Quote - On a more general level, each town/city has a distinct accent, most of which will be part of a wider area, so there are definite starting points for non Brits to work on.  For example, Sean Bean's natural accent is a Sheffield variant, same as mine.  They form part of the Yorkshire accents, which are a subset of Northern accents.  Quite a lot different from the folks down South.

Ah, sithee! Ah'm Leeds, missen. Though I lived on the Rotherham/Barnsley border for around 10 years before flitting.

The Barnsley accent took me some time to get used to.

Andy Staples
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