[Livia]

Originally Posted by Simple Minds

I find people who have regional accents down to earth and approachable. That's how it is really in South Yorkshire. Accents to me is one piece of an identity and there's nowt better than being somewhere and instantly knowing where people are from when you speak to them. It helps build a rapport I feel.

I think that people are people, no matter where they come from or what accent they have. Some are good, some are bad... having a particular accent doesn't make you more or less of a person

Judging people on how they speak and assuming their accent says everything about them, whatever that accent is, seems a rather provincial viewpoint to me.