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I was trying to explain to my very posh-talking mate last night the difference between Lancashire and Yorkshire accents. I decided to show her a Fred Dibnah clip on the old youtube and her first response "Yuk, that's a really common accent, just ugly, don't like it." She's not exactly a snob, but I thought it was a bit of a harsh statement! :smt102 (I apologise now on her behalf to all Lancastrians among you :rolleyes:)

Well that was just her opinion which is fair enough but what do other people think of accents in general? Which ones do you find attractive?

I have a Yorkshire accent which I frequently get taken the mick out of down here in Wales amongst southerners and such. But I'm proud of it and love it when I can go back home and just sit on a bus (don't love that bit lol) and hear the typical northern phrases, makes me appreciate it :D

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Irish accent is nice
Birmingham accent is not

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I love Geordie accents :cool:

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I think welsh accents are great :D

but i dont mind any accent, as long as the person who owns that accent is nice and freindly

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Love the Southern states of the USA on a girl. The Belfast accent on a girl sounds cr*p

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I must admit the Yorkshire accent is one of my favs as it reminds me of my family from up Norf......the accent I dislike is Liverpool (Apologies to all Liverpudlians......just not my fave accent).

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+1

When I lived in the States many years ago I dated a girl for a while who'd been born in Georgia - moved to Texas aged 6 - moved to S Carolina aged 10 - WOW !!! What an accent - made me go weak at the knees every timed I heard it - mind you, she (and her family) said the same thingabout my English accent !!

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I quite like the Bristol accent, (but not the Vicki Pollard 'yeah but no but yeah but' voice - at least I think that's supposed to be Bristol) and I love Yorkshire accents too. I go out in Huddersfield quite a lot so I get to hear it a lot and the novelty hasn't worn off yet! :lol:

Any girl with an Australian accent too will just cause me to melt as soon as they start speaking, sounds lovely!

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all right calm down, calm down


http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...5/scousers.jpg

:D

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Being a "foreigner" myself I don't mind accents. Saying that I hate mine and wish I could get rid off it! However I am only guessing for example what Alex Fergussons says. I know it is mostly verbal diarrhoea anyway but I get only 50% of what he says. I have tried recording some of his interviews but even on 100th run I get maybe to 60% top. Surelly not even you guys from the proud kingdom of Scotland can claim you get it all?