I think of myself as having a very neutral accent. A short conversation with anyone not from London disabuses me of this notion.
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I like accents that are soft & warm & this prob comes from variations in my own culture.They seem friendly whilst staccato ones seem hostile
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My old nursing teacher tested this in London& found that patients perceived Nigerian nurses as less friendly/comforting than Jamaican ones.
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Even when they said the same things and smiled. The difference was staccato delivery or syllables blending into each other.
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She also found that Irish nurses were perceived as more comforting than Cockney ones despite most of the patients being Londoners.
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I don't know how much this travels but locally, at least, tells us something about slowing down & relaxing voices when talking to people.
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Westcountry?! Excuse me? I have to live with it every day & it is not nice!
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Pfft. It's musical. Soft & lilting.
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SO RACIST.
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What about North Yorkshire? Not quite as broad or flat vowelled as tykes from Leeds or Baaarnsley
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I loved listening to Shelby Foote's mellifluous southern voice in the Ken Burns documentary The Civil War.
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