IT all depends what you define as accent. - Edit 1
Before modification by Michael at 04/03/2010 10:01:14 PM
Makes perfect sense to ask a native. But as a west coast Scot, it amuses me greatly that there do not seem to be any Scots in Edinburgh. My sister works over there and shortly after arrival in the hospital she toils at, she had to announce "I am not going to apologise for having a Scottish accent in Edinburgh!".
No criticism intended. I can't help you because I sleep on my sister's couch when I'm through there and I don't think she's taking any other lodgers
No criticism intended. I can't help you because I sleep on my sister's couch when I'm through there and I don't think she's taking any other lodgers
that's crazy about your sister. Although, large number of very diverse cities are like that now, unfortunately (re: accents, that is).
But then again, here in Ohio, we have purportedly least accent on English possible out of all native speakers...go figure. I always find this amusing, as England is where the language originates, so technically the Queen's English would have the least accent, but we speak a dialect of the King's English?? Why is English such a mess I wonder.
Queen's English doesn't really have anything to do with the accent, and everything to do with grammar. Received pronunciation (RP) is what the BBC newreaders are taught and is supposed to be the clearest and most "classical" choice of infelction and pronunciation. I would imagine that everyone has an accent of some kind, though.