The Hereford accent is quite unique - bit of West Country farmer with Welsh and a bit of MidlandsBodyshot3 wrote:Like Woodhall a great deal who has also been consistently excellent on 5 Live ...the last outpost of pro boxing coverage on the BBC....and he calls a fight without pictures equally as well also. Strikes a nice balance between the technical stuff and history for the fan and helping the general sports watcher/listener understand what the hell is going on out there.
West Midlands accents still leave me flummoxed....was at Uni outside Coventry for four years....and there was absolutely everything on offer from Brummie, bits of rural Warwickshire, all sorts of Irish brogues, some Jamaican and the original Cov accent. Bewildering but also fascinating and unique.
The Shrewsbury (was passing through) accent was even more of a classic