The Best or worst British accents

We have a lovely scouse travel with us. And tbh he gets lots of stick. Takes it in good humour.
Watch thi pockits etc.
But the funniest was when Chris was sat ont courtesy seat, with scouse Pete 4/5 rows back.
They were having a bit of banter in earshot of us all.
Chris
"Ar cum Pete tha allus sez errrm afore beginning a sentence"
Pete totally subconsciously.
"Errrm"
Busting out laughing like the rest of us. With himself having just realised his opening reply.

 

I can't say I particular notice accents that much anymore. It's the person that matters, not what accent they may have.

I'd hope people from Barnsley, more than many other places, would hold that to be more important.

 

Accents are one of the great things about our little island aren't they? I wonder if Reform UK think that some accents are better than others though...

 

Well Hooky you had absolutely no problems understanding me when I asked what you wanting to drink.

 

East Scotland imo Ian comes across less strong than the west. We had 2 Scots working alongside us that travelled down every week. The Glasgow lad totally buggered with his accent. The other if I remember rightly was from up your side of the country. And I understood him perfectly well.

Been to Edinburgh (and up as far as Dornoch) several times and not struggled mate.
Your round next time I believe lol.

 

Old school Cumbrians alongside North Aberdonians must be the hardest in country to understand. Bordering on different languages

 

The subject of an Ian McMillan program on Radio 4: link

 

Anyone who places accents alongside intelligence is bonkers. sadly some do.

But people have to sometimes tone down to be understood and in some cases Jobs may depend on vocabulary.

I am hard of hearing and some phonecalls are undecipherable. Having to pass my phone over and in some cases having to repeat myself to get to what's being said.

I think you'll find most, if not all Barnsley people are some of the most friendly (not only in my words, but many visitors, who love the people in general, that i have spoken to, over my lifetime) and they do not judge people on their accents. Only their deeds.

 

I was suggesting given how harsh and guttural the Barnsley accent can be, we should be very aware there is more to people than an accent, and if this discussion was taking place outside of Barnsley quarters, I'd expect it to be mentioned by some in a shortlist.

I'm also mindful just because someone is from a certain place, it shouldn't define them necessarily. The US excepted ;-)

 

Best: mine
Worst: rest

 

There is a bloke sits near us in East Upper, whom, on getting frustrated at our lack of a shot on goal will often shout "shoot" but it sounds like shoe-it? Is he saying to 'shoot' in the Barnsley vernacular or is he wishing the player to "shoe it" as in just give it some welly?

I'm not a Barnsley native obviously!

 

If he shooits it hard enough it could end up in Stairfooit.

 

Worst:
Cockernee (loud, shouty and aggressive)
Scouse (whiney and annoying)

Best (other than Yorkshire obvs)
Irish, particularly south if we can include that.
Geordie.
And I do like some East Midlands, Derby/Leicester.
Also, dare I say it, like some Lancashire, Bolton in particular.

 

Worst Brummie by a distance, Essex then Scouse

Best Barnsley, Yorkshire Geordie Cockney ( except them idiot commentators that miss the G’s Jude Bellingham, Birminham etc).

 

You have heard Keith Hill talking, right?

 

My favourite by some distance is North East (County Durham and Northumberland), my dad was from Sunderland (moved to Thurnscoe when he was 16 in 1936) we often visited relatives in Ryhope and Seaham Harbour and I was a student in Newcastle. Also my wife's mum came from Wallsend and we often stay with her aunt. It's one reason why I like Vera (as well as for the locations, many of which I know well). I've even started reading the books, I read them with a Geordie accent....

 

Dudley!

 

I found it was the bóllócks he was speaking rather than the accent that made him come across as a tít.

 

There isnt one Yorkshire accent , despite being from West Yorkshire dont have the elongated vowels thankfully .... Helluuuuuur

 

Worst:
Cockneys - annoying accent to match there annoying demeanour
Nottingham - absolutely horrendous
Bristol - no idea what they even say

Best:
I’d like to say us but when you watch Look North or Calendar it’s shocking
So I’ll award the best to them paddy’s in the south, especially the female ones