Which are your favorite accents in the English language?

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My favorites are:

#New York/U.S
#Liverpool/U.K
#Dublin/ R.O.I

in that order.
  • Profile picture of the author ThomM
    Originally Posted by bravo75 View Post

    My favorites are:

    #New York/U.S
    #Liverpool/U.K
    #Dublin/ R.O.I

    in that order.
    Would that be the city or the state?
    People in the city have a different accent from those living upstate.

    For me it's southern U.S..
    I could listen to a southern girl talk all day.
    I wouldn't hear a word she says, but I'd be diggin on the accent:rolleyes:
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    • Profile picture of the author bravo75
      Ah, that's where I get a bit confused.

      Here are two examples of the kind of New York/New Jersey? accents I love:





      Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

      Would that be the city or the state?
      People in the city have a different accent from those living upstate.

      For me it's southern U.S..
      I could listen to a southern girl talk all day.
      I wouldn't hear a word she says, but I'd be diggin on the accent:rolleyes:
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      • Profile picture of the author ThomM
        Yep that's the city accent
        Don't feel bad, must people even in this country don't have a clue that we have an upstate.
        Funny thing is we have the largest park, or state park, or national historic landmark, depending on what you want to call it, in the contiguous United States. A little 6 million acre place we call the Adirondacks.
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        • Profile picture of the author Kurt
          Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

          Yep that's the city accent
          Don't feel bad, must people even in this country don't have a clue that we have an upstate.
          Funny thing is we have the largest park, or state park, or national historic landmark, depending on what you want to call it, in the contiguous United States. A little 6 million acre place we call the Adirondacks.
          Making mountains out of molehills?
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          • Profile picture of the author ThomM
            Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

            Making mountains out of molehills?
            You may have bigger mountains, but we still got the biggest park.
            Heck we can fit 5 of those little things out there that you call parks, like Yellowstone in to the Adirondacks
            The park covers some 6.1 million acres , a land area greater than Vermont, or than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks combined.
            If we could just get NYC to secede we'd have a pretty nice state here.
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        • Profile picture of the author MerlynSanchez
          Upstate NY is beautiful.



          Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

          Yep that's the city accent
          Don't feel bad, must people even in this country don't have a clue that we have an upstate.
          Funny thing is we have the largest park, or state park, or national historic landmark, depending on what you want to call it, in the contiguous United States. A little 6 million acre place we call the Adirondacks.
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  • Profile picture of the author infomaniacs
    I love the Scottish accent, some Irish ones are ok, but I have trouble understanding some Irish people
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  • Profile picture of the author Pauline60
    I live in the North east of England where the accent changes every few miles. Personally the accents I am fondest of are Gateshead area, west coast of Ireland, English spoken with any foreign accent and Aussie accents.

    Accents are a funny thing. When I have been in the US on holiday I have had some amusing experiences like being asked what the word for horse was in my language! Also being consistently mistaken for Irish in the New England area and being unable to make myself understood in the mid west.
    Had a great time despite any linguistic difficulties there may have been and as soon as the expensive offsping are grown up I will be back like a shot.
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    • Profile picture of the author MerlynSanchez
      It's funny because a lot of Americans assume that everyone in sounds the same, i.e. usually with a "posh" accent.

      I enjoy the British version of "The Office" but must confess that I have trouble understanding some of the characters.

      Then again, there are some American accents that I have trouble understanding as well!
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  • Profile picture of the author Fazal Mayar
    new york. I had uk accent, no offence
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    God there are so many, that it is hard to tell, and they are changing. They aren't NEARLY as common in the US as they used to be.

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    • Profile picture of the author Wynter
      Originally Posted by Fazal Mayar View Post

      new york. I had uk accent, no offence
      You had one? Where did it go? I didn't know there was a uk accent!

      I like...

      Welsh, Scottish, English (think Kate Beckinsale), Irish, American (90%), Canadian, Australian, Italian (especially speaking English - always brightens my day!), Norwegian... oh heck, I like 'em all!
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Yeah, there is NO such thing as a UK accent! There are MANY accents in the UK!!!!!!!! NOW, for english, I bet there are more accents in the UK than any other country, no offense to anyone. I am in the US, and could count the REAL US accents, I have heard n the last decade, on the fingers of maybe one hand. It might take close to two hands just to name the ones in england I have heard. And that is only a fraction of the UK.

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    • Profile picture of the author jimbo13
      Seasoned is correct.

      Many people who visit the UK are surprised that the dialects can change in the space of a couple of miles. North London, Sarf London anyone?

      There is only a river separating the two.

      Then you have West London different from Cockney London and East London.

      Manchester and Liverpool are very different yet only 20 odd miles apart.

      The West Country has a drawling lilt to it and you get this in the Southern Staes in America as this is where the early settlers came from.

      Cheryl Cole is a Geordie (Newcastle) and American X Factor sacked her as no one could understand a word she was saying.

      Yorkshire is quite homely and calming to listen to.

      Birmingham Brummie sounds thick even if they are Rocket Scientists.

      The list goes on and on.

      And that is before you consider Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

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  • Profile picture of the author Neil Morgan
    Having a Scottish accent myself, I've found it a way to free 1st class upgrades on internal flights in the USA.

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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by Neil Morgan View Post

      Having a Scottish accent myself, I've found it a way to free 1st class upgrades on internal flights in the USA.

      WOW, how did you manage THAT!?!?!? The airlines don't care about ANYONE! If BO flew there, then MAYBE they would spin 180 degrees for HIM, maybe even "canceling" a flight so he could have it to himself. Maybe a few others for the same reason, but a FOREIGNER? NEVER!

      Did you trick some fan into thinking you were sean connery? Did you just turn on the charm and some person wanted to flirt?

      I'm SERIOUS! I am CURIOUS!

      Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author Neil Morgan
    Well, who knows for sure?!

    Check-in agent: Is that a Scottish accent sir?

    Me: Yes, it is. I'm in the US on business for a week. How is your day going?

    Check-in agent: Very good sir. I've upgraded you to first-class today sir.

    Me: Really? Thank you very much!

    ...so probably a combination of things

    That said, on the same trip, people in restaurants would turn round from their table and ask me where my accent is from.

    It was all great fun actually.
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by Neil Morgan View Post

      Well, who knows for sure?!

      Check-in agent: Is that a Scottish accent sir?

      Me: Yes, it is. I'm in the US on business for a week. How is your day going?

      Check-in agent: Very good sir. I've upgraded you to first-class today sir.

      Me: Really? Thank you very much!

      ...so probably a combination of things

      That said, on the same trip, people in restaurants would turn round from their table and ask me where my accent is from.

      It was all great fun actually.
      MAYBE you just lucked out. in the US, they oversell seats. If you didn't have a seat assignment, this is probably why you got first class. Still, if a plane is oversold, or they doublesold a seat(It happens sometimes), or there is simply a space in first class and the flight is almost about to take off(or nobody purchased it), the highest ranking person may get a first class upgrade! You can be at a higher ranking simply by paying more for a coach seat. SOMETIMES, they have a damaged plane, or have to upgrade a flight down the line, and they upgrade the plane. That means MORE SEATS, that they didn't plan for.

      I doubt it had anythng to do with your accent. I bet it is a nice accent, and they are simply curious.

      Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author LoganWinters
    I vote Australian. However, I heard that a lot of people from outside the U.S. like the sound of the U.S. Southern accent.
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  • Profile picture of the author ghostrecon
    New York City, LA, wider California.
    Most of those Canadians.
    The really 'posh' English accents.
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