Favourite Accent

Irish accent for me....swoooonnnnn!

Elrel, I think the difference is in use of different ears gor some things, the grammar is the same

Example - South Wales a grandmother was usually called Mam-gu. In the North it's Nain, but Nain is used in the South . We are in Mid Wales, one of my sisters is called Mam-gu , another is called Nain. The gu sounds like bee not goo. And Nain like nine

I do love the true Geordie accent, also the soft, gentle Irish, and some Welsh accents. And I love hearing Bruno Tonioli speaking English with his Italian accent.

I like all accents as long as I can understand what they are saying, otherwise it's not really communication.In Great Britain, for me, the nicest accents are Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, The Scottish Highlands and from the Dublin area.

Why is it when french people speak English it sounds delightful but when we speak French ( try ) it sounds awful.

Everyone here just loves DH's lovely English accent- most French do.

Couldn't agree more Mumsy....Aiden Turner in particular!

Know just what you mean christinefrance.
Went into a tourist office once somewhere in France and said (in French!) we're only here for the afternoon what do you suggest?
They had some leaflets showing where to visit and they asked me what language did I want it in? I couldn't resist asking what they thought and they said they couldn't decide whether I was English, German or Dutch! And I don't suppose it sounds as gorgeous as when the French speak English

A loouk in the booouk - and 'go'way you silly booogar', etc. Very easy to pick up, lol.
I don't know, I am from very near there, and the intonations are quite difficult; I can always tell because of the way someone pronounces 'l'! It is unique, Staffordshire accents vary immensely.

Sorry forgot to say, there is no such thing as A Welsh accent
I was going to say the same as Elrel, North Walians are quite different again in their accents.
and they are different genetically, apparently.

Yes accents are different as in many parts of Wales , the language is the same

Anniebach the language is the same

Is it pronounced differently in different parts of Wales?

Whatever brand of Scottish accent that David Tennant has, that will do for me!

And I love the sound of a male Welsh voice choir.

Yes in North and South, the accent in the north is spoken more quickly, the South drawls , no different to England I suppose, so the way some words are pronounced may sound differently but I was brought up in South Wales with a Grandfather from Anglesey. We never had cause to ask what one word meant. I pronounce some place names in Anglesey differently to my friends in the north . Never met one 'how green was my valley ' accent in my life, doubt the makers of that film had either

Anya, me too

I love accents. So interesting to hear the varieties even within a small geographical area.

That film How Green Was My Valley was a travesty!

Hadaway man, tarkin Geordie is a doddle, I am not actually a Geordie, I am a Wearsider and the accent is softer and not so guttural.

I love most accents, and find myself thinking in them when in the various regions.
One I cannot place is spoken by the inventor of the Gtech Airram, costs only 199 paands. It has been puzzling me, so can anyone help?

Gtech was founded by Nick Grey, who had previously worked at vacuum cleaner brand VAX. Grey was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. The company launched its first product, the SW01 cordless floor sweeper, in 2002. Its latest product is the AirRAM cordless vacuum cleaner, launched in 2012.

Bromsgrove!
but is that a Bromsgrove accent?

Irish. Every time. Colin Farrell (there is no emoticon to show how I feel. A doesn't do him justice. I got down to the bottom and there was just a roast chicken. Need one of me swooning and running across the fields, with Colin chasing me and ) sorry, drifted off there for a moment. (does anyone find the grin a bit sinister? It's more like something that's about to eat you!). Where was I, oh yes, accents. There are a couple I detest. But I won't say what they are because it's not nice to offend people. But that Irish blarney, that Irish lilt. Trying not to think of Ian Paisley yelling back in the day though!

South African.

I'm most frustrated because I can't do a Glasgow accent despite the fact that I was born and brought up there. I must go on a refresher course soon.

Love all the Celtic accents.Best of all was my gran's lovely South Wales valley accent-I only have to conjure up her "come by here and give us a cwtch," or "oh dear bach" and it makes me smile.