I would vote for the Texas accent and the British accent, which makes them sound so sophisticated.

I selected "Other"

Scottish and Irish

Re Scottish, if I had Sean Connery's voice I would be a very happy man  :)

I love the British accent.  :)

Ey, you forget danish, i speak with danish accent, and i crack up, everytime i sing along with a number

I voted other because my favorite accent is Irish.

New York (b/c I have it) and British

Tanya

Since, I say since ah ayem frohm Texas. That would be mah furst choice ::)
I chose Austrailian as well b/c I think it sounds cool 8) and also, thats where Nicole Kidman is from! ;D

  Okay, so this question is not meant to offend anybody, but I'm just curious. Why is it that so many American chicks make complete fools of themselves over guys with British accents? That always cracks me up. I wonder if they would react the same way if the guys were American. I've pointed this out to many of my British guy pals, and once I made them aware of it, they noticed it alot. They get little or no play in England, but once they hit the States, they're the "flavor of the week" as soon as they say a few words. I guess Adam Ant said it best...
  "She says she likes the accent, she thinks it's so polite. I think she's gonna like it more when we're alone tonight." Tee-hee ;)

scottish hands down here i spent a week in scotland last dec and going back this dec I love the scottish accent :)

British and New Yowk  ;)  I also love Irish and Scottish too.




Cat

British & Spanish

Question

Which particular "British" accent do people think they are voting for?

Posh like Hugh Grant?  Or one of the stronger regional ones like Daphne in Frasier?  Or what about some West Country (Pam Ayres anybody?)  Or Black Country (like Slade?)

Those who voted for Scottish and Irish shouldn't have voted other, because they're part of Britain too.

Question

Which particular "British" accent do people think they are voting for?

Posh like Hugh Grant?  Or one of the stronger regional ones like Daphne in Frasier?  Or what about some West Country (Pam Ayres anybody?)  Or Black Country (like Slade?)

I would say that I like all of the English accents...but that's because I don't recall what Pam Ayres or the guys from Slade sound like... ???

I would say that I like all of the English accents...but that's because I don't recall what Pam Ayres or the guys from Slade sound like... ???


Pam Ayres sounded 'loike a bit of a country bumpkin' (being from the West Country and all...), whilst Slade's Wolverhampton dialects were as class as they come...'y'awl roight there mate?!'

Or then again, you could have sumfink as common as muck like mine...!!

I'll go for 'other'...the Southern Irish brogue - sounds dead sexy (and it's not too bad on the women, either...!!), as opposed to the Ulster accent which has all the appeal of fingernails down a blackboard...!!

I like the working class British accents, especially the Liverpool area. I'm not too fond of the posh accents. I'm glad you pointed that out, Karen.

Tanya

Pam Ayres sounded 'loike a bit of a country bumpkin' (being from the West Country and all...), whilst Slade's Wolverhampton dialects were as class as they come...'y'awl roight there mate?!'

Or then again, you could have sumfink as common as muck like mine...!!

I'll go for 'other'...the Southern Irish brogue - sounds dead sexy (and it's not too bad on the women, either...!!), as opposed to the Ulster accent which has all the appeal of fingernails down a blackboard...!!


Thanks for the descriptions, Paul, but to really get a sense of what these accents sound like I need to hear them for myself.

BTW, I don't know if I've ever heard someone with a 'Southern Irish brogue'.  Do you know of any well-known individuals who have this accent?

Thanks for the descriptions, Paul, but to really get a sense of what these accents sound like I need to hear them for myself.

Of course...!

BTW, I don't know if I've ever heard someone with a 'Southern Irish brogue'.  Do you know of any well-known individuals who have this accent?


Well, you've got me there, Karen...there may well be a few actors/actresses blessed with it, but I'm not much of a 'filmie' so I couldn't say...

The best description I can give (and this is very bad)...try and imagine (very difficult) Bob Geldof in a very sedate mood...!!

I'm a lover of the Scottish accent from way  back ! One of my favourite bands as a kid, was the Bay City Rollers  :P :)

Question

Which particular "British" accent do people think they are voting for?

