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zaneth · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 3:04 pm Post subject: British Accents

What's your favorite British accent?

Bindair Dundat · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 1123

Boy Wonder · Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 453 Location: Clacton on sea

The Essex ones done by two rat-ars** blondes stumbling out of a nightclub at 2 in the morning...one on each arm......absolute heaven to the ears and in the same league as Handel's water music !!

Will. · Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 783 Location: London Uk

Will. · Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 783 Location: London Uk

Michael Caine. "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"

James Robertson justice.

Peter Ustinov

Maggie Smith as Jean Brodie

Glaswegian.

Clement Freud

Pam Ayres.

Just for starters. There is a wealth of variety in the accents of these islands that many a book has already covered so this will do to get along with for the moment.

SueH · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Posts: 1022 Location: Northern Italy

John Arlott and Dylan Thomas...

Bob Copper

RVN · Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 62 Location: China

Leslie Phillips/Terry Thomas "I say!" "Ding dong!"

The best by far though has to be Dick van Dyck's (sp) "Cor Bloimey Marrrry Porppins!"

Not really.

As for areas, anywhere that's not Liverpool. Scouse is just annoying, at least Brummie can also be amusing as well as annoying.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Scottish and Irish ones

Mark-O · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:11 pm Post subject:

BEST/MOST HILARIOUS: Boris Johnson (MP)

WORST/MOST ANNOYING: Bristolian accents

ilunga · Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 842 Location: China

I don't really have one but anything except welsh, brummie and scouse is bearable.
Actually I quite like an essex/kent accent on a girl as long as it's not too common.

gugelhupf · Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 575 Location: Jabotabek

I suppose I like the sound of Devonshire the best, although I don't often get to hear it, and old fashioned Edinburgh - a la Miss Jean Brodie - is a favourite. The only accent I truly loath is scouse.

Snoopy · Joined: 13 Jul 2003 Posts: 185

Dere ain't nowt wrong wid scouse.

basiltherat · Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 952

ilunga
great avatar. lol.
basil

rosie1973 · Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Chicago

God, I wish I could tell them all apart. I love the English accent. I could listen to it all day long and not care a bit about what you're talking about. Someone needs to make a website where you click on different regions and listen to the accents. An irish guy told me recently that the Irish despise the southern drawl of Americans. Says it puts them to sleep.

Mark-O · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:48 am Post subject: