What accent do you talk in?

[derall]

Early childhood was lived in South Lanarkshire, mid and late childhood was in Furry Boots Toon. The two strong accents sort of cancelled out.

I think I have a nondescript north Scottish accent. When visiting the family in north Scotland I'm told I have lost my accent completely. When at home (in South Bucks) I'm told I have a really strong Scots accent

 

[JediGoat]

A man from Dudley walks into a shop.'Iiiii'd like yow to make a statchew of miy dog in gold please"
"18 carat?
"Nooooow chewin' a bone!"

That made me laugh out loud, once I'd switched my Black Country accent back on so that it made sense

Born and bred Black Country, have lived in London for ages, so now I have a non-descript southern accent, albeit with short vowels. I've even noticed my short vowels starting to lengthen (mainly when doing polite telephone voice )

 

[Keith Oates]

I speak with a Cornish accent but that gets heavier or lighter depending on how long I've been away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wafflycat]

Posh Geordie. Since I moved to 'forn parts (doon sooth & east anglia) my pure Geordie is moderated, hence Posh Geordie. And I didn't have to live in Darras Hall to achieve it

 

[swee'pea99]

Posh Geordie. There's a contradiction in terms if ever I heard one.

 

[willhub]

I guess mine is Yorkshire, but no matter where I go weather it's York or Manchester everyone takes the piss out of my accent lol, especially in Manchester though.

 

[Will1985]

I'll take Mortiroloboy's southern educated....a nothing accent.

My Italian accent is Venetian (the region) and strong enough to make Italians think I'm one of them.

 

[beanzontoast]

I have a native Staffordshire accent, but through decades of working with Southerners I can lose the midlands 'twang' instantly whenever I feel like it and maintain a Southern accent indefinitely.

 

[meenaghman]

grew up talking in a Whest of Oireland (thick Culchie) accent.. gradually its gone more Dublin4.. most people think I come from Dublin. When I first moved to England was told to slow down ! and so after 14 years the accent has softened and as me brother told me once (oncest) dat I was talkin' loike a Brit. Kids have a mix of Southern English accents, with Northern Irish twangs and colloquialisms starting to creep in.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Posh Oxford RP, with slightly flattened vowels from living in the Newcastle area for a while, and confusingly, occasional Americanisms from when I was younger (although they are almost entirely gone now).

 

[yoyo]

RP.

 

[gbb]

Still a hint of a Nottingham accent, despite not having lived there for 30 years now. I always find it gets stronger when i go back, even for a day.

 

[Speicher]

I do not think I have any particular accent. This is as a result of moving to India at the age of three, staying there for four years, then living in Saudi Arabia, (and attending a American school). Combine that with German grandmother, and sometimes I think I sound like a female version of Boris Becker's voice.

 

[snorri]

Only incomers have accents around where I live.

 

[dudi]

One doesn't have any descenrable accent - it was forced out of my in espionage training school.
This way one can alter ones identity and background to suit the occasion.
innit.