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British and global accents: what's your favourite & hated ones?



gregbrighton

New member
Aug 10, 2014
2,059
Brighton
Apologies for another 'nosey' thread but I would like to know:

1) What your accent is
2) Your favourite accent
3) Your most hated accent
4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent

Fairly standard 'home counties' accent

Welsh accent. The guy I sometimes cyber with has a silky gentle lilt

Birmingham accent. It just sounds too laid back for me

Used to be Glaswegian until I became friends with one
 


SK1NT

Well-known member
Sep 9, 2003
8,728
Thames Ditton
1) What your accent is: Standard SE/London
2) Your favourite accent: French
3) Your most hated accent: Scouse
4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent: Brummie

Edit... Your favourite accent: French WOMEN
 
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daveinprague

New member
Oct 1, 2009
12,572
Prague, Czech Republic
Favourite: Young Dutch kids (sounds cute)
Most hated: Dutch adults.(sounds like a throat disease)
Worst accent: Czechs with American English.
Unintelligble: Geordie, but only with some of them.
 


ManOfSussex

We wunt be druv
Apr 11, 2016
14,730
Rape of Hastings, Sussex
1) What your accent is: Hastings
2) Your favourite accent: Eastern European and female.
3) Your most hated accent: Public school.
4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent: Public school.
 


Badger

NOT the Honey Badger
NSC Patreon
May 8, 2007
12,750
Toronto
1 - Sussex I guess

2 - Kiwi. It's not a particularly nice accent, but it's hilarious when I hear someone with a thick Kiwi accent.

3 - Northern Irish. It just sounds so harsh and unpleasant.

4 - Probably Geordie. I used to work for a Geordie in a pub, when he spoke it was just a noise.
 




atfc village

Well-known member
Mar 28, 2013
5,012
Lower Bourne .Farnham
1 My accent is South West Surrey/Hampshire Borders.
2Fave accent 10 miles West of Newcastle in the Consett,Burnopfield ,Leadgate area a lot harsher than Geordie.


3Hated accent the fake mockney that has eroded the local accent in Farnham.
4 Bulgarian they always sound so rude .
 




mejonaNO12 aka riskit

Well-known member
Dec 4, 2003
21,481
England
1) What your accent is: South East. Pronounce my T's
2) Your favourite accent: On a lady.....WELSH. In general, Italian.
3) Your most hated accent: Glasgow
4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent: Saaf Landan.
 




Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
33,508
East Wales
1. My accent is soft Brighton.
2. I find a Newcastle accent endearing.
3. Common London is my least favourite.
4. I find Swansea/Bridgend/Port Talbot area difficult to understand sometimes, they just speak so quickly.
 


SeagullofMalaysia

Well-known member
Jan 29, 2016
1,948
Somewhere in north Malaysia
1. My accent: Malaysian English (one of the accents, along with Singaporean, that randomly put the prefix 'lah' at the end of each sentence)

2. Fav accent: French or German

3. Hated accent: Manglish or T*sser English a.k.a the one used by love seeking teens here

4. Most unintelligible English: South US aka Redneck
 


Paul Reids Sock

Well-known member
Nov 3, 2004
4,458
Paul Reids boot
1) What your accent is - SE London/Danny Dyer

2) Your favourite accent - never really thought of this. I like the way Australians always sound as if they are asking a question

3) Your most hated accent - Really over the top posh where everything is enunciated so much to perfection that it no longer sounds correct. Must also include a slight put on posh lisp

4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent - Some Germans speaking English can be horrible (I can;t stand the woman on Top Gear just because of the accent). Also, the Dudlayyyy accent
 




happypig

Staring at the rude boys
May 23, 2009
7,935
Eastbourne
1) What your accent is - Brighton
2) Your favourite accent - Probably Orkney/Shetland, it just sounds so peaceful.
3) Your most hated accent - Scouse
4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent - Indian or Chinese
 












Peter Grummit

Well-known member
Oct 13, 2004
6,769
Lewes
1) What your accent is - Bri'un

2) Your favourite accent - Female Geordie or soft Irish

3) Your most hated accent - Michael Gove-type posh Sweatie

4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent - Male Geordie or Glaswegian

TwopTwip: If you are good at placing people by their accent/dialect, it can be a great pickup line.

PG
 






maltaseagull

Well-known member
Feb 25, 2009
12,938
Zabbar- Malta
1) What your accent is - Home counties ish
2) Your favourite accent- Geordie
3) Your most hated accent -Brummie closely followed by Aussie and Kiwi ( I will inter the competition does my head in!)
4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent Glasweigan
 


Eeyore

Lord Donkey of Queen's Park
NSC Patreon
Apr 5, 2014
23,381
1) What your accent is: Deep Brightonian
2) Your favourite accent: Older Yorkshire
3) Your most hated accent: Estuary English/ Medway towns
4) What you think is the most least intelligible accent: Urban Glasgow
 



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