What are the 'Best' and 'Worst' British Accents? | Accent Prejudice in the UK

We discuss accentism (accent prejudice) in the UK. It is a real problem. People with certain regional accents face discrimination and it may opportunities at the workplace and elsewhere. Some people still feel the need to change their accents to fit in. In this video we'll look at different British accents including Scouse, Brummie, Cockney, Geordie, RP and the BBC accent. We'll look at the ones that people consider the 'best' and the 'worst'. I wanted to include more accents such as West Country, Belfast, Yorkshire, Mancuniam but I wanted to get the video relatively short so we'll look at these another time.
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[@ZamaskowanyKot]

Accentism is just a tip of the broader phenomenon. Our true enemy is classism.

[@tonysmith5566]

So they use these accents to make fun of look down on people?

[@gwho]

no it's not and no it's not. accentism isn't the tip of classism. and classism isn't the "true enemy" problems of society are abuses of power and double standards - both of which are exacerbated greatly when "the enemies of classism" get a hold of power, woke commie.

[@garrick3727]

I would call it elitism, but yes I agree.

[@mongolmcphee7791]

@@garrick3727 You are 100% right. Things are more flexible now but your judged on your accent instantly and harshly. “An Englishman’s accent is his autobiography” as some wise fool once said.

[@BrassAmbassador]

Spoken like the true plebeian you are

[@angrycentrifugebobby7131]

I'm from a pretty rural area in southwest Germany and would consider myself a very heavy accent speaker. 10 years ago back when I went to my first bigger school in the closest bigger town, I experienced a pretty significant accent prejudice. It got even more extreme when I went to university, especially since I was studying to be a teacher there. I wish there would be more tolerance towards accents in all languages, and I'm very happy to see a video about it. A lot of my friends from my area lost their regional accent completely, which is a shame because that increases the probability of this accent becoming extinct. Thanks again for covering the refreshing topic! Keep it up!

[@erynn9968]

You are talking about the extinction of an accent as a bad thing - but is it? There was once a country with lots of accents. Now, its people - of the same nation and culture - don't understand each other, and the language of this country (Chinese) - no longer exists. Which, I think, is a big tragedy. But it's just a linguistics law. It's either accents die or the whole language dies - no 3rd option. I'd prefer the language to live. I myself come from a country with no significant accents, so I can compare. I think when people fully and easily understand each other regardless of distance is the most wonderful thing human language provides, and accents destroy that very blessing.

[@eduardocajias5626]

@@erynn9968 Sorry my curiosity: Where are you from?!

[@erynn9968]

@@eduardocajias5626 may sound surprising but it's Russia. The country had a very strict language policy during the soviet era. I'm from the Western edge and worked with guys from the Pacific coast - they spoke same accent as me. Still they had their cultural traits - you have plenty of other ways to stand out in a non-destructive way.

[@eduardocajias5626]

@@erynn9968 Oh, thank you! Salute from São Paulo, Brazil.

[@ceilconstante640]

@@erynn9968 American Floridian here. I've always enjoyed meeting other Americans from different regions that have different accents. I'd hate to see any of them become extinct. In the North East people tend to talk fast and in the South people add extra syllables to words and draw them out. It's hard to understand some country people from Georgia, Tennessee and West Virginia and the Carolinas but they're accents are charming.

[@CristinaHumbleHustle]

I’m Italian and, as you may know, in Italy we have different accents and dialects which vary from region to region and even from town to town! And it’s so beautiful. I lived in Scotland, Gloucestershire and now I’m in London, and I appreciate all the accents. PS: I’m binge watching Let Them Talk Tv.. because your videos are good and I am learning a lot. And you have a great sense of humour. My favourite English teaching channel for sure. Farewell, from an Italian in London! Thank you Gideon.

[@163london]

I'm a Londoner who's lived in Campania for the last 40 years. Ihold dual citizenship and am bilingual to all intents and purposes. I have on occasion been criticised by (mainly) northern Italians because of the accent I've picked up. One woman from Milan said what a shame it was that I sounded like a peasant (not that I've ever spoken dialect) and that I needed to learn to speak the way she does! Same problem, different country...

[@mikaelrundqvist2338]

As Cristina writes it is a great pleasure to listen to a well-educated and inspired teater also interrested to ledarna himself.

[@mikaelrundqvist2338]

@@163london It's a real shame, rather than being interrested in how you acquired it since there is a prejudice that englishmen don't take the effort to learn a second-language

[@CristinaHumbleHustle]

@@163london Hello Joanne. I’ve just noticed your comment thanks to Mikael leaving a comment. I’m sorry for your experience. Of course, I love all accents. It is a shame that someone told you that way. They are clearly ignorant (it’s the same people that don’t want a “South” of Italy - Italy stops in Tuscany for some). Shame for them 😁 we keep eating all the best pizzas. All the best!

[@mikaelrundqvist2338]

As Cristina writes it is a great pleasure to listen to a well-educated and inspired teater also interrested to ledarna himself.

[@PriHL]

Accent prejudice is definitely very widespread in the UK, people are very careful not to say anything but it's their body language that betrays them. Often the non-verbal message is that I shouldn't be allowed to speak RP because I am from the "wrong" country (Poland). People are often surprised that I as a foreigner don't have any foreign accent or even praise my accent but it's always one thing - the fixation on the accent. It is definitely a conversation topic. I have had many advantages just because of the fact that I was able to acquire and use accents very well, which is neither fair, nor should it be important. In Poland we don't have accentism because everyone speaks more or less the same, there are regionalisms but they aren't very commonly used, so there is not much room to fight whose accent is better. When it comes to the UK, I'd say accentism is a significant part of classism.

[@tkk0o]

Poland's loss of perceptible accents is due largely to the post-war enforced relocation of different populations (the whole 'Eastern' Polish populace moved further West, countryside folk moving en masse to the rebuilt cities). Poles from cities liko Vilnius or Lviv had a strong 'singing' accent which was reflected in the culture from that period (early XXth century songs etc.). The pre-war Polish language was much more varied, as noted upon by writers like Miłosz. The differences in the way people spoke perhaps weighted less in terms of class identification but they often denoted one's ethnic roots (Jewish, Silesian, Belarussian etc.)

[@santend1]

India has 22 official languages and all have several regional varieties. My mother tongues, Marathi has many regional accents and the strong ascetism exists here. As far as UK English is concerned, I still remember my initial days in Sussex where they pronounce ‘ai’ for ‘a’ like for paper, they would say paiper. It took me some time to understand!

[@NikhileshSurve]

I think Australians still pronounce those words like that.

