Accents Table

This table sorts readers by LOCATION. Please note that location does not always represent the reader's actual accent.

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UK

Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
Lucy_k_p (Lucy Perry)	England > Bath	Neutral English accent	Born in the Black Country, I currently live in Bath but have never managed to pick up much of the accent of either. Those from the Black Country think I 'talk posh,' those in Bath think I 'sound common.' I speak quickly, but am told I have good enunciation. I generally try to do character voices.	Sample
Quinkish (Rachel Lintern)	England > Bristol	Soft West Country accent
elaineandsparky (Elaine Webb)	England > Bristol	South West England accent	I do character voices and I have lived in Bristol all my life.
Stuart (Stuart Bell)	England > Cambridge	Neutral English accent
Jhiu	England > Durham	South Yorkshire overlaid with RP	Precise, light voice but with some range; can read Latin and related languages
RuthieG (Ruth Golding)	England > Kent	RP/BBC English (no regional accent)	Mature voice, clear diction, character voices	Sample
Boojumuk (Kevin Green)	England > Lancashire	General northern England, but can manage a few regional accents on request!	I usually try to put a few different accents into my readings to differentiate between characters.
David Richardson	England > Lancashire/London UK	English RP	Mellow/Rich. 'Scouse' on Saturday nights.	Sample
earthcalling (David Barnes)	England > London	BBC English (no regional accent)	Reading style: slow and deliberate	Sample
Nicholas19 (Nicholas James Bridgewater)	England > London	Mid-Atlantic English accent, General American/Upstate New York
Peter Why (Peter Yearsley)	England > London	South-east England, with some London colouring
ravells (Ravi Shankar)	England > London	RP with some light Malaysian Indian notes	I do character accents. My natural voice is rather nasal.
russiandoll (Philippa)	England > London	RP, basically	Occasional Essex colouring; some character voices/accents	Sample
CliveCatterall	England > Hereford	South-East England. More specifically Guildford. More specifically still about 2/3 of the way up the High Street in the pub behind the Holy Trinity Church
gemlad	England > Oxford	Northern England (Yorkshire)	I've been living in Oxford for >10 years so my accent is not as broad as some.
carolb (Carol Box)	England > Surrey (South East)	RP	A film director friend described my voice as light husky, bright yet mellow, compassionate and passionate, flowing...but I think he had an ear infection at the time! My first solo, a book of fairy tales, involved a cast of many character voices.
Mango (Joe Pilsbury)	England > West Midlands		Can do a BBC Non-accent, Welsh, Gen Am, Scottish and Polish accents as well.
CarlManchester	England > Northern	British, slightly northern English, slightly Welsh	Occasionally reads in French	Sample
MichaelMaggs	England > South	Generic Southern English	Can do more accented Somerset
Cori (Cori Samuel)	England > South East	RP (via an Estuary.)	Warm, clear and friendly voice	Sample
Justin Brett	England > South East	Conservative RP	(Can also do Latin, lousy at accents...)	Sample
Mike001 (Michael Dalling)	England > South East	South-East English accent (RP)
paradise.camouflage (Andy)	Scotland (Argyll & Bute)	Scottish with slight Irish influences - rural: no whine/wine merger, no glottalisation	Alters accent & vocal range for each character's dialogue - can do baritone to alto, & regional accents of Britain, North America and Europe.
catrose (Charlotte Duckett)	North Wales	Fairly Welsh.	Not incredibly Welsh , but Welsh enough!
Secrets (Sally Ann Cook)	South Wales	Welsh tonality & resonance (Richard Burton's Dialect)
MorganScorpion (Julia Morgan)	UK	English RP	Also reads Latin, French, a little Classical Greek and Mandarin (Pinyin only so far)

Canada

Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
smijen (Sarah Jennings)	BC > Vancouver area	Ontarian
seanmhogan	Newfoundland & Labrador > St. John's	Fairly neutral Canadian (not much 'eh' :-))	Surprisingly bad NL accent!
Starlite (Esther)	Ontario > North of Toronto	Canadian éh
Tricia G	Ontario > Toronto area	Minnesotan turning to Ontarian
jpercival (Jessie Percival)	Ontario > West of Toronto	Neutral Canadian
Paks6 (Natalie Paula)	Prince Edward Island	Maritime, Canadian
hugh (Hugh McGuire)	Qc > Montreal
Jc (Jc Guan)	Qc > Montreal	EN: Canadian FR: Québécois	Also reads in Spanish, Mandarin, and German (French accent).

