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If you could have any accent...

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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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PurpleCoo · 31/07/2026 23:24

I would be happy with a posh/RP accent

I am surprised at so may saying Geordie. In my experience, it can be a really hard accent to understand (at least to my southern ears). I don't struggle with the intelligibility of other northern accents, at least not that I am aware of.

Toomucktoo · 31/07/2026 23:29

My Mum had a beautiful Welsh accent,miss her voice every day. I had an Australian accent years ago and everyone loved it! I am quite happy with my neutral South East accent…well spoken with good pronunciation.

Keepoffmyartichokes · 31/07/2026 23:29

Berwynnie · 31/07/2026 20:35

Hull
Like Michelle Dewberry

You have to be the first person ever to want a Hull accent 🤣 I have one so can say that 😄

Flannelfeet · 31/07/2026 23:30

Definitely irish (county Cork) accent 🥰🥵. Awfy braw. Welsh 🥰🥵 or i must say for my wee papa polish. Spent a good bit of my childhood in Poland and I must say I really do love the language. Ive got a very mixed heritage when I think about it..irish,scottish, polish and German...jeezo im a mongrel. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 🫠🤣

Flannelfeet · 31/07/2026 23:33

Flannelfeet · 31/07/2026 23:30

Definitely irish (county Cork) accent 🥰🥵. Awfy braw. Welsh 🥰🥵 or i must say for my wee papa polish. Spent a good bit of my childhood in Poland and I must say I really do love the language. Ive got a very mixed heritage when I think about it..irish,scottish, polish and German...jeezo im a mongrel. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 🫠🤣

Ohh and I have added italian 💃 in there as my husband has italian decent. That will explain why our daughter is a crabbit wee bugger 😕 🤔 🤭🤣

Monstershark · 31/07/2026 23:35

Posh Yorkshire (Harrogate variety)

LilytheThink · 31/07/2026 23:38

I like my non specific north east England accent, but I’d love to be able to swap it as I fancied with a french accent.

padsi1975 · 31/07/2026 23:47

I'd like to have a French accent. For men ... someone that sounds like Jeremy Irons. His accent and voice sounds so sophisticated to me. South African .....lovely accent and I always think they sound so posh.

SowWhatNow · 31/07/2026 23:49

Welsh!

MissConductUS · 01/08/2026 00:16

New Yorker here. I’m fine with my current accent.

The very pronounced NY accent you hear on TV actually goes back to the early Dutch settlers when the city was New Amsterdam.

SpeedwellBlue · 01/08/2026 00:19

French

SabrinaThwaite · 01/08/2026 00:20

RaraRachael · 31/07/2026 21:40

I have a horrible speaking voice and hate to hear myself speaking but I'm happy with my NE Scottish accent as hardly anybody can tell what it is.

I do like Geordie and some Welsh accents.

DS was spotted with his NE accent way down south in an English school by a Scottish schools inspector.

I can still go proper Devon, which is an accent I love.

Giraffehaver · 01/08/2026 00:55

I'd love a Welsh accent. So warm and comforting

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 01/08/2026 01:44

Liverpool but more Paul O'Grady than Craig Charles ( softer not the hacking sound )

Berwynnie · 01/08/2026 01:55

Keepoffmyartichokes · 31/07/2026 23:29

You have to be the first person ever to want a Hull accent 🤣 I have one so can say that 😄

I’m serious I love it it’s wonderful!!!

BansheeOfTheSouth · 01/08/2026 02:01

My accent is favourably commented on a lot, Irish Scot. Wouldn't change it.

ETA @Flannelfeet I hail from Cork too!

SpeedwellBlue · 01/08/2026 02:03

I like the Yorkshire accent that was in the film Kes. (Hoyland?)

Weegieunicorn · 01/08/2026 02:18

ToadRage · 31/07/2026 19:57

I would love a Scottish accent. Not Glaswegian but proper Scottish. I love listening to my husband cousins talk with their lovely accents. I'm from the South West and have a faint South West twang.

Proper Scottish?

Abhannmor · 01/08/2026 10:28

blythet · 31/07/2026 19:48

I’m Scottish but would love an Irish accent

I'm Irish and a Scottish friend relocated here from London a few years ago. I've noticed him appending to word ' so' to random sentences. And starting them with the word ' sure'. Resistance is futile.....

inkgirl · 01/08/2026 11:07

I would love an Irish accent to go with my Irish surname.

HoraceCope · 01/08/2026 11:10

south african

SaraHoliday · 01/08/2026 11:11

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?

Italian. Definitely Italian ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

Laiste · 01/08/2026 11:25

Italian 😍

(i'm saaaaf London).

MagicThanks · 01/08/2026 11:30

I love French and ROI, but also agree with posh Scottish.

Squirrelsnut · 01/08/2026 11:33

I have a faintly posh English accent and I quite like it.
I like soft Geordie and Scottish on men.

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