[@comically_large_cowboy_hat3385]

i live in sussex and if you go rural enough you still find people that have a traditional sussex burr…..even if you don’t go rural you’ll still find some elderly people in towns that have a hint what sounds like a west country to most

[@amherst88]

Even though I'm a native English speaker (in the US) I thoroughly enjoy your videos and your perspective. FYI there is plenty of 'accent prejudice' in the US as well though it may be a bit less class oriented -- newscasters here were taught to use a 'midwestern' accent because it was supposedly considered the most 'neutral.' I grew up outside Boston and had an extreme accent for many years -- there is a 'posh' Boston accent and a working-class one and mine was definitely the latter, there were definitely expectations of status and behavior that were associated with each (I didn't lose it on purpose, just have mostly lived elsewhere and it has faded over time). There is no end to the ways human beings find to elevate their opinion of themselves at the expense of others. Thanks as always for your thoughtful delivery ❤️

[@alexandrefeitosa100]

Another super nice video, Gideon! Not only because of the message, and not only because of the english you teach, but above all because of your great atitude. Merci de ton exemple. Tu es une inspiration.

[@catchme4079]

As a non-native speaker of the english language, I find some accents funny and some hard to understand. At the end of the day, I have both sligtly positive and slightly negative prejudices against all accents. But who doesn't? As long as one has met someone from a particular region or has some knowledge of that area, he is very much likely to make a connection between his opinion of a place and a person that comes from that place. Important is whether one discriminates people depending on their accents. And the answer is no for sure. So accents are one of those indicators (such as appearance) that give us a little grasp of someone's background and personality. I think we should perceive regional accents as diversity and welcome all of them instead of using them for discriminating or shaming each other.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

It's an interesting point though I think accents can't be compared to appearance. You can choose your appearance but not your accent.

[@catchme4079]

​@@LetThemTalkTV Well if you work hard, you can change both but I meant more like the colour of your skin and your build and anything that can be associated with a particular race or region. For example I think I can tell if someone is from Scotland by looking at them. That is also a prejudice but has a low chance of failing especially if he suits the typical phenotype of an average Scotsman. So I guess we all have prejudices and as long as we keep them to ourselves and consider the possibility of being wrong, I don't see anything wrong with it.

[@echt114]

@@catchme4079 Don't keep it to yourself. I want to know. Specifically, how can you tell someone's from Scotland just by looking at them?

[@STrouwborst]

Please don't listen to these people. I would be very sad if these accents got lost. I find them lovely and entertaining. Nobody will like it if people started to speak a uniform type of English. Please continue these great videos I love them!

[@RussianwithDasha]

Your videos are amazing! Thank you for your work and your sense of humour

[@jtwo6307]

I never expected that accent can become such serious deal until I watched your video. Well, in my country Indonesia, we proud to have sooo many accent and we never degrade someone because of their accent. Instead, it's easier for us to identify where someone might be come from and relate to their culture and it even can be a topic of our talk As you said, accent is a flavor, it add enjoyment and rich the nuance of our communication

[@KiCkFLiPKiCkFLiP]

Ok, I have to say something here, even when I don't usually comment on any video: Please Gideon, don't let the negative Normans around the internet and all of those little trolls undermine your spirit... just ignore them. Haters are going to hate. I must say, that your channel is GOLD, I've learnt a lot through all these years, and actually, these kind of videos about accents are one of the most interesting video lessons for me. To be expose to many of them and learn the slang, helps quite a lot when you are really trying to get to understand not just the languaje per se, but the culture behind it. Thank you and keep doing it. Greetings from Spain

[@dudablack2426]

Hi Gideon, very interesting! Thanks for the examples 🙏🏻😍😍

[@huonghayley]

I'm Vietnamese and in some parts of Central Vietnam, they speak so strong a dialect that to those from the other regions, it can sound like another language. But we find it adorable and a token of diversity.

[@krzysiek1234567890gu]

But you all have only two surnames: Nguyen and Tran

[@huonghayley]

@@krzysiek1234567890gu plenty more although these are the two most popular, so much so that they aren't the reason for relatability anymore :))

[@eduardocajias5626]

@@krzysiek1234567890gu Oh... I never thought about that. By the way, I was imagining that Kowalski was a much more common name in Poland than Nguyen in Vietnam... But, it is NOT!

[@NightwingEskimo]

I’m from the U.K. and I lived in Vietnam for 2 and a half years and heard this a lot. In Hue there accent is so strong other Vietnamese don’t know what they’re saying haha

[@gracelizzabeth]

I get made fun of a LOT for being from the south of England and having a "posh" accent. It actually really knocks my confidence

[@edwardbartlett2515]

Thank you for such an entertaining and educational series. I am an American, born in Connecticut, and I had the pleasure of working with a British company for over 25 years. Of course, I worked with many Brits. I was fascinated by the good natured ribbing that went on between folks of slightly different accents, which until your series had no meaning to me. Thanks to your work, I now understand what " 'E's a Brummie, innit?" really means. I now live in the middle south, and have been told that I am "finally losing my annoying Yankee nasal twang". The english here is different and colorful, and varies significantly from the mountains to the seaside. I hope you can see an example of our accent here: watch

[@STrouwborst]

I love the fact that, in the USA, there's also a great variety in accents and let's not forget the Australian accent. Language is a living thing and therefore subject to changes in sounds. It's just great, isn't it?

[@sylviazizzi8070]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!!!!!! I could listen to you all day long. You are the best English teacher!!

[@elipsis620304]

Thanks a lot for this...lesson - one doesn't normally find this sort of information in books. Quite revealing, and even entertaining.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

my pleasure

[@gavinmillar7519]

I love your fascination for accents. As a Scot who grew up with old fashioned rural relations, plus a South African mother, I lived in Liverpool then moved to Wales after marrying a wife born in Sussex, I share your fascination and interest. It's one of the UK's most colourful aspects and long may it continue. Keep up the good work!

[@gymnosophy]

Really good commentary on accents and on how people can be affected by them and it's social status hierarchy structure . I love my accent and I know it has been prejudiced by receivers(Job interviews/social situations) If people will receive different accents and then judge them, imagine how they receive other othernesses.

