No accent is intrinsically smarter ... people outside of Wales are primarily familiar with accents from the south Wales valleys or Barry. Other Welsh accents are less widely recognised.

There is a lot of variation in Welsh accents, and people tend to relate more to certain regions, according to Dr Durham. "The main association of people outside of Wales is the south Wales valleys and ...

"I think the fact that I'm from north Wales as well and the north Wales accent is completely different to the south Wales accent. "I wouldn't have questioned it because I wasn't raised in south ...

Charlotte Berman, a 33-year-old business director from London, and a Faithful, is using a false Welsh accent whilst in the show because she believes it will make her seem more “trustworthy”.

locals can usually identify whether someone is from Newport or the South Wales Valleys if they have a strong accent from that area. Thanks to the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special, nearly 20 ...

Elen noted: “I think that fact that I’m from North Wales and the North Wales accent is different to the South Wales accent.” “I wouldn’t have questioned it because I wasn’t raised in S ...

More than 1,500 people were asked their views on accents and rated each on factors such as being relaxing or unrelaxing, easy or to difficult to follow and friendly or unfriendly. While Wales came ...

The Welsh government has also funded a new initiative to allow children and teenagers to choose between north and south Wales accents on the NHS for the first time. Previously, only Scottish or ...