Well, l like a softly spoken Irish accent from Donegal or Wicklow or Wexford, and l like to hear a Spanish accent if the English is good, and a nice manly Scot from Aberdeen way.
Took me a few months of listening to geordies before l understood them..but now l love it.
London has so many, and it is always changing in some areas. The Londoner from one end of the street can speak totally different from the other end and yet they are both Londoners.
Apologies to any Brummies..but I don't like that one.
I also spent a lot of time in USA MA and noted that they have dozens and dozens of towns and cities named after English towns and cities..but they had forgotten how to pronounce them correctly. I do not go mad on American accents but the Cape Codders are not too harsh or brash.
The french accents can be a bit annoying because they zzzz too much ..as in 'thezzze place eezzzz very noizzzy.
The South African accents with their own speciality words made up of half english half Afrikaans can be very amusing, but sometimes a bit harsh.
A lot of accents also differ with age..and a 70yr old will have quite a different vocab and accent to his grandson.
I could listen to accents and discuss them all day..there is a word for people who like and listen to accents...but it escapes my mind at the moment.
What accent do you find the most attractive?
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Well, l like a softly spoken Irish accent from Donegal or Wicklow or Wexford, and l like to hear a Spanish accent if the English is good, and a nice manly Scot from Aberdeen way.
Took me a few months of listening to geordies before l understood them..but now l love it.
London has so many, and it is always changing in some areas. The Londoner from one end of the street can speak totally different from the other end and yet they are both Londoners.
Apologies to any Brummies..but I don't like that one.
I also spent a lot of time in USA MA and noted that they have dozens and dozens of towns and cities named after English towns and cities..but they had forgotten how to pronounce them correctly. I do not go mad on American accents but the Cape Codders are not too harsh or brash.
The french accents can be a bit annoying because they zzzz too much ..as in 'thezzze place eezzzz very noizzzy.
The South African accents with their own speciality words made up of half english half Afrikaans can be very amusing, but sometimes a bit harsh.
A lot of accents also differ with age..and a 70yr old will have quite a different vocab and accent to his grandson.
I could listen to accents and discuss them all day..there is a word for people who like and listen to accents...but it escapes my mind at the moment.