Favourite accents

Just love an accent from Harris (rather than Scotland as a whole), as it reminds me of a rather gorgeous guy I fancied like mad when I was young free and single in Inverness in the 70's. When I was 13, I was sent to pay a bill but came home and told my Aberdonian mum I couldn't understand a word a lady said, so she must have been foreign. Mum could just laugh as the lady was also Aberdonian. lol Maybe good job she wasn't in a call centre,

I love the many varied Lancashire accents and the Yorshire accents too.
I know there are some folk there is one Lancashire accent but if one compares say there way David Lloyd and Michael Atherton (former Cricketers and now Commentators) speak there is a lot of difference.
Yorkshire accents I love too.
I translate for my southern husband when a Scouse football commentator is on the television ..

Southern Ireland has to be my favourite,I was fifteen when introduced to the younger brother of my fiends Irish boyfriend. Although our friendship was short lived it was never the less a hilarious one and watching 'Dougal' in the reruns of 'Father Ted' brings it all back.

I love most accents, my husband hates them. Don't ask me why he hates them, he just does. The only accent I hate is Lloyd Grosman's and the like. It is like fingernails on a blackboard to me.

Born in Suuuuuffffolk ….often went to Nooofook ...lived in Menora (love that accent ) then in France (ditto), the Midlands ...hey oop duk …..now in the NE ..beautiful place ..all you could want but I do sometimes still need an interpreter ! My neighbour informed me, when I asked what the ships going into the Tyne Dock were carrying ..he said cores ???? I said what do they want them for ? he said to sell ...I was imagining a ship full of apple cores ??? my friend said no... CARS ...oh well it makes life interesting !!! by the way May7 ..ha ha …..that was my maiden name, but the S is not for Shirley ..however, when I went on holiday alone the man on passport control said 'AH SHIRLEY ...' I said No, sorry, not Shirley ha ha ……..its a useful surname to have as anyone I go in Europe they have their own version ...in France, no e on the end, in Italy they think it should be an o on the end, and in Spain because my mother's name was Elvira they think I must be Spanish ….makes life interesting !

I like most Welsh accents, French. Italian, southern Irish especially Dublin and the far west, Australian and New Zealand most of all. Sweet as!

I was once talking to a French person and said that when they speak English, they sound really sexy. I then asked if the reverse was true. The answer was a flat NO!

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 .

I meant Fond memories not found.

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

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.

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.

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 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!

Meant dreamy not creamy !

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.