Favourite Accent

Anya, me too

Yes in North and South, the accent in the north is spoken more quickly, the South drawls , no different to England I suppose, so the way some words are pronounced may sound differently but I was brought up in South Wales with a Grandfather from Anglesey. We never had cause to ask what one word meant. I pronounce some place names in Anglesey differently to my friends in the north . Never met one 'how green was my valley ' accent in my life, doubt the makers of that film had either

And I love the sound of a male Welsh voice choir.

Whatever brand of Scottish accent that David Tennant has, that will do for me!

Anniebach the language is the same

Is it pronounced differently in different parts of Wales?

Yes accents are different as in many parts of Wales , the language is the same

Sorry forgot to say, there is no such thing as A Welsh accent
I was going to say the same as Elrel, North Walians are quite different again in their accents.
and they are different genetically, apparently.

A loouk in the booouk - and 'go'way you silly booogar', etc. Very easy to pick up, lol.
I don't know, I am from very near there, and the intonations are quite difficult; I can always tell because of the way someone pronounces 'l'! It is unique, Staffordshire accents vary immensely.

Know just what you mean christinefrance.
Went into a tourist office once somewhere in France and said (in French!) we're only here for the afternoon what do you suggest?
They had some leaflets showing where to visit and they asked me what language did I want it in? I couldn't resist asking what they thought and they said they couldn't decide whether I was English, German or Dutch! And I don't suppose it sounds as gorgeous as when the French speak English

Couldn't agree more Mumsy....Aiden Turner in particular!

Everyone here just loves DH's lovely English accent- most French do.

Why is it when french people speak English it sounds delightful but when we speak French ( try ) it sounds awful.

I like all accents as long as I can understand what they are saying, otherwise it's not really communication.In Great Britain, for me, the nicest accents are Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, The Scottish Highlands and from the Dublin area.

I do love the true Geordie accent, also the soft, gentle Irish, and some Welsh accents. And I love hearing Bruno Tonioli speaking English with his Italian accent.

Elrel, I think the difference is in use of different ears gor some things, the grammar is the same

Example - South Wales a grandmother was usually called Mam-gu. In the North it's Nain, but Nain is used in the South . We are in Mid Wales, one of my sisters is called Mam-gu , another is called Nain. The gu sounds like bee not goo. And Nain like nine

Irish accent for me....swoooonnnnn!

Which one though- there are just as many Italian accents as there are British ones ;)

Italian!

Ah yes, love the 'g's at the end of words in parts of South of France. Like 'putaing' - since we've been talking about swear words ;)

Anniebach - N and S Wales have different forms of Welsh, don't they? I guess the mountains get in the way! ?

gj - funnily enough, the regional accent here has many things in common with geordie. the musical intonation, the gutteral r's, the broad vowels.
Apart from the nasal vowels eg pain (bread) is pronounced ping. Temps (time) pronounced tang. Etc.

Getinonabit, let's not allow Jemima Fawr go unmentioned. The last attempted invasion of the U.K. Was prevented by Jemima in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire , she rounded up twelve Frenchmen armed only with a pitchfork

What is your regional accent in France like?

It's good to hear regional accents on radio & TV now, never happened a few years ago.
I did have cause to complain to the BBC about Tim Wonacott on Bargain Hunt though, he often mimicked a northern accent in a very patronising way. Got right up my nose being a Yorkshire lass.