WATCH: One Woman, 17 British Accents

Siobhan Thompson on the Anglophenia YouTube series performing 17 regional accents of Great Britain pointing out celebrities that speak them. At the very least, she'll teach you how to pronounce Siobhan. Seems there are other videos in the series that people that speak English and love the UK, or people learning English will find amusing.



English language in England (More extensive list via Wikipedia for further investigation.)

• Northern (In the northeast, local speech is akin to Scots)
  • Cheshire
  • Cumbrian (Cumbria including Barrovian in Barrow-in-Furness)
  • Geordie (Tyneside)
  • Lancastrian (Lancashire)
  • Mackem (Sunderland)
  • Mancunian (Manchester)
  • Northumbrian (rural Northumberland)
  • Pitmatic (Durham and Northumberland)
  • Scouse (Liverpool)
  • Smoggie (Teesside)
  • Yorkshire (also known as Broad Yorkshire)
• East Midlands
• West Midlands
  • Black Country
  • Brummie (Birmingham)
  • Potteries (north Staffordshire)
  • Telford (east Shropshire)
• East Anglian
  • Norfolk
  • Suffolk
• Southern
  • Received Pronunciation
  • Cockney (working-class London and surrounding areas)
  • Essaxon (Essex)
  • London
  • Estuary (Thames Estuary)
  • Kentish (Kent)
  • Multicultural London (Inner London)
  • Sussex
• West Country
  • Anglo-Cornish
  • Bristolian

Scotland

• Scottish English
  • Highland English

Wales

• Welsh English
  • Cardiff
  • Gower

Northern Ireland

• Ulster English
  • Belfast
  • Derry
  • South Ulster

Isle of Man

• Manx English

Channel Islands

• Guernsey English
• Jersey English

Republic of Ireland

Irish English:

• Cork
• Dublin
  • Dublin 4 (D4)
  • Inner city
• Donegal
• Kerry
• Limerick city
• Midlands
• North East
• Sligo town
• Waterford city
• West
• Wexford town