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28 mar 2023 · Locals have hit back after new research revealed that Brits think people from Leeds have the most unattractive accent in the UK. 2,000 UK adults aged between 18-55 were surveyed by Preply, a language learning app and learning platform, to ask which accent they found most attractive - and it wasn't good news for Yorkshire folk!
2 lip 2023 · The Yorkshire accent is one of the most distinctive in the English speaking world. But with more external influences than ever will we sound like Gemma Collins or the Kardashians in 100 years? No, says accents expert Dr Chris Montgomery from the University of Sheffield.
10 mar 2022 · A new survey has confirmed our thoughts and voted the Yorkshire accent the ‘friendliest in the UK’. Stealing 23% of the vote, we managed to take the top spot from accents like the Welsh (19%), West Country (14%), the Queen’s English (13%) and Northern Irish (11%) which all made the top 10 as well.
17 lip 2020 · Linguistic experts from the University of Manchester found evidence of a “general northern English” accent being spoken among middle-class northerners living in urban areas.
24 paź 2023 · With a recent study finding that the that northern accents and pronunciations of words could be wiped out in England within the next 45 years, we are on a mission to make sure these words don’t...
Yorkshire dialect (also known as Broad Yorkshire, Tyke, Yorkie, or Yorkshire English) is a dialect of English, or a geographic grouping of several dialects, spoken in the Yorkshire region of Northern England.
Anna’s insulting question sends Amy and Chris on a quest to explore the world of accents.
