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If you could have any accent...

108 replies

HowsYourBoatRace · 31/07/2026 19:02

What it would be? Mine would be a very strong Southern Drawl. As deep south as possible. Think Texas or Alabama etc.

Yours?

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parallhel · 31/07/2026 20:13

hotmumshit · 31/07/2026 19:58

Changes daily

I think: Dublin as its the sexiest

But scouse as scousers are just funny peopls

I'm a londoner

Edited

Scousers have a faint Dublin/Irish twang, well a lot of them went to work in Liverpool back in the day I suppose.

Overtheatlantic · 31/07/2026 20:14

A Judi Dench accent; not sure what it is. I also love French accented English.

Pallisers · 31/07/2026 20:18

I have an Irish accent but would love a northern irish accent or one from Donegal.

Mangetouts · 31/07/2026 20:20

I like my own accent - nice Ayrshire. People have asked where I'm from in Northern Ireland which isn't a bad thing I think. I would like to have a nicer tone as I get squeaky when I'm under pressure. I'd love to have a radio friendly voice like Kirsty Wark or Kirsty Young.

banivani · 31/07/2026 20:20

I’d just like to be able to copy accents so I could sound like whatever I wanted ;)

circleheart · 31/07/2026 20:21

French, it's so beautiful.

afaloren · 31/07/2026 20:21

Northern Irish

Berlinlover · 31/07/2026 20:27

Pallisers · 31/07/2026 20:18

I have an Irish accent but would love a northern irish accent or one from Donegal.

Donegal is in the north of Ireland.

Soubriquet · 31/07/2026 20:28

Spanish, or Irish

MadamWhippy · 31/07/2026 20:33

ExOptimist · 31/07/2026 19:55

RP like Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter.

Those saying Welsh which Welsh are you talking about? Valleys Welsh( hideous) is very different from Cardiff( ghastly) which is again very different from West Wales accents or North Wales or mid Wales.

Have yet to hear one I don't like but I'm sure, like Irish accents, some are more pleasant than others. Love melodic accents.

Berwynnie · 31/07/2026 20:35

Hull
Like Michelle Dewberry

TheeNotoriousPIG · 31/07/2026 21:03

I have always wanted an RP accent, but "posh Northerner" will have to do!

Lichenrose · 31/07/2026 21:07

Berlinlover · 31/07/2026 20:27

Donegal is in the north of Ireland.

She meant one from Northern Ireland.

1dayatatime · 31/07/2026 21:12

Male: Posh Scottish

Female: Welsh as in Sian Lloyd or the South West accent of the Cadbury Caramel Bunny advert

FamingolosForDays · 31/07/2026 21:15

Northern Irish, North Welsh or Geordie 😆 although I work with someone who has lived in Bristol for a long time and I adore her accent.
I am one of those people that "pick up" accents which is probably really embarrassing but I can't help it!!!

Fedupoffeelingthisway111 · 31/07/2026 21:15

People keep saying Irish but are they referring to a northern Irish accent or a more southern Irish accent????

MsSquiz · 31/07/2026 21:16

Lizchaz · 31/07/2026 19:09

Mackem, not as strong as geordie.

Mackem is very different to Geordie, to those who know 😉

Meridas · 31/07/2026 21:17

Cork or Uist

the80sweregreat · 31/07/2026 21:18

Not sure where he is from ( or much about him) but Iain Dale on lbc has a lovely voice. As a female myself , I’d like a gravelly voice or Judi Dence’s one. Or Joanna lumley who has that lovely posh , but not too posh , voice.’!

pambeesleyhalpert · 31/07/2026 21:21

Irish!

TheChosenTwo · 31/07/2026 21:22

Mine is a very dull RP accent, I can either rough it up a bit or posh it up a bit 😂 but it’s quite boring.
I love listening to the wide variety of accents we have across the country, and I find it fascinating that we have such a vast array considering we are a relatively little country.
I don’t think I’d swap mine for anything else even though it’s boring, I can’t think of another I’d rather have.

Yetanothername3 · 31/07/2026 21:23

I was brought up RP in English and have the standard accents in the 2 other languages I speak.

Specialagentblond · 31/07/2026 21:26

not so much an accent. I get told mine is neutral. But a husky voice would be lovely.

Nousernameideaaga · 31/07/2026 21:27

Irish , specifically Anne from motherland 🤣

AgnesMcDoo · 31/07/2026 21:28

I’m very happy with my own Scottish accent