What are the accents in different parts of Britain?

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The population of Britain is less than a quarter of that of the United States, and its area is only one fortieth of that of the United States. However, it is a miracle that Britain has many more accents than the United States. The UK we are talking about basically includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These four places naturally represent four completely different accents.

Wales

In fact, Welsh people speak an independent language, and Welsh and English are very different in accent and writing.

Scotland

In Scotland, although English is used in writing, the Scottish accent sounds far from authentic English. For example, even junior high school students in China know that the word "BAD" should be called "BAD", while some Scots pronounce "bad".

Ireland

Irish sounds are easier to understand. Many British people even think that Irish accent is the prototype of American accent. This is not unreasonable, because both of them emphasize the pronunciation of R in the treatment of words with the letter "R". For example, of course, first of all, burn the computer ... These words are not like the English people in the mouth of Americans, whose tongues roll on the letter "R". Similarly, Irish people, whether from northern Ireland or southern Ireland, will roll their tongues about the pronunciation of these words.

England

About English accent, this topic is relatively big. England is basically divided into three parts, north, middle and south, and there are different accents everywhere. There are several accents in northern England alone. For example, Yorkshire accent (popular in Leeds and York), Lancashire accent (popular in Preston and Bolton), Manchester accent (Manchester accent), Liverpool accent and Newcastle accent (Jody accent). Especially the latter two are very difficult to understand. For example, in Newcastle accent, "heard" will be pronounced as "hold" and "along" will be pronounced as "along" ... As for Liverpool accent, there are many celebrities who hold this accent, from the late Beatles lead singer John Lennon to the captain of Liverpool football team Steven Gerrard. Generally speaking, the northern accent is relatively short, and I don't like to drawl. For example, the Lancashire accent sounds brittle. Compared with the southern accent, there is another difference, which is highlighted in the pronunciation of words with the letter "U" in northern England. For example, in a southern accent, "bus" is pronounced "bus". But in the north, "bus" is pronounced "bus". Similarly, buffet is pronounced "buffet" in southern England and "buffet" in northern England. Even the foul-mouthed FXCX is pronounced as "Falk" not only in the south, but people in northern England suddenly pronounce FXCX as "Falk", which is close to the word fork.

Central England is mainly composed of East Central and West Central. In central China, many people still use the northern letter "U" to handle characters, and the Bus is also called "BUS". The Middle Eastern accent headed by Nottingham is not too complicated. Birmingham is different. In addition to Birmingham local accent, black country accent is also popular in its surrounding areas, especially in wolverhampton wanderers. Birmingham people call it "yam yam" accent. According to English grammar, we use "I am" when introducing ourselves and "you are" when addressing each other. However, in the black township area, it is a mess. Some people even call each other "You are". So you and I are completely different. It is estimated that local people in China can't even pass the grammar test of CET-4 and CET-6.

Finally, talk about the southern accent of Britain. Generally in the south of England, the area south of Oxford and Cambridge shall prevail. The accents in these areas are generally close to those of the Queen. However, in the southwest, including Bristol, although it belongs to the south, it still has its own Xixiang accent, which is similar to the Irish accent. When it is pronounced, it will also make a fuss about the letter "R", probably because the region and Ireland are across the sea and are easily affected. In the upper circles of Britain, what is popular is the authentic southern accent, that is, the queen's accent. In the area around London, people in Surrey, Buckinghamshire and even Hampshire all speak authentic southern accents. But the real situation near Queen Buckingham Palace is somewhat complicated. For example, the Essex Accent spoken in the area north of London is soft and suitable for ladies. Cockney Accent is popular in East London, which is tiring and hard to say. In the old movie My Fair Lady, the late Hollywood superstar Hepburn made a wonderful imitation of it. It is said that London accent also has a great influence on the formation of Australian accent, because many immigrants who came to Australia in advance came from this accent area.

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