The Geordie accent from Newcastle was seen as the fourth most likely to commit a sex offence and the third most likely to be involved in criminal behaviour. In terms of overall criminality ...
friendliness and trustworthiness for the Newcastle accent than previous studies. The authors said theirs is the first research to identify links between listener perceptions of morality ...
Previous studies have found that the Newcastle accent rates highly for traits such as friendliness, but this study recorded less positive ratings for kindness, honesty, friendliness and ...