For an island that’s so small, it’s kind of crazy the variation in accents that you can find all over the place and this does facilitate the endless debate over which accent is actually the sexiest in the United Kingdom.
The latest people to give their opinions on the matter are the blog ‘Lovin’ Manchester’, which unsurprisingly voted the Manchester accent as the best in the country and then proceeded to pretty much diss every other one of the 50 regional variants in their list. Of course, the Birmingham accent ended up bottom, but here’s the whole list along with their ‘tongue in cheek’ comments (apparently some of these are really offensive, so maybe don’t read them if you don’t like people dissing your accent):
51. Birmingham
Let’s face it, you don’t want a brummy reading the 9 o’clock news while you’re eating your cheerios.
Nobody deserves that first thing.
50. Bristol
A hearty, rum ol’ mystery of a sound. Learn what ‘lush’ and ‘gert’ mean and you’re pretty much fluent.
49. Hull
Correctly pronounced: ‘ull
48. Sheffield
Just don’t expect sentences to use conjoining words…
47. Wolverhampton
Run.
Far, far away from this place.
46. Wakefield
Meh.
45. Norwich
If it were a colour it would be beige.
44. St Albans
Double meh.
43. Salisbury
Know ‘sausage sandwich’ and you’re practically fluent.
42. Southampton
The language of old. We’ve never met anyone under 50 from here…
41. Truro
Correctly pronounced, ‘Truru’, don’t you know!
40. Coventry
The land of elongated words. Takes them a good hour to say anything at all.
39. Newcastle
We had enough of this when Cheryl Cole was on the X Factor.
38. Leicester
Controversial perhaps. But to some people it’s just a bit neutral.
37. Portsmouth
Broad, country. Need we say more?
36. Preston
Salt o’ the Earth folk. God love ’em.
35. Exeter
Ie exile – and if you heard them you’d understand why…
34. Peterborough
A truly frightening sound.
33. Durham
Don’t go if you don’t like being called ‘pet.’
32. Sunderland
Ditto x 1000
31. York
We could listen to the dulcet tones all day…
30. Plymouth
Some might even say poetic.
29. Stoke-on-Trent
A strange breed of manc, scouse and brum rolled into one!
28. Liverpool
Our advice? Hire a translator – pronto.
27. Reading
Pretty inoffensive but when they talk you listen.
26. Winchester
Practically perfect in every way.
25. Wells
A complete and utter mystery. Does anyone even live here?!
24. Warrington
Anyone have an opinion? Anyone?..
23. Bradford
Allegedly the pioneers of the British curry, so these guys are ok with us.
22. Lincoln
Bit whiny, but excellent sausages.
21. Chester
About as civilised as it gets.
20. Worcester
Ditto.
19. Lancaster
Loud with a dash of mischief.
18. Bath
Bath or Bathe – that’s the question.
17. Brighton
Both frightening and fascinating.
16. Canterbury
Folkish and soothing.
15. Chelmsford
Disntinctly undistinctive.
14. Carlisle
Strange Yorkshire-Lancashire hybrid.
13. Chichester
If you can pronounce the name, you’re halfway there already.
12. Derby
Relatively soft and gentle, considering
11. Ely
Not as ethereal as you might think…
10. Hereford
Quintessentially British.
9. Lichfield
Alright, me duck?
8. Oxford
The quintessential English accent? We can’t make up our minds.
7. Nottingham
Or ‘Notts’ as it’s known to residents – who have a peculiar desire to shorten everything.
6. Ripon
An unusual blend of North and South.
5. Salford
Technically a city in its own right, and a bloody good one at that (not that we’re biased, or anything.)
4. Gloucester
Increases in intensity as you move towards the city.
3. Cambridge
Hard to distinguish it as a unique accent as the place is inundated with ‘rah’ like students, all of whom are from Guildford anyway.
2. London
Hard to resist the charm of the Queen’s English… if you can get them to give you the time of day, that is.
1. Manchester
There is no competition.
Land of the barm, home of the free – and habitat of the bee.
Yer alright, our kid.
Well, was that a useful list or not? Probably not really as it’s all the opinion of one writer – some girl called Amy from the Lovin’ Manchester blog, who I’m sure has a great Manchester accent. But hey, that hasn’t stopped people getting their knickers in a twist about it.
https://twitter.com/KXRRIE/status/897453203314311168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Farticle%2Fbritish-accents-ranked-manchester-sexy-reactions-twitter-7894766
https://twitter.com/LaurenRoseBoyle/status/897172980291309570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Farticle%2Fbritish-accents-ranked-manchester-sexy-reactions-twitter-7894766
https://twitter.com/DAWDrums/status/897126969720090624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Farticle%2Fbritish-accents-ranked-manchester-sexy-reactions-twitter-7894766
https://twitter.com/ChristinaaaLFC/status/897405427541049344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Farticle%2Fbritish-accents-ranked-manchester-sexy-reactions-twitter-7894766
Geez, can’t believe people care so much to be honest, I mean it’s just on some blog so it’s not like it’s official – it’s not even in a national newspaper or anything. Get a grip guys, people will still like your accent even if Amy says it’s crap and writes a pithy little comment about it that might be slightly funny but probably isn’t. Calm down and stop worrying.
For an island that’s so small, it’s kind of crazy the variation in accents that you can find all over the place and this does facilitate the endless debate over which accent is actually the sexiest in the United Kingdom.
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The latest people to give their opinions on the matter are the blog ‘Lovin’ Manchester’, which unsurprisingly voted the Manchester accent as the best in the country and then proceeded to pretty much diss every other one of the 50 regional variants in their list. Of course, the Birmingham accent ended up bottom, but here’s the whole list along with their ‘tongue in cheek’ comments (apparently some of these are really offensive, so maybe don’t read them if you don’t like people dissing your accent):
Well, was that a useful list or not? Probably not really as it’s all the opinion of one writer – some girl called Amy from the Lovin’ Manchester blog, who I’m sure has a great Manchester accent. But hey, that hasn’t stopped people getting their knickers in a twist about it.
Here are a couple of the most offended tweets about this list:
https://twitter.com/KXRRIE/status/897453203314311168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Farticle%2Fbritish-accents-ranked-manchester-sexy-reactions-twitter-7894766
https://twitter.com/LaurenRoseBoyle/status/897172980291309570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Farticle%2Fbritish-accents-ranked-manchester-sexy-reactions-twitter-7894766
https://twitter.com/DAWDrums/status/897126969720090624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Farticle%2Fbritish-accents-ranked-manchester-sexy-reactions-twitter-7894766
https://twitter.com/ChristinaaaLFC/status/897405427541049344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Farticle%2Fbritish-accents-ranked-manchester-sexy-reactions-twitter-7894766
Geez, can’t believe people care so much to be honest, I mean it’s just on some blog so it’s not like it’s official – it’s not even in a national newspaper or anything. Get a grip guys, people will still like your accent even if Amy says it’s crap and writes a pithy little comment about it that might be slightly funny but probably isn’t. Calm down and stop worrying.
For more accents, check out the top 10 worst accents in films. What the hell were they thinking?
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