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Accents, Do you have a fav?

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TrendyNannie6 Fri 05-Feb-21 11:00:24

For me it’s the french, and also I love a brummie accent could listen to both all day

Witzend Sat 06-Feb-21 10:56:44

U.K. favourites, Geordie and Yorkshire.

Foreign ditto (when speaking English) Italian and Greek.

Aepgirl Sat 06-Feb-21 10:57:55

Southern Irish, and Italian.

Googes41 Sat 06-Feb-21 10:59:46

Love French accent. Was sent to elocution lessons twice a week to make sure I didn’t have a brummie accent.

henetha Sat 06-Feb-21 11:03:54

For me it's the Welsh accent, it's beautiful. Then Italian, so romantic sounding.

Moggycuddler Sat 06-Feb-21 11:04:03

I like hearing almost all accents really. Makes people sound more interesting. (Btw, Ngaio1, a German accent isn't really always gutteral outside of war films. It can sound really nice!)

Patticake123 Sat 06-Feb-21 11:17:07

Wolverhampton - a lovely singalong sound. I’m not from the West Midlands but I love that accent. Warm and friendly, bab!

Purplepoppies Sat 06-Feb-21 11:26:49

Im definitely a sucker for an Irish accent. You'd think I'd have learned my lesson with the disastrous relationship with dd father but apparently not ??
I'm currently in a fwb situation with a Nigerian man. His accent is lovely, although when we first met it was very clipped English sounding. Turns out his father was a fan of 'Yes Sir' ?

readalot Sat 06-Feb-21 11:26:52

I like the Scouser and the brummie

katy1950 Sat 06-Feb-21 11:28:11

Definitely French

gangstergranny Sat 06-Feb-21 11:29:52

Any accent really it adds to life's rich tapestry....imagine if we were all androids? Like the colour of our skin its beautiful smile

Scottydog6857 Sat 06-Feb-21 11:34:08

I love a French accent! ❤️ I have a degree in French/Spanish from the 1970s, so have visited France quite a few times on holiday over the years!
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My most hated accent - my own - Glaswegian! Even although I moved away from Glasgow nearly 20 years ago, I have never lost the accent! ?
Neither am I too fond of a Liverpool or Belfast accent! ?

Sassie1961 Sat 06-Feb-21 11:40:27

French and Italian for me ;-)

sue01 Sat 06-Feb-21 12:01:26

South African. Dutch. And Somerset !

choughdancer Sat 06-Feb-21 12:02:10

My favourite is Cornish. I also love hearing Welsh, Irish north and south, Scottish, Geordie, French and Italian, Aussie.... I only dislike one, Brummie.

Growing0ldDisgracefully Sat 06-Feb-21 12:03:08

Eagleswings, that's interesting, as many people don't like Bristolian (I'm born and bred 'Brizzle').

I detest 'cut-glass' accents (sorry Your Majesty!), but love Geordie, Liverpudlian, Brummie, Scottish and Irish.

leeds22 Sat 06-Feb-21 12:04:15

French for me. Used to eat in a restaurant where there was a French waiter called Sebastian. I went weak at the knees every time he spoke. Annoyed DH somewhat.
Like Geordie too but when I go to Newcastle DH has to translate.

sunglow12 Sat 06-Feb-21 12:12:28

For me it is North East too as one side of my family from there and it seems familiar . Also Gaelic the same as apparently am 32% Scottish . Love the music .

songstress60 Sat 06-Feb-21 12:12:29

Geordie, All Irish accents, and Scottish accents. My pet hates are Brummie, Scouser and Cockney. They grate on my ears.

Grandma11 Sat 06-Feb-21 12:19:13

Our next youngest Daughter acquired a Welsh Accent whist at university, where she met her then Partner of 4years who came from the Rhonda valley. She spent time living there herself during weekends and holidays with his family on their farm. Sadly, after graduation the cost of long distance travel between their two homes, and the fact that it was left down to her as he needed to work on the family farm, made them decide to split up., although she still speaks with the same accent 8years later!

Lilypops Sat 06-Feb-21 12:19:30

I love a soft Lancashire accent , very soft and kind , love Welsh accents too especially Mid Wales,
I am from Liverpool and I have noticed a change in the accent over the years, it’s changed to a lazy guttural drawl. I worked in a lot of places over the years and never heard anything like the accent portrayed now. Ie Brookside. You would never hear The Beatles talk like this. It’s evolved over the years and it’s not as gentle as it used to be, there are a few actors from Liverpool who have the accent and it’s very pleasant to listen too,

MissAdventure Sat 06-Feb-21 12:20:05

I enjoy them all.
It fascinates me that different areas have almost different languages.

Sallywally1 Sat 06-Feb-21 12:23:45

Welsh, I love hearing it.

vickya Sat 06-Feb-21 12:36:02

I am losing my hearing and use hearing aids. I find accents make it harder to understand people. Some accents are harder than others. A mild accent is ok if they speak clearly but fast speakers with a big accent are really hard.

BlueSapphire Sat 06-Feb-21 12:41:51

My lovely Son-in-law is from N. Ireland and has a lovely soft accent. And of course I'm partial to the Wiltshire accent, which is where I'm from. I always lapse into it when I visit.

Lulubelle500 Sat 06-Feb-21 12:45:13

I had an American granny. She was very old when I knew her and I was the youngest of a big, noisy talkative family and we just naturally seemed to come together when she stayed with us. She had a bad leg and was in constant pain but was always smiling with me. I would help her dress in the mornings, it took a long time and she would tell me stories of life in the American Midwest at the turn of the century. Sometimes when the pain was bad she would reach for my hand and I would squeeze it in sympathy. Whenever I hear that unmistakable accent now I think of her.