Birmingham accent voted the worst in the UK

What a shocker

Perhaps even worse for the Brummies themselves is not the fact they placed bottom, but the knowledge that their near neighbours in Wolverhampton were ranked five places higher than them.

The ranking was carried out by Big 7 Travel and did some digging into what people like and don't like when it comes to an accent.

The poll found that the Essex accent is sexiest (really?) and the Northern Irish accent came second. Glasweigan came third (Again, really?), with the Queen's English in fourth (What?).

Honestly, if there's anything our readers in Birmingham can take as a compliment it's that this list is completely ludicrous but hey ho.

The list in full goes as follows:

1.Essex

2.Northern Irish

3.Glaswegian

4.Queen's English

5.Mancunian

6.Scouse

7.Geordie

8.South Welsh Valleys

9.Yorkshire

10.Cockney

11.Norfolk

12.Estuary English

13.Edinburgh

14.Cardiff

15.Lancashire

16.Somerset

17.Leeds

18.Multicultural London English

19.Highlands

20.Kentish

21.East Anglian

22.Surrey

23.Hebridean

24.Stoke-on-Trent

25.Northumberland

26.Middlesbrough

27.Bradford

28.Sunderland

29.Norwich

30.Crawley

31.Preston

32.Bolton

33.Manx

34.Nottingham

35.Cumbrian

36.Coventry

37.Devon

38.Durham

39.Hampshire

40.Leicester

41.Sheffield

42.Salford

43.Cheshire

44.Cornish

45.Bristolian

46.Wolverhampton

47.West Country

48.Hull City

49.Gloucestershire

50.Brummie

Where'd you come?

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