Regional Accents.

jambutty · 13-06-2006, 11:12

Which regional accents do you like the best, the worst and why?

You are allowed 3 of each and as a bonus you can have two International accents.

My likes in no particular order:
West Country – Such a down to earth accent.
Welsh – Soft and musical and a joy to listen to particularly if a woman speaks.
Brummy – Lends itself to humour as Jasper Carrott exploited to the full.

My dislikes also in no particular order:
Yorkshire – It gives the wrong impression that the speaker is as thick as two short planks.
Scottish – Most of the time I can’t understand a word that is spoken.
Cockney – The speakers seem to think that the world ends when you can’t hear the sound of Bow Bells anymore.

The funniest International accent has to be an Indian speaking English. It’s the grammar as much as the sound and the mannerisms that make it hilarious.

The West Indies accent comes a very close second and can be as funny as a Brummy.

Tinkerbelle · 13-06-2006, 12:21

My 'dislikes' in a very particular order!!

1. Brummie
2. Mancs
3. Scousers

but I know what it is that I dislike, they exagerate the vowels to much .... (Brummie) I live in B*eee*m*iii*ngham! (Mancs) c *aaaa*r p*aaa*rk and (Scouse in a very high pitched squeal) G*eeeee*rmany!

Hope that made sense it was the only way I could try to explain it lol!

I like

1. Geordies
2. Irish

and of course No. 3 our own accent.

International .... the only one I really like is Spanish. So very, very sexy it makes me go weak at the knees

grannyclaret · 13-06-2006, 12:33

I Dislike Strong Irish Accents Like Ian Paisley,s,
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I Like Welsh Accents,and Northern Of Course

grannyclaret · 13-06-2006, 12:34

Oh And I Dont Like Devs Accent On Corrie...

morgan_brotherz · 13-06-2006, 15:06

Ooooo Its got to be

Scouse Accent
Bolton Accent
And I dont mind the Lancashire Accent.

Tealeaf · 13-06-2006, 15:15

I do not like:

1) Upper-Class Twit accent

2) Scouse accent

3) East Midlands accent.

4) Sarf London accent (which is not cockney)

Geordie and Glaswegian are not accents; they are languages, on a par with some of the obscure Amazonian Indian languages and both comprise a simple linguistic structure amounting to ten or twelve different grunts, five clearings of the nasal passage, a couple of reverse farts and nowt else.

West Ender · 13-06-2006, 16:34

My favourites

1) Durham/Northumberland
2) Cornwall/Devon
3) Norfolk/Suffolk

There aren't any accents I really don't like and I was hard pressed to choose just 3.

slinky · 13-06-2006, 16:55

My absolute hate is cockney!!!! even when people are on T.V I have to turn over it's that bad. I'm also not so keen on Glasgow Accent!! I feel like I am being spat on all the time when they talk to me. I also don't like hearing my accent on T.v, it sounds very common.

I love County Durham accent, I actually don't mind any other Accent apart from ABOVE.

accymel · 13-06-2006, 17:11

MIne are

* Cockney sparrows - even worse when they move up north & try to converge the north/south mumbo i know i divorced one

* Cornwall devonish combine haaarvesterrr

* Brummie

* Mancunian

* Strong scouse [ a bits fine have to say cos my mate is scouse lancs so may get me car stereo nicked if she reads that shes from posh end]

* Strong N Irish

Like our native lancashire we speak proper

Other accents i hate are Yanks "have a nice day u all" so darn false

cashman · 13-06-2006, 17:29

dislike in no particular order- brummie - crossroads did me head in. geordie- like the people but can't tell a word they say. somerset- YOKELS lol. likes scouse- want to keep my car.

cockney- want to keep my jewelry.

southern irish- my favourite.

Wynonie Harris · 13-06-2006, 19:51

Can't stand the sound of it -
Manchester - not the proper Manc accent, but the modern Oasis/Madchester/moronic accent. I have to listen to chavs round here using it all the time.
Estuary English - that strange sort of drawling accent that's not quite cockney. A lot of media people use it. Mick Jagger does it perfectly.
...but the sound I detest most of all is the sound of an Accringtonian who has moved down south and covered their accent up with a "posh" voice. Fair makes me want to spit!

Music to my ears -
Southern Irish - I'm with with Mr. C on that one. Could listen to 'em all day.
Latin-accented English - my missus speaks it!
My first love, though, is pure Accy. Only live 30 miles away, but I miss it...I really miss it.

garinda · 13-06-2006, 21:39

Like-
Lancastrian, but only within five miles of Ossy.
Bermudian.
French, but not Parisian.

Dislike-
Brummy.
Mockney. Rich kids affecting a cockney accent to appear cool and street.
Anybody on Trisha.

shillelagh · 13-06-2006, 21:55

I like the northern irish accent but not the way people in Belfast speak it its too harsh the border area is softer and its easier to pick up, the geordie accent and lancastrian and the welsh and liverpudlian one as well.

I hate londoners accent its horrible.

Mancie · 13-06-2006, 22:29

East lancs has to be the place for local accents, when my parents moved us from Blackburn to Ossie the natives used to take the micky out of my accent, LOL (only moved about 5 miles!) e.g if I might say "down town" I got ribbed cos it should be "dan t taan" looks abit cockney when trying to type it. But I reckon I was thrown in the deep end anyway.. I mean who the F thought up " as ti fekillin, far ti middlin"?

SPUGGIE J · 13-06-2006, 22:41

Dont really mind accents its part of a persons identity. If any accent makes me cringe its Orcadian and Doric.