What is the friendliest accent in the UK?
That's because the Yorkshire accent was ranked the friendliest of all British Isles accents in a poll commissioned by Betfair Casinos. It topped the friendly poll above the Geordie, Scottish, Welsh and Irish accents.
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These Are The Most Attractive English Accents In The World:
A survey of 2,000 Brits gave us insight into what accents are considered the sexiest from across the UK. While Scottish has been ranked as the sexiest, Scouse has officially been named the least attractive accent.
Some people believe that RP (Received Pronunciation) is the most standard or general accent in British English. Many EFL (English as a Foreign Language) schools teach it because it is supposed to be the most “polished” pronunciation. It is typically referred to as “Queen's English” or “BBC English”.
#1 The British accent
1 on the list. It was crowned the sexiest accent in the world with 25 percent of the total votes.
British is the most likeable accent globally, with 45% of respondents stating they enjoy hearing their native language spoken with a British accent.
Geordie. As the oldest English dialect still spoken, Geordie normally refers to both the people and dialect of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in Northeast England.
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But, there're many differences between American and Canadian accents. For the entire world, American accent is most universal. British, Scottish, Irish and Australian accents are pretty unfamiliar with all ears of the people around the globe. Irish English is the easiest to understand.
The French accent has been considered for many years as being the sexiest accent in the world. Known as soft and sensual, many once voted for it however its' popularity is decreasing.
What accent is the cutest?
British, Australian, and French were named the sexiest accents in the world, and also the most likely to make someone seem more attractive.
People from Newcastle speak a dialect called Geordie, which is one of the strongest and most distinctive accents in England.
- 1 British. Naturally the Brit accent should be first - after an English accent; after a London accent - but most of all the best accent by far is a smooth north London accent. ...
- 2 American. American accents! ...
- 3 Irish. ...
- 4 Australian. ...
- 5 Polish. ...
- 6 Indian. ...
- 7 Italian. ...
- 8 French.
The closest language to English is one called Frisian, which is a Germanic language spoken by a small population of about 480,000 people. There are three separate dialects of the language, and it's only spoken at the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
Mainstream RP is the most common version heard today, and is used, for example, by many presenters on the BBC. Contemporary RP is used by younger upper-middle-class speakers, and shares certain similarities with Estuary English.
The British Isles is made up many, many different accents and dialects – more than 37 dialects at the last count. A dialect is a variety of a language that differs from the standard language, in this case RP. Dialects can vary regionally – depending on where in the country a person is from, as well as socially.
The Anglo-Saxons bring English to England
Invasions and migration have to a great extent been a driving force in the development of dialects and accents in Britain. In the fifth century, Germanic tribes from the northwest of the European continent began settling on the island.
The Australian accent is often described as a 'lazy' form of English.
And Swedish accents are thought to be the most “intelligent” and “trustworthy” (24 percent and 15 percent, respectively).
The British Accent
The Great British accent proved to be the most difficult of all the accents to imitate – along with the regional Yorkshire and co*ckney pronunciations, in particular.
What is a strong accent?
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English strong accent the way that someone pronounces words that shows clearly that they come from a particular area or country a strong German accent → strongExamples from the Corpusstrong accent• Not merely that, I was putting my strongest accent on the syllable that wasn't!
1. Irish. The Voquent community has spoken! And this time around, the Irish accent has come out on top with more than half the votes as the world's sexiest accent.
Irish accent
According to Everest Language School, “the Dublin accent is probably the one you will hear the most.
- Italian – 68%
- French – 61%
- Spanish – 56%
- Brazilian Portuguese – 48%
- Queen's English – 47%
- Australian – 35%
- South African – 29%
- Mexican – 23%
- Glaswegian.
- Geordie (Newcastle and Tyneside)
- Scouse (Merseyside)
- Black Country (Wolverhampton, Dudley and Walsall areas)
- West and South Yorkshire.
- Leicestershire.
- co*ckney (Greater London)
- Essex.
Geordie. As the oldest English dialect still spoken, Geordie normally refers to both the people and dialect of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in Northeast England.
British is the most likeable accent globally, with 45% of respondents stating they enjoy hearing their native language spoken with a British accent. First nested list itemPoland is the only country where a British accent isn't the most popular accent - in Poland, the American accent is most popular.