[@nonob8283]

High quality of work as always sir👍

[@CELINE0355]

Thanks a lot dear teacher for the topic. It's incredible that in our globalised world people can still suffer discrimination by simply speaking with a specific accent.I ve always considered all languages, with their dialects and particular accents,a way to wide and enrich experience in communication. BEST WISHES👍💯❤️

[@colomba8722]

You're amazing, Gideon! I love your videos! 💪🏼

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Love your comments. Thanks

[@renzovalentini7975]

Hi Gideon! Another great video with interesting perspectives and valuable remarks on a topic you already touched before. I didn't know the word 'Accentism', thank you for teaching it. I happened to watch some KZbin videos dealing with subjects such as pronunciation, accents, identity, and it seems quite a hot debate has been raised in recent times in English teaching community (to the extent of finger pointing and apologies, in some cases). I share your views about diversity (including accent diversity) as a richness, where every nuance has its own 'raison d'etre' and should thus be welcomed and respected, rather than despised and rejected as presumedly harmful to a given standard. Among many clarifying points by the great linguist David Crystal, there is one I dare try to summarise here: in language communication we can always find two polarities: the need of mutual understanding, hence the quest of a standard code, and the need to communicate an identity, a belonging, hence specific, non standard codes, including accents. As far as mutual understanding is not compromised (in such case simply no communication is actually going on), there is then no (reasonable) reason to reject a non standard way of expression. I'm from Italy, and here too accent diversity is a reality you can definitely touch. I personally like accents a lot, and enjoy trying to pick them up and make impressions of the way they sound. (By the way, we pronounce 'Pistacchio' as 'pistackio', but it's nice to see how words from one language are pronounced when they become part of other languages vocabulary 😄) Now, if we move from the debate on accents and accentism within a given country (in our case, R.P. English vs U.K. Regional Accents) to that of English as a foreign language and accentism (Native English pronunciation vs Foreign accents, and debate about 'sounding like a native', dropping one's accent etc.) I would say that, as a non native speaker and foreign learner, I appreciate all the tips that may help improve language skills, from those addressing the mindset (for instance, your advice, debunking the myth that a satisfying level of a foreign language would only be possible going and staying for some time in that country, has really been a major inspiration to me) to those addressing particular technical aspects. Now, tips to "sound like a native speaker" used to be, and still are, very common among language learning materials. I personally find some of them useful, as long as they provide some effective help in "unfolding" some of the "secrets" of English Language wich may not easily meet a foreign learner's eye, such as pronunciation (in this field, another turning point in learning were some videos on connected speech, silent letters etc.) thus enabling improve at the same time also listening skills and comprehension. With the same approach of a playful pleasure to pick up regional accents from my country and try to make convincing impressions, I may find also the attempt to "sound like a native" a legitimate wish and a funny challenge - in this case not questioning, but somehow widening one's identity (as bilingualism, trilingualism are something not at mother tongue expenses) - but only as long as one is not compelled, required or expected to do so due to any sort of prejudices, compelled to hide one's provenance and identity and forced to assimilate in order to fit in and get social acceptance: this would definitely be not funny at all, and in no way acceptable.

[@FionaEm]

Scouse speakers were voted the least intelligent? I'm an Aussie, and I love Scouse! It's got a loovleh lilt 😊 and is my favourite of all the England-based accents. In general, I find that northern accents have more character and expression than London ones.

[@jamalstaines2818]

Brummie is the worse accent in the UK and hated the most and seen as thick and demented.

[@pamburt]

@@jamalstaines2818 well you just proved the presenters point about having unreasonable prejudices about a particular accent! Well done you ( NOT)

[@Gadavillers-Panoir]

As a foreigner, i love listening to all Anglophonic accents. I study RP because it's what we have been taught at school when we first learnt English. Regional accents must be preserved. Being able to be fluent in several accents is like speaking different dialects sometimes even different languages.

[@vitorsousa9067]

I'm also studying RP. It's what we have in books. May I ask where are you from?

[@Gadavillers-Panoir]

@@vitorsousa9067 hi! I'm from Sri Lanka. And you?

[@vitorsousa9067]

@@Gadavillers-Panoir Hey, I'm from Brazil lol

[@whomagoose6897]

Sounds like English learners from Sri Lanka and Brazil are British English learners. Spelling in American English is different. Past tense of to learn is "Learnt" for UK English. "Learned" for American English. Not either a "t" ending or a "ed" ending. The endings of some words change. Centre for UK English, and, Center for US English. Then the silent "U" for UK English. The silent "U" is eliminated in American English. Example: favourite (UK) and favorite (US).

[@gwho]

they don't need to be preserved any more than one accent is worse than another.

[@reenieager4243]

You are educating and making it fun for all, especially those who work hard at changing their own accent on the hope they will sound posh and educated. But it always sounds artificial! You are helping people understand the history and background to where these accents come from. It's brilliant. You are helping to break down prejudices and ignorance. Thank you.

[@busterbiloxi3833]

Gideon sounds like someone who is trying too hard to speak an unnatural accent.

[@ferlvs]

You've just reminded me of a superb musical I saw in London, back in the 80's, Me and my girl! People who have accent prejudice should watch it!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I've heard about but I haven't seen it. I should check it out.

[@audioreparaciones8956]

This was so entertaining! Thank you. English is not my first language, but I enjoy listening to scouse and cockney, although scouse is easier for me to understand. Here, as chileans (some sort of spanish haha) we have a very thick accent and tons of slang and puns. In the center regions we have some rich and poor accent prejudice, which is not so terrible, but subject to jokes almost always. And in northern and southern regions we have some tone and slang variations. Southern is like singing with some extended vowels and northern has a relaxed tone. But one of my favorite chilean accents is the extreme north accent, wich blends a bit with the very articulate and pretty peruvian and bolivian accents. Thanks again. Cheerio!

[@xiaomarou9890]

In the Balkan region there is a dialect group called (Eastern) West South Slavic by linguists. One of the sub dialects is called Neo Shtokavian (Novoštokavski). This sub dialect has some different accents. The funny thing is that although those accents belong to the very same sub dialect the people call them different languages and standardised them in a slightly different way. Those accents are (the standard forms of) Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin. The basis of all those “languages” (in their standard form) is precisely the so called Eastern Herzegovinian dialect (a sub dialect of Neo Shtokavian which is a sub dialect of Shtokavian which is a sub dialect of (Eastern) West South Slavic which dialects can be understood without problems by every speaker of it).

[@LetThemTalkTV]

The Balkans seem so complex linguistically speaking

[@KBinturong]

It's so nice to hear you speaking !

[@LetThemTalkTV]

it's nice to read your comments

[@ArthurHenriqueBossi]

As usual, another great video!

[@tipsywoodpecker]

I'm from the biggest country in the world - Russia - and you would be surprised by how many regional accents we have. The number is... drumroll... 3. Yes, three: the central (standard), the nortern and the southern. The first two are actually so similar that most people don't even tell them apart. You could travel from Moscow to Kamchatka across 9 time-zones and people still speak the same. There are however small differences in vocabulary, such as informal expressions, or they could call a kiosk something else, but it's nothing compared to the UK. How such a relatively small patch of land retained this vast an array of accents is still a great mystery to me😄I don't appreciate the classist aspect of it but the accents themselves are very fascinating. Also quite exotic, since we barely put any emphasis on accents at all.

[@coriolanus14]

Thanks for your videos! I agree with you. As a non-native speaker, I find all these accents equally enjoyable and perfectly understandable

[@CelesteL]

I agree with Irene. We (people born in Argentina) like to share to the differences, incorporate some in our daily chat and we also have fun of them in a good way, respecting each other. Even poshy accents are quite dissimilar, depending on the city. Personally, I notice accents, idioms, mannerisms from each town! So how could we measure the quality of speech? With a dictionary as I may guess. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and situations like these. I believe the best tool for fighting non-constructive criticism is teaching without pointing what's best... And "Let them talk". Peace.

