Dave n Ailsa

I really like the Welsh accent.

Very happy when Rachel won big brother a few years back. I enjoyed listening to her, and she wasn't bad on the eye either

JulieLord

Auld Yin

There really isn't one Glasgow accent. People living in more affluent areas have more cultured accents, and dont use slang and auld Scots like those living in more deprived areas.
I have a cousin and his wife both raised in the same Lancashire town. She has a beautiful, educated accent while he sounds well, Lancashire. There's quite a difference.

nerdherd

I am really not keen on any Irish accent but that's mainly due to personal history, both personal and professional. I can see how it can sound sexy to most though.

Least favourite - north American nasal drawl (I don't mind the NA accent when it' s not nasal sounding) and also Essex and London east end.
Favourite - I am not sure actually! I am quite partial to the bog standard, nonedescript southern English accent as spoken on the BBC.

Isn't it also a question of how strong the accent is? For instance - I am French but have a very faint accent, which many people barely detect, so am ok most times when dealing with people who don't like the French accent. However, several of my French friends and colleagues here in the UK still have outrageously strong accents that really grate and make even me want to strangle them
Same with German, I find that a soft lilt is quite pleasing but a very strong German accent definitely is very unpleasant.

Has anyone lost their English accent after being in Canada for a while, or have you all made a conscious effort not to?

ultrarunner

So kinda London then?

Hawk13

My parents have never lost their Glasgow accent (30 yrs in CA) - still as strong as ever. Me, not so much, but it cames back after two weeks of being in Scotland.

Auld Yin

Yes, probably.

dollface

Been here 13 years, still have a strong Scottish accent - infact a shopkeeper a couple of weeks ago asked me if I was straight off the boat. Perhaps when you emigrate later in life your accent stays with you,( other than Canadianisms), and for that, I'm more than happy.

DandNHill

Haha, she's got you exactly where she wants you.

DandNHill

My ex was French (actually he still is!).

Everybody around us loved his accent but I hated it to the point where I refused to speak in English with him!!! No wonder we split up! lol

I love the Northern Irish accent. It makes me wobbly at the knees!!!

There isn't one I don't like, I just like accents which are different to my non-descript home counties accent!!!

Hawk13

Och aye, eh

JonboyE

In my formative years Ian Paisley seemed to be on the news every night ranting on about something or other. These days, whenever I hear someone speak with a Norther Irish accent I have a totally irrational urge to throw something sharp or heavy (or preferably both) in their direction.

MillieF

I think that's the case, as a kid when we moved North to South and vice versa (which we seemed to practically yearly) I could change my accent really quickly. I have Scottish friends who moved with their 12 year old to London and within a few months they were thinking of auditioning him for Eastenders. Now my accent seems to have fixed, and I'm not quite sure what at!

I like the softer Southern Irish lilt, but I find the harsher Northern one grating. Like Jonboy I can't hear it without thinking of the ghastly Paisley either. Any Italian saying anything makes my knees wobble.

luvmeboys

OYYY! EVEN a scouse accent we all speak lovely - wedoodo,dontwedo

Almost Canadian

I found it strange that, for some time, the accent of Gerry Adams changed each night he was on the news