The Traditional Sussex Accent - Everything you need to know tutorial. Today we are looking at the traditional British accent called the Sussex accent. This is an accent which is rarely heard nowadays but was heard throughout the county a long time ago. If you are unaware - Sussex is a county in England. It's quite a rural county, which is reflected in the accent - similar to other rural accents and has a bit of West Country in there too. If you are interested in accents and British accents, then this is for you, as I analyse the traditional Sussex accents and work through how the vowels and consonant sounds are said. 

There is a key in the video as to how I explain the sounds - it's tricky working out how to annotate old accents sometimes! Plus, I give you some vocabulary that also featured in their dialect and, and give you a few facts about Sussex, like how it is divided and some important towns, this'll be especially useful if you don't know the area. 

Now, I have already done a video on the Kent accents so you could watch that as well to compare - link below. Kent is right next to Sussex, so my idea is to work through as many counties as possible, so Hampshire next I feel. By the way, and one final thing, Sussex is a very attractive place as it on the coast and close to London - a lot of rock stars have lived in Sussex you know. They probably like the solitude of Sussex, as Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones did in the 1960s. Plus, Brighton was a mecca for Mods in the 1960s - there were even fights on the beaches of the south coast between Mods and Rockers. In fact, as a Mod, I always say that Brighton is my soul town.