[@idaairina6978]

In Malaysia we have regional accents too. Some accents sound like a whole different language, at least to me 😅

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Interesting

[@helenamcginty4920]

I live in Andalucia and the accent is sometimes derided as are the northern accents in the UK. The locals in my village are proud that their accent is a bit rough. It is a mark of belonging.

[@acatiilg]

This is Andalusian not Spanish, be honest 😂😂

[@Ala13ManOWar]

@@acatiilg Hell yeah it is 🤣

[@mariaeugeniajordanpadilla6977]

Hi Gideon, please, don't stop doing videos. For me, and for many others you are a great teacher, btw, my name is Maru, I'm from Perú :) and I really love your accent.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thank you Maru I'm glad you like the videos. More coming soon. Best wishes to all in Peru.

[@mariaeugeniajordanpadilla6977]

@@LetThemTalkTV :)

[@benjaminsylvester5003]

As an American, I think this is great content. It might help me keep an accent straight on, because when I fake the accent it tends to be a hodgepodge of different accents/dialects from the UK. Which is really not that much different from my usual American accent having lived in different parts of the country. I use words phrases from all over that don't fit the usual words and phrases from where I live/ grew up.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Interesting comment thanks

[@paulusadibudianto4786]

All those accents are the richness of a language

[@vm_c137]

Hello Gideon, hope all is good. I live in Brazil, and here we've got a plenty of accents around the country, and It's quite easy to reckon where's the accent from. I live in the northeast side, and I do sound like all people over here. It's a tad weird when we get judged by our accent. People from my side usually have a sort of "original Brazilian Portuguese accent", like you do by being from London. We do not pronounce those "Rrr" sound like people from the south and north do, we pronounce T's and D's as they're originally pronounced. 👋 All the best, my friend.

[@leeburgers2444]

I hope you cover the Transatlantic accent sometime. It is a lot of fun.

[@mohammedyacinebouacida1712]

Thank you for your interesting video , The social class is ingrained in British society even in this era of globalisation, and language is firmly established as an indicator

[@isabelatence7035]

It is very interesting to approach the subject of discrimination and regional accents, my country has numerous accents, paulistano, carioca, baiano, etc... we receive italian, portuguese, spanish, dutch, german influences, we have many prejudicesm, authors, singers and artists are numerous regional and they hit their careers...it's good to have your examples in movies, Sting's testimonial, I learned a lot from you in this video...you're right with your thoughts on, I agree

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Glad you liked the video. All the immigration to Brazil must have lead to some very interesting accents of Portuguese.

[@isabelatence7035]

@@LetThemTalkTV yes, a wide variety of accents, Brazil has extensive territory, they gave remarkable cultural wealth.

[@Aurora-qn2dx]

Interesting video.Different dialects are beautiful i really like listenihg and learing about different British accents..its very facinating and something to be proud of..yes accentosm does exsist..i myself are from Italy and there are hundreds of different accents and dialects.. unfortunatley there is accent predudice here too..esp towards the sounthern regions...could cost you a lot.

[@geoffreyoltmans4356]

First off, love your channel. I'm a bit of an Anglophile so your discussions are interesting to me. Before going off to college, I grew up almost exclusively in Southeastern Alabama. I went to school and still reside in North Alabama, and even here there is a fairly striking difference in regional accents. There's quite a bit of difference between the two, with the more southern dialect more pronounced. I myself speak with a fairly neutral American (almost midwestern) accent "most of the time." My dad grew up in Colorado and Southern California, and my mother grew up in Kentucky near Louisville, so I think that accounts for my lack However, when speaking with another person with a regional accent from back home, it comes back out pretty swiftly! There is a funny bit by comedian Jeff Foxworthy about how the southern accent is not the most intelligent accent out there. I encourage you to look that up. However, as you note, this should never be considered a measure of intelligence as I know quite a lot of people that are very well educated but with nevertheless pretty strong southern accent. But I'd say overall there's a reasonably strong bias against the southern accents in the rest of the US. Funny story and then I'll close: I worked at a store back home before college and my then boss married a lady from Leeds. Hers and her daughter's accent were a fairly standard British Accent. Her daughter was about 11 years old when they moved to SE Alabama. I went off to college and came back to visit a couple years later. As I was talking with my boss, his step-daughter came in and said something with a very pronounced southern drawl. No trace of that standard British English accent remained!

[@dinkster1729]

Kids pick up the language faster than we do. Their accents can change rapidly as well. My daughter had a lovely fairly educated French-Canadian accent. Then, she switched to Early French Immersion--within weeks her accent became the typical accent of a Early Immersion Student which is more like a fluent Anglophone speaks French and not like a educated French-Canadian speaks French. My son went to a French language high school even though he had spent more time in a Early French Immersion programme at the elementary levle than my daughter. When he was in Quebec City, he said to someone, "I'm an anglophone." The person he was speaking with said to him, "No, you're not. You don't speak French like an Anglphone." My son was very pleased at this person's comment about his French.

[@ayseberry7494]

Yes, I have lived in the UK. I studied and worked there. Spent 15 years. Generally, I was told that I hadn't had an accent but it was obvious that English was not my first language. It was always a huge obstacle in getting a job despite the education, citizenship etc. They don't want to know despite their own lower qualities. You are a second class citizen.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Interesting insight.

[@ayseberry7494]

@@LetThemTalkTV 15 years experience.

[@monidefi2680]

I always felt some people treated me as if my accent was some kind of deficiency in my brain....and some even felt that this deficiency would be corrected if they spoke louder LOL

[@gwho]

@@monidefi2680 maybe they're speaking louder to clearly show you the example of what they think is more correct.

[@garrick3727]

It's a common problem all over the world. In the US, if you have a southern accent people generally assume you are less intelligent (of course, depends where you are), and if you have a non-American accent (like myself) you get the impression that your opinion is somehow less valid, and that is doubly so if people believe English is not your first language (whether it is or is not). What I find is that American English speakers are just very bad at listening, so it's less that they cannot understand you and more that they don't try. That is, of course, a sweeping generalization.

[@kalman9233]

I like this episode 😄 you got talent 😉 continue please 😁 waiting for more episodes 😒

[@Danielhake]

Thanks. My father is from Devon, from a working class family, managed to get into Bristol uni, to be confronted with RP speakers calling his accent 'quaint'. He lost it eventually. I did get a feeling for Devon accent and dialect from my grandparents though. Good luck to 'ee!

[@eltiogottlieb.4911]

Congratulations and thank you. Your canal is terific and I enjoy learning with your very interesting videos. What a shame that those absurde prejudices still exist. In my country non less than the very president is critizaced because of his accent. He is not from the Capital City. Greetings from México.

