Lots of Americans love the sound of British (especially RP) or Australian or other sorts of non-American accents, but I've never heard any non-Americans say that they find any of the various American accents sexy or interesting or anything like that. So, do any non-Americans have a "thing" for any of the U.S. accents, or are all of the speaking styles here more or less grating (or just boring) to you all?

The upstate New York accent is terrible. Then again, so is the Canadian one. In general, I don't find any regional American accent to be appealing at all.

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

I know an English chick who loves American accents. I don't know why.

I think it's also tricky, because there are so many different American accents. Most of which are terrible.

I'm personally a fan of my own accent

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

Vomitous, for the most part.
Nothing about any American accent appeals to me at all.

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I may be wrong here, but I believe our (American) accent is the most "neutral" of the English-speaking accents from a linguistic standpoint, so it very well may be the most boring. Perhaps Lira can shed some light on this?

I think there are groups in other countries that like the California surfer accent and the Texas cowboy accent, though.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk At least last time you Brits got pissed off, we got punk music out of it. This time, it'll probably just end up being embers breaks

Californian accents tend to sound very cool. I also love a good deep Southern drawl, a la Seasick Steve. There is no better accent with which to dispense worldly wisdom or tell stories around an open fire.

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Originally posted by Lews I think it's also tricky, because there are so many different American accents. Most of which are terrible.

Yeah, that's why I wrote "any of the various." I don't mean to specify just "U.S. TV newscaster English."

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Originally posted by Happymess Vomitous, for the most part. Nothing about any American accent appeals to me at all.

LOL seriously? I hope you're not from Ontario.

Also the Texas Cowboy accent is the worst of all, with the Mid-Western "don'tcha know" coming in a close second.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 LOL seriously? I hope you're not from Ontario. Also the Texas Cowboy accent is the worst of all, with the Mid-Western "don'tcha know" coming in a close second.

I'm from Morocco.

Southern/cowboy/valley girl talk is absolutely atrocious. It's just as bad as the Quebecer 'French' accent. Omg, earsore.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 The upstate New York accent is terrible. Then again, so is the Canadian one. In general, I don't find any regional American accent to be appealing at all.

Can we toss in Minnesota, South Carolina, and New Jersey too please?


I like Florida accents (if there technically is one) because for the most part, they sound generic. Ugh... I used to hate when I would be back up in the Northeast and people would say, "You have a southern accent!" just because I didn't have one of their horrendous accents. I'd just be like, "Uh, yeah spend a week with me in the Carolinas and then tell me my accent is "southern".

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Originally posted by srussell0018 LOL seriously? I hope you're not from Ontario. Also the Texas Cowboy accent is the worst of all, with the Mid-Western "don'tcha know" coming in a close second.

I'd say the worst is the NYC non-Manhattan accent (Queens, Brooklyn, etc.). Midwest is kind of annoying to me, too. Of course, I'm from Atlanta so those are pretty much the opposite of what I grew up around. I also hate the redneck hick accent. It drives me crazy when people think that's what a southern accent is, because it doesn't really sound like a normal southern accent at all.

California is pretty neutral, very little in the way of accents. It's around the same pace as a southern accent, but without the drawl. It's also the only place in the US where people constantly say "No Worries", I assume due to the closer proximity to Australia.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk At least last time you Brits got pissed off, we got punk music out of it. This time, it'll probably just end up being embers breaks