WE ARE not amused - by our accents, a survey has revealed.

The results show that 69 per cent of the Londoners questioned do not like the sound of their own voices.

It appears most of them would prefer to sound like the Queen and only one in 10 want a Cockney accent.

The poll was done by voice to content company SpinVox which questioned 2,181 people across the country.

SpinVox linguistic expert Tony Robinson said: "It seems London is being gripped by an epidemic of Accent Envy and Accent Self Loathing.

"After decades where dialect diversity has been celebrated, the majority of Brits now aspire to Received Pronunciation and to share the sound of their voice not only with The Queen but with celebs like Liz Hurley and Hugh Grant.

"Accents are intricately tied into our own sense of identity.

"It's interesting that those with distinct cultural or class identities are more satisfied with the way they speak and it's precisely those accents that the rest of us want to acquire."

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