[@emmepiemme]

In Italy the regional accents are very strong, also because they originate from what we could define "Italic languages" ​​rather than "italian dialects". The situation at the beginning of the last century was such that in the italian trenches of the ww1 there were "corporal translators" on duty. The main unifying elements were first the radio, but above all the television starting from the 1950s. The first official text on Italian pronunciation and diction is in fact the DOP - Dizionario di Ortografia e Pronuncia - published by Rai (public TV) in 1969, as a manual for speakers and editors. Although there is no an "official law definition" of standard Italian phonetics, it is commonly believed an de-facto accepted that this corresponds to a mix between the Tuscan speech with some hint of phonetic elements typical of Rome. ("Tuscan tongue in Roman mouth"). In any case, the Piedmontese, Roman and Southern-occidental cadences are accepted at all levels, while the cadences of the north-east (Veneto regions) are strongly ostracized for historical reasons. (Venice was a republic for centuries and centuries while the kingdom of Italy, to which it was annexed in 1866, was an insignificant operetta monarchy, very frightened by the "republican" temptations that could awaken) The cadences of the center and south east sound like "poor" and peasant ". This is a quite raw summary , I know, but not much more can be done in a comment. However, consider that English has a literature because it has a language, while Italian has a language because it has a literature: The "great classics" of Italian literature were written in a language that no one really spoke in everyday life.

[@mariaflorentinadosanjos6582]

Hello! Please, would you know if the school LetThemTalk gives on line English classes, such as webinars?

[@rodrigomoruzzi7515]

Hi Gideon, I am seeking one of your videos where you have explained the reason why verbs must be followed by prepositions in English. That was brilliant. Could you please provide the link for it? Has someone seen it, and if so may I ask to share the link? Cheers

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I think it's this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3Wxmn-BfqyWhqs thanks

[@rodrigomoruzzi7515]

@@LetThemTalkTVmany thanks for getting back to me Gideon, but that's the one I really mentioned. Cheers kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6Okpa1njqZ7nJo

[@McCord.Pierce]

Because of your channel, a humble interest in learning the British accent became a newfound passion for the English language. Now I can't stop watching and learning. I'm also a religious listener of Zeitgeist Banana and English with Monty. I had no idea British English and culture would captivate me and make me feel so at home somehow. Furthermore, you have a natural charisma for TV, and I wouldn't bat an eye if you caught up with Matt Damon some day. Thanks for being my English teacher!!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

You're very kind. These comments inspire me to continue. Best wishes

[@McCord.Pierce]

@@LetThemTalkTV I'm glad. Thank you. 😊

[@blotski]

I'm originally from just outside Durham city (North-East England just south of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) and have what I think of as a fairy mild accent that most people would call Geordie although proper Geordies from Newcastle might disagree. I went to university in Leeds and then did some post-grad studying in Sheffield and afterwards lived for several years in Manchester. What I'm saying is I have never lived further south than that so in my everyday life I have never come across prejudice against my accent. I love London and visit it often and reactions to my accent are always positive and friendly. Contrary to rumour I have always found Londoners to be really friendly. Well, they are to me anyway so maybe my accent has helped me. The only 'negative' thing I notice, especially down South, is that that when getting to know people they always seem really surprised when they find out about my academic qualifications and the languages I speak. I don't actually know if it's because they don't expect a Geordie to be well educated but not to have adopted a PR accent or if I just don't seem very intelligent. Or maybe the two are connected.

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

Well, bonny lad - I don't think so. In my experience, non-Geordies find the Geordie accent attractive - not as pompous as a Yorkshire eeh ba gum accent, but a less weighty northern accent with a rather nice musicality to it.

[@walterscolese5348]

I love so much these "lessons"! I am 60, from Italy, and we have many regional accents. We have many town/city accents because "region" is not exhaustive. The main groups are 3: northern, central, and southern accents. After that, we have Eastern and Western. Then, as I said, we have single town/city dialects. Allow me to explain: I live in NE Italy (Vicenza) and usually speak dialect AND Italian. In my region, everyone talk the dialect or, at least, can understand it - ragged people or university professors. If I move to a close town, I can easily understand the people living there, but I perceive they are talking differently, sometimes in their vocabulary. If I go to Venezia (Venice), the people living there have a particular accent, very recognizable, and different words comparing my vocabulary, but we talk and understand each other. But, if I go to Belluno, in the same region but in the north, I don't understand them very well, but they will understand me. The more I move in every direction, the less I will understand a dialect speaker: if I travel to Genova (Genoa) or Torino (Turin), they change dialect, intonation, pronunciation, phonemes, clause construction, and so on. It is the same if I go southward. There are sides of my country where a different language, or micro languages, are spoken: Sardegna (Sardinia), in some towns in Puglia region the dialect is Albanian, or in Friuli (far east) they talk in Ladin (NOT Latin), the same in Alto Adige, but a different variety. Please, forgive my bad English: I hope I have explained myself.

[@jackieo3592]

I'm from Austria and we nearly have different accents in every valley, City or village, but luckily this doesn't matter to get a Job. I've would say thank you for your KZbin Chanel and your Podcast Zeitgeist-Banana and English with Monty with Jon. Your english is so well to understand for me as an english learner and it is so much fun to learn from you and Jon! In school we learn rather US english than UK, but British-Englisch is for me as an foreign speeker the more lovely (beautiful, nicer) language. So, thank you for everything Gideon!

[@malibustacey3870]

I lived in GLASGOW for 7 years, and I had to adapt my pronunciation to theirs. I have also been asked if I had a good grasp of Glaswegian at an interview. I had to repeat myself over and over, and this led me to isolation. I moved to Brittain by chance and then wanted to stay. My dream was to write in ENG, as in Italy, I was a published author, although up and coming. I did a bit of education in the Humanities, then I started another course. I'm now heading home as I need to rebalance myself. I hope to recover by next spring, and I'd like to give a bash to the south of England. I'm in love with the Southern accent. I find them being less chaotic and scattered than up North. The English language is fantastic and very flexible. I just think about neologism such as staycation, 'mocktail', etc. It's the language of the Internet, with 80% of online content being in ENG. I just found it hard to integrate myself as I wasn't based in the only truly cosmopolitan British hub, London. As I realised 'we only live once' -kudos to The Strokes- I really hope to get better and land in London next year. This is my desire. This is my goal.

