Accents

I'm from the Midlands, and have a weird "non" accent apparantly. I'm really close to Birmingham, and have a Brummie H, so sometimes have a bit of Brummie twang when I speak.

My cousins from Yorkshire think I sound posh, and say I don't have an accent...

I think that I have a fairly middling accent but a lot of people tell me I sound very northern.. I am lancashire originally but have yorkshire grandparents, I like it when people think I have an accent

I get called a posh Geordie.

Basically my vowels are quite northern but I was born in Kent so have never been full on Geordie.

I don't think I sound posh though!

Ha see Kharv i imagine you would sound posh but was thinking more Hampshire/Buckinghamshire posh wasn't expecting a Geordie twang!!

I think I have a fairly middle-class Glasgow accent, I'm not posh I just speak properly most of the time. I'm very guilty of saying "wee" this and that but I'm only conscious of it when a non-Scottish person pulls me up for it.

I'm a few miles out of Birmingham, closer to Wolverhampton. I have a Black Country accent, , (not Brummie as many say). It is toned down for work but H struggles to understand us when I get together with friends.

I'm scottish but i dont think it is a very strong accent, I'm in fife rather than Glasgow so it's not as strong as that. I say "wee" sometimes but don't use any other scots words or slang (I dont think!!)

I am a Londoner and so I have a very prominent English accent, I have lived in Northern Ireland for the past 8 years and so far my accent hasn't budged

I'm from Sheffield and non-Yorkshire folk think I have a strong Yorkshire accent, but I get told a lot of the time that I'm "not from round here" (born and bred in Sheffield but ok...) and I can only put that down to the fact that my Dad is from Manchester, so I have a very slight Mancunian twang.

I'm originally from the west country and have been described as sounding like " a posh farmer."

It depends how drunk i am, the more i drink the more geordie i get. I don't really have an accent i don't think, it kind of cleared up when i went to uni i think as i was trying to speak more clearly. I used to say 'pet' at the end of everything when i started uni but only because i was nervous i rarely said it any other time.

I don't really have one. I've always lived just outside of London enough to not have picked up any form of cockney accent, but near enough that I've not picked up any other accent.

Living Essex now scares me a bit, as I don't want to end up with an Essex twang (so I get pulled up by my dad and 'home' friends whenever I sound a bit Essex!).

My pet hate is when people from the suburbs put on a 'mockney' accent to sound cool.

I’m North East so you would all think I’m very Geordie, but as I come from Durham I’m not as broad as someone from the centre of Newcastle. I guess think Cheryl Cole, I’m somewhere near that, as she has lost her accent loads (not as broad), compared to what it should be from the area of Newcastle she grew up!

B&stard 404!!!

I live on the Wirral and work and have lived in Liverpool so have a soft scouse, a bit like Michael Owen apparently

I get told I sound 'generic posh' and have a 'clear speaking voice' but I have to admit that it can be situational. However, I cannot hold a candle to AC's cut-glass enunciation.

There are videos on my FB page - particularly the one with me in a cream hoodie - where my speaking voice can be heard clearly (if anyone is nosy).

I tend to have that generic north american accent as people always seem to ask, "so, where in the states are you from?" ?

Just FYI, though, these are the difference between my accent and an american one:

-I say sorry like 'sore e' instead of 'saree'

-I say the 'ou' in out, about, house, mouse, etc like 'eh-oo' instead of 'a-o' (no, we do not say 'a-boot'!!)

-I say been like it looks rather than 'bin'

And I'm sure there are tons of other teeny tiny differences

Oh, and for the sake of talking UK accents, Anthony says he has an educated kentish accent, I say it sounds mroe like 'posh grammar schoolboy'.

My parents are from Oxford, and I have never picked up any Norfolk twang! I would say I am rather accent-less with a hint of poshness thrown in.

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I'm born and bread devonshire! To me I sound quite posh but apparently just sound like a farmer haha!

Standard quote use Devonshire say:

Not from Devon - "Where is that?"

From Devon - "Where is that to?"

WHAT? You don't quack ?? Ha

I had you down as having a slight SW farmer twang like my biology lecturer for some reason?

I've been told a few times lately that I sound posh. I really don't think I sound posh. I'm from Hertfordshire, so I guess to some I would, but I think I just speak properly. Most people where I live say water without the T so i guess in comparison i speak like the queen.

I don't think I have one, I grew up in Hampshire where there isnt really an accent.

I have been told i sound posh in the past however after living in Bristol for 10 years, my friends from home tell me I have a west country accent!

Do you get a Pompey twang when drunk?

I like to think that I have a normal-ish Southern accent. Was born and went to little school in London and all my family are Londoners, grew up in Sussex and now live in Southsea. In everyday life I try very very very hard to not pick up any of the STUPID Portsmouth accent but when I am drunk H says I sound like a 'Cockney Geezer with a Portsmouth twang'. ?

James, in Portsmouth 'weeeeeee' is an expression of surprise. For example:

'So-and-so is upduffed.'

'Weeeeeeeeee. Who's the father?'

My family moved to Devon a couple of years ago, and they have started doing this! I really struggle to understand them sometimes. They also say "tuth" instead of "tooth".

I'm from Bedford. I don't think there's an accent at all!

I am from the isle of man, but for the last 14 years I've lived in various parts of the uk so I'm not sure that I have an accent really. My H has an Irish accent ❤️

To everyone on here who thinks they don't have an accent: believe me, you do

I'm Scottish but quite far south so wouldn't say I have a strong accent. I work in a hotel and have been told many times by guests from all over that I have quite a clear accent, not posh though! Slightly Scottish, more so depending on who I'm talking to but perfectly understandable ?

I'm from SE London / Kent area, but H is full blown East London cor blimey guvnor cockney and I seem to have picked up quite a bit from him.

Also get told I sound essex but normally from people who dont actually know the essex accent!

So..erm...bit common haha!

I say "tuth." but I say "toothbrush" rather than "tuthbrush."

My H is from Nottingham and pronounces 'tongue' as 'tong'. (Instead of tung). Weird.

Haha James I think it's hilarious you thought I'd have a posh buckinghamshire accent - that's made my day!

IM from sunny suffolk, the deepest darkest countryside however i dont speak like a farmer!! My dads a brummie so luckily (no offence to farmer accent types!) i speak 'better'..I'd say posh essex!!!?

I have a Geordie accent when I'm with my family or northern friends, but it lessons noticeably when I'm just with H or any of my southern friends (I lived in London for 5 yrs and my accent became diluted then). H calls me a chameleon!