To hate my accent?

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Are you local? Asked the dentist.
Where are you originally from? asked my dog groomer

I am Cardiff born and bred. My parents are both from here for generations, speak welsh but don’t sound welsh when they speak english. My mum does a bit, like noticeable but my dad sounds southern english.

AIBU to hate my horrible, boring, southern english accent. When really I should sound welsh.

I only lived in the south for 3 year at cambridge for uni and 2 years then in london. Someone even thought they could tell I was from hertfordshire. Not sure if I’ve ever been there in my life.

I think it depends where you're from in Cardiff too. Posh North Cardiff like Cyncoed/Lisvane/Radyr really does sound like southern English, especially the older generations. Splott/Ely/Docks is much more Caaaardiff accent.

My Essex drawl is also terrible.
I do try to speak a bit better, but it's hard.
I love other accents though! Welsh is really nice I think. I lived there for a while and people did not understand me at all.

Ugh.
Im black countey born and bred.
I get told im a brummie all the fckin time. Pisses me off.
'Oh you're a brummie!'
'Actually, no, im a yam yam'

Im from Glenarm on the coast of antrim . Ive lived in Belfast for a number of years . I absorb accents apparently! I sound more country when i speak to any one from or near glenarm . Lived in Dublin for a yr and came back sounding like a Dubliner.

I have a South Dublin accent. Dublin 4 as it’s known locally. I get complimented on it a lot over here for some reason; at home non South Dubs usually roll their eyes and may or may not mumble fucken jackeen Under their breath, especially is they’re from The People’s Republic of Cork.

I'm not keen on mine either. Kentish, as my username would suggest! So a bit "dahn sarf". I've managed to smooth off some of the rough edges mostly but revert to proper estuary English, innit, when drunk, tired or on the phone to my sister, apparently.

Im from Cardiff too! And i find the different parts even sound different e.g north cardiff to west etc. However whenever I go on holiday noone can guess that I'm Welsh but id rather this that a proper Caaaadiff accent 😂

Scottish accent here. Not as posh as Edinburgh/Fife and further north but def posher than Glaswegian. It doesn't bother me until I hear a really strongScottish accent on tv amongst English/other accents, then I cringe a little.
Whenever I'm down south I get asked if I'm Irish though DH says it's the way I roll my 'r's' and makes fun

My accent is mangled from travelling around but I still have an awful stoke twang. If love elocution lessons

@camillafromcobham, you speak [gavel] normally.

People from the people's republic don't slag me, it's people from five k away.

I get this too. 3rd generation Welsh at least and I'm constantly asked where in England am I from. Often they think I'm from Essex. Honestly so confused 😂

I'm from North Yorkshire (one of the "posh" bits) and although both parents and my brother sound very local, I don't and never have. It used to bother me, but tbh I think sounding fairly neutral can be helpful in a professional situation. Not that things should be that way, but I would imagine that anyone with a strong accent of any kind finds themselves being negatively judged sometimes.

I do still pronounce words like "bath" with a short a though, and occasionally dialect words pop out when I'm with other northern people!

I am exactly the same as you OP! Not a week goes by where I’m not asked where I’m originally from. In fact when I was at school I’d get bullied for being English or posh. I’m neither!

@Holidayshopping I meant what I said 🤷🏼‍♀️

I couldn't work out what the original poster wanted - a stereotypical welsh accent, or "valleys" accent or did she wish she had a more localised Cardiff accent as that's where she was born and bred.

They are two different accents. Or maybe I should have written dialects.
But I was just making a joke and didn't realise I had to explain in depth so didn't pay attention to what wording I used.

@UAEMum l can still say properly as well! I’m from the north and roamed around the south for the best part of 20 years. So my accent is confused as well

@Holidayshopping I meant what I said 🤷🏼‍♀️

I couldn't work out what the original poster wanted - a stereotypical welsh accent, or "valleys" accent or did she wish she had a more localised Cardiff accent as that's where she was born and bred.

They are two different accents as many others have posted....maybe I should have written dialects in my original post.
But I was just making a joke and didn't realise I had to explain in depth so didn't pay attention to what wording I used.

I work with a woman from Swansea, one from Cardiff and a couple from mid-Wales - they all sound very different. There are two from Chepstow but they sound English despite being Welsh. I think the Welsh accent is as varied as the English one TBH.

I have a much maligned accent but I've learned to embrace it. I used to tone it down for work but don't anymore.

Be proud of your accent and where you are from

Oops sorry didn't mean to press send twice @Holidayshopping - it failed on attempt one 🙈.. or so I thought.

I don't like mine.

Born and bred in East London.

Now live in naice Surrey.

So I sound like a rough, uneducated chav to most people round here I'm sure.

I can help myself a bit if I try. But my natural voice is pure Stacey Slater. So if I'm talking without thinking it's very obvious I'm not from around these parts!

My husband says when I'm with my school friends he finds it hard not to laugh I'm that Chaz n Dave apparently.

Gog here (North Wales!)

I too can tell if I'm talking to someone from Bangor, Caernarfon, Anglesey, Llandudno or further up the coast towards Liverpool.

North wales accents can sometimes sound a bit nasal and are very different to South Wales. Dialect is different too (daps? What?!!)

I don't have a Welsh accent either unless I'm back home and with a pint in my hand. Everyone thinks I'm from Cheshire

I'm an expat and proficient in the local language. I've the faintest trace of an accent, which is not noticeable to most native speakers and not identifiable to the attentive ones with an ear for languages. I've also got a pretty bland name that could literally be from any number of countries - including where I'm currently based.

Cue meeting last week with a new potential client. I wasn't even meant to be there but ended up attending instead of my boss, who had caught a nasty case of D&V at the last minute - i.e. it's not as though the contact could have LinkedIn checked me.

Imagine my surprise when, at the end of the meeting, potential client counterpart asked "so do you miss England, then? You're from the South East, I reckon?"

I am. Turns out he has a background in forensic linguistics and could make out some distinct markers in my accent that even I didn't know I had. Spooky but seriously impressive!

I have a strong Welsh accent which is different from other towns only 6/7 miles away on the SW coast of Wales!

Londoner here.

I live in rural england now, but back when i moved up here i couldn't 'hear' a london accent. Eastenders was just ... accentless to me. New friends i made up here would laugh when i tried to explain that i didn't really actually have any accent Twat.

It took a couple of years of being out of london until i could 'hear' the london accent though. Genuinely. Now, if i'm out an about a broad london accent stands out a mile to me. and i always have a look to see who it is