Poll: Most Attractive Accent

[theSchlub]

Kind of interesting that american is even listed. There are a number of accents, but strangely I don't think ONE of them is really considered "attractive". There's Southern accents (Howdy Y'all!), California/Valley Accent (what-EVERRRR!), New York Accent (Fuhgeddaboudit!), Bostonian (TF2 Scout)... and those are just the more famous ones. There's "yoopers", (upper peninsula of Michigan. Close to stereotypical Canadian), Ebonic (Every rap singer EVER), Arkansas (Bill Clinton had this). The only american accent that could even be considered remotely attractive would be an upper-class harvard/new england accent, but that's because its just british with flatter tones. Worse yet, the only noteworthy example of someone who USES that accent is none other than Stewie Griffin* from Family Guy.

As for my vote, it gets me going to hear a female voice with any eastern european accent, so russian would be my favorite.

*apparently the accent was taken from actor Rex Harrington.

 

[akwardwhistle]

I definitely find the Russian accent more appealing than anything else. Its one of the ones I can actually understand.

 

[Puzzles]

Most European countries, really.

EDIT: wait, but nowhere in the UK or Ireland.

 

[fragile_bandwidth]

European (and Australian!) accents are smexy. On second thought, any accent that isn't american is awesome.

 

[TheBarefootBandit]

For me women in general. Regardless of their accent.

 

[Valiance]

There is southern, western, deep south, traditional American (often accepted as Northern), New York, New English, New Jersey, Gangster, Gangsta, New Orleans (Creole), Long Island. I think there are even more subdivision in the central and western states, but not being from that area it's hard for me to tell.

Lol, well, NEED A DISPENSAH HEEAH doesn't quite turn me on.
lolBoston.

 

[Cabamacadaf]

I think English is the most attractive, but I think Scottish and Australian are the most awesome accents.

 

[lolmynamewastaken]

scottish everytime, when it actually sounds nice though...
also, welsh seems to have grown on me recently (if thats not a cry for help what is?)

 

[historybuff]

Where's Scottish!

 

[Chesterfield Snapdragon McFisticuffs]

I demand that this thread separate Australian and New Zealand accents. We are not the same!

 

[Therumancer]

Well I said American, even though we could be considered the baseline unaccented voice to which all others are compared.

... and yes for the record the language is now American, not English.

On a more serious note, I think it depends more on the person speaking than any accent in paticular. I've seen pretty much every accent on the list used both appealingly and annoyingly. A lot of it has to do with the intensity and how much genuine effort has been put into learning a language. No matter what the accent is, if you can't understand the person it's bad....

 

[DazZ.]

Any accent that is different to mine, makes the person more interesting and thus I'm more likely to attempt to get in them.

Works if you move around a lot as well, people find you more interesting as you are new and make a different kind of noise to everyone else. Curious buggers be humans.

I can say accents that I don't find attractive much easier, but I won't because I don't want to offend the Scots.

 

[DirgeNovak]

A German speaking French. That's fucking awesome.

 

[jojoemon]

Swedish. It just sounds great to me

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Women with Russian accents are the best IMO.

 

[cheese_wizington]

German of course.

HANZ, I HAVE COME TO FIX JE WASHING MACHINE!

 

[Danman1]

American is just a little too broad. A man from Louisiana, Texas, and New England sound nothing alike.

 

[Guitar Gamer]

German of course.

HANZ, I HAVE COME TO FIX JE WASHING MACHINE!

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah
German mixed with a smidgen of Britsh

 

[A Random Reader]

new zealand of course.

I demand that this thread separate Australian and New Zealand accents. We are not the same!

Ditto, we are not the same!

 

[TriGGeR_HaPPy]

To be perfectly honest, accents don't tend to bother me either way...
But for the sake of conversation:

For me?
In girls... Not a clue.

I voted the "Australian/New Zealand" accent, though.
But... with the girls, if they get that really strong Aussie accent, they tend to sound a bit like bogans.
(Coming from the fact that the only girls I've met with that really strong Aussie accent are bogans, to be perfectly honest. )
But when it's there, but not too strong... Geez, that's sexy.

Anyone who got a word I just said deserves a cookie.