Aims:
The aim of this study was to find out how people feel about accents and languages across the British Isles.
Methodology:
5000 people took part in the online poll, participants in this poll were asked to rank celebrities in order of how pleasant their voices sounded to them
Findings and analysis:
The findings of this online poll were that respondents indicated a personal preference for accents that were relatively local to themselves. For example the Scots said that they preferred Ewan McGregors Perthshire accent, the English on the other hand found Hugh Grant's voice attractive and the Welsh preferred listening to the Welsh actor Richard Burton and the newsreader Huw Edwards. Finally those in the North of Ireland found Terry Wogan's Limerick accent simply irresistible. However the Northen Irish participants were the only group of people who actually found Ian Paisley's voice acceptable even though his voice was declared the 'least pleasant' by all other areas of the UK. In the North of Ireland again Janet Street-Porters Esturary Cockney tongue was voted the least attractive.
Conclusions:
A good review of the findings :) You should try and understand the method used for data collection and evaluate this.
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