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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Me: Hi! We've booked your cottage in Sherwood Forest & I am trying to work out travel... Her: Well, you're coming from London, obviously...
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I think the nicest accents are West Country, Irish, Jamaican &American South. Unfortunately. I'm from Essex. Cld be worse. Cld be Birmingham
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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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