A Linguist Explains How Accents Change Our Perceptions Of Characters In Wuthering Heights

Cultural and linguistic expert Noel Wolf explains the nuances of accents.

Freelance Life Writer

There has been quite the to-do about the latest adaptation of Wuthering Heights by director Emerald Fennel but one thing I am not seeing as much discussion on is the accents delivered by Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.

Jacob has a somewhat questionable (though I liked it...) Yorkshire accent and Margot has a lovely-if-misplaced Received Pronunciation (RP) accent which is traditionally associated with English upper classes. Think ‘BBC accent’.

Now, research from language learning app Babbel which polled 2,000 adults and found that the sexiest accents did in fact include Yorkshire accents as well as Northern Irish which took the top spot, Welsh and Scouse........

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