Posh like Hugh Grant?  Or one of the stronger regional ones like Daphne in Frasier?  Or what about some West Country (Pam Ayres anybody?)  Or Black Country (like Slade?)

Those who voted for Scottish and Irish shouldn't have voted other, because they're part of Britain too.


Well I voted Scottish and Irish, because as far as I am concerned there is no such thing as a British accent, I don't think it is possible to be that specific.  So I laughed when I saw that  :)

Though I have to say, I love Pam Ayres' accent.  Always makes me think of a female Benny Hill  ;D

I voted for Other....Italian :)

The best description I can give (and this is very bad)...try and imagine (very difficult) Bob Geldof in a very sedate mood...!!

That helps, as I do remember what Bob Geldof sounds like.  :)

I clicked OTHER, because they wasn't an Essex Girl one.

English... especially when the oh sounds are really exagerrated, like Vincent Price.

I voted Australian, and British.  :D

I like french ;)

British and French will do it for me.

I said other:  my boyfriend is from Bangladesh and he's got the sexiest accent ever.  Yes, it's even better than Sean Connery's!...maybe...

ohmigosh i am the only one to select Russian.. does nobody else think that is just such an uber sexy accent...?

I went for New York accent but I'm not 100% what it is - such ignorance.  ::)

The British brummie (Birmingham and surrounding towns) accent is probably the most unsexiest accent ever. Will turn impressionable young American ladies off British blokes for sure.

LMAO Noo Yoik huh...

Seriously the first time i went to Birmingham i thought they were joking.. i was looking at my dad with tears rolling down my face from laughing, i honestly thought they all played this joke, but alas it was there accent. No offense Bobby, i know rapid fire Leicester isn't exactly great, but in our previous discussion I have pointed out that i 'rose above' that  ::)

Aussie and German. Do you vaunt anusser von?

LMAO Noo Yoik huh...

Seriously the first time i went to Birmingham i thought they were joking.. i was looking at my dad with tears rolling down my face from laughing, i honestly thought they all played this joke, but alas it was there accent. No offense Bobby, i know rapid fire Leicester isn't exactly great, but in our previous discussion I have pointed out that i 'rose above' that  ::)


I might have gone for the wrong accent, Alchoholica.  ???

What our accent lacks in sexiness it makes up for in humour (I guess).  ::)

Yeah.. everyone get's a kick out of it  ::)

I always thought the Virginia accent the best of the southern accents.  Smoooooth like warm
cream.
:-*

Yeah.. everyone get's a kick out of it   ::)


It's imitated enough (in Britain). The amount of people that drawl 'ulroiyt ar ya?' at me is phenomenal. I suppose I'm too tolerant for my own good.  ;D

Yeah we have a special one here..

"yari May"

Have a guess what that is

Being the Anglophile that I am, I have to go with the British accent, and don't get me started on why, I could type all night!


Rio

Yeah we have a special one here..

"yari May"

Have a guess what that is


Hmm! Maybe the 'May' means 'me'? No idea what the first word means.

Yeah we have a special one here..

"yari May"

Have a guess what that is


Is it "Are you all right, mate?"

Is it "Are you all right, mate?"


Yup.. dunno why it took me 3 months to reply however.

I picked British, but equally favorite is Australian

I fancy British accents, and slang in general. :)

Romanian

Italian.  Boston is real cute.  My father was from Boston and could say things like, "I'll drive the cah to the mahket and buy some bananers (bananas).

Dude this topic is pretty old!!! 
No, I still think my boyfriend's got the best accent.  I've tried to get him to talk dirty to me in his native language but he won't do it  :-\\

I've always liked the British accent

I'm more of a Scottish lass myself

I'm more of a Scottish lass myself


Oh aye, ye like the scortish arcent then aye? I cannay help ya there lass, afer all ahhhhhhm not from the north like

::) Can You hear the pipes?

