Some people were trying to be clever and were guessing where I was from and came up with Australian or Kiwi....
I had noone mocking me though.

"I see this as a form of ‘othering’ where the person considers themselves the norm and anything different is a remarkable point of discussion"

That's exactly it.

"which is especially weird given you’re actually in Wales where it’s presumably quite normal to be Welsh!?"

Yes, but as mentioned, there are different types of Welsh accent. OP's type of Welsh accent is not the same as the man's so he decided she was worthy of ridicule.

"If he had a posh BBC English accent and was older then he’s probably lived a whole life as the default privileged class"

I'd be surprised if he fit that description.

Scouser here. I live elsewhere and am told to 'eh, eh, calm down' on a weekly basis.

I have a crush on my short, stocky, bespectacled plumber. He's a very nice man but I think his northern Irish accent is what makes the blood rush to my pelvis.

I'm Scottish but work in England alot. I frequently get unflattering impersonations of my accent which tbh i find really annoying. You're right, it is kind of rude and I wouldn't dream of doing it to someone else.

Google translate does a reasonably good job with that, apart from estrongasaol a digywilydd.which comes out as "extroverted and cheeky". If you put estrongasaol a digywilydd.in on its own, it comes out as "extramarital and shameless" ... I'm going to guess it means a rude bastard?

This! I’m from a fairly northern area of my town where as a friend, who lives ten minutes away from me with a ‘posher’ accent, and her ex husband both mimicked my pronunciation of words. I’ve never forgotten it, but it didn’t bother me

I would have done the same but being a short arse it wouldn't have happened in the first place.

I’ve heard people tell Chinese and Asian people who have lived in England their whole lives that they speak English “well”

It is rude and annoying but happens everywhere in England about all accents IME. (I’ve not lived in Scotland or Wales but I’ve heard the Scottish guy in my local Aldi’s accent being mimicked. )

Your username is a bit of a giveaway as to where that might be 😂😂

I’ve only ever experienced this from English people. No one else is stupid or ignorant enough.

He has a lot of videos, it could be in there somewhere.

I may have to watch them all just to check. 😀

YANBU. It’s very rude. I would have just put the item back and walked off. The man was being an asshole.

an bottle

I haven't seen it but I'm already cringing at the thought.

The worst was Colin Farrell and co playing ancient Greeks and Macedonians while sounding like a North Dublin street gang.

This is fair

For me, I would never mock but would appreciate, but others aren't the same

😄😄 that's so funny actually, I haven't seen his films anyway, other than love actually 🙈 but can imagine

I think denzel Washington did the same for his recent gladiators role, apparently 😭

My slight scouse accent gets mimicked. It doesn’t bother me. Nor do the inevitable jokes about stealing hubcaps. There’s a Scottish chap who goes to my local pub and he’s constantly the subject of ribbing over his accent, by people in his friendship circle.

I'm already hooked 🤭

The first guy didn't say 'murder' which is everyones favourite i think

Flashback to a cashier at a supermarket making me say “water” over and over again in Nevada. 🙄

Similar to me, i definitely speak with a more central London accent

I’ve just realised I’m guilty of doing this to my in laws and I hadn’t realised and now am mortified I’ve been so rude. So, genuinely sorry this happened to you, but thank you for making me realise the error of my ways.

I see this as a form of ‘othering’ where the person considers themselves the norm and anything different is a remarkable point of discussion - which is especially weird given you’re actually in Wales where it’s presumably quite normal to be Welsh!? If he had a posh BBC English accent and was older then he’s probably lived a whole life as the default privileged class, where it’s seen as standard to objectify women and anyone who doesn’t conform to his type. Hopefully his type is dying out.

The only time I’ve experienced this was in America where they love UK accents and copy it unprompted all the time. I guess in this instance it’s supposed to be flattering though it gets old quickly. People all over the world love the Welsh, Scottish, Northern UK accents so some of it will be in good faith because they just like trying it out. Still annoying though and I wouldn’t do that to someone with a different accent to me.