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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:
NineFortySixPM · 02/12/2017 23:43

Welsh, all day long. Brummie comes a distant 2nd and I also like cockney - more so since I met DH who’s proper Ray Winstone in voice if not in looks

KenAdams · 02/12/2017 23:46

Geordie. Such a friendly accent.

ItsNachoCheese · 02/12/2017 23:46

Glaswegian and geordie are 😍😍

JollyWankers · 02/12/2017 23:50

AndNoneForGretchenWieners and ItsNachoCheese have yous looked at Iain Connell or Rab Florence's FB pages

NK493efc93X1277dd3d6d4 · 02/12/2017 23:51

East Britain definitely trumps the west. Find Birmingham and Liverpool awful and don't like the harsh tones of Glasgow & NI either.
Queens English always preferable and understood by all.

DullAndOld · 02/12/2017 23:53

the new London accent. Multicultural London English I think it's called, I love it.

snowgirl1 · 02/12/2017 23:53

Scottish and Northern Ireland. Can't believe no-one has said NI already.

spurtions · 02/12/2017 23:53

Generic clearly spoken southern accent. I don’t mind a posh Cheshire at a push but not keen on regional accents generally

TrinitySquirrel · 02/12/2017 23:55

Posh scouse. (No not an oxymoron)

foodfrax · 02/12/2017 23:55

My favourite is South Wales. Let's be honest, most of the south of England has the same accent - 'generic english'

JollyWankers · 02/12/2017 23:57

If you like Glaswegian watch this;

DullAndOld · 02/12/2017 23:58

no it doesnt foodfax, not if you listen. A Brighton accent is quite different from South London, which is different from North London, and it would change again if you went a few miles west, out towards Slough for example.

crumbsinthecutlerydrawer · 03/12/2017 00:02

NI doesn’t have one accent, they vary massively depending on where you are. Confused

JockTamsonsBairns · 03/12/2017 00:02

So many different accents even within Glasgow itself. Folk from Bearsden sound not much like folk from Possilpark for eg.

grumpysquash3 · 03/12/2017 00:08

Queen's English isn't winning any votes (nor is Radio 4)

Chrys2017 · 03/12/2017 00:09

Manchester and East London

Brummie and Geordie are the worst!

flimflaminurjams · 03/12/2017 00:16

Big up the Scouse accent - love it.

Also Northern Irish (and although beyond the realms of this thread, Republic of Ireland too - especially Dublin which is a bit like a soft scouse anyway)

user1468353179 · 03/12/2017 00:19

I love a Liverpool accent.

MajesticWhine · 03/12/2017 00:21

Geordie

ColinsVeryJolly · 03/12/2017 00:21

I really like a Brummie or a Brizzle accent.

Really don't like scouse or Stoke accents though.

AmIthatbloodycold · 03/12/2017 00:21

I like a Highland accent. Also Hebridean, where it's clear that English is a second language

BuzzKillington · 03/12/2017 00:21

I like a nice RP.

I loathe the Jafaican accent I am hearing more and more.

ScreamingValenta · 03/12/2017 00:22

Scottish Highlands accent is lovely, with posh Edinburgh accent a close second. I have to admit I do also like a good old-fashioned BBC RP accent, though Xmas Grin.

CheapSausagesAndSpam · 03/12/2017 00:28

I love a nice Brummie since Peaky Blinders Blush

I say!

gamerchick · 03/12/2017 00:31

I don’t get why people like the Geordie accent so much! I’m a Geordie and I cringe when I hear it on telly. I love the southern accent though, it’s like velvet tones.