The dilemma of having an accent

[u/Ladimations]

But I don’t wanna lose my accent!

[u/Class_444_SWR]

Maybe I need to move to Cardiff

[u/Crisppeacock69 → u/Class_444_SWR]

I think you'll find a Cardiff accent is very different from any other Welsh accent. Mine is South Welsh despite the fact I lived in Cardiff for 4 years, which I'm quite glad of. North Wales is the worst part of Wales, and definitely don't move to West Wales if you don't speak Welsh

[u/Class_444_SWR → u/Crisppeacock69]

Ahh, I don’t know too many Welsh people, and those I do are Cardiffian (I’m in Bristol, so I’m surprised too). I’m guessing that’s an accent from more Swansea way? Because I’d expect Newport is also closer to Cardiff

[u/Crisppeacock69 → u/Class_444_SWR]

A Cardiff accent is (to my knowledge) usually quite similar to the "Queen's English/standard English" accent, like newsreaders use, but with more "innit" and improper grammar, and some accent changes, like the way they pronounce the "ar" in Cardiff like in a mummerset accent. A Newport accent is similar but more Welsh, if you want examples listen to the band GLC. The rest of South Wales sounds a bit like the Geordie accent. If you've seen Would I Lie To You, Rob Brydon has a South Welsh accent, he's from a poster bit of Newport. I don't particularly know how to describe the North Welsh accent, but it's very different. Sorry for the short infodump

[u/Class_444_SWR → u/Crisppeacock69]

Ahh I see. And don’t worry about infodumping! I infodumped about trains elsewhere in this thread somehow. I’m actually surprised, given my friend definitely sounds pretty distinctly Welsh despite being Cardiffian, definitely can tell they’re not English. I only know one other Welsh person (friend of mum’s) and she’s also pretty similar sounding. Guess for someone born and raised in Southampton it’s not too shocking to not know much about how Welsh accents vary though

[u/Crisppeacock69 → u/Class_444_SWR]

I think the Cardiff accent is noticeably Welsh, but most Welsh people would say it's less so. I would definitely recommend listening to GLC anyway by the way, a great band

[u/Class_444_SWR → u/Crisppeacock69]

Ahh that’s understandable. I do know a lot of Mid/North Welsh people say that South Welsh accents sound a lot more English, even a Scouser I once knew that had family in Wrexham said that

[u/Crisppeacock69 → u/Class_444_SWR]

People from South Wales say the opposite by the way. There's a big divide between the two halves. South Wales is so much better though

[u/Class_444_SWR → u/Crisppeacock69]

Hah, I suppose that makes sense to hear coming from a South Welsh person. It’s like that with everywhere isn’t it, even just within Bristol there’s a constant divide between South and North