Are The English Speaking Welsh, the most sarcastic of the British? I enquire, ingenuously, as many broadcasters, excluding the erudite and urbane Mr. H of R4, who actually is Welsh, who assume the upward/downward/all about phonetic lilt of these foorlka.
In fact, I can recall an Irish woman, in my youth, who would dovetail a Welsh undulation into her speech when tryaaaan tow gett a vicious and excoriating point across. Knoww wharra meean? No, no that IS Welsh, not Liverpool.
I further substantiate my case, by directing your ear to the chorus of Welsh-type intonations across the R4/3/5 live board. They are all at it.
I think they are. The accent lends itself mellifluously to sarcasm and all things sardonic and people not to be taken tow seriousslee.
I am interested to know. It could be useful as an accent to develop in challenging circumstances. Outside Wales.
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