US

Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
Steampunk (Jim Christopher)	AZ	Gen Am	Generally non-accented. Quite dull, actually. Probably shouldn't be allowed within 50 yards of a live mic. Not recommended listening for those operating farm equipment or other heavy machinery.
bublsort (E. Tavano)	CA > LA	mild Northeast US
David Wales	CA>LA	General American	Oh my. Welsh genes for speaking voice (the singing ones skipped me entirely). Grew up on the West Coast and the South; have lived in Southern California for 40 years. The Southern influence produces a bit broader vowels. Have had some public speaking training. Can do some voice inflection but not really character voices.
prwells32 (Patrick Wells)	CA > Norcal	American, Non-specific		US
Kayray (Kara Shallenberg)	CA > SD
DeRamos (Ryan DeRamos)	CA	Late 20th Century, suburban Southern Californian (if such a designation exists)	Recording voice varies by character and content (results may vary).
BellonaTimes	FL
Margaret (Margaret Espaillat)	FL > Orlando	Southern CA	I speak Spanish, to me I sound Mexican, to Mexicans I probably sound American.	English sample Spanish sample
bobgon55 (Bob González)	FL > TPA	Standard American, "Mid-Atlantic" (blend of Standard US and RP); in Spanish, South American & Castilian.	Born/raised in Tampa. Lived in Florida, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Wisconsin. University trained in stage speech, have done numerous accents, tend to idiosyncratically pronounce certain words. "Mid-Atlantic" learned in graduate training, once thought standard for performing classics in US. Not sure if it is standard anymore.	Standard American Mid-Atlantic Spanish
MaryAnnSpiegel	IL	Gen Am	From Western IL, the regional home of Gen Am. Limited to my native accent. Passable German pronunciations.
Anfinwen	IN	American, Midwest	I have family in Minnesota and Kentucky, but I was born and raised in Indiana so my accent is pretty neutral. When I visit family in another state or am around people with an accent I start to mimic them unintentionally. I'm able to do other accents as long as I can find a recording to listen to and mimic.
echobase77 (Anna Roberts)	IN	Clear Midwest accent ("no accent"?)	I speak some Spanish and can generally figure out Latin and Greek pronunciations.
msfry (Michele Fry)	LA, Southeast US	General American, no particular accent.	Raised in the South by a Yankee father and Parisian French mother, then married into a Cajun family, I can do some French pronounciation, feign a southern drawl, redneck, & Cajun.
karlkuzmich (Mark Chulsky)	MA	EN > Russian; RU > Moscow
CliffClaven	MA > Boston	General American, Boston
alg1001 Amy Gramour	ME > Northern	Mainly a South of Boston Massachusetts accent with a Northern Maine influence (twenty years in both).
GayleCato	MI	(May not be a typical MI accent ... )
DebraLynn	MI > LP	(no accent)
thistlechick (Betsie Bush)	MI > UP	Northern Midwest US	Occasional "Whistling S" =)
PersiaRose (Clara Snyder)	Midwest	Midwest accent (no accent)	Can stumble through German pronunciation.
Tulip27 (Michael Wolf)	MN	English: British RP, north Midlands, GenAm German: Northwestern (Northrhine-Westphalia) Dutch: Hollandic (Rotterdam)	Accent varies based on genre, text, setting, etc. Though now located in the US, I'm more confident with British varieties. I also speak German and Dutch and my French pronunciation is good enough to contribute short pieces in French	US UK GE FR
k-rin (Karen Keeney)	MS	Slight Southern, no drawl
chocoholic (Laurie Anne Walden)	NC	Southern American (Carolinas)
Great Plains	NH	GenAm	Mild Oregon and Louisiana inflections.
tovarisch	NH	When speaking Russian, Moscow (native); when speaking English, UK/RP (most comfortable), Russian	Can fake some other accents when speaking English or Russian, which to a casual listener will likely be sufficient. Can read French, Italian, and even German (but probably will sound awful to a native speaker)
Rick Rodstrom	NY > NYC	NY accent
commonsparrow3 (Maria Kasper)	NY > Rochester (born and lived here all my life)	Flat Rat-chester accent, including the telltale Rochester vowel shift and very American R's.	Other: Can make a stab at pronouncing occasional brief bits of French. Hopeless at accents or character voices.	Sample
SmokestackJones (Glen Hallstrom)	Oklahhoma City	None
Lynnet (Lynne Thompson)	OR > Portland	Southern British English but with moments of Portland	Born: south London, England. Grew up: Kent, southern England. Also spent time in Coventry, England and Cwmbran, south Wales.
RossKlatte (Ross Klatte)	SC	General American	Father Chicago, Mother Wisconsin, lived in Carolina for many decades; Okay with names in most European languages, Japanese, and Chinese (if correctly romanized, either PY or WG--tones optional)
Kangaroo692	Southeast US	General American	Speaks English and some Spanish.	English sample
SilverG (Greg Bowman)	TN	US Neutral		Sample
Jenny (Jenny Lundak)	TX	Gen Am	Grew up in Midwest (IL/OH), lived in CA, currently in TX. Like to play on variations of southern drawls.
JimTheActor (Jim Allman)	TX	Gen Am	No wine-whine merger
Bill Mosley	TX > Central TX		Raised in a suburb of Houston, studied Spanish and Greek, can translate southern drawl.
gypsygirl (Karen Savage)	TX > Central TX	British RP and GenAm; in Spanish, Mexican, Argentinian	Native accent in English is British, but have been living in US since teens. Spanish accent is Mexican, but can also still do Argentinian.	UK US Spanish
AmateurOzmologist (Miriam Esther Goldman)	TX > Houston		Sort of pan-american WWII era accent. Speaks Hebrew passably well, but in a painfully American accent.
Esky (Stephen Escalera)	VA
tazzle (Shontae Elliott)	WA	Mostly Great Lakes Vowel Shift, very flat	Can do a very poor attempt at a generalized English accent :lol:. Born Ohio, lived PA, Scotland, and now Washington state	Sample
lharri (Laura Harrington)	Northeastern USA
Samanem (Dennis Smith)	USA > Southeast	Gen Am	Bass/Baritone

