Best/Worst Accent?

Uppercut · 30-12-2011, 07:25 AM

Personally I love the Aussie one but that's a bit controversial. Jamaican must be the best around, can't see anyone dealing with the formidable Marley-Holding new ball partnership.

Contenders for the worst include Liverpool, Glasgow and of course my own atrocious Northern Irish dialect. Myself, Corrin and Furball tend to get on well because we all sound like lawnmowers being pushed across a pile of broken blackboards.

silentstriker · 30-12-2011, 07:33 AM

I have a slight Indian accent which is quite annoying. Goes away when I drink for some reason.

Pothas · 30-12-2011, 07:35 AM

Australian accent treads a fine line, really like it in some forms but then you get the GIllard model which is up there with the very worst.

I do like most accents actually, even have an affection for Brummie (if not spoken by Adrian Chiles). Welsh The worst though

Howe_zat · 30-12-2011, 07:42 AM

My accent is rather appalling because no matter who I'm talking to it's the wrong one. The real worst accent, though, is the Baltimore one that forces me to watch The Wire episodes with subtitles on. Embarrassing.

Not sure on best. An accent from somewhere like Limerick has a lot of charm to it.

GIMH · 30-12-2011, 07:48 AM

Scottish accent on a woman is hot, IMO. First girl I ever copped off with was a Glaswegian. Dublin accent nice on a bird as well.

Not sure aside from that on accents I like in general but Brummie is obviously the worst accent ever

fredfertang · 30-12-2011, 07:49 AM

... anything but that ****ing affected plummy accent that Thatcher uses- christ all the fuss about this bleeding film is bringing it all back - didn't think I did hatred anymore, but it seems some grievances are never forgotten

Agent Nationaux · 30-12-2011, 08:10 AM

I like the Irish and the South African accent. A French accent on a hot French girl is to die for.

Hate Scouse and Geordie accent.

Uppercut · 30-12-2011, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Howe_zat

Not sure on best. An accent from somewhere like Limerick has a lot of charm to it.

Considering it's famous only for its high number of stabbings its inhabitants do sound quite wonderful. They have a unique ability to always seem welcoming and good-humoured regardless of whether they're proposing or telling you to **** off.

sledger · 30-12-2011, 08:35 AM

Worst for mine is Welsh. Horrible.

Eds · 30-12-2011, 08:58 AM

I actually quite like the Southern Welsh accent. Hm.

GIMH · 30-12-2011, 09:00 AM

Whatever sledger's accent is classed as is the worst. Utter filth. Should be banned.

sledger · 30-12-2011, 09:01 AM

To be fair, I don't really have a problem with any accent per se, it's the strength of the accents which get me. An incredibly strong accent is usually pretty bad regardless of where it's from. Really thick Welsh, Scouse, and Brummie accents are particularly dire. But then so is a really exaggerated Home Counties accent, the users of which say "yah" when they ought to say "yes".

sledger · 30-12-2011, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by GeraintIsMyHero

Whatever sledger's accent is classed as is the worst. Utter filth. Should be banned.

I don't speak with an accent, I speak Queen's English as it is intended to sound.

GIMH · 30-12-2011, 09:04 AM

Sound closer to Danny Dyer than the ****ing Queen

Agent Nationaux · 30-12-2011, 09:07 AM

30-12-2011, 07:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Howe_zat International Coach Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Top floor, bottom buzzer Posts: 13,796	My accent is rather appalling because no matter who I'm talking to it's the wrong one. The real worst accent, though, is the Baltimore one that forces me to watch The Wire episodes with subtitles on. Embarrassing. Not sure on best. An accent from somewhere like Limerick has a lot of charm to it. __________________ Ain't nothing in the woodshed, except maybe some wood

30-12-2011, 07:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
GIMH Eternal Optimist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Shake my tree where's the apple for me? Posts: 43,581	Scottish accent on a woman is hot, IMO. First girl I ever copped off with was a Glaswegian. Dublin accent nice on a bird as well. Not sure aside from that on accents I like in general but Brummie is obviously the worst accent ever __________________ Watch out, for as soon as it pleases them they’ll send you out to protect their gold in wars whose weapons, rapidly developed by servile scientists, will become more and more deadly until they can with a flick of the finger tear a million of you to pieces RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.

30-12-2011, 08:58 AM	#10 (permalink)
Eds State Captain Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 1,751	I actually quite like the Southern Welsh accent. Hm. __________________ "If that Swann lad is the future of spin bowling in this country, then we're **ed." - Nasser Hussain, 1997.

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30-12-2011, 07:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
Pothas Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Surbiton, UK Posts: 8,420	Australian accent treads a fine line, really like it in some forms but then you get the GIllard model which is up there with the very worst. I do like most accents actually, even have an affection for Brummie (if not spoken by Adrian Chiles). Welsh The worst though

30-12-2011, 07:49 AM	#6 (permalink)
fredfertang Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: high dudgeon Posts: 9,711	... anything but that ****ing affected plummy accent that Thatcher uses- christ all the fuss about this bleeding film is bringing it all back - didn't think I did hatred anymore, but it seems some grievances are never forgotten

30-12-2011, 08:35 AM	#9 (permalink)
sledger Spanish_Vicente Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: cricsim, lol Posts: 28,021	Worst for mine is Welsh. Horrible.

30-12-2011, 09:00 AM	#11 (permalink)
GIMH Eternal Optimist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Shake my tree where's the apple for me? Posts: 43,581	Whatever sledger's accent is classed as is the worst. Utter filth. Should be banned.

30-12-2011, 09:01 AM	#12 (permalink)
sledger Spanish_Vicente Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: cricsim, lol Posts: 28,021	To be fair, I don't really have a problem with any accent per se, it's the strength of the accents which get me. An incredibly strong accent is usually pretty bad regardless of where it's from. Really thick Welsh, Scouse, and Brummie accents are particularly dire. But then so is a really exaggerated Home Counties accent, the users of which say "yah" when they ought to say "yes".

30-12-2011, 09:04 AM	#14 (permalink)
GIMH Eternal Optimist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Shake my tree where's the apple for me? Posts: 43,581	Sound closer to Danny Dyer than the ****ing Queen

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