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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

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.

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

South African. Dutch. And Somerset !

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

French and Italian for me ;-)

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! ?

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

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

Definitely French

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

I like the Scouser and the brummie

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' ?

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!

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!)

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

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

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.

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

Southern Irish, and Italian.

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

U.K. favourites, Geordie and Yorkshire.

Foreign ditto (when speaking English) Italian and Greek.

Bellanonna Sat 06-Feb-21 10:56:36

I’m a bit of an accent freak - I love them all. If I’m speaking to someone on a helpline, or customer service, I always ask them where they are. I dislike is the American one, though I appreciate there are lots of different accents there.
Here, I just love to hear a regional accent, plus S Irish, with which I’m familiar, also Liverpudlian, Geordie and pretty much any others. I also dislike the braying tones of overly posh females as I find their voices irritating.

specki4eyes Sat 06-Feb-21 10:50:31

Yorkshire accent is my favourite followed by Brummie. eg Sean Bean and Lenny Henry. And I love the local accent here in South West France.

Nannina Sat 06-Feb-21 10:49:16

Definitely Geordie for me- might have something to with an early boyfriend who always called me pet

ToadsMum Sat 06-Feb-21 10:46:24

Definitely French - binge watched the latest series of Spiral, now on Call My Agent (Hervé’s is brilliant as is Sofia’s) closely followed by Irish, any Irish. Unfortunately as married to Cymro, Welsh accents not in my Top 10... but also hate my own London twang accent

Craftycat Sat 06-Feb-21 10:46:05

Spanish for me. I like the Greek accent too.

Armynanny Sat 06-Feb-21 10:44:55

How funny that this thread has come up. We were only discussing accents the other day. I was wondering why some accents are harsher than others. I always think that once you get to Worcestershire from the north the accents are softer.

My favourites are Geordie, Welsh and what I call more rural accents. I hate Brummie and Liverpool accents.

hicaz46 Sat 06-Feb-21 10:42:07

In this country I love Geordie and Scouse and internationally love French.

Foxglove77 Sat 06-Feb-21 10:41:09

I like French, Italian and Irish. I really struggle with regional accents. Firstly I never correctly identify the region and secondly cannot understand some and have to ask OH for a translation.

mumpy71 Sat 06-Feb-21 10:40:36

Greek people speaking English

Juicylucy Sat 06-Feb-21 10:40:04

Scouse, love it.

grandmajet Sat 06-Feb-21 10:36:59

eagleswings

Definitely Bristolian (google Charlie tuna)

Hilarious, eaglewings.