nothern accents? :)

[Neesh5]

hi, im a beginner right now and to update my skills i would love to learn more accents
i can do an american and spanish accent, but i need to learn some british ones!

my question is what is a nothern accent? is it basically one
whole accent, or split into different cities?
and does anyone know a good way/tip to learn it? im thinkin of trying youtube first x

hope this makes sense!

p.s - i have an RP accent

[Neesh5]

btw is yorkshire a nothern accent? x

[pg]

Hi

This is a good resource:http://www.dialectsarchive.com/

Yorkshire is indeed Northern!

In my experience it tends to be those who live in the area or know people from an area that can tell the difference within regions. Otherwise most people recognise a much more generalised widely based regional accent (like "North East", "General Northern" "West Country"). I quite often see "Northern" as a request for accents on breakdowns but the variety of accents north of Birmingham (or any other arbitrary geographical line) is huge. ... and I have known CDs who regard Birmingham as "North"

[Neesh5]

thank you very much for that!