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To ask what your favourite British accent is?

327 replies

WashingMatilda · 02/12/2017 23:28

Help settle a debate.

Best British accent for me is northern Welsh. especially in men but I'm also a sucker for Geordie and a nice light brummie.

OP posts:
ByTheSea · 03/12/2017 18:34

Edinburgh

FlaviaAlbia · 03/12/2017 18:38

It all becomes clear @BrollyDolly Grin

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 03/12/2017 18:41

After watching Peaky Blinders I quite like the Brum accent. Never in a million years did I think I’d ever say THAT.

buggerthebotox · 03/12/2017 18:49

What part of Wales is Elis James from?

wtffgs · 03/12/2017 19:03

Love Cork, Edinburgh, North Wales and some soft Glasgow.

Addictedtothisbloodyforum · 03/12/2017 19:04

I'm geordie and hate it ! We sound thick when on tv . I love Irish

thelikelylass · 03/12/2017 19:08

I think John Lennon's accent was the most gorgeous. I love a Soft Scouse accent, David Morrissey has a nice intonation.... I think it rude to say any other regional accent is unpleasant, I think some people have nice speaking voices and others don't.

Turquoisetamborine · 03/12/2017 19:43

I love a NI accent like Ian Paisley, a properly strong one. My grandparents were from there and it brings memories back. I’m from County Durham and would describe our accent as a softer version of Geordie. My H is from central Newcastle and his is different to mine even though we are 8 miles apart. I can’t abide accents like Chloe from Geordie Shite. It’s horrendous.

I love George Clarke’s Mackem accent. It’s soft and sing song.

Sheitgeist · 03/12/2017 19:48

Sheit That video completely missed out Harrogate and North Yorkshire!

Oops, sorry about that! I'll get on to Ian Macmillan/ Stephen Fry immediately!
I think the whole focus was on how accents can vary in such a small area, rather than a study of Yorkshire per se.
When I moved to West Yorkshire I couldn't stop smiling when anyone spoke to me. Sadly I moved away before my children got the accent (DS had it briefly but it faded!)

InsomniacAnonymous · 03/12/2017 20:31

buggerthebotox "What part of Wales is Elis James from?"

Carmarthen in south west Wales.

buggerthebotox · 03/12/2017 20:33

Thanks insomniac. Nice accent; quite soft.

scrabbler3 · 03/12/2017 20:33

Welsh, Scottish and Geordie. Like the majority on here it seems.

LivLemler · 03/12/2017 20:34

The population exchange has been massive over the last 100 years. Approx 25 per cent of Brits have an Irish parent or grandparent. Therefore if someone gets confused, cut them a little slack, eh?

This is precisely why people shouldn't get confused. British people should be aware of what is and isn't in their country. And at the very least the 25% with Irish ancestry should understand just why so many of us find it offensive to be called British.

I can completely understand why these threads make people think of Irish accents they may like - close neighbours with the same language etc. But all it takes is to preface your comment with "Not British, but..." - as the first poster on this thread to mention an Irish accent did.

Protectingmydaughterfromfilth · 03/12/2017 20:58

Sheit I did t mean it like that! I was just badly explaining that it also misses out such a huge change in accent that is North Yorks!

You're right, the change in accent in small areas within Yorkshire is staggering.

Protectingmydaughterfromfilth · 03/12/2017 20:59

Ginor North Yorks. Harrogate & thereabouts

goose1964 · 03/12/2017 21:14

I can't believe any one likes North Welsh as my Welsh teacher said,if they opened their mouths the wind would blow their brains out.my favourite is a vale of Glamorgan is mine not too Welsh slightly posh. I've had load of people compliment me on it.

buggerthebotox · 03/12/2017 21:18

I don't like North Walian either. Too mumbly and nasal. And fast. North Eastern Welsh sounds like Scouse to me. Neither have the sing-song quality of Southern Wales.

TeaAndToast85 · 03/12/2017 21:20

Definitely Scottish. All Scottish accents. My husband is Welsh so that is a close second Blush

Elend · 03/12/2017 21:43

Jamie Dornan's accent is not really a Belfast accent. He is from Holywood as far as I remember (not an expert on JD), which makes him a bit of a posho. Not as posho as Bangor aka Beeeennngor but still.

Personally I'm a fan of Bristol, Sunderland, Newcastle accents. Most northern English accents actually. Not such a massive of really strong Welsh or Brummie, or that non-descript loud southern English one.

SomeBananasAreStillGreen · 03/12/2017 21:49

Birmingham and West Midlands, because this is where I was born and lived until I was about five.

I know people sneer at Birmingham accents. .. but it is such a lovely sound.

If you read Shakespeare's sonnets in a Birmingham accent, they suddenly start to rhyme properly. There is every chance that our bard spoke like this.

I also love my friend's Yorkshire accent, and the way she says 'snicket' instead of alleyway.

PumpkinPie2016 · 03/12/2017 22:08

I love a Northern Irish accent!

Have to be honest and say the Birmingham accent really grates on me as does Liverpool.

BonnieF · 03/12/2017 22:23

Favourite : Geordie, why aye man. I also love the rural west NI accent, it's less harsh than Belfast /Antrim.

Least favourite: chavvy estuary / sarf east, e.g. Stacey Dooley. I believe she's from Luton, which explains a lot...

Christinayangstwistedsista · 03/12/2017 22:33

I could listen to Sean Connery all day

BonnieF · 03/12/2017 22:33

'Jafaican' is a very good, factual term for that accent, and not at all racist. It is an affected fake Jamaican accent, innit.

PETRONELLAS · 03/12/2017 22:38

North Yorkshire educated type. Omg.