I have a Yorkshire accent. Sexiest accent in the world. Deal with it.![]()
Lol. Been on mobile all week. Didn't watch the videos. Geography isn't exactly my strong suit :facepalm:I've only lived in the UK for all my life (25 years) but I'm sure north UK = Scotland
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What makes you think Americans are obsessed with any accents?
Clearly you've never heard anyone from Essex or Newcastle.Take it as a compliment. You all sound elegant and well mannered![]()
Yes it is similar to the US in that regard, except the other way around as here the North of England (note England not UK) is the desolate wasteland and the South (particularly the South East) is the prosperous and sophisticated region. There is also the Scotland/England divide where we are the same country but mock each other. Plus everyone dislikes the Welsh, and Northern Ireland is largely forgotten.
They're sexy as hell.
I actually do have some knowledge of British accents, though it's recent (I used to think they were all the same, but that people in Manchester had a weird tone to their accent). The dialects of the South have become the prestige standard and it's what most people outside of the UK are familiar with, so it makes sense.
But I found this video to be pretty entertaining:
I could ask you the same question about why everyone fixates on Texas accents....
Ha, I'd be equally insulted if a Scot was mistaken for one of my countrymen despite us all having the same blood lines in a very watered down British isles lol. We have to maintain that competitive spirit!As a Scot living in Arizona for a few years I constantly get asked (sometimes, not even asked, but told) I’m Irish. I can live with that, I just explain. Just don’t call me English![]()
When I was five my parents moved us from Vancouver, WA to a new housing development in Houston.As someone who lives in Texas, people come here expecting that southern drawl, cowboy boots and hats, and lots of country western music.
We've got tourist spots just for them!
Like The Stockyards in Fort Worth.
Edit: But yes, the accent is real for some of us folks here. Like my fiancee. I moved away at 18, lived in other states. Now only time I get an accent is when I'm drunk and it's usually kinda incoherent.![]()
Ioan Gruffudd is a staunch defender of the Welsh language.Ha, I'd be equally insulted if a Scot was mistaken for one of my countrymen despite us all having the same blood lines in a very watered down British isles lol. We have to maintain that competitive spirit!
Here to promote the Welsh accent again, love some of the south Walian accents, especially on females. My wife is very Welshy and my eldest daughter is very much the same with her Valleys twang. I doubt many people outside of the UK would have a clue what a Welsh accent sounds like.
The south east accent obsession we see a lot in films and abroad in general is because people think of London when they think of Britain. It's something yo relate to and anywhere outside of the M25 is an unknown wasteland unless you're a New Yorker desperate to tell everybody you're 4th generation Irish lol.
Here to promote the Welsh accent again, love some of the south Walian accents, especially on females.
I like the south Welsh accent. It's such a friendly, salt of the earth kind of people sounding accent.
I've got that Southern twang in my accent I try to cover up, but when I'm over excited, I start sounding like Foghorn Leghorn.Many times I've been involved in a heated debate where I start out speaking "normally", but end up "demanding satisfaction, sirrah."
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I'm from Lincolnshire, England but live in New Orleans. I always get "Are you Australian?", but I once had someone ask me if I was French which I found pretty bizarre!
I also had a US Registered Nurse ask me (whilst taking blood) what language they speak in England and if we used paper money!! Didn't fill me with confidence!