Kingston upon Hull, England
The Kingston upon Hull Accent
Kingston upon Hull sits inside the Hull dialect area, which covers Hull, Beverley and the East Riding, England. The nearest other area is East Midlands, about 5km away.
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What people in Kingston upon Hull sound like
- The Hull “phone” vowel — fronted towards the vowel of “fern”.
- “Happy” ends in a long EE, unlike Sheffield or Leeds.
- “Tenfoot” for the alley behind a terraced row — a Hull word and nowhere else's.
- “Croggy” for a ride on the back of someone's bike.
These are the markers of the Hull accent as a whole. No survey claims every speaker in Kingston upon Hull has all of them — the full Hull profile sets out where the region varies.
Kingston upon Hull against East Midlands
Kingston upon Hull is close enough to the East Midlands area that the two get confused. These are the questions where the survey expects a different answer on each side.
| Question | Kingston upon Hull | East Midlands |
|---|---|---|
| Do “singer” and “finger” rhyme in your natural accent? | no — they sound different | yes — “singer” has a hard g |
Dialect areas near Kingston upon Hull
Is your accent from Kingston upon Hull?
There is no way to answer that from a description. The test asks 29 questions about the words you use and how you say them, scores your answers against the Hull and East Yorkshire English profile and every other profile in the survey, and shows you where people who answer the way you do actually live.