[@mountainman6172]

Wish you all the best x)

[@BaybNJoe]

Scouse has the same reputation as the Southern accent is regarded in the US in comparison to Standard American Accent. I love the regional accents, both in my country, the US, and in Britain. :) Accent prejudice exists in every country. It doesn’t excuse it, but we know it’s so common. Thank you for these videos. I love learning about languages, dialects and accents. :)

[@garrick3727]

No I don't think Scouse and the Southern accent are regarded the same. Scouse is particularly associated with thieves and scroungers, people who would rather steal than do an honest days work. In part, this is because of how they were portrayed on TV, but going further back it is because a lot of people in that area were Irish. The scouse accent has definite Irish qualities to it, and the Irish were regarded as lazy and untrustworthy on both sides of the Atlantic. I think the Southern accent in the US is mostly associated with ignorance and unsophistication - rural rather than urban. Cletus in the Simpsons being the obvious stereotype. In England, the equivalent would be the west country accent.

[@alinapala]

Lots of regional accents in my country, Argentina, as I think happens everywhere. Some accentism too, as the one accent recognized as the "Argentinian sound" is that of the Río de La Plata region.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I'm sure I'd love them all

[@loretolopez1536]

I enjoy a lot watching british series. You can find a huge variety of accents there, and as an english learner, I think it is fascinating.

[@RichiEnglish]

I love your accent. Would love to collab with you, Sir. My fav accents are the following: Yorkshire, Edinburgh, Indian, Scouse, Geordie, Cockney and Swedish By the way, there is an article (2014) by businessinsider about rappers and Shakespeare... Highly recommended! It highlights that some rappers (Wu-Tang Clan members, Eminem, Aesop Rock and a plethora of others) have got wider vocab than Shakespeare had...

[@alexeyshibanov1714]

Have a great day Gideon! I love that English have so much accents, so much diversity. It is really interesting to listen. Not that much about Russian. Like, there are few differences in vowel sounds and that`s it. But there is variety of dialectisms. You can go to opposite side of Russia and almost no one could hear the difference.

[@PavelKirichenko-II]

Hey Alex, I totally agree that the majority of russian speakers have a very similar accent. But underneath it we have a multitude of accents and some serious accenteism! For example I had a pretty thick native Voronezh accent. And I didn’t know it until I went to the Uni in Saratov. Most people there thought I’m ukranian. And one of my teachers even gave me an advice to loose it and acquire something closer to the standard Moscow pronunciation or get me some local accent. And it wasn’t a bad advice at all. No malice on his part. He was from Belarus himself so he knew pretty well how it hinders your academic progress being perceived as a somewhat of a simpleton just because you speak “funny”. Then some of my friends native to Saratov tried to get those jobs on TV and radio and they got a pretty strong recommendation to lose their “middle Volga” accent. It was not appreciated at all. Only Moscow only the standard 😄 And these 2 accents are not the only ones. Even among predominantly white russian regions. Also we have tens of millions of people from national republics. Most of them are either native speakers of russian or bilingual. And they got their own accents. Some of which I must say are quite interesting and distinct! But boy oh boy! Do they get that accenteism a lot 😔 So I’d say Russian language has it all. Probably like any other language.

[@annet4611]

​@@PavelKirichenko-II One more Russian speaker joins the chat :D I grew up in Karelia and have a slight accent (the way I pronounce some vowels is a bit different from the Moscow or St Petersburg pronunciation but I myself have never paid attention to the difference, honestly). Upon my entering the university my family and me moved to St Petersburg and my own parents started pointing out my "Karelian" accent. As open-minded and accepting as they are, my parents said that I should work on my pronunciation and hone my skills in order to sound like a St Petersburger. It kind of left me feeling backstabbed because I never thought I would hear something like that from my own parents! That's also funny because I've never received any criticism toward my accent either from my peers or from our teachers, they didn't care about accents at all. So their remarks were actually nonsense for me, like why should I be ashamed of my hometown accent? It's not that thick when it makes it hard for anyone to understand my speech, so why being so despiseful? So, I've never worked on my accent but living in St Petersburg I seem to have subconsciously picked up the local accent a bit (although I slip off to my Karelian accent from time to time)^^

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I'm surprised to read all this. I know very little about Russian accents

[@PavelKirichenko-II]

@@LetThemTalkTV BTW don’t get me wrong it wasn’t that big of a deal for me! Just an occasional eyebrow raise 😄 But for some people it can get more of an issue of course.

[@mytargetlanguages8803]

@@annet4611 Thank you very much for sharing! How come that your parents don`t have this accent but you do? Or did they get rid of it and wanted you to do the same (after moving to Saint Petersburg)? (I wonder what "Karelian" acccent sounds like. Do you know a YT-channel/another source where I can listen to it?)

[@charsk541]

I am from Norway. Here we worship our dialects. We say that we have two standard written languages (Bokmål and Nynorsk). But no standard spoken language. Which means everybody speaks their dialect even in formal situation. Of course if some words that are hard for speakers of other dialects to understand, we just replace that word from the standard language, just to make it easier. But of course there will always be some people that have opinion about which dialect sound 'pretty' and which sound 'ugly'. Which always vary from person you are speaking to. But I also notice that younger people tend to more and more adapt to the dialects of the bigger cities of their region. I notice that when I travel home from where I grew up. Which I think is pity.

[@irenebas]

I'm from Argentina and we have a lot of strong regional accents, but we don't have a problem with it. When we study English, our teachers use to teach us RP, but I can say that I love Scottish accent! It sounds great to me, even if sometimes it's a bit difficult to understand everything. I think it's like an icecream made of chocolate and uisgue 😁

[@MienaMini_]

Here in Austria we have a lot of very distinct sounding accents. It‘s interesting because I grew up in Vienna, the capitol city, where only the older people still speak in our „Wienerisch“ slang. We only do it sometimes as a tongue in cheek thing to make others grin, although it is quite charming! Even so, I have been asked a lot by germans especially whether I am also from Germany, simply because I don‘t have a thick accent. I believe it‘s because they think everyone in Austria speaks a „funny sounding german“ and when they encounter someone from the big city without a thick accent, they are surprised we exist 😂 Here in Austria though, I don‘t particularly think there is prejudice against any accents in particular, not that I would have heard of that at least. I think they are all fun in their own way! Also I personally have always loved the cockney accent! Theres even streamers I watch just because they have the accent and I find it so charming that I just want to listen to them speak for hours and hours 😋

[@mickeybig1422]

Hi Gideon, great video! I suppose the critical voices come from people who were not allowed to speak in their accents, so they cannot bear others speaking it. I know the feeling, I was told off very often a child and beyond for talking in a Berlin accent and today it annoyes me slightly to hear it when my colleagues speak like that. There is, or was a special way to deal with the Berlin accent. East Germans or East Berliners, up to the level of official people like polititians where "allowed" to speak with an accent, were Westberliners were encouraged or pushed to speak without it. By the way, I noticed a while ago, though Londoners and Berliners speak a different language, both change the "er" at the end of words to an "a" sound😀👍

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Interesting so I speak like a Berliner. I didn't know that.

