Which accent do you absolutely love?

Hollysteers pointing out that something can be upsetting is not ‘policing’, is it?

Thanks Gulligranny,
as someone who has spent their life being told that their accent is awful I am perhaps a bit sensitive (but not a member of the GN Constabulary)

Greyduster

jocork

I love an Irish accent. I have my sat nav set to the Irish voice 'Sean' which I find very soothing. Unfortunately my sat nav doesn't update for traffic etc so I now mostly use my phone on google maps but the voice isn't so friendly.

As long as ‘Sean’ doesn’t respond like this:

“Can you tell me the way to Cork from here?

Ah, sure if I was you, I wouldn’t bother going. You are miles away.”

I would love Sean to say “ “It’s a long way to Tipperary “ 😉

Greyduster

jocork

I love an Irish accent. I have my sat nav set to the Irish voice 'Sean' which I find very soothing. Unfortunately my sat nav doesn't update for traffic etc so I now mostly use my phone on google maps but the voice isn't so friendly.

As long as ‘Sean’ doesn’t respond like this:

“Can you tell me the way to Cork from here?

Ah, sure if I was you, I wouldn’t bother going. You are miles away.”

😂😂😂

gulligranny

Sorry Fanny - you're absolutely right, it is rude and I apologise wholeheartedly.

I’m from Liverpool and find a raucous Liverpool accent horrendous myself.
There’s no need to apologise and I don’t think the thread should be policed by a gransnetter who decides what we should or should not be saying.

Sorry Fanny - you're absolutely right, it is rude and I apologise wholeheartedly.

I heard my DH on the phone before I met him and fell for his gentle Edinburgh voice. I grew up in NZ and moved to sarf lunnon but prefer the various Scots accents
I like to hear good pronunciation though - not slovenly talk
I like to listen to regional radio stations whilst decorating. Painting a wall and listening to radio Orkney. Bliss 💗

jocork

I love an Irish accent. I have my sat nav set to the Irish voice 'Sean' which I find very soothing. Unfortunately my sat nav doesn't update for traffic etc so I now mostly use my phone on google maps but the voice isn't so friendly.

As long as ‘Sean’ doesn’t respond like this:

“Can you tell me the way to Cork from here?

Ah, sure if I was you, I wouldn’t bother going. You are miles away.”

gulligranny

I loathe the Liverpool accent but adore Glaswegian (I lived there for 10 years). Geordie is impenetrable to my Southern ear, but I like Birmingham and East Anglian accents.

A French accent can be charming as can some American ones, but I think my favourite is a well-modulated German accent - think the two Jurgens Klinsmann and Kopp. Mmm.

For heaven’s sake - can we please not say what accents we ‘loathe’?
It’s so bloody rude

I loathe the Liverpool accent but adore Glaswegian (I lived there for 10 years). Geordie is impenetrable to my Southern ear, but I like Birmingham and East Anglian accents.

A French accent can be charming as can some American ones, but I think my favourite is a well-modulated German accent - think the two Jurgens Klinsmann and Kopp. Mmm.

I am a Geordie but I sometimes cringe at Geordies on the TV especially the ones with a very thick guttural version of the Geordie accent!

Sloegin

For those who say they like a ,' southern Irish' accent - which one? Accents vary from county to county and even within a county. I live in Fermanagh N.ireland and accent here is very different from eg a Co Antrim accent. There is a middle class N.Irish accent which is not associated with any particular area - a sort of 'standard Ulster'.

Yes, Sloegin you’re quite right!
My favourite accent is Orcadian.

BigBertha1 Have to agree about all the shouting. I'm convinced half the population has hearing issues matched with no manners. It's not the accent it's what people say that counts for me though an Italian always attracts my attention.

The South African and Irish accents do it for me

I love the USA deep south accent also a French accent.

grannypiper

Scotland has many many accents, even Glaswegians have different accents within the city, the rougher eastside and the gentler southside. I love the Orcadian accent but the east Ayrshire one makes my teeth itch.

The rougher Glasgewian. Is beautiful in a way.

Geordie & variants of Irish or Scottish

Rural Lancashire and Southern Ireland…

I like most accents. The only one that grates on me is the the very plummy one.

Scotland has many many accents, even Glaswegians have different accents within the city, the rougher eastside and the gentler southside. I love the Orcadian accent but the east Ayrshire one makes my teeth itch.

I’m another fan of the Geordie accent, and I also like a soft Glasgow one (eg Storm Huntley).

I don’t think it applies to a particular accent but the speech habit I most dislike is the grunt at the end of words. It’s not so much a glottal stop as an ‘uh’ sound. It’s used a lot in soaps - ‘You can’t leave me now - I’m pregnun-uh’

It duz me ‘ed in-uh!

I love an Irish accent. I have my sat nav set to the Irish voice 'Sean' which I find very soothing. Unfortunately my sat nav doesn't update for traffic etc so I now mostly use my phone on google maps but the voice isn't so friendly.

I agree that too many people say "Fink" rather than think etc. Yet I know that is acceptable to many who hate my Brummie accent, despite the fact I can actually say the words.

Just love the Welsh accent, so soft.

Irish accent for me.

Highland Scots accent closely followed by southern Irish. Beautiful (and sooo attractive in a man….!)