Whose British accent do you like best?

No such thing as a British accent.

By definition Australian and New Zealand accents are not British.

I work with a guy who groups New Zealand, Australian, South African and English accents as "British" because he can't or doesn't distinguish among them.

Some people think Sean Connery was Welsh.

[quote] Some people think Sean Connery was Welsh.

Some people think I'm still a teenager!. Silly people.

Scouse, of course.

I always liked the Highlands accent myself. Here's a linguistic tour of Scotland for you.

I love Jeremy Iron's accent.

Rhodesian

I might marry my son.

[quote] Rhodesian

Zimbabwean!

[quote]I love Jeremy Iron's accent.

Oh, dear.

I love George Sanders' voice. To me, he's the epitome of the refined, upper-class British accent.

Madonna's

I like a Scottish accent. Specifically the Glasgow accent like in R7 video.

I like Joanna Lumley’s accent. Very smooth. Her travel videos are great. She’s got the perfect voice for documentaries.

R1 Tell that to Henry Higgins who could tell which neighborhood you were from just by the accent.

George Sanders apparently had a singing voice. He didn't use it here.

After her interview with Oprah, I realized I hate Adele's accent, her speaking voice is trashy.

I like Marc Elliott's accent.

He sounds like Tom Daley.

@r19, I came here to post the same. Adele is such a good singer, but girl, please don't talk. Her accent sounds like Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. Of all the English accents hers has to be the worst. It's also interesting how people lose their accent when they sing

His...

R15 imo a Glaswegian burr from a pretty guy’s mouth is a real ‘leg-opener’😉😘

I don't really know which accent (Cambridge?) this is but Sarah Douglas speaking could always make me go weak

Joan Greenwood. Like mother's milk.

If you think that New Zealand and Australian accents are British, then so are American accents, OP.

R24 he has more of an Edinburgh or general Lowland Scots accent.

A Glaswegian accent is almost unintelligible.

R28 according to IMDB, the actor is Glaswegian born and raised, from the Summerston/Maryhill area.

Likely, he’s affecting a more generic or vague Lowlands accent in the playscene, to sound more intelligible for the audience and to stay closer to the character—Rabbie Burns of course was not Glaswegian, he came from South Ayrshire.

Here is the same actor, about five years older, much more tired, and out of character, to get a better read on he speaks naturally. He certainly sounds a Glaswegian native to me, albeit a well-spoken one (one hopes that is the case with every Brit actor!)

Whichever affectation Nicolas Fairford is attempting this week.

I love the Brummie accent - that's where they say "bruvver", isn't it? Turns me on.

R31 if you don’t know our own Jack Grealish yet, then you ought.

He’s a bit (well, a lot) of a tart, but he’s got a heart of gold.

Australian is second only to Scottish. A Scottish accent is freakishly hot.

After watching many Australian shows (reality or other), I can definitely tell an Aussie accent from British. I can't believe I couldn't distinguish the differences before, and there are a lot.

Not much diff between AU and NZ though.

I prefer New Zealand accents, I find them softer. Though I have had a grudge against Australians ever since I served a bunch of rude ones in a restaurant I worked in 15 years ago.

R29 Sean Biggerstaff is hairy and hot. I love his accent. He suffers from Irritable Bowel Syndrome though, so sadly him bottoming would never happen.

[quote] Sean Biggerstaff is hairy and hot. I love his accent. He suffers from Irritable Bowel Syndrome though

R36 hang on, sorry, how...do you know that?

David Farrar had a great voice

R37 He has spoken about living with IBS. He might even have done some charity work on behalf of them.

He's straight though, so bottoming wouldn't be an issue unless his girlfriend wants to peg him.

"Scottish"?

Idiots.

Edinburgh, Border, Glaswegian (and The Patter), Shetland, Doric and other Northeasterns, Caithness, East Angus, Kincardine, Dundonian, Fife Scots, East Neuk, U-Scots plumming variant, and more ---

Just because you're ignorant and your ears are stupid and you don't care, the absurdity of saying one likes a "Scottish" or "English" or the rest makes the DL into the same can of garbage the rest of your social media topics are.

And why?

Because your quality is the garbage that goes into it.

Clive Owen has a great voice

R40 Rwy'n cytuno. Mae eu barn yn dim gwerth rhech dafad!

South african

James Mason had the most pleasing accent.

Jason Statham has the most unsexy accent. He is hot as hell...until he speaks.

[quote]South african

WHICH South African accent? Durban? Joberg? Cape Flats? Indian? Afrikaans?

I recently watched the small back room and black narcissus, David farrar had a great accent.

The further north you go in Britain, the more incomprehensible the locals become. Once you get over the Scots border, forget it. They might as well be speaking Urdu.

Same in Ireland (Republic). Dooblin accent is sorta understandable. Cork? Fookin' Urdu.

James McAvoy's Glasgow accent does it for me. I'd pay good money to hear him read haggis recipes just to listen to him.

R19/r22, as someone from the same general part of London as Adele, I find she lays on the accent a bit too thick, especially when talking to Americans. It's all part of her "I'm just a typical gel from Tottnam and nuffink ain't ever gonna change vat, even if I live in a big ouass in LA" shtick.

Rab C Nesbit?

On her new album, Adele talks to her child in a Voice Note. She cleans up her accent while talking to him. The child also speaks and he sounds relatively posh.

Australian accent: Irish adjacent, due to preponderance of Irish immigrants.

New Zealand accent: Scots adjacent, due to preponderance of Scots immigrants.

James—

Seems most here cannot comprehend there are many regional accents in Britain, as well as posh and working class accents. Same with the US, well, duh.

Class doesn't exist in America, apparently.

You’d all have a job to understand my Pap.

Im’s a funny ol’ quist, who aften tahlks a right load of squitter!

Can the Queen understand all these regional accents?

R56 Likely yes she can. She has undertaken hundreds of engagements to every corner of the UK. She is the only member of the Royal Family that I respect.