To ask what your favourite British accent is?

[WashingMatilda]

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.

no you said there was no difference...:)

Take Ed Sheeran for example - would you guess where he was from? I doubt most people would from his accent.

@DullAndOld Can you not read? I said MLE in my post but also used the term Jafaican because that's what previous posters called it. It's also not racist to not like that way of speaking - there are lots of white people who speak like that and there are lots of black people who don't.

The Edinburgh accent varies a lot. I'm fairly well spoken but identifiably scots whereas Patrick Grant from the Great British Sewing Bee comes from less than 2 miles away from me and his accent is pure RP

Definitely Scottish!

They're all OK, it depends on the person who is using it. If it's an unbearable person, their accent too is quite unbearable. It's an additional advantage if I understand the accent...

I'm in Lancashire, but not originally from round here.

I like the northern accents in general, except Yorkshire.
But that's only there to keep the wind, rain and snow from Lancs anyway

My favourite is Geordie, so warm.

Either very strong Welsh or super super posh.

" Can you not read? I said MLE in my post but also used the term Jafaican "

yes well it was a bit stupid to dismiss this one accent as 'incorrect' when that is essentially what all accents and dialects are. Best to avoid the term 'jafaican' if you don't want to sound racist.

Best to avoid the term 'jafaican' if you don't want to sound racist.

From the poster who said it was no big deal if people refer to Irish accents as British. Ok, so not racist, but certainly insensitive.

Irish.

treacle i did not say it was 'no big deal' I said it was understandable considering how many Brits have Irish relatives, which confuses them...

Birmingham or Manchester!

treacle i did not say it was 'no big deal' I said it was understandable considering how many Brits have Irish relatives, which confuses them...

I don't buy that excuse. Loads of Brits have Australian and American relatives but they seem to be able to remember that they're not British.

I like a country accent - love Lance's out of the Detectorists - dunno what precise accent it's supposed to be ... Suffolk?

Also some Welsh accents - if any one watched Utopia there was a Welsh woman in that and i loved the way she said 'Utopia'.

Also some Scottish accents.

lol treaclesoda, Ireland is a touch closer than Australia, in fact it is in the same geographical archipelago, is it not? lol.

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?

I’m a Geordie so kind of bored hearing it all day long, I do love an Irish accent thigh

North Wales for me (my DH is from that area)! Looking forward to visiting there for a few days over the holidays

I love a Scottish accent.

What does MLE stand for?

I like the way Joanna Lumley speaks. I dislike the southern/eastern English accent where people kind of swallow their vowels and speak through their noses. Is that Estuary?

I love a Geordie accent too. Reminds me of some Welsh accents.

i love a Birmingham accent!

@DullAndOld Again - read my post. I said that I also used the term jafaican because that's what previous posters had used. If you want to be picky then scroll down and have a go at everyone that didn't use the term MLE and only said jafaican.

I am not 'having a go' I was just pointing it out. I know you were only repeating what others had said, my comment was not aimed solely at you. However I cba to scroll through and see who else said it, I have other stuff to do you know..
Anyway I am sure you take my point, just don't take it personally.

I like a West Country/Bristol area accent. It doesn't make me go weak at the knees but I find it lovely.