Forgot about Norfolk and Jethro. All those ooo aaars, always seems friendly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6EWLNgKJ1M
Like that soft Welsh Welsh accent if you know what I mean (don't know where in Wales it comes from), Northern Ireland has a few, the Ballymena Hey, is great. The very harsh Belfast accent smacks through my eyeballs and hits off the back of my skull.....especially when squaked loudly by a drunk bint
Good and bad everywhere. Thicker the accent, thicker the person. Below poverty line scouse is awful though. All geordies sound like they have brain damage (most probably have).
Maybe the plants are growing in the hope of getting away from that woeful accent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXLXcO9HZXQ
Hmmm, could be Keighley then. They tend to cross to Burnley in those parts. I don't mind Keighley. In fact I like it, home to the finest ale known to man.
so what's offensive about a Yorkshire accent, you can work out every word http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-jw5GYqMhM
I love the way our Continental brothers speak, particularly my German female friend - she sounds so sexy!! And is!! As for UK accents the better ones are those where the person speaks clearly, uses a good range of vocabulary and creates a vivid image in the mind when telling a story. I enjoy listening to Alan Green, Jimmy Armfield, Graeme Souness's Edinburgh lilt, the Indian cricket commentators. Worst accent has to be "Estuary English" encompassing much of the South East. Portsmouth's accent is a mix of this and the Hampshire "burr" so is not really pleasant on the ear.
I find it incredible that in such a small country as ours we have so many diverse and different accents. I come from Norwich (that's pronounced Noridge and not Naarch BTW), and although I still have an accent it's nowhere near as broad as it used to be when I was a kid. We have so many 'local' words and sayings that if I were to speak as I was brought up to, no bugger would understand me outside of Norfolk ! I talk to so many people from all over the country in a normal working day so over the years I have had no choice but to speak a lot slower and a lot more clearly. Even in our county the accents differ, a Norwich 'City' accent is completely different to a Norfolk 'Country' one although to outsiders it can be hard to tell the difference. The City of Norwich has changed so much that many people no longer have the 'twang' of accent which is a pity really IMO. It will be a sad day if all regional accents were to disappear even if (to answer the op's original question), we got rid of the God awful phlegm ridden scouse one ! OTBC ...CTI
