Essex accents are least attractive
The Essex accent, made famous by the stars of The Only Way Is Essex and Denise Van Outen, has been voted the least attractive in a new poll.
The survey, conducted by online casino RoxyPalace.com, asked 1000 people to name their favourite British Isles accent with the Essex twang coming last with just one per cent of the vote.
The Irish accent proved the most popular with more than a quarter (28%) naming it as the most alluring.
The West Country accent scored surprisingly well coming second with just under one fifth of the vote (19%). Geordies were voted as having the third best accent (17%), Mancunian came fourth (11%), followed closely by the Glaswegian (8%), Scouse (6%) and Yorkshire (5%) accents.
The Welsh accent scored surprisingly poorly, coming in eighth with just three per cent of the vote. While the famous Brummie accent, spoken by the likes of Frank Skinner and Ozzy Osbourne came second bottom with just two per cent of respondents ranking it as their favourite.
A spokesperson for Roxy Palace said a person’s preference to different accents could be down to both upbringing and celebrity preference. He said: “We all grow up thinking we don’t have an accent and it’s not until others from a different part of the country point it out that we realise that we do, therefore it’s no surprise that none of those polled said they felt their own accent was the least attractive.
“It’s also no shock that the Irish accent came top, it’s melodic, out of the ordinary and has something of the loveable rogue quality to it.
“The biggest surprise was that of the West Country accent, viewed as sounding rural by some, scoring so highly.”
1. Irish - 28%
2. West Country – 19%
3. Geordie – 17%
4. Mancunian – 11%
5. Glaswegian – 8%
6. Scouse – 6%
7. Yorkshire – 5%
8. Welsh – 3%
9. Brummie – 2%
10. Essex – 1%
The survey, conducted by online casino RoxyPalace.com, asked 1000 people to name their favourite British Isles accent with the Essex twang coming last with just one per cent of the vote.
The Irish accent proved the most popular with more than a quarter (28%) naming it as the most alluring.
The West Country accent scored surprisingly well coming second with just under one fifth of the vote (19%). Geordies were voted as having the third best accent (17%), Mancunian came fourth (11%), followed closely by the Glaswegian (8%), Scouse (6%) and Yorkshire (5%) accents.
The Welsh accent scored surprisingly poorly, coming in eighth with just three per cent of the vote. While the famous Brummie accent, spoken by the likes of Frank Skinner and Ozzy Osbourne came second bottom with just two per cent of respondents ranking it as their favourite.
A spokesperson for Roxy Palace said a person’s preference to different accents could be down to both upbringing and celebrity preference. He said: “We all grow up thinking we don’t have an accent and it’s not until others from a different part of the country point it out that we realise that we do, therefore it’s no surprise that none of those polled said they felt their own accent was the least attractive.
“It’s also no shock that the Irish accent came top, it’s melodic, out of the ordinary and has something of the loveable rogue quality to it.
“The biggest surprise was that of the West Country accent, viewed as sounding rural by some, scoring so highly.”
How the accents scored:
1. Irish - 28%
2. West Country – 19%
3. Geordie – 17%
4. Mancunian – 11%
5. Glaswegian – 8%
6. Scouse – 6%
7. Yorkshire – 5%
8. Welsh – 3%
9. Brummie – 2%
10. Essex – 1%