IH Dialect atlasBritain & Ireland

Accents

North of England

Scouse Liverpool and the area around it
Geordie Newcastle and the Tyne
Mackem Sunderland and the Wear
Mancunian Manchester and nearby towns
Yorkshire The old county of Yorkshire
Lancashire The old county of Lancashire
Humber (sample) Three separate towns in the north east of England

Midlands

Brummie Birmingham and the West Midlands

London and the South East

Cockney The East End of London
Estuary English London and the counties around it

East of England

East Anglian Norfolk, Suffolk and nearby

South West England

West Country Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset

Wales

Cardiff Cardiff and the south coast of Wales
Welsh Valleys The valleys north of the south Wales coast

Scotland

Glaswegian Glasgow and the Central Belt
Highland The Scottish Highlands

Ireland

Ulster Northern Ireland and the counties just over the border
Dublin Dublin and the east coast of Ireland

Not tied to one place

Received Pronunciation Not tied to one place
Standard Southern British Not tied to one place
Multicultural London English Not tied to one place

Sounds

put · putt
nurse · square
pull · pool
wine · whine
think → fink
butter → bu'er
house → 'ouse
milk → miwk
bath
cot · caught
pin · pen
Mary · marry · merry
horse · hoarse
bat → be-at
bed → bay-ed
writer · rider
car → cah
father · bother

Sample data: not yet checked against sources, and some of it is placeholder.

Accents of Britain & Ireland

21 accents · 40 places. Pick one on the left, or click the map.

Where an accent is heard

Place