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Accents - a privilege to hear them

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AGAA4 Sat 23-May-26 07:42:23

I like Scottish, Irish and North East England accents but all accents are interesting and unique to an area.

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Whitewavemark2 Sat 23-May-26 07:39:48

I’m Cornish born with an accent , even though I have not lived in Cornwall for most of my adult life. People can never place it., and often ask.

I love my accent - although I can’t hear it😊

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Marzipan22 Sat 23-May-26 07:35:44

I'm Cornish-born but without an accent. When I lived in Liverpool (love their accent!) I was told I sounded 'posh'. 😂

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David49 Sat 23-May-26 07:26:47

Nothing wrong with a regional accent as long at it can be understood, broad Glasgow, Newcastle or Aberdeen is hardly desirable.

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Greyduster Sat 23-May-26 07:00:32

I think it’s something to cherish. I don’t have a distinct Yorkshire accent - it had all the rough edges smoothed off when I left home at 17. I do tend to lapse these days but people still say “yer not from round ‘ere are yer?”😊! My husband was Welsh and didn’t have a distinctive “twang” until he went home to visit his family and then he fell into it quite naturally.

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tanith Sat 23-May-26 06:35:01

Not obsessive but I do enjoy hearing them and the fact that in the U.K. we have so many distinct different ones. I’m now wondering if other countries are similar?

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nanna8 Sat 23-May-26 02:20:35

I love listening to different accents. There are not that many here, Aussies sound more or less the same though people from Tasmania sound a bit more English to my ears. I do miss all the accents I used to hear in the UK, though. I have a friend from Yorkshire and my Mum was from there originally so I tend to echo her voice when I’m talking to her, just slip into it so to speak. The Scots we know tend to keep their lovely accents, particularly the Glaswegians.
I like trying to identify countries of origin via accents, fascinating and there are a lot amongst first generation migrants. Does anyone else have this obsession ?

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