[@tombarroso7654]

Riding the tube into London everyday for 6 years was like a master class in British accents. We were renting a two story bungalow in Rickmansworth, while I traveled to my place of business in Mayfair. A good friend, who was also American, who visiting us in London. He had a Canadian cousin who was living near Harrow and employed at the Kodak facility. We were invited to a golf course used by the company for a round of golf. After we finished we stopped into the 19th hole for an adult beverage. I got to chatting with his cousin, who had a mild Midlands/RP accent, easily understood, by me. Granted, I had grown was accustomed to listening, carefully. After his cousin and I had been chatting for about 20 minutes, my friend looked at me and asked "Do you understand what he is saying?" I demurred that yes I did. This struct me that maybe I've overstayed my welcome. One Saturday, I had some work to finish and popped into the office to complete the necessary tasking. The Tube carriage was empty and the driver stopped to board some passengers. A gentleman entered with two rambunctious children. He found a seat near me, My seat was not facing these folks I did no catch a glimpse of this family. He started admonishing his charges in a most English manner. He spoke with the most perfect Public School/RP accent. I thought he must have been a bank a Bank Director or Stock Broker. I glanced a peek when I was exiting the tube. There sat a scruffy gentleman who was having a challenge with his two charged. Wow, I thought if he lived in the US he could run for Congress, based on hit accent alone. I love your London accent. Tom Barroso

[@ferlvs]

You're totally right! Diversity is important in any field, languages included!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

We agree

[@heleneverbach]

It's wild to hear which accents are considered undesirable from that silly list's perspective, because I'm from the US (Pennsylvania) and my favorite British accents are the strong regional ones! My very favorite ever is Manchester because I watched Coronation Street in middle school (because there weren't a ton of shows with gay storylines available for me to watch) and thought Sian especially was so sexy and had such a beautiful, musical way of speaking and I just fell in love with the Mancunian accent I kept hearing from the characters on that show! I also love other northern accents like Scouse and Yorkshire and strong southern accents like Essex/Cockney/Multicultural London English. I just really enjoy the strong regional accents folks have from all over the UK! We do have accent-ism in the US too and it's also mostly a class thing. My dad grew up in Kentucky and his working class siblings have really strong Appalachian accents but my dad went to Harvard and then Yale for grad school and kind of got rid of his accent/adopted a more standard American accent so his Kentucky accent only ever comes out when he burns himself or something and curses and then suddenly he's pronouncing damn with two syllables lol (like day-um).

[@0629frank]

I enjoy your videos, looking forward to have my own channel, learning English from Spanish using linguistics, in order to boost the acquisition, any advice?

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Good luck with the channel

[@samuelengle7873]

I'm from the USA and I think we like different accents a lot. This may be because we have little class differences in accents. The differences are more regional or foreigners or minorities such as African American or Hispanic.

[@tasadasa9363]

Accents are beautiful. My son was in a choir in the third grade. It happened that the children all came from different countries and everyone spokes with their own accent, sometimes it was recognisable from where they are, sometimes you could only hear that German was not their mother tongue. Than at the stage they all sung with a Russian accent, because the wonderful lady who lead the choir spokes that way. It was so fun to hear that and how quick they adapted her accent. That was years ago and now you cannot hear anymore that German wasn’t their mother tongue. Talking about British English I like personally brummie the most. As pronunciation was never part of the English lessons in school I speak with a quiet heavy German accent. I started recently talking to myself in English and reading loud English textes and recording and hearing them. I hope it is that trust the process thing, because it’s going worse🤦‍♀️ Great videos! I’ve learned a lot! Thank you!

[@hanafri8]

I love the way how Sting spoke. I love everything from Sting :)

[@MrEricW2008]

Hi Gideon, on Inspector Morse, Lewis is Geordie; I'm wondering what accent Morse have (although he's not upper crust himself)? Is there supposed to be some subtext with that (that maybe a British person would understand)?

[@mariambajelidze8515]

As they say, the right accent is your accent. I love all accents in English. Cockney is really difficult for me but I love it. Thanks for this video.

[@pamburt]

Well said. I personally have experienced some accent prejudice during my adult life in the UK, having moved to different areas during my life, after leaving Birmingham in my early adulthood. Some people have thought it amusing to take the mickey by imitating what they think is my accent, which I found hurtful and offensive. That said, on the other hand I’ve had many others say how much they like my regional accent,which was great to hear. Unfortunately the Brummie accent ( being the hardest one to imitate accurately) is rarely heard on TV. Peaky Blinders is a rare exception. There are only a couple of UK mainstream TV presenters who are from my area of England, and usually they have softened or RP’d their way of speaking, so strong is the prejudice that exists in the media. No one should be treated as being of low intelligence merely because of their regional accent; it’s no indicator of education or intelligence. I have an honours degree and post graduate qualifications so I guess I don’t fit the “thick Brummie” trope!

[@marieparker3822]

I lost half my vocabulary when I moved to England from Scotland. How do the English manage without scunner, glaikit gomeril, breenge, numpty?

[@jnawk83]

surely numpty is universal? or are they a bunch of numpties?

[@LunaNatsume]

I'm very saddened by those that disparage regional accents... I find them very enriching. I love all the wonderful diversity in language. As someone who studies languages and dialects, to have so much lovely variation is truly fascinating.

[@monicas.9407]

Hello sweethart !!!!! I like the way you think , and i agree with you. I love you're british accent........ If anyone could speak like you do , the language english would be perfect...... See you next time ..... Thanks for existing !!!!!!!!!!!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Not perfect I don't think but thanks anyway I appreciate the comment.

[@mongolmcphee7791]

I grew up in the far North West of England in the 1980’s. There was no negotiation with my parents on accent and pronunciation, they knew how people with regional traits were judged and discarded by employers. My old folks made it clear that I was to be as close to RP as possible and any local accent, vocab or pronunciation were ferociously ground out of me. When my dad went from factory floor to management (working for a German company in the North West) he was was sent away for management training which included flattening his accent and pronunciation off to something resembling RP. I was amazed when I came back from University the first Christmas to find that my mothers regionality had grown back in my absence and she was now pronouncing ‘Book and Hook’ as ‘Boowk and Hoowk’ etc etc. I don’t think I’d heard her pronounce it like that in all my puff and I was nearly 20. That’s the class system for ya!

[@hannofranz7973]

Hi Gideon, maybe you can help me. I've been trying to figure out the difference between accent and dialect. It seems that there is somehow a different perception of these concepts according to Anglosaxon definition and Continental European. What you generally define as accents are widely understood as dialects here for a distinctive mostly locally based way of speaking in terms of pronunciation, word usage, intonation and certain grammar mistakes that you May find in local dialects or shall I say accents. The predomoninantly Anglosaxon definition seems to make a distinction between pronunciation and semantics and seems to refer to dialects only in relation to different words. A simplified and certainly wrong understanding of accents in our Continental perception makes a distinction between native language ( dialect ) and foreign language ( accent ). It seems that accent goes beyond as defining the different features of spoken language in pronunciation and intonation making no difference whether it is a native or foreign language. Nevertheless, I've found a definition of dialect that refers to dialect as a locally and possibly socially based distinction in speaking to a defined standard. What you normally call an accent ( Geordie accent ) is something I would call a dialect. Am I wrong?