Australia & NZ

Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
mockfrog (Matthew Ward)	Australia > NSW > Newcastle	Cultured or more working class Australian accents	can do various English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Russian, Spanish, German, French & Various American & Canadian
SonOfTheExiles (Son of the Exiles)	Australia > NSW > Sydney's Western Suburbs	Australian	Most of the Australian-accented voice parts I contrive to do in the Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson Bush poems and stories are based on older relatives in the back-blocks rural areas of New South Wales and Victoria, or in some cases their neighbours.	Sample
barbara2	Australia > Qld	Urban Australian, not broad.	I feel comfortable reading short passages of French, German and Italian in the standard accents of those languages or short passages of Latin in an Italian accent.	Sample
glennobrien (Glenn O'Brien)	Australia > Tasmania	Australian		English Spanish Danish Esperanto
Elizabby (Beth Thomas)	Australia > Victoria > Melbourne	Australian	I can do the full range from educated East Coast Australian to broad Aussie, Aussie, Aussie (Oi, Oi, Oi!) I'm also working on my RP British English accent, but I don't think I'm quite there yet. I can read French and Greek (both very slowly and not very fluently.) Useless Trivia: I can also sing in Vietnamese but I can't speak or read it very well.	Sample
Aspergine		Australian	Can range from Sydney eastern-suburbs-tertiary-educated to colourful larrikin inflected.

