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Plenty of easy-on-the-ear ascents. Welsh valleys,geordi, West Country, scotch..
But the worst for me have to be Scouse, south London estuary and public school/horse enthusiast.
Absolutely.horse enthusiast.
I met a Flemish girl who knew that when she spoke in English or Flemish, that her accent was exceptionally cute.
scouse and manc, both horrible, can't include one without the other.
a soft female scottish accent can be sublime.
Pikey accent? Sends shivers up my spine
Bleedin 'ate cockney... Got to dive for remote if I turn on TV and EastEnders is on
Worst accent on the planet may possibly be found in Saskatchewan, Canada. It's different, but similar to, Marge's accent in Fargo.
Western Isles for me, say Harris: it sounds like they've taken the nicest bits of Scottish and Irish accents and put them together.
Good - Southern Irish for a female; Northern Irish for a man.
Bad - Geordie, Swansea or valleys for a female; Brummie for a man.
Terrible - Scouse!
Swansea or valleys for a female
Is there a history in this, mooman? 😉
A strong scouse accent physically repulses me.
Literally!
Personally I find Chinese accents (there may be more than one) surprisingly unmellifluous.
I like accents, bit have to admit cockney or mockney and the maccunian accents really annoy me.
Maccunian is just moaning. Horrible.
I know a Brazillian bloke who has lived in Cardiff for about 12 years with a small stint in Leeds, where I met him, his accent is brilliant.
Icelandic ladies ftw...
Don't like scouse, and since I moved away from God's own county I've actually found I don't really like lots of West/south Yorkshire accents.
If you like the Richard Burton, try and listen to Cerys Matthews reading Dylan Thomas. Fablas!
There are few nicer sounds than a young Sikh man from Wolverhampton saying "Hello Mate". Mate seems to contain about nine separate vowels and a glottal stop. Bostin.
I very much dislike "General Purpose Northern Accent", "General Purpose 18th Century" and "General Purpose Cockney" in TV and radio dramas.
I find Liz Kershaw's accent unbearable. But not Fearne Cotton's. Oh no. Not going there.
All southern accents are great
All northern accents are awful
As plain as the nose on your face
Or as they would say, ars plairn uz tha nerrs on yer fairse
I mean, wtaf?!
Norn Irish - awesome. Even more so on women
A strong scouse accent physically repulses me.
Literally!
Yes.
You know that feeling when you turn over a piece of rotten wood and it's covered in earwigs, woodlouse and millipedes?
That.
Yes.
You know that feeling when you turn over a piece of rotten wood and it's covered in earwigs, woodlouse and millipedes?
That.
😀
+ Nuneaton Brummie
- Govan Glaswegian
South Wales accent on a female, oh yes.
You knows it! 😉 Happy to trade it for deep Southern USA though 😛
Not fond of Bristolian, especially when it’s a pretty girl speaking with it...
I do like Scottish and Irish, though not the stronger urban accents, like Glaswegian and Londonderry.
I was rather pleased to find that the TomTom app on my phone gives a voice option called ‘Naoimh’, which is a wonderfully soft Irish accent, and perfect for spoken directions. I have quiet fantasies sometimes about what the supplier of the voice actually looks like...
Actually, I imagine her looking like this lass:
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Her name’s Gemma Hayes, a singer/songwriter who has the same soft accent, and who I’ve met several times, just a lovely voice, if I had a big lottery win, I’d employ her to create audiobooks of my favourite books.
Sad, possibly but I just love the accent.
A whole gang of scouse women is probably the worst sound on Earth.
Best accent? Possibly Barnsley, like Ian McMillan.
+ Aberdeenshire, West Highland, Somerset, Geordie
- RP
Sad, possibly but I just love the accent.
Not at all. And if is this her then I fully agree...
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Western Isles for me, say Harris: it sounds like they've taken the nicest bits of Scottish and Irish accents and put them together.
Oh yes. Especially if they are native Gaelic speakers.
Love the Island accents up here in the north of Scotland, particularly The Outer Hebrides, Skye and Orcadian accents.
The far north Caithness accents deserve a mention too:
" Shot ae door keep ae heet un". Shut the door, keep the heat in.
or
" Got ae go ae Golspae on ae way up ae road ae pick up ae dowg". Got to go to Golspie on the way up the road to pick up the dog! Were two memorable quotes from fella i was in college with. The way they say dog is brilliant.
Hate hearing my own accent (strong Invernessian) on the telly.
Good: old school proper cockney that you very rarely hear anymore. Not that comedy mockney that people seem to think is real.
Awful: South African. Makes my skin crawl.