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Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:10 pm
by Inchy
Currently holidaying in Elmer on the south coast (next to Bognor) and it’s been swamped by cockney wide boys with horrendous tattoos and even worse accent. Jesus Christ it’s unbearable got to be up there with the worst accent.
The best is Geordie and Irish
The worst-
Cockney
Brummie
Scouse
Broad Burnley female accent (male is charming)
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:13 pm
by lakedistrictclaret
Best:- Geordie
Worst:- Derbyshire
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:15 pm
by Steve1956
Worst...Scouse
Best ...Glaswegian
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:25 pm
by bobinho
Worst? Scouse by a country mile. Followed by Brum, Cockerknee, Leeds (yorks) and Naaaaaaaaarrrrrrccccchhhhhh.
Comedic effect? West Country. Still laugh when I hear it....
Best? Ours. Geordie is good and Northern Irish (especially on the ladies)
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:26 pm
by OssyClaret
Best - Scottish
Worst - Bristol
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:27 pm
by jetblackcat
Which Derbyshire accent? There are many.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:28 pm
by Im_not_Robbie_Blake
Best - Northern Ireland
Worst - Brum
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:35 pm
by Steve1956
Still game...Glaswegian accent
Absolutely hilarious,Not to be missed
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:35 pm
by gawthorpe_view
Best - Female Geordie.
Worst - Female Scouse.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:36 pm
by Stayingup
Inchy wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 6:10 pm
Currently holidaying in Elmer on the south coast (next to Bognor) and it’s been swamped by cockney wide boys with horrendous tattoos and even worse accent. Jesus Christ it’s unbearable got to be up there with the worst accent.
The best is Geordie and Irish
The worst-
Cockney
Brummie
Scouse
Broad Burnley female accent (male is charming)
Are there any cockneys left in London. Apart from Danny Dyer that is. Never hear one on the media channels. Hear London accents but they aren't cockney.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:37 pm
by Bosscat
Worst Brummie/Scouse equally Men and Women
Best Men Southern Irish & Ladies Northern Irish
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:40 pm
by expoultryboy
Best - Lancashire
Worst - black country
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:43 pm
by CleggHall
Worst - Bolton as by Fred Dibnah and Maxine Peake
Best - educated, gentle female Geordie, ditto Ulster female accent but not Arlene Foster!
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:43 pm
by aclaretinstevenage
Worst is strong Northern Ireland, just grates on me
Best is soft Southern Irish and Edinburgh burr.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:47 pm
by bobinho
Stayingup wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 6:36 pm
Are there any cockneys left in London. Apart from Danny Dyer that is. Never hear one on the media channels. Hear London accents but they aren't cockney.
Yeah, everything is made up these days. Forget "yeah mate, i'm off darn the boozah for a laaaager".... it's now "we is goin down da spoons innit doh bruv innit"
All just made up shite...
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:55 pm
by minnieclaret
Best: Irish
Worst: Brummie as said before “how can 3 million people have a speech defect”?
In general I love accents. They define Britain.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:58 pm
by bobinho
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 7:01 pm
by lakedistrictclaret
jetblackcat wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 6:27 pm
Which Derbyshire accent? There are many.
The one where people call me "me duck ".
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 7:14 pm
by AfloatinClaret
North Derbyshire then; it took a bit of getting used to when we lived in Chesterfield for a while, I didn't mind it so much from the lasses, but I wasn't keen on the lads calling me duck.
The Black Country and Brummie accents (Yam Yams and Yow Yows) seem to grate on everyone, but the other one that I dislike particularly is that of the ladies in County Durham, though I'm fine hearing it from the blokies.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 7:15 pm
by Cirrus_Minor
Worst - Essex
Best - Lancy
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 7:25 pm
by claret2018
Best is South Wales, worst is scouse which is tantamount to a disability
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 7:35 pm
by tim_noone
claret2018 wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 7:25 pm
Best is South Wales, worst is scouse which is tantamount to a disability
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 7:43 pm
by Woodleyclaret
Oh eh la, what's wrong with Scouse?
But Brummie the worst followed by Wigan. Worst t' fait gewing? Its French/Welsh
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:05 pm
by Longsider
I've lived in Birmingham now for 20 years. Still got my Burnley lilt but my wife and kids are all Brumies. To be honest the Birmingham accent isn't too bad, I think most people confuse a Birmingham accent with a Black Country accent. Walsall, Wolverhampton folk from the Black Country are very different sounding to a Brummie.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:13 pm
by dermotdermot
Best: Accentless, i.e. normal
Worst: Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Liverpool, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dundee,
Glasgow, Plymouth, Dorset, Norwich, N.Ireland, Ireland, Wales and wherever else the inhabitants can’t speak with a ‘normal’ accent.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:29 pm
by spadesclaret
Accents I like -
1. Republic of Ireland
2. Liverpool
Accents I don't like -
1. Birmingham
2. Essex
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:37 pm
by Claret Toni
For me the West Cumbrian accent is the best.
