UK Accent Tour: How Vowels Vary

This video focuses on how vowels differ across UK accents.

Get a free pronunciation lesson in my course: https://improveyouraccent.co.uk/engli...

Watch my other UK accent tour videos:
Accent Tour 1 (R sounds, Glottal Stops & more):    • UK Accent Tour: How Vowels Vary  
Accent Tour 3 (Liverpool, Scotland & more):    • UK Accent Tour: Liverpool, Scotland, ...  

Watch it here:    • UK Accent Tour: R sounds, Glottal Sto...  

00:00 - Intro
02:10 - BATH
05:23 - FOOT + STRUT
9:19 - GOAT
13:26 - FACE
16:35 - HAPPY
19:37 - Conclusion

Disclaimers
The disclaimers were too long to put here - see the pinned comment underneath the video.

Thanks
Many thanks to friends, family and UCL SCEP teachers who gave valuable feedback on the video before its release.

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Songs in the video
1. BATH: "Our Time" by Lily Allen
2. FOOT + STRUT: "One Day Like This" by Elbow
3. GOAT: "Life on Mars" by David Bowie
4. FACE: "I’m on My Way" by The Proclaimers
5. HAPPY: "Disco 2000" by Pulp
6. Ending: "God Save the Queen" by the Sex Pistols

Maps
BATH: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/c...
FOOT-STRUT: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fo...

Speakers
There are 75 different speakers. The listed origin is the place (or nearest biggest place/county) they were born in or grew up in.

Intro
Vernon Kay (Greater Manchester)
Mhairi Black (Paisley)

BATH
Tim Farron (Preston)
Nicola Sturgeon (North Ayrshire)
Mark Drakeford (Carmarthenshire)
Eamonn Holmes (Belfast)
Keir Starmer (London)
Sadiq Khan (London)
Emma Watson (Oxford)
Gemma Chan (London)
Idris Elba (London)
Jude Law (London)
KSI (London)
Joe Wicks (Surrey)
Holly Willoughby (Brighton)
Joe Sugg (Wiltshire)

FOOT + STRUT
Daniel Radcliff (London)
Joanna Page (Swansea)
James Nesbitt (County Antrim)
David Tennant (Paisley)
Louis Tomlinson (Doncaster)
Jordan Henderson (Tyne and Wear)
Baroness Warsi (West Yorkshire)
Jodie Whittaker (West Yorkshire)
Lindsey Hoyle (Lancashire)
James Carragher (Merseyside)
Gary Neville (Greater Manchester)
Vicky McClure (Nottingham)
Beverley Knight (West Midlands)

GOAT
Nish Kumar (London)
Susan Calman (Glasgow)
Jayde Adams (Bristol)
Janet Street-Porter (London)
Konnie Huq (London)
Russell Brand (Essex)
Claire Sweeney (Liverpool)
Danny Boyle (Greater Manchester)
Mel B (Leeds)
Lee Riley (Hull)
Lauren Laverne (Tyne and Wear)
Graeme McDowell (County Antrim)
Ashley Jensen (Dumfries)
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow)
Bonnie Tyler (Port Talbot)
Gareth Thomas (Bridgend)

FACE
Alan Sugar (London)
Paolo Nutini (Paisley)
Anne-Marie (Essex)
Alison Hammond (Birmingham)
Johnny Vegas (Lancashire)
Amir Kahn (Greater Manchester)
Zayn Malik (Bradford)
Sam Fender (Tyne and Wear)
Rory McIlory (County Down)
Kelly Macdonald (Glasgow)
Shirley Griffiths (Caerphilly)
Nigel Owens (Carmarthenshire)
James Corden (London)
Janey Godley (Glasgow)

HAPPY
Tayce Szura-Radix (Newport)
Callum Scott Howells (Pontypridd)
Alesha Dixon (Hertfordshire)
Ella Mai (London)
Richard Ayoade (London)
Patsy Palmer (London)
Gemma Collins (Essex)
Alex Turner (Sheffield)
Dynamo (Bradford)
Maxine Peake (Greater Manchester)
Christine Lampard (County Down)
Nadine Coyle (Derry)
Kevin Bridges (West Dunbartonshire)
Lewis Capaldi (West Lothian)
Joanne Anderson (Liverpool)
Sarah Millican (Tyne and Wear)