[Other Sport] Favourite Accent

[Eeyore]

By 'Old Yorkshire' I expect you mean that thee and though business but how does Old Cockney differ?

Cockney these days is diluted with other accents. Especially afro-caribbean. I like the two accents separately, but not the fusion.

 

[Nottseagull]

Snot.

I really hate hearing compew-er, Broy-ern, le-er etc.

 

[BN41Albion]

I really hate hearing compew-er, Broy-ern, le-er etc.

We aw follow broyernohvawbiyon

 

[Javeaseagull]

Living in Spain, to hear a Spanish lady speaking English no matter how badly is the most sexy thing I have ever heard. I always think they fancy me! Dream on.

 

[London Irish]

Italian - remarkable how singsong it sounds, no other language comes close

 

[super-seagulls]

I know I’m probably alone, but I enjoy listening to the South African accent.

“You larke som arse cream?”

 

[lawros left foot]

North Scotland = lovely

Fife, Scotland = horrible

Ye Ken?

 

[Knocky's Nose]

I like a soft Northern Irish accent on a girl, a Norwegian chick speaking fluent English with a Norwegian accent, and Upper Class ladies talking all plummy - and then swearing in a posh accent.

Conversely, I despise females who can't speak properly in any accent. A short, sharp taser to the forehead would make them brush up on their vocab I'm sure.

 

[RossyG]

Love the Australian accent.

I also love the old Cockney accent but hate the new Jafaican one lahk bruv.

 

[papajaff]

Not for me. Most annoying accent in existence. Each to their own

I can only apologise. Would you like me to change my answer?

 

[Normal Rob]

I can only apologise. Would you like me to change my answer?

No it's fine. I have no interest in you tbh.

 

[East Staffs Gull]

David Lloyd the cricket commentator. I also love the Burtonian accent.

 

[papajaff]

No it's fine. I have no interest in you tbh.

Yeah, I can see that.

 

[Icy Gull]

Another vote for a French girl speaking English

 

[Live by the sea]

Nicest accent French or Italian. Least favourite German.

 

[dangull]

The Sussex accent is pretty much the same as a general London accent. There is 60 miles distance as well.

 

[Nottseagull]

The Sussex accent is pretty much the same as a general London accent. There is 60 miles distance as well.

That's only the Sussex urban accent. Didn't it take over due to tens of thousands of Londoners being displaced to (what is now) your conurbation, due to bombing?

 

[Nottseagull]

North Scotland = lovely

Fife, Scotland = horrible

Ye Ken?

Edinburgh /Lowlands: soft, OK.

Dundee/Aberdeen: gritty, still OK.

Glasgow and its satellite towns, as far south as Kilmarnock: a disgraceful and incoherent drawl.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

A French woman speaking English takes some beating

Also like Scottish and North American

Any preferences?

Speaking from experience, French women find an Englishman speaking French with an accent attractive too. Speaking it reasonably fluently, that is - not in the manner of Ted Heath

 

[Seagull's Return]

Brighton's distinctively non-rural-Sussex accent almost certainly comes from the Londoners (amongst others, of course) who moved here during the expansion of the town, and the railway, in the 19th Century and thereafter into the 20th Century. I believe the London evacuees on the whole didn't stay all that long - many were (re)evacuated north along with local kids once the threat of an invasion along the south coast was recognised. My dad went somewhere in the wilds of Yorkshire, says he quite enjoyed it but was glad his mum brought him back to Brighton in time to enjoy the spectacle of the Battle of Britain!