Sadly quite a few I'm not keen on - like my own.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:41 pm
by Claret_tinted
9:01am Monday - Friday @ 5pm: Welsh
Friday 5pm - 9:00am Monday: Scouse
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:54 pm
by ceborame
I like the scouse accent of Holly Johnson but the Jamie Carragher scouse is like fingernails down a blackboard.
Is there any reason for the difference?
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:56 pm
by BleedingClaret
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 6:35 pm
Still game...Glaswegian accent
Absolutely hilarious,Not to be missed
Yep absolutely love it
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:57 pm
by tim_noone
ceborame wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 8:54 pm
I like the scouse accent of Holly Johnson but the Jamie Carragher scouse is like fingernails down a blackboard.
Is there any reason for the difference?
You cant name names ...
I agree on the Blackboard though.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:11 pm
by Stayingup
bobinho wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 6:47 pm
Yeah, everything is made up these days. Forget "yeah mate, i'm off darn the boozah for a laaaager".... it's now "we is goin down da spoons innit doh bruv innit"
All just made up shite...
I didn't really mean that. Its a different accent or acents I was referring too.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:14 pm
by dermotdermot
It's not just the accents. It's the way people string words together. i.e. Steve McMananaman as a football pundit, ' he's went early'. This just grates with me. I think he was trying to say that the player had made his move too soon, But 'he's went early'. Now come on.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:17 pm
by Volvoclaret
Best Northumbrian
Worst Blagburrrrrrrn
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:20 pm
by Milltown1882
Best - Geordie
Worst - Burnley by a country mile
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:24 pm
by Right_winger
Best, Hebridean accent, southern Irish,
Worst, Scouse, urban London accent where they talk like “dat tings rollin wi da Mandem”
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:24 pm
by yTib
worst - danny dyer
best - sophia loren
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:44 pm
by SalisburyClaret
Best - West Country / Southern Irish
Worst - R P
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 10:00 pm
by Billy Balfour
Received Pronunciation.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 10:03 pm
by jetblackcat
That would be Alfreton, Ripley and along the Erewash Valley. Further north around Chesterfield it’s just “duck” without the “me” which I don’t mind but” mah duck “ is strangely annoying.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 10:16 pm
by Goalposts
Lot to be said for the soft Scottish brogue round Inverness, gives a sense of leadership wisdom and authority
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 10:17 pm
by Goalposts
Worst brummie - scouse or South London
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 11:13 pm
by Wile E Coyote
theres a peculiar london offshoot, the type popular with youth culture. No idea whether its got genuine roots, but it sounds appalling. trevor sinclair speaking this morning about "Affletico Madrid.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 11:20 pm
by RingoMcCartney
Brummies always sound as though they're just about to yawn. Think about it
The Brum accent is the only British accent that is said to be in a minor key.
You didnt know that did you.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 11:31 pm
by Bin Ont Turf
Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 11:13 pm
theres a peculiar london offshoot, the type popular with youth culture. No idea whether its got genuine roots, but it sounds appalling. trevor sinclair speaking this morning about "Affletico Madrid.
I don't think it's just London or Greater London, it's all over the place now. Crap music and Americanisms are to blame.
It's not accent related, but the amount of folk (usually under 30 years old) asking.... "can I get" at a shop/pub etc is getting beyond a joke.
You can't 'get' anything, because you don't f***ing work here.
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:48 am
by BenWickes
Scouse without doubt the worst. It really grates. Sad to say as a northerner I am not keen on any northern accent. Hate that hybrid accent in and around London 'innit like bruv'.
Having lived in Bucks. I find the accent's around Bucks, Oxfordshire, Berkshire most bearable.
Special word for the proper Wolverhampton accent. I met a bloke who spoke proper Yam Yam in Blackpool a few years back. They don't even arrange words in a sentence like everybody else. It went something like 'Ahhhh, wasn't it, lovely walk I had, weather am ahhh'. It grated after a while but for the comedic affect of winding up my Welsh mate it was bearable.
Nod to the accent up in Inverness and further north towards Thurso/Scrabster. Talked to a lovely wee lass at the ferry terminal with the loveliest accent. 'Ayee, yae need tae go doon tae that lane'
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 11:32 am
by CaptJohn
For me Female, softly spoken Southern Irish, East Coast Scottish and Geordie are the most easy on the ear.
The worst and most grating are Brummie, West Coast Scottish and Home Counties/Cockney.
I'm sorry but Lancashire folk sound a bit dumb
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:58 pm
by Brunlea
Love the Nottinghamshire accent (e.g. Flip in Made in England) mainly because unlike most accents it is really hard to mimic.
Worst is got to be the London accent where you get a young lad from Kingston SW London trying to sound like he is from Kingston Jamaica!
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 2:06 pm
by Tribesmen
Best = female Donegal
Worst = Skanger inner city Dublin .
Re: Worst/best accent
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 2:15 pm
by aclaretinstevenage
yTib wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 9:24 pm
worst - danny dyer
I fink Danny Dyer is triffic on the Wawl now back on saturday evenings!!