(September 7, 2014 at 5:51 pm)Keri Wrote:(September 7, 2014 at 5:21 pm)Tobie Wrote: @Keri; you prefer Brummy to West country accents?
*Some* Brummy. My ex was raised in the Black Country and went to uni at UoB and I have a close friend on my previous course who is from Birmingham and as long as he's not mumbling I find his voice pretty soothing.
To be honest I don't know what West country includes. I have friends from all over England (and Wales) and I really don't know specifically where they are from but if their accent is just generic, nothing stands out about it, then I don't bother asking and just assume they are English (or Welsh if their accent is clearly Welsh). Those whose accents that I really liked I would ask so my list started growing.
My ex didn't sound completely Brummy though because of 6 years spent living and studying in Cumbria. There were always twangs of a northern accent when frustrated with me. Ha.
I prefer over everything, the Welsh accent. I love the sing-song nature of it, and I love when a bit of Welsh (the language) is thrown in as well.
Fair enough. I will always prefer West Country, Scottish and Lancastrian accents over everything else, because it's what I grew up with.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien
