Voices poll

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Voices poll

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Participants were asked to rank celebrities in order of how pleasant their voices sound.
Suave Scot Sean Connery swept the board, bowling people over with his dulcet Edinburgh tones. Throughout the UK, his voice was consistently voted the most pleasant in the BBC-commissioned poll.
Fellow Bond actor Pierce Brosnan - who was born in the Republic of Ireland, raised in England and has lived in the USA for over 20 years - was also high up the list. More popular, however, were newsreaders Moira Stewart and Trinidad-born Trevor McDonald. Sir Trevor's appealingly authoritative voice put him in second place overall.

Participants were asked to rank celebrities in order of how pleasant their voices sound

Respondents indicated a preference for accents relatively local to them: Scots said they loved Ewan McGregor's Perthshire accent, the English found Hugh Grant's voice attractive, people in Wales preferred listening to Welsh actor Richard Burton and newsreader Huw Edwards, while those in Northern Ireland found Terry Wogan's Limerick accent irresistible.
Northern Irish participants were the only group who found Ian Paisley's voice acceptable - his was voted 'least pleasant' by all other areas of the UK. In Northern Ireland, Janet Street-Porter's Estuary tongue was declared least attractive, and she fared little better among Scottish and Welsh voters.
It was a red card for David Beckham too, while Billy Connolly, Cilla Black and Paul O'Grady were also given the thumbs down

Aim- to find out how people fee4l about accents and languages across the British isles  Methodology-  in the online poll 5000 people took part in the aim. however the final sample showed 5010 that completed the survey the age of 15+. the ratio was a 49-51 ratio

findings and analysis- the survey showed that some people liked their accents but the majority wanted to change their accents especially for older people and in meetings. the Edinburgh accent turned out to be very popular for people to like, where as the cockney accent was not as popular.

Our respondents are a dissatisfied bunch: 59% of them wish at least occasionally that they had a different accent. This rises to a massive two thirds in Northern Ireland. The most wished-for accent is a Standard English accent, but 7% said they would rather have a Southern Irish accent (12% in Northern Ireland).

conclusions- over people have both positive and negative attitudes towards different accents. some people enjoy hearing their own and other accents, where as others don't like their accent and feel its hard to find jobs with it. although some people feel having their accent helps to get jobs.

Evaluation- the study is representative of the wider population because there is a wide sample size making the study reliable. however it is not valid as they are peoples opinions and could effevt what celebrities or kind of people they like