While Southern Irish topped the table, closely followed by the Received Pronunciation ... unique vowel play, the appeal of the Glasgow brogue lies in its distinctiveness. The Highlands accent ...

He cautions that he hasn’t done a real computer analysis in which he would, say, measure the length and volume of vowel sounds, but his ear for North Carolina accents is still pretty good.

“Vowels carry a lot of accents. So what’s actually happened is her brain has sort of created a change in the way her vowels sound and we as listeners match that to something we’re familiar ...

I feel people think I play similar characters if they have northern accents. If I had an RP accent, I wonder whether they would? Chelsea was originally American but she now has your accent.