UK Accent Tour: Liverpool, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Newcastle & South Wales

Find out how UK accents sound different!

Get a free pronunciation lesson in my course: https://improveyouraccent.co.uk/english-pronunciation-course/

Watch my other UK accent tour videos:
Accent Tour 1 (R sounds, Glottal Stops & more): https://youtu.be/aUSjlg1B3uI
Accent Tour 2 (how vowels vary): https://youtu.be/1BAMxkk5J1w

00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Liverpool & Merseyside
01:45 - Scotland
03:00 – Northern Ireland
03:47 – Newcastle & North East England
05:01 – South Wales
06:11 - Conclusion

*Disclaimers and further information*
1. Some topics have been simplified for a general audience
2. People living in a particular place will not always sound the same. Not everyone from a certain area will have the same accent feature (or the feature to the same degree) as those in the video. Accents vary according to factors such as socioeconomic background, age and ethnicity (among others).
3. I have not shown all the accents in the UK.
4. Although I pronounce “brick” with a released stop plosive consonant, this is not the only way to pronounce it in my accent (Standard Southern British English). I can also pronounce “brick” with no audible release, with glottal reinforcement, or as an ejective.
5. /k/ may be realised as [x] in certain environments by some speakers in Merseyside. Another pronunciation would be [χ], which is more common after back vowels. Other pronunciations, such as [kx], may also be heard.
6. In certain environments, /p/ in North East England is often realised as a fully voiced segment with laryngealisation. More information can be found in Docherty, G. and Foulkes, P., 1999, August. Sociophonetic variation in ‘glottals’ in Newcastle English. In Proceedings of the 14th international congress of phonetic sciences (pp. 1037-1040).
7. /k/ can also be realised as [k] with laryngealisation (creaky voice/glottal reinforcement) by speakers in the North East. You can hear an example in the word “ticket” in the final clip.
8. /p/ and /k/ can also be realised with laryngealisation (creaky voice/glottal reinforcement) in Standard Southern British English. However, this occurs at the end of a syllable when no vowel follows.
9. There are different sounds used in Scotland for the /ʍ/ phoneme. I talk about [ʍ] in the video, but you may also hear [hw], [hʍ], [xw], [xʍ], or even [f] by some in North East Scotland!
10. The word “year” can also be pronounced with the NURSE vowel in other accents (for example, some RP speakers will use this pronunciation).
11. Of course, I take full responsibility for any errors! If you spot anything that should be corrected, please email me and I shall add it here.

*Thanks*
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*Songs in the video*
1. Liverpool: “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” by The Beatles
2. Scotland: “Here’s to Scottish Whisky” sung by Ronnie Ross
3. Northern Ireland: “Take A Bow” sung by Kirsten Aston
4. Newcastle: "Call Me Maybe" sung by May Arcade
5. South Wales & Ending: "Have A Nice Day" by Stereophonics

*Speakers*
There are 23 different speakers. The listed origin is the place (or nearest biggest place/county) they were born in or grew up in.

-Intro-
Rebecca Ferguson (Liverpool)
Ruth Davidson (Edinburgh)
Ian "H" Watkins (Rhondda Valley)
Vicky Pattison (Newcastle)
Jamie Dornan (County Down)

-Liverpool/Merseyside-
Stephen Graham (Merseyside)
Rebecca Ferguson (Liverpool)
John Bishop (Merseyside)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)

-Scotland-
Fiona McQueen (Ayrshire)
Frankie Boyle (Glasgow)
Ruth Davidson (Edinburgh)
Jackie Kay (Glasgow)
Kelly McDonald (Glasgow)

-Northern Ireland-
Jamie Dornan (County Down)
Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Derry)
Stephen Nolan (Belfast)
Jamie-Lee O'Donnell (Derry)

-Newcastle/North East England-
Russell Howard (Bristol – not from North East England!)
Sarah Millican (South Shields)
Vicky Pattison (Newcastle)
Jade Thirlwall (South Shields)
Sara Davies (County Durham)
Chris Ramsey (South Shields)

-South Wales-
Owain Wyn Evans (Carmarthenshire)
Lateysha Grace (Port Talbot)
Ian "H" Watkins (Rhondda Valley)
Sophie Evans (Rhondda Valley)

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