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What your ACCENT says about you - including how rich you are

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Researchers played recordings of men with various British accents to people from all over the UK .

Participants rated the voices according to 10 social traits such as kindness, being friendly, honest and trustworthy.

They were also asked to rate how likely the voices were to have performed 10 different behaviours - including crimes, cheating, or driving dangerously.

Results will come as a relief for people from Cardiff, whose accents were ranked as the kindest and most friendly.

But people from Liverpool will be saddened to learn that the Scouse accent was ranked as most aggressive, and most likely to cheat on a romantic partner.

The Posh English accent (also known as SSBE ), was rated the least likely to be working class, the most highly educated, and the wealthiest.

Made in Chelsea stars like Jamie Laing will also be pleased to hear that the accent was rated as the most confident and intelligent.

VR Score

57

Informative language

47

Neutral language

67

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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