Do people in the English Midlands sound more like Northern or Southern English people?

[Tooting Carmen]

In your opinion.

[Creoda]

It depends on what part of the Midlands, as you would know.

[Tooting Carmen]

It depends on what part of the Midlands, as you would know.

Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Staffordshire sound more Northern-shifted. Northamptonshire and possibly Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire sound more Southern-shifted. The rest of the region is in between IMHO.

[Creoda]

Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Staffordshire sound more Northern-shifted. Northamptonshire and possibly Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire sound more Southern-shifted. The rest of the region is in between IMHO.

And Derbyshire.

What about the Black Country/Birmingham? I would say more Northern.

[Tooting Carmen]

And Derbyshire.

Not as much (except maybe Chesterfield, which is practically Yorkshire anyway).

What about the Black Country? I would say more Northern.

Intermediate - they say bath and grass with a short 'a' and bus and cup as 'oo', but the diphthongs sound more Cockney-like than Yorkshire/Lancashire-like. And the intonation isn't especially like either North or South.

[Oliver109]

Southern England, most Midlanders sound quite well spoken without the strong harsh sounds of the northern accents, especially those that are heard north of York and Warrington.

[Creoda]

Derbyshire


Black Country



Staffordshire


Leicestershire


Lincolnshire

[Creoda]

[Tooting Carmen]

Southern England, most Midlanders sound quite well spoken without the strong harsh sounds of the northern accents, especially those that are heard north of York and Warrington.

Depends where. I sincerely doubt that the average person from Walsall is better-spoken than the average person from Chester LOL.

[Avicenna]

Depends what part of midlands, but for us londoners, anything north of the M25 is countryside, although even Luton, Milton Keynes, St Alban's is still within the vicinity of London. Birmingham on the other hand ....