Common accents
Bristol = Car thief
Somerset = thick
Liverpool = General nick anything thief
Glasgow = GBH
Birmingham = thick
(ruud316, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:04, 16 replies)

Very detailed
I nominate you to replace Kofi Anan
(GONEism, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:05, closed)

Birmingham+thick
you forgot lazy.
(ice9, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:08, closed)

Erm
You've misspelt Somerset.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:09, closed)

maybe he's from there
thus proving his point?
(brainwrong, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:10, closed)

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Thats how they say it, sommmmerset! I'll edit it to remove future mockery.
(ruud316, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:12, closed)

I think it's
Sommmer-seeeh
(ice9, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:14, closed)

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Well possibly but it's hard to type how an accent sounds.
(ruud316, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:17, closed)

yam yam
or yow yow brum?

you forgot

Norfolk = inbred

Essex = slut / thug

Cantabrigians = snob

geordie = hard
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:11, closed)

Oh dear
I'm from Brum and I have a real bad accent I will freely admit. The funny thing is no one ever says anything about it unless they have the guarneteed safety of the Internet or on TV. I suppose calling people thick from behind a keyboard just shows that their intelligence is actually on a higher level than most other humans....I mean look at Steven Hawking his accent sounds terrible so he must be thick as 2 short planks.
(amsterdam_neild, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:38, closed)

A Bimingham screwdriver
therefore you are tarred with the same brush im afraid!

we have a depot in West Bromwich and enjoy nothing more than taking the piddle out of the funny sounding yam yams
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:41, closed)

sorry
Same brush and all that I luv yow reali!
(ruud316, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:52, closed)

oy
remove that Glasgow line or I'll knock yer head off
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:56, closed)

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No
(ruud316, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:58, closed)

Research
There was once some research into perception of accents.

Somerset was perceived as simple slow lifestyle. bumpkins.
Birmingham - thick
Newcastle - hardcases
Liverpool - Witty and jokey
Cockney & Essex - Perceived as tossers
Yorkshire - Determined
Scottish - sexy.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 16:02, closed)

Yorkshire - determined
has me confused and thinking hard.
(Waspard has your wank bank account details, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 16:13, closed)

Liverpool=witty and jokey
spot on.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 2:09, closed)