14 British Accents From Famous Brits!
Listen To 14 Iconic British Accents From Famous Brits! 14 Regional British accent examples spoken by famous Brits around Britain, including England Scotland and Wales! #regionalaccents But my question is - which is your favourite? Write in the comments!
Chapters:
0:00 Hampshire Accent.
0:23 West Country Accent.
0:39 Welsh Accent
1:11 Manchester Accent
1:31 Liverpool Accent
1:49 Leeds Accent
2:12 Bradford Accent
2:34 Scottish Accent
3:03 Newcastle Accent
3:34 Birmingham Accent
4:03 North London Accent
4:28 SSBE
4:49 Estuary
5:12 RP
5:44 Which is Your Favourite Accent?
The famous Brits and their accent features are:
1.Chris Packham - Listen to the interesting way he says the number 'nine'.
Attributions: Chris Packham - Desert Island Discs - 13 October 2013.flac
Licence: BBC, CC BY 3.0
Garry Knight from London, England, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
2.Julie Burchill: Next is the West Country (Bristol) accent. It's an unusual, often mimicked accent from SW England. Listen to how she says 'cheddar'.
Downloadable Audio credit: Julie_burchill_bbc_radio4_desert_island_discs_10_02_2013_ b01qhd0p.flac
Licence: BBC, CC BY 3.0
3.Rob Brydon: Listen to the comedian's south Wales (Welsh) accent.
Downloadable Audio credit: Rob_Brydon_BBC_Radio4_Front_Row_18_Mar_2012_b01dhl11.flac
Licence: BBC, CC BY 3.0
Photo:EG Focus, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
4.Peter Hook: Now you can listen to the Manchester (Mancunian) accent of Peter Hook of New Order.
Downloadable Audio credit: Peter_Hook_BBC_Radio4_Great_Lives_6_May_2008_b00b4wty.flac
Licence: BBC, CC BY 3.0
Photo:Paul Hudson from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
5.Paul McCartney: Here is the legendary Sir Paul, talking in his famous Liverpool (often called Scouse) accent.
Downloadable Audio credit: Paul_McCartney_BBC_Radio4_Front_Row_26_Dec_2012_b01pg54v.flac Licence: BBC CC BY 3.0
Photo:Jerzy Bednarski, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
6.Damien Hist: Here is the artist Damien Hirst speaking in a Leeds (Yorkshire) accent.
Downloadable Audio credit: Damien_hirst_bbc_radio4_desert_island_discs_13_05_2013_b01sd0hy.flac
Licence: BBC CC BY 3.0
Photo:Cointelegraph, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
7.David Hockney: The Yorkshire (Bradford) accent.
Downloadable Audio Credit: David_hockney_front_row_b01460l8.flac
Licence: BBC CC BY 3.0
Photo:Connaissance des Arts, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
8.Ronnie Corbett: The famous Scotsman had an Edinburgh accent.
Downloadable Audio Credit: Ronnie_Corbett_BBC_Radio4_Front_Row_1_May_2011_b010tbkh.flac
Licence: BBC CC BY 3.0
Photo:William melotti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
9.Declan Donnelly: Here you can listen to the Newcastle (Geordie) accent spoken by Dec.
Downloadable Audio Credit : Declan_donnelly_bbc_radio4_desert_island_discs_29_12_2013.flac
Licence: BBC CC BY 3.0
10.Frank Skinner: Frank speaks with a West Bromwich accent but it's close enough to Birmingham to call it Brummie.
Downloadable Audio Credit : Frank_skinner_bbc_radio4_desert_island_discs_13_06_2010.flac
Licence: BBC CC BY 3.0
Photo:Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
11.Kathy Burke: It's often quoted that Kathy has a Cockney accent but strictly speaking she hasn't as she's from North London not East London.
Downloadable Audio Credit: Kathy_Burke_BBC_Radio4_Desert_Island_Discs_15_Aug_2010_b00tcz90.flac
Licence: BBC CC BY 3.0
12.Martin Clunes: Although Martin is from Wimbledon, I wanted to point out that he speaks SSBE (Standard Southern British English).
Downloadable Audio Credit: Martin_Clunes_BBC_Radio4_Desert_Island_Discs_18_Sept_2011_b014m6rc.flac
Licence: BBC CC BY 3.0
Photo:Dr. Blofeld at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
13.Janet Street-Porter: Although Janet comes from Brentford in West London, she also has an Estuary accent and I suppose is one of the originators! She mixes Cockney features and RP features quite seamlessly.
Downloadable Audio Credit:
Janet_Street-Porter_BBC_Radio4_Desert_Island_Discs_23_Nov_2008_b00fkbrf.flac
Licence: BBC CC BY 3.0
14.Bernard "Monty" Montgomery: Has an old-fashioned RP accent.
Downloadable Audio Credit:
Bernard_Montgomery_in_Desert_Island_Disks_p009y0ss.flac
Licence: BBC CC BY 3.0
Photo:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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