Shuuutuup! – Essex accent voted least attractive
The Essex accent, made famous by the likes of Amy Childs and Mark Wright has been voted the least attractive in a new poll.
The survey, conducted by online casino RoxyPalace.com, asked 1000 people to name their favourite British Isles accent with the Essex twang coming last with just one per cent of the vote.
The Irish accent proved the most popular with more than a quarter (28 per cent) naming it as the most alluring. There was particular support amongst female voters with many giving celebrity examples such as the Script's Danny O'Donoghue and One Direction's Niall Horan as the reasons for their choice.
The West Country accent scored surprisingly well coming second with just under one fifth of the vote (19 per cent).
Geordies were voted as having the third best accent (17 per cent) with many citing popular celebrities such as Cheryl Cole and Ant and Dec as a justification of their decision.
Mancunian came fourth (11 per cent), followed closely by the Glaswegian (8 per cent), Scouse (6 per cent) and Yorkshire (5 per cent) accents.
The Welsh accent sported by celebrities including Sir Tom Jones and Gethin Jones scored surprisingly poorly, coming in eighth with just three per cent of the vote.
The famous Brummie accent, spoken by the likes of Frank Skinner and Ozzy Osbourne came second bottom with just two per cent of respondents ranking it as their favourite.
Roxy Palace said "We found that many people choose which accents the prefer based on who their favourite celebrities are."
"It's also no shock that the Irish accent came top, it's melodic, out of the ordinary and has something of the loveable rogue quality to it.
1. Irish - 28%
2. West Country – 19%
3. Geordie – 17%
4. Mancunian – 11%
5. Glaswegian – 8%
6. Scouse – 6%
7. Yorkshire – 5%
8. Welsh – 3%
9. Brummie – 2%
10. Essex – 1%
Source: Totally Essex / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net
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