How do different english accents sound to you?

[Sammael]

I live in Los Angeles, CA, so that is my baseline.  But I definitely have impressions of different accents.

 

 

virtually all english accents from UK sounds more proper to me, except for the chav accent seen here by the classiest character of all time, Kelly:

 

 

 

 

 

Australian accents sound ultra friendly because they always say "mate" every third word.  Mate to me in the US sounds like the kind of term reserved for deep friendship, perhaps even a REAL mate as in bf/gf, not randomly thrown around to strangers, but that is what they do, and it makes them sound more friendly.  They probably hate people they say mate too, and the targets have no clue in the US because of how friendly they come off.

 

 

The coolest english accent was unfortunately done by a deceased voice actor for a fictional character that was not even human, so it's not the kind of thing that will grace the earth in new human beings, but this was the coolest:

 

 

 

And of course the most backward sounding english accent is the southern accent seen in caricature here:

 

 

Thisah HAEERE?  THISUN?

[MbV93]

Angry scottish is the best:

 

[Sammael]

I forgot the most soothing British accent, unfortunately tied to one man, but I hope that the UK produces more of this.

 

[ragedev]

Angry scottish is the best:

 

Oh please, not Jeremy Kyle

[frustratedrocka]

Most accents sound pretty comprehensible to me... And then there is welsh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MRVtWSOD5s

[aidenrelkoff]

Like a wee bit of Scottish eh?

[Nineshadow]

Angry scottish is the best:

Holy balls!

[Nineshadow]

Here's a crappy Romanian accent :

http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2013/02/12/intv-uk-horse-meat-romania-reaction-jinga.cnn.html

This makes me feel bad...

[Jun-Kun]

virtually all english accents from UK sounds more proper to me, except for the chav accent seen here by the classiest character of all time, Kelly:

 

Not from Northern England, (Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle), they sound anything BUT posh/proper.

Kelly in the video is an example of someone from North England (The lower-class sounding ones anyway), personally I can't stand it.

 

The "Chav" accent or "Chavs" is normally associated with people from East London / Essex, and is often interlinked with Cockney. Now it's just a general term for lower-class people.

I don't see why Americans think Adele has a posh accent, she sounds like a fucking chav here! (She's from North London). She even admitted she was "common as muck" in the UK

 

Having grown up and lived in East London all my life, I try to steer away from having a "Chav" or a Cockney accent and try to speak with an RP accent, (Recieved Pronounciation), however I end up trying too hard and sound like someone from the West Country. :rolleyes:

 

[Sammael]

Not from Northern England, (Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle), they sound anything BUT posh/proper.

Kelly in the video is an example of someone from North England (The lower-class sounding ones anyway), personally I can't stand it.

 

The "Chav" accent or "Chavs" is normally associated with people from East London / Essex, and is often interlinked with Cockney. Now it's just a general term for lower-class people.

I don't see why Americans think Adele has a posh accent, she sounds like a fucking chav here! (She's from North London). She even admitted she was "common as muck" in the UK

 

Having grown up and lived in East London all my life, I try to steer away from having a "Chav" or a Cockney accent and try to speak with an RP accent, (Recieved Pronounciation), however I end up trying too hard and sound like someone from the West Country. :rolleyes:

 

 

 

So Lauren Socha's brother was on this other show (I don't like his accent, it kind of annoys me, on her it sounded great because of the character she played [she kissed a gorilla])

 

He was paired with another actor that sounded FAR more proper:

 

 

Sometimes he sounded so proper it came across as if he was deliberately trying to put on that accent, is that what you mean by overdoing it?

[XTankSlayerX]

[toms94z71]

I am from the North Carolina in the south east US and I know i have a fairly country southern accent, I don't hear it of course but when ever I go up to Philly to visit my brother I get told by everyone i sound so southern and country. I like the Scottish accent a lot but then again I am of sottish decent, along with  french Canadian and Scandinavian. I think the Urban New England accents get on my nerves the worst, like Boston, and New York city, they sound rude most of the time and they are rude most of the time at least the ones down here and they move down here to NC and then talk down to all of us that have lived here our whole life, and I am just like go back up and freeze your tail off if you can't do anything but complain about things down here. 

[Focux]

Where I am from, we have no accent. It's monotonous. Every other English speaking individual I've heard that speaks with an accent sounds so much more interesting. Especially women with British/Australian accents..

[Admire]

Im going to bite....Since english is not my native language. Its actually the third language I learned after danish and german. I always imagined that the danish accent would sound like the worst english accent ever. I hate it but actual english speakers aren't that bothered apparantly.

 

Personally can't stand new york accents, but find some southern accents to be charming.

 

Oh...French Women speaking english=boner.

[NInety]

By english I think you mean the language sooooooooo.....

 

[SebastianThorn]

Angry scottish is the best:

I can't even tell what she's saying.. 

[Camul]

South England accents are good, but the further north of Britain you get the more trashy it sounds. I have a very mild Scouse accent, it doesn't sound proper at all. If I speak to someone outside of the UK I sometimes have to repeat myself.

[Thorium19]

Spend a week on a boat with some scots, a geordie, a Brummy, an Essex boy, a Londoner, two Scousers (myself included) someone from Wales and someone from Ireland, and you will know what accents can be like

[SebastianThorn]

The Swedish accent is really bad in my opinion. 

[MbV93]

I can't even tell what she's saying.. 

 

Hahaha I know! Here's a transcript of what is audible:

 

- When I... When I sleep some there which I tell how that feel...

- Aye but it is there... It is there... But the tha theyre eah path doodah dadah?!

- Well...

- Goo tad! When back so good nügge koni seven seventy finally got the balls theigmatic co isewanof turasis! It's clear! It's clear no au beep keep et guess we get tho agui seven she's beep And they're honestly... And you know what? What's the point? And you're gonna hah-og-hyah over next couple days. When you're no... When you're no nee Kerry minera be bobblin in green, you're gonna come bubblin green, you undah knees

- How?? Es meetis always very sad.

- And younna boot .... Where did I sit? Where did I sit?

- Man I dun wanna talk to ye.

- Scumbag, scumbag...

- I dun wanna talk to ye...