Which part of England has the best accent?

Joe Ford

Which part of England has the best accent?

Here’s the full list of the UK’s favourite accents:

  • Welsh – 12%
  • Northern Irish – 10%
  • West Country – 8%
  • Yorkshire – 8%
  • Cockney – 6%
  • Received Pronunciation – 6%
  • Scouse – 5%
  • East Midlands – 3%

What accent is a pirate accent?

It is an English West Country accent, which is and was common from Cornwall right up to Bristol and Gloucestershire. Bristol was the main sea port for sailing to America from England, so most of the sailors would have been either Bristolian or from the surrounding counties.

What is the purest English accent?

Anglo-Saxon from Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire is actually the purest form of English, he wrote – and Bristol is in the middle.

What is the hardest English accent to understand?

Scottish accents are often challenging even for native speakers of English to understand. Cockney and Australian are the hardest for me. Queen’s English and General American are the easiest ones for me to understand. Caribbean, Indian and Scottish dialects are extremely hard to understand.

Which American accent is the hardest?

Appalachian Mountain accent

What is the most attractive accent?

Among the sexiest accents according to women were Scottish, Irish, Italian, French and Spanish, while for men it was Spanish, Brazillian Portuguese, Australian, French and American.

Is Accent attractive?

A 2014 YouGov poll found that 35 percent of American respondents find the British accent to be attractive — with more women than men saying they’re smitten — but 49 percent found it “neither attractive nor obnoxious.” And not all accents are treated equally.

What kind of accent does Gordon Ramsay have?

Scottish

What is Russell Brand’s accent?

He has a cross between “Estuary English” and “Cockney” – so called “Mockney” with his own dollop of weirdness I believe designed to sound more ‘urban’ than people from this area. His father, for example, who I used to work for, has a much less pronounced cockney side to it.

Is Gordon Ramsay Scottish or British?

Gordon Ramsay, (born November 8, 1966, Johnstone, Scotland), Scottish chef and restaurateur known for his highly acclaimed restaurants and cookbooks but perhaps best known in the early 21st century for the profanity and fiery temper that he freely displayed on television cooking programs.

What accent does Shrek have?

Scottish accent

Who is Shrek’s brother?

Arthur Pendragon

What color is Shrek’s eyes?

brown

Who is Shrek’s cousin?

Shrek declines, insisting that an ogre as king is a bad idea and that there has to be someone else for the job. With his final few breaths, the king tells Shrek that there is one other heir who can become the new King of Far Far Away: his nephew, Arthur Pendragon.

Why is Shrek 3 hated?

The overall message was too heavy handed. Shrek trying to relate to Arthur, and how they are both not ready for the responsibilities that await them was a good idea, but when they pulled it off with those awful heart to heart scenes it came off corny.

Is Princess Fiona a real fairy tale?

Princess Fiona is a fictional character in DreamWorks’ Shrek franchise, first appearing in the animated film Shrek (2001). One of the film series’ main characters, Fiona is introduced as a beautiful princess placed under a curse that transforms her into an ogre at night.