[@josecarrales2842]

I have two questions. FIRST, I would like to ask (most likely of your opinion and/or fact if available) about what immersion in an British accent majority might be do to someone with a non-British accent. I am from South Texas and obviously do not have any sort of British accent, however, if I moved to Britain do you think I would, over time, begin to affect some sort of British accent unconsciously? (Would people think I was mocking or making fun of them if I started to see my accent morph. Second question, would my Texas/American accent be subject to these behaviors you mention.

[@joseantoniodavila2752]

When I was a child we moved from Extremadura to Madrid. In that part of Spain people sounded great, like on TV, but they spoke badly: they used "le" instead of "lo", they used few words, and in Valladolid, which is the epicenter of the RP pronunciation in Spain, they speak even worse and also use "stay" for "leave" and more. A little country kid and also my illetrate grandmother realized that. I had a very strong Extremaduran accent but no one cared. In a note appart: "there will be more accents in the UK than in the rest of English spoken countries" (is that correct as an instance of future for present?).

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Interesting insights about Spain. I'm not quite sure what you want to say with your sentence. Do you mean "You'll find more.....English speaking countries".

[@joseantoniodavila2752]

@@LetThemTalkTV Yes I do. I am not sure about "you'll find" for "you find" or, meaning the same, "there will be more..." for "there are more".

[@ashisheady8841]

Gideon, I use howevah instead of however cos r in end is for very short, Which I'm unable to do. can you help me? BTW love your videos .

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thanks. You are in good company.

[@puchululina]

Hi, Gideon! In my country, Argentina, I believe that provinces from the north of the country have a remarkable accent, as if they were singing ( which is delicious) but, on the contrary, they can “hear” my singing which is from the capital city, Buenos Aires.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Love the Argentinian accent.

[@conorireland185]

Through school i had something of a light regional accent but not strong enough to be noticed unless you lived somewhere else. Its since become isolated to me drinking a few or shouting. Quite a few dont assume im raised locally unless they know me well.

[@mamymimma]

Also in Italy there's accent prejudice... In France as well? I loved this video, thank you

[@KBinturong]

Yes in France as well.

[@mamymimma]

@@KBinturong Thank you

[@LetThemTalkTV]

thanks for your comments

[@donnar4261]

In Spain we have a lot of regional accents and some regional languages too, and yes, there's accentism. Unfortunately, people from Andalucía (south of Spain) are percieved as lazy or uneducated since they loose many word endings and consonants, so they force themselves to loose the accent to work on TV or radio. We have singing accents, moaning accents, strong accents...a beautiful diversity 😊

[@meorrrrw4020]

Great and important video to make :^)... prejudice is always ugly no matter what form it takes

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Agreed

[@pamelars7497]

Unacceptable. Same happens in Spain, people from the south are regarded as unintelligent because of their accent. Same in my country and I am starting to think everywhere in the world, giving more credibility to standard language mannerisms implied that some cultural aspects of the person speaks about their personality traits. 😒

[@bmccarty2012]

It's the same in the U.S. The southeastern, "country" accent has long been the object of some ridicule. Although there are dozens of varieties of a southern accent, some of which are considered more upper crust. The northern Virginia accent, or some accents in Georgia, for example. But for the most part, people tend to stereotype Southern accents. Aided in great part by those stereotypes having been perpetuated for decades in film and television. I once heard a great saying from a corporate speaker though, who said "subtract 10 IQ points for a upper-crust British accent, and add 10 points for a Southern accent."

[@Beatnik59]

This is so true, and it isn't limited to the Southerners. I'm from Chicago and I experience it too. Same with the folks I know from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Boston.

[@johnschatz946]

I lived in England for 10 years. I have been back in Canada for 17 years and I still have a hint of British accent. I have been the subject of accentism, ( accent discrimination). Even though I have been to University, I have been unable to land the ideal job. That causes me to feel inferior to people.

[@alkanhel]

I live in Dublin for 2 years now and irish english is very sing songy and mellow, I love it. Lots of region specific words too.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Love the Dublin accent

[@AlaiMacErc]

I've heard it said there's three main accents in Ireland -- the Munster group, the Northern one, and Dublin. But Dublin itself is hugely varied! In fact I think it's maybe actually more like five Irish accents: Dublin being sub-divided into "North", "South", and "not actually from Dublin, but have lost original Culchie accent".

[@tomrox8921]

I like accents, they make English more flavorish.

[@ricardofranciszayas]

I’m from the United States and we have a good bit of accent prejudice in this country. To be honest, I’ve been guilty of that. I agree with you that accents are like different favorites. I find it fascinating that the U.K. has so many different accents, each a joy to my ears.

[@tonysmith5566]

What accents do we hate here?

[@vladimirpanov8672]

During the WW2 the Germans usually sent the Berliners to serve as radio operators for Hochdeutsch is most widely understood, which is a clear edge in combat. Sometimes accentism makes sense if it is a life or death matter. Any such practices in the UK, I wonder?

[@dodyali2697]

I Like The peaky blinders Accent 😂 Do a Video about Their accent please

[@LetThemTalkTV]

VERY SOON

[@colinnewlands743]

As A Glaswegian I sort of resent how some people, and you did it, refer to Leeds, Birmingham, London, Liverpool the Scotland as though Scotland is just a town equivalent to an English city. Do you think Borders, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife, Aberdeen and Highland all have the same accent? I lived in Cardiff for 8 years and even I can hear the difference between Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and Colwyn Bay accents.

[@susamekmek3101]

Istanbul accent is RP version of ours (Turkish). It is thought to be politest one. Nearly every city and town has its own accent. I speak Istanbul accent (living in an other part of the country) daily. But when I visit my parents and enter my home town it changes automatically. I can not speak it in any part of the country on purpose, it sounvds weird even to me. In my home town, it becomes just natural. Local accents may be seen in films and TV series. But they are seen as local pastoral flavour of countryside. It feels uneducated, but usually more intimate and natural. No one would openly critisize you, but you would sound strange and funny.

[@jsgovind]

The only issue that I have sometimes with accents as a non-native speaker is that I do not understand some of the really thick accents that are underrepresented in media. But that is something that I should work on and not the speaker. It is a shame that people get discriminated based on their accents. As a non-native speaker(for around 30 years), I have focused on grammar and effective communication to convey the meaning properly. I'm proud of my accent because it shows where I am from and I don't really care what some shallow person with a superiority complex thinks about it. I hope that people who practice this discrimination get the same treatment that they would get if they practice racism, sexism and all the other -isms out there.