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English accents and dialects
English has no single accent and never has. These 31 guides cover the regional varieties the quiz scores against, from Tyneside to Trench Town. Each one lists the pronunciation features and everyday vocabulary that identify it, and the speakers whose recorded speech anchors the profile.
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England and Wales
West Country accent
Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Gloucestershire
A strong, curled R after vowels — “farmer” keeps both of its Rs.
Bristol accent
Bristol and the surrounding southwest of England
The Bristol L — “cinema” can come out as “cinemal”.
Birmingham accent
Birmingham, the Black Country and the West Midlands
A falling intonation at the end of statements.
Modern RP accent
Southern England, broadcasting and higher education
Non-rhotic: “car” and “card” have no R sound.
London accent
London, Essex, Kent and the Thames Estuary
Glottal stops replace T between vowels and at the end of words: “water”, “what”.
Multicultural London accent
Inner London
The “face” and “goat” vowels are steadier and less gliding than in Estuary English.
Scouse accent
Liverpool and Merseyside
The nurse–square merger: “fur” and “fair” sound the same.
Mancunian accent
Manchester and Greater Manchester
“Happy” and “city” end on a short “-eh” rather than a long “-ee”.
South Yorkshire accent
Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham and Barnsley
“Thee” and “tha” survive in broad local speech — hence the Sheffield nickname “Dee Dahs”.
West Yorkshire accent
Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield and Wakefield
Steady, non-gliding vowels in “day” and “go”.
Geordie accent
Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and Tyneside
Distinctive “goat” vowel — “home” closer to “hyem” in broad speech.
South Wales accent
Cardiff, Swansea and the South Wales valleys
Strong pitch movement inside words — the Welsh lilt.
Scotland and Ireland
Central Scottish accent
Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Central Belt
Rhotic — the R in “car” is always pronounced, often tapped.
Highland Scottish accent
Inverness, the Highlands and the Islands
Very clear T — no glottal stop in “bottle” in traditional speech.
Northern Irish accent
Belfast, Derry and Northern Ireland
A sharp rise in pitch at the end of statements, not only questions.
Cork accent
Cork city and Munster
A very wide, rising-and-falling intonation range.
East Irish accent
Dublin, Leinster and the east of Ireland
Rhotic R, unlike neighbouring England.
United States and Canada
Southern Appalachian accent
Tennessee, Kentucky, western North Carolina and West Virginia
Monophthongal “price”: “ride” as “rahd”, “time” as “tahm”.
New York City accent
New York City, Long Island and northern New Jersey
A raised, gliding vowel in “coffee”, “talk” and “dog”.
California accent
California and the West Coast
“Cot” and “caught” sound the same.
Texas accent
Texas and the south-central United States
The pin–pen merger — “pin” and “pen” are identical.
Boston accent
Boston and eastern New England
Non-rhotic — “park the car” as “pahk the cah”.
Chicago accent
Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo
Raised “trap” vowel — “cat” towards “kee-at”.
Newfoundland accent
Newfoundland and Labrador
Irish-style TH-stopping: “that thing” as “dat ting”.
Canadian accent
Toronto, Ontario and most of English Canada
Canadian Raising: “out” and “about” raise; “loud” does not.
Caribbean
Australia and New Zealand
Africa and Asia
How these profiles are built
Every profile is a set of expected answers to the same 26 questions everyone in the survey answers — 12 about vocabulary and 14 about pronunciation. That makes accents directly comparable: your answers are scored against each profile, and the closest ones are the accents nearest to your own speech. Read more about how the quiz works, or browse the individual questions.