Oh aye, ye like the scortish arcent then aye? I cannay help ya there lass, afer all ahhhhhhm not from the north like

It's D!ck Van D-yke...!! Glad to have you here...!!

::) Can You hear the pipes?


Yes, shocking...must get that plumbing fixed...!!

Ah surry, I should reelly learn to control meself.

I think French is romantic

Je pense vous est correct! :)

I picked New York.  I used to have the NY accent but I lost it.  I wish I could get it back, but even if I try, I can't do it quite right.

Je pense vous est correct! :)


Non vous avez tort!  >:(

Can't stand it

Quelle dommage :-\\ Nous habitons dans une provence completement billingue

My last long term beau was French. Not my fav accent but you get used to it here.

British, Scottish, Irish, Australian, Alabamian and Georgian accents rock. Can't stand french accents they make me laugh x_x

Wow, there are a lot of fans of the British accent! it's okay, I suppose. All us British love the American accent, but of course, since as the Americans are used to hearing it, they don't think it's that great. it's the same for us British. I think they should have been more specific, ie: South London (Cockney), Liverpool (Scouser), North Eastern etc. I'm from the North East myself, so I don't sound very sophisticated! Infact, I sound dead common!  ;D

Wow, there are a lot of fans of the British accent! it's okay, I suppose. All us British love the American accent, but of course, since as the Americans are used to hearing it, they don't think it's that great. it's the same for us British. I think they should have been more specific, ie: South London (Cockney), Liverpool (Scouser), North Eastern etc. I'm from the North East myself, so I don't sound very sophisticated! Infact, I sound dead common!  ;D


I cannot tell the difference between British accents. 

I cannot tell the difference between British accents. 


You would if you lived over here. Okay, well. South London is sort of like 'Awroight, guv'nor? Dog and bone' things like that. North East goes a bit like this... 'why-aye like, ha'way the lads etc'. And then the central-London snobs are all like: 'Pip-pip, cheerio dear fellows what?'. You kind of get the jist. Liverpudlian accents are accents like Wayne Rooneys (If you've ever heard him before)

Liverpudlian accents are accents like Wayne Rooneys (If you've ever heard him before)


Ugh.. Hrnhgh.. Where Wayne Do?

Wayne Hungry.. Ugh!

Ugh.. Hrnhgh.. Where Wayne Do?

Wayne Hungry.. Ugh!


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Very good impression... he doesn't seem like an intelectual type does he?!

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Very good impression... he doesn't seem like an intelectual type does he?!


What you say at Wayne. Clever be Wayne, Wayne Mam Say Wayne Be Clever, Clever Wayne Ughhh

What you say at Wayne. Clever be Wayne, Wayne Mam Say Wayne Be Clever, Clever Wayne Ughhh


;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I went with British and Australian.  What about Asian and Italian?

British accents are cool, but only if the speaker doesn't have a high nasally voice.
I loooooove Irish accents though. There was a bartender who made me blush just by saying hello!

I loooooove Irish accents though. There was a bartender who made me blush just by saying hello!


Yeah, the Irish accent is pretty cool! My French teacher is Irish! How wierd is that?!  :D
Funny, I thought everyone's favourite accent would've been the North-East England accent?

I voted " other " because my favorite accent is whatever accent a person is using to compliment me at the time. :)

Irish is quite cool. Australian accents are also funny to listen to (well, for me as a New Zealander anyway)  :D

South African

british and Spanish yo!

British and French accents :)

British

Australian accents make me melt.

Australian accents make me melt.


Same here..

I hear those wingeing bloody Aussies and my brain just melts out of my ears  ;D

i love the british accent

German and French are my two favorites.

Irish is quite cool. Australian accents are also funny to listen to (well, for me as a New Zealander anyway)  :D


Good one RedShirt  ;D  Spoken well by the nation that regularly has sex between five and seven  :P  ;)

Irish is quite cool. Australian accents are also funny to listen to (well, for me as a New Zealander anyway) :D
I do appreciate the Irish accent, especially when it is the gift of the gab

Australian