Accents you like and dislike
I don't like the Brum accent and a Liverpool accent is grating even more than it used to.
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Belgian and Scouse.22
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Remember doing a bit about his in Sociology. Lots of businesses like to base their call centres in Newcastle, Wales and Scotland, as people consider these to be the most trustworthy accents.
Brummies and Scousers always feature at the bottom of the popularity list. Personally I think Brummies usually sound like friendly simpletons, whilst Scousers generally sound like people who like to steal, be that a car or a living (yes I'm talking about you, Karl, you fat tit)13 -
Having worked with people from all over the UK for nearly 14 years, and met some lovely people from just about every place going, no accent grates on me anymore.7
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West Country is my favourite.0
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All roight mate, d'yo coom frum Dudlaaaayyy
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Can't stand Scouse or Northern Irish. Dislike strong Welsh and Scottish accents. Milder Welsh and Scottish accents I find quite appealing.0
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Birmingham Accent - just sound thick, Im sure they're not all dim.
Geordie Accent - incomprehensible to me.
West Country - sound like they will interfere with you.
Scousers Accent - just sound like they would steal yer nan and that they make terrible football managers.
London Cockney Accent - sound untrustworthy.
London South East accent - Perfect.
East Anglian accent- just odd, sometimes they sound West Country and sometimes...er....not.
No one swears as well as a Glaswegian.
Went out with a South Wales girl many years ago - lovely accent.
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Brum....'orrible!0
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that sing song southern Irish. especially from a girl. everyone seems to think it's really nice. cant stand it. I actually prefer Northern Irish. I usually mimic it myself with the words "where's the f@cking guns?"
Michal Cain's accent always makes me smile.1 -
Hate: Scouse - horrible, grating sound
Love: Norfolk - not just the accent but the dialect. Rules of grammar are somewhat different here!2 -
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brum - hate it
on a bird scouse just sounds filth2 -
I have never heard a South African who sounds intelligent0
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You'll have to differentiate between Norfolk and Suffolk - there is a difference and not just because the South Folk are very strange people ...Greenie said:
East Anglian accent- just odd, sometimes they sound West Country and sometimes...er....not.0 -
and that's not bloody surprising manChizz said:I have never heard a South African who sounds intelligent
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.Chizz said:I have never heard a South African who sounds intelligent
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Can't stand the geordie accent it grates on me which is a bit of a problem because I live and work in Newcastle!0
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Chizz said:
I have never heard a South African who sounds intelligent
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Einstein would have been labelled as thick as a whale omelette if he had read his theory of relativity out in a brum accent.1
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Cathy Barry's accent was/is a right turn off.3
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I dont mind a soft Scottish accent nor do I mind a soft Irish one.
Hate most other English accents though... ESPECIALLY those with a plum in their gob0 -
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I like all accents.
Less keen on unintelligible in any accent.
I love the world of voice and speech generally, it is amazing how many things we discern from the voice of a person, last time I thought about it it was dozens of assumptions and deductions we make when hearing somebody speak.
For me the BBC licence fee is worth the money for the wireless service alone.3 -
I have an unfortunate habit of unintentionally imitating people, but do it quite badly.
I spent two years working in Newcastle and ended up with this horrendous sort of London/Geordie combo which no one could understand. Or as the locals would say: that gadgie's a propa wazzock. In the end, it was good to be gan yem.
But, still, the Geordie dialect would be my favourite. (I think it counts as a dialect because they have so many different words in their vocabulary rather than just a different pronunciation of regular words).
The reason for the way they speak in the North East becomes clearer when you compare their pronunciation of "going home" - gan yem - to the very similar Norwegian words - går hjem. They are after all pretty much Vikings but without the hats.
I'm thinking the word blatherskite was made especially for Karl Robinson.
Least favourite would be the County Tyrone version of Norn Irish. It's impenetrable.0 -
I would imagine lots of businesses really like to base their call centres in Newcastle, Wales and Scotland because the cost of labor is much cheaper there - they just make the accent bit up afterwards to justify it.MrLargo said:Remember doing a bit about his in Sociology. Lots of businesses like to base their call centres in Newcastle, Wales and Scotland, as people consider these to be the most trustworthy accents.
Brummies and Scousers always feature at the bottom of the popularity list. Personally I think Brummies usually sound like friendly simpletons, whilst Scousers generally sound like people who like to steal, be that a car or a living (yes I'm talking about you, Karl, you fat tit)6 -
I struggle with some strong accents as my hearing is shit. Was on holiday a couple of years ago and my daughter got friendly with a Geordie kid. Had a beer with her old man a couple of times and really couldn't understand a word he was saying. Most of the time I could get away with it by laughing or saying yes but got embarrassing whe he stopped talking and looked at me for an answer.
I have the same problem with French. Mine is pretty good but can rarely understand what's being said to me.0 -
American accents are bit annoying but especially those women that speak at 1000 decibels.1
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At least I can hear them.thai malaysia addick said:American accents are bit annoying but especially those women that speak at 1000 decibels.
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Used to work with one of them. Incompetent at the job, incredibly loud, abrasive and frequently offensive. Bit like their President...thai malaysia addick said:American accents are bit annoying but especially those women that speak at 1000 decibels.
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Thanks a bunch...cafcfan said:I have an unfortunate habit of unintentionally imitating people, but do it quite badly.
I spent two years working in Newcastle and ended up with this horrendous sort of London/Geordie combo which no one could understand. Or as the locals would say: that gadgie's a propa wazzock. In the end, it was good to be gan yem.
But, still, the Geordie dialect would be my favourite. (I think it counts as a dialect because they have so many different words in their vocabulary rather than just a different pronunciation of regular words).
The reason for the way they speak in the North East becomes clearer when you compare their pronunciation of "going home" - gan yem - to the very similar Norwegian words - går hjem. They are after all pretty much Vikings but without the hats.
I'm thinking the word blatherskite was made especially for Karl Robinson.
Least favourite would be the County Tyrone version of Norn Irish. It's impenetrable.14 -
Fortunately, there are other things to focus on.AddickUpNorth said:Cathy Barry's accent was/is a right turn off.
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mrs accent is fine (ireland, county westmeath) been to some parts of the ireland where there hard to understand but dont really find them annoying.0
