British accents (a quick guide, with some exceptions)

[doktorb]

Missing some of the better known ones (Geordie, Black Country, Cumbrian) but you get the jist

http://m.wimp.com/accentslocation/

[angus]

Here are even more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dABo_DCIdpM

[doktorb]

Here are even more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dABo_DCIdpM

Never found his stuff that good for tbh

[afleitch]

British accents almost need an x y axis; region and class.

[angus]

Here are even more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dABo_DCIdpM

Never found his stuff that good for tbh

The American ones are certainly week.  I can't comment on how representative the English, Irish, etc., accents are.  Mostly I think he's just having fun.

[angus]

FYI, here is also a very detailed map of North American speech:  Click on the map for a larger version.  Click on places in the large version to hear samples.

[dead0man]

<Very minor Game of Thrones SPOILERS below>

Ok, in Game of Thrones this week Arya and the Hound are in a bar to get Needle back.  The fella that has Needle....what accent did he speak?  It was certainly different than most of the regulars on the show, but still one I recall hearing before.

[Supersonic]

My accent doesn't really fit any of those on the original link.

As a general rule I speak a form of Estuary English. Although many people at University, often those from the north think I have an Essex twang (i.e. TOWIE-esque).