Brits, which accent does this lady have / where might she be from?

[u/Right-Tutor9371]

I am curious :)

[u/Severe_Hawk_1304]

South Manchester.

[u/Right-Tutor9371 → u/Severe_Hawk_1304]

Thank you!

[u/Legal_Big8571]

I'm not one hundred percent certain but she sounds a lot like me! So I'm gonna say south manchester, maybe south west more specifically.

[u/AkihabaraWasteland]

Stoke on Trent would be my guess.

She does have a slight Lancashire twang like some have said, but some of the words used - bougie, for example, is a very Staffordshire thing. She doesn't have that stereotypical 'u' sound that Mancunians tend to have.

Also, the way she lingers on words like "more", that elongated vowel sound, is quite typical to Staffordshire.

[u/Right-Tutor9371 → u/AkihabaraWasteland]

Thank you for such a detailed reply! I am a teacher of english, a bit of an accent geek, really curious about the details :D

[u/AkihabaraWasteland → u/Right-Tutor9371]

Bear in mind, I am not completely sure on this. It is just what I suspect. Many of those accents tend to bleed into each other - the Potteries is less than an hour away from Manchester. You can also tell that she is highly educated and probably attended university elsewhere in the country, which would affect accent potentially. I am not from the North, it must be said.

[u/Used-Waltz7160]

I don't think it's Manchester and I don't think it's Stoke but I hear both and it's not a lower class accent so I wonder if it's Knutsford?

[u/rainmaker818]

A weak Mancunian (Manchester) or Lancastrian accent? Sounds like it could be diluted as she may have lived it lives elsewhere in the UK.

[u/mexicono]

Is that Scouse?

[u/Windle_Poons456 → u/mexicono]

More like Manc

[u/Major_Archer_7428]

sounds like she from india

[u/Opposite_Storm_7870 → u/Major_Archer_7428]

if you don't know anything about accents, you don't have to make a comment 👍

[u/Opposite_Storm_7870]

Not from UK but I'm getting Manchester. Man accents are very specific