Other Countries

Europe

Country	Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
Austria	aravis (Elli)		In English: definitely German In German: no regional accent
Austria	J_N (Julia Niedermaier)		English: British with an Austrian-German accent; German: no dialect, but German native speakers would probably recognize me as Austrian;	born and raised in Vienna (AT); studied for a year in Newcastle (UK); I might at some point try my hand at French or Japanese - be afraid, be very afraid	English German
Belgium	Julila (Julie VW)	Ghent	Dutch (Standaard Nederlands met Vlaamse tongval); British English (RP with slight Flemish accent)	also reads in French, and a bit of German
Denmark	neckertb	Copenhagen	in English: a mixture of French, German and Danish; in French: no regional accent; in German: I believe a mixture between Danish and french; in Danish: German or French depending on whom I ask	very good at taking an extreme French accent in English
France	Lady Maria	Paris	French accent
Germany	Janie No. 5 (Stephanie König)	Bodensee	Swabian (slightly?)
Germany	Carolin	Bremen	German: Hanseatic; Dutch: Groningen	Time spent in Buffalo, NY is probably still audible. Also manages with Classical Latin.
Germany	bropops4 (malone)	Leipzig	Midwest (Kansas), USA	a tolerably good reader of French (check Listeners wanted, Apollinaire, Alcools), a very good reader of Latin, prose and poetry (I'm sorry, but I am. See, or rather hear, the catalog) A pretty good reader of ancient Greek and German. I can stumble through Spanish and Italian
Germany	smike		High German		Sample
Hungary	dii (Diana Majlinger)	Budapest	Hungarian: standard, no regional accent; English: mixed between British and American; Italian: standard, no regional accent	also speaks Russian, French and Spanish
Italy	daniele		Italian Accent		Sample
Italy	mgt (Maria Grazia Tundo)	Bari			English Italian
Italy	Riccardo (Riccardo Fasol)		Italian: No accent English: Italian accent
Italy	sirjoh (Sergio)	Rome	In Italian: very faint Tuscan accent In English: slight Italian accent; RP as model In French: very slight, undefinable accent; In German: Italian accent.	precise diction and light tenor voice
The Netherlands	anna (Ans Wink)	Maastricht	Heers/Maastrichts
The Netherlands	lezer (Anna Simon)	Gelderland	in English: Dutch; in Nederlands: ABN, met soms een hint Brabants
The Netherlands	bart (Bart de Leeuw)	Utrecht	in English: Dutch; in Nederlands: ABN, met een beetje een zachte g. Mijn r ligt achter in mijn mond en kan ik niet laten rollen
Norway	Kristingj (Kristingj)	Oslo	English accent is closer to neutral British, but tend to sometime mix American and British. Norwegian: Somewhat neutral, but still a hint of accent from Eastfold / Ostfold
Spain	tux753 (Tux)	Madrid	Spanish (of Madrid) not too strong
Sweden	rowland (Lars Rolander)	Linkoping	in English: Fairly neutral, like to play with voices though: in German: Maybe a bit influenced by Hessen, but fairly neutral: in Swedish: No particular accent, but can do several dialects

Asia

Country	Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
India	neerajanagarajan (Neeru Iyer)	Chennai, South India	South-Indian Brahmin accent, I think (if such a thing exists)	Can do a little bit of German tolerably
Philippines	JohanLiebert (April Gonzales)	Cavite	English: British with little American accent on some long readings Tagalog: Caviteñong Tagalog Bisaya: general Bisaya	OTHER INFO: I lived in the Southern Tagalog area for most of my life so, my Bisaya is a bit accented with Tagalog	English Tagalog Bisaya
Philippines	yannaaragon (Maria Angela R Aragon)	Metro Manila region	American neutral accent		English
South Korea	jessieyun0404 (Jessie Yun)	Seoul	American, British, and Korean(Hangul)
Taiwan	Semantic Nuance

South America

Country	Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
Brazil	AnaESL		In Portuguese: Paulistana (São Paulo capital)
Brazil	Leni		In Portuguese: "carioca" (Rio de Janeiro)