Welsh accent
Cardiff speech pattern
A Welsh accent is the distinctive way English sounds when spoken by people from Wales.
It features a melodic, rising-and-falling intonation often called "sing-song," along with rolled r's and vowel sounds influenced by the Welsh language.
The accent varies across regions—South Wales sounds different from North Wales—but the musical quality remains recognizable: I could tell she was from Cardiff the moment she opened her mouth.
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