To wish I had a Welsh accent?

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I was brought up in Wales and spoke Welsh at home. So I am throughly Welsh.

I now live in London after going to Cambridge.

I sound ever so slightly Welsh, but people always comment that I do not.

I WISH I had a strong Welsh accent, just so I can identify with my own country/ heritage.

I really dislike having a boring generic English accent.

I’m welsh and grew up in Wales but, bar one or two words, sound English too. Also wish I was a bit more welsh-sounding.

I'm the same with losing my accent and gaining other people's. I heard someone once describe it as a migratory accent.

The Warthog is from the Gower and after 25+ years of living here in Liverpool sounds like he's well spoken northern. I on the other hand, having Irish parents and growing up either in Liverpool or various Army bases, sound like Marion Keyes, Cilla or our dear queen!

I want to sound like rhod gilbert, I love the way he massages words out of his mouth and he sounds his r`s.

I moved county a few yrs ago and definitely sound more local now, I catch myself dropping my t`s and it annoys me 😂
My mum is scottish and sounds way more scottish when she has been home or speaks to family on the phone, you can hear her dial up the scot.

I adore the welsh accent!

I love the Welsh accent but there are a variety of fab English ones too. I like Newcastle accents. I guess by generic you mean "neutral" newsreader-ish. That's also nice though!

My mum didn't have a welsh accent unless she was speaking with her family, we always knew if she was talking to her family even if she didn't switch to welsh.

The best was when we were on holiday in Anglesey when we went into a shop, as we, an obviously english family walked in, they switched from english to welsh. My mum left it a couple of minutes and then said i welsh," yes the weather is very nice isn't it and it's a good thing you were only talking about the weather wasn't it!" They were extremely embarassed

I'm English and live in SE Wales with my husband who is from SW Wales. For a few years we worked together, people always assumed I was the Welsh one as I have picked up a twang. DH doesn't have much of an accent, even though his family sound like they could be in Stella/Gav&Stacey. Unless he's had a few drinks and is shouting at the rugby, then his inner accent appears.

I feel the same! I’ve been back here for 3 years now too & still not picked my welsh accent back up.

^ was going to say the same, GoJohnnyGoGoGoGo - DH’s inner Welsh only comes out after a few drinks, shouting at rugby or if he’s really upset. He lived in England for 30 years though, only just moved back last year.