YOUR NEWS – Yorkshire is the Most Trustworthy Accent in the UK
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The UK is known for its rich array of regional accents and dialects. But does the way someone sounds have any correlation with our snap judgments towards them in the workplace and social settings ...in theatre?
After asking 2,221 people, including employers, to listen to the fifteen British accents and asking who they would trust and favour, OnBuy.com can reveal which area of the UK has the most trustworthy sounding accent. The favourite and most trustworthy sounding accent was the Yorkshire accent, earning 60% of the vote. The perhaps quintessentially ‘northern English’ accent is often perceived as one of the most pleasing to the ear. Participants often described the accent as intelligent and calming.
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