What accents do you like?

[oegly41]

So I suddenly discovered that I would like to start a discussion about accents(accents used when speaking English). What accents do you like? Are there any accents that appeal to you more than others? Do you like the sound of a certain accent? Spill it all here!

 

 

 

Personally, I am quite fond of the standard POSH accent. It is usually associated with the bourgeoisie, but I still like the sound of it. Nice on the ear, and no matter what you say, you sound like you know a lot about it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alongside this topic: How do you feel about my accent?

 

 

 

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Here I am speaking English with my natural English speaking accent. I am trying to lean as much as I can towards POSH, but I hear a lot of stuff about it, like:

 

 

 

"Perfect British accent" - My English teacher(from Norway).

 

"POSH"/"Like an old English person" - A bloke from Leeds, UK.

 

"A bit heavy accent" - A bloke from somewhere in Florida, the US.

 

"Wicked" - A bloke from somewhere in Australia.

 

"Sounds like Stewie from Family Guy" - A bloke in my class(from Norway).

 

"A weird mix of POSH, Strine and Middle-Norway accent" - Me.

 

 

 

What do you think about this accent? I would like some constructive criticism.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I do feel that this thread contributes, and I searched, but could not find any thread similar to this. Sorry if there is one already.

 

 

 

* I am wearing a hat, not a towel. It might look like a towel, but it is a hat.

[jackattack]

I just like no accents. I'm from California. Theres not really an accent here. Southern accents are kinda hot on girls though.

[cadburys_egg]

Personally, im quite fond of Stephen Fry's accent. I suppose his is somewhat posh, or atleast is stereotyped as, anyway.

 

However, my accent is a weird cross between The Wurzels and Hugh Grant. Bloody England.

[oegly41]

An accent is tone of voice. Everybody has an accent. Even people from California. So with "no accent", I suppose you mean "Northern-state American accent".

[Zierro]

I have a Pennsylvanian accent, so I talk like a hillbilly. Indian accents are the funniest though. :)

[InkofDeath]

This brings up a question I've been wondering about, do Canadians have a different accent than the majority of Americans? Excluding words, and just accents.

 

 

 

Norwegian accents are pretty cool. =)

[evil_mumm_ra]

oh man, pretty much anything foreign, i'm quite particular towards scottish/norwegian though, those are funny.

 

 

 

for a female, i prefer aussie. a female aussie just makes me melt.

[Lenin64]

A Russian accent sounds the most...not cultured, but..what's the word? Just plain awesome I guess, but there's something I'm trying to think of...

[Boris5000]

Aussie Accents ftw... Being Aussie myself \

 

 

 

My accent is a faint Aussie Accent with a (west) Londoner Accent... Also involves countless swear words... :thumbsup:

[Powman3]

I would love to have British, Scottish, or Australian one (though that leans more towards the British).

 

 

 

I'm Californian so I'm one of the boring ones. :(

[issy2]

I can't stand posh English accents... except when Hugh Dennis does it <3:

 

 

 

I love the Welsh and French accents too, french music is nice.

 

 

 

This guy has the coolest accent ever!

 

[Range_This11]

I have the heavy mid-western accent. I say "Ohh yahh?" a lot and once in awhile the "Eh?"

 

 

 

I don't really care about the accent as long as the girl is good looking, although I do not really like a French accent. Please, get the bread dough out of your mouth and PRONUNCIATE the words. Thank you.

[Range_This11]

 

This guy has the coolest accent ever!

 

 

CAT EMPIRE!!!

[oegly41]

Norwegian accent, eh?

 

 

 

Since not everyone knows how standard Norwegian accent sounds like, I have made a little recording.

 

 

 

In this recording, I am speaking English with a Eastern Norway accent, which is the most common Norwegian accent. It does not come natural to me, so it might differ a little from the real accent, but should hopefully give a good image.

 

 

 

This video is also good:

 

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Accents I like are:

 

 

 

Welsh

 

French

 

Russian

 

Italian

 

Japanese

[Nom]

I recently watched The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (pretty meh movie) and I love Skinner's (the invisible man) accent. It's British but with a specific touch. Similar to Claude's from Heroes.

[arlom]

Russian Accent I find British accents to be pretty attractive, too.

[Faux]

Has to be Chinese. One of the funniest accents out there

[Zierro]

Has to be Chinese. One of the funniest accents out there

 

 

 

Haha, can't argue with that. I always have a smile on my face when I order Chinese. :)

[VjuliusT]

I think the Danish accent is my favorite, You can't understand a thing so you just smile and nod.

[Latinoking]

I love my hispanic accent, sounds like I wasn't born in the USA sometimes. It's kinda of hard when giving a presentation or talking about my essay to the class though. When I go fast, I sometimes lose people.

 

 

 

I guess, I keep reinforcing it by listening to Spanish Music and watching Spanish Television.

 

 

 

But accents which are funny are Jamaicans and Indians.

[Giordano]

Has to be Chinese. One of the funniest accents out there

 

 

 

Haha, can't argue with that. I always have a smile on my face when I order Chinese. :)

 

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[Evaluate]

Not sure what you'd classify it as, but I find John Rhys-Davies's (Gimli) accent pleasant to listen to.

[Errdoth]

British and Welsh are just awesome :P

 

 

 

I also like Russian and French in that with Russian, you could be saying the nicest thing in the world and it still comes out sounding brusque :D, and the opposite with French: you could be cursing your brains out and it'd sound like you're trying to seduce someone :lol:

[Princess Viola]

You all fail! The best accent is the Middle-Eastern accent, (even though my friend canineteeth has latino ancestry, his accent reminds of a terrorist) But, seriously, I would kill Lenin64 for a Stewie Griffin accent.