Sunday 16 January 2011

The perception of accents


Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, Rob Brydon, Sandy Toksvig and Alan Davies discuss how we perceive accents.


Amongst the accents discussed, it seems that unlike Geordies, Brummies are not considered to be trustworthy. This subject was discussed at length on the Jeremy Vine radio show last December.


This segment from QI was first broadcast on BBC2, 15th January 2011.

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