Favourite accents

I love the southern Irish accent, and now the almost rarely heard North Welsh accent. Wales has become quite anglicised over the past few decades.

The Cornish accent. It oozes clotted cream......

TrendyNannie6 being a 'Brummie' and proud, I have never hid my accent. It is who I am. I play Bridge and going on a Bridge weekend or Bridge holiday I meet a lot of people from all walks of life. As soon as I say 'Hello' one of the first reactions is 'Do I detect a Birmingham accent' It is a great 'icebreaker' and so the chatting starts.

Favourite accents Geordie, Yorkshire and Italian.
Least favourite Scottish and London(broad cockney)

I make calls to all over the world for my job and I try to soften my rather strong Lancashire accent to a more neutral accent. I clearly fail dismally. In a recent call to Germany, the person I was speaking to was able to spot almost the exact area of Lancashire that I grew up in. He'd worked in the area, many years ago, and remembered it well.

I really like an Irish accent, especially Northern Irish. I also like the Glaswegian accent.
For some, they are quite harsh but I could listen to them all day!

I was born and bred in county durham, but my lovely mum in all her wisdom decided that she would send me to elocution lessons as a child, then i moved to the south for 15 years, where even with the attempts to smooth out my broad accent it was picked up that I was from the North, now ive moved back north my neighbours call me that Southerner, i listen to the accent and feel like ive had my accent stolen of me
I hate the Birmingham accent sorry to anyone from Birmingham, and love a Scottish burr

Spanish, Italian and most others apart from Arabic and Afrikaans.

Sara66 I'm a Londoner and I'm assuming the accent that you're referring to is not a proper London accent, it seems to have developed in the last few years and is called MLE. I hate it, it really makes people sound 'thick' whether they are or not. Give me a proper Cockney or 'Sarf' London( think Delboy) they are proper London accents.

But on another note, I could listen to Italian spoken all day.

Australian , South African and Liverpudlian all hold very good memories for me in my younger days , sigh, ( stares off into distance ) ??

If I hear the southern Irish accent I just roll over.

I love the West Country accent and nostalgically, Received Pronunciation as spoken by BBC presenters years ago.

I love the sound of accents of non-native English speakers. French, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish etc. They all sound very sexy to me! I also like a soft Scottish accent. The only regional accent I find a bit unpleasant (sorry, no offence!) is Cockney.

Lived in Estuary Essex for many years, now moved away. I am praying that I didn't pick up too much of the awful accent and am thankful that none of my children have it either.

Many people don’t realise that in England a local accent indicates social class as well as region. Standard English / Received Pronunciation is the same all over the country. Think of Alexander Armstrong. He comes from Northumberland, or whatever it’s called nowadays, went to school in Durham and Edinburgh. He speaks without any regional accent. There are many like him. I know people from Liverpool, Manchester and London who speak without local accents.

I don’t share the admiration for local accents, at least not strong ones. It can make people so hard to understand. I quite often can’t understand Liverpudlian, and I live in the area! It can be very embarrassing. I’d be quite happy if everyone spoke RP.

National accents are different. I like moderate Scottish, Welsh, or Irish accents.

Thank you for this TrendyNannie6

born and bred Brummie, many years back,, council house, Grammar school scholarship.. solicitors.! always felt one down with my Brummie accent,,

lately I have learnt to be proud of it! in fact I can get real Brummie, verging on Black Country, despite having left Brum over 50 years ago.. and now in Oxfordshire/Wiltshire. 10 years in North Yorkshire..

one proud Brummie

actually I love all accents... I remember the first time I heard Newcastle! I thought he was from across the Channel somewhere, I love all accents,, Welsh.. everyone.. celebrate accents as long as we can understand them!

My favourites are geordie, where I'm from, and I love the Cumbrian burr. Least favourite Birmingham.
French people love my English accent when speaking French.

I love the Spanish accent . It so creamy and romantic , I called listen to a Spaniard all day .

Meant dreamy not creamy !

I also lived in Solihull as a child DoraMarr but was born in Birmingham and, as a child, was encouraged to speak without an accent. I have now lived in Hampshire since I was 20 and I love hearing a Birmingham accent as it brings back so many lovely memories. I've been know to accost people with Brummie accents and ask them exactly where they come from!

Geordie for me. I was brought up in the NE, so makes me think of home, though I have lived in Devon for over 40 years.

I like ‘doing’ accents but could never manage the Brummie one until a friend told me that it’s always spoken in a minor key.

I know what folk mean when they say the don't like 'scouse' - nor do I, but a soft Lancashire coast version is lovely. Most scouse on the media is 'hammed up' for effect. For instance, would you guess Daniel Craig is one of us? His voice is much more typical of real Merseyside.

Irish and Wiltshire accents for me as I have found memories of long gone relatives

I meant Fond memories not found.

Ah thanks TrendyNanny6 I`m a Brummie and funnily enough a lady who was serving me in the supermarket down south kept me talking and eventually told me she kept me talking to hear my accent.
I laughed and told her I really don`t like it .