In relation to it's size, does the UK have a large range of regional accents compared to other countries?

Question

In relation to it's size, does the UK have a large range of regional accents compared to other countries?

Answer 1

Don't know about the scots,welsh and

northern Irish but here in Yorkshire

a dialect or accent, as you put it,can

and dose change within a couple

of miles.So there are many.

Answer 2

yes, but we have been invaded more than most places, so we have left-over bits of all those accents to cope with.  That is not to say that other countries don't have diferent regional accents; there are loads in ireland and the US.  Probably all over but we don't realise as much because of the language barrier.

Answer 3

Dude, accents in the UK are different not just from region to region, but in different parts of the same county, or even from one part of a city/town to the other! In my town, there's a "common" part were people speak with strong Estuary accent, and there's a "posh" part where people speak a bit more posh.

Have you watched film "My Fair Lady"? It's an excellent perspective on accents in the UK.

Answer 4

yes too large for us and too many dialects and the slang words is horrendous . nice though innit !

Answer 5

Regional accents in the uk vary by about every 25 miles with the UK 200(ish) by 800 miles there are in excess of 40 regional dialects, accents.  

Answer 6

Yes

Answer 7

yeah only just fort bout that coz america u only really hear 2 types of accents (or 3 if u count black people)