broad accent
Heavy regional speech
A broad accent is a strong regional or national accent, one that's immediately recognizable and differs markedly from standard or prestige speech patterns: He spoke with a broad Scottish accent.
The term suggests thickness or heaviness of accent rather than mild traces of regional origin.
- thickHaving great depth
- dialectRegional language variety
- regional dialectGeographically distinct speech variety
- regionalRelating to an area
- drawlUnhurried, elongated speech pattern
country twang · twang · pronunciation · brogue · lilt · vowels · dropped aitches · speech · native · native speaker · local · local color · countryside · rural · working class · working-class · slang · inflection
- dialectsregional dialect, local dialect, patois, vernaculars, vernacular
- Northern EnglandYorkshire, Lancashire, Newcastle, Northumberland, Lake District
- speech soundsvowel, diphthong, nasal, monophthong, vocal folds
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