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Do any non-Americans like American accents?
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| Tasty Onions |
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?
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| 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. |
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| Lews |
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 :o |
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| srussell0018 |
| God Lews won't ever shut up about his non-regional diction :o |
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| Happymess |
Vomitous, for the most part.
Nothing about any American accent appeals to me at all. |
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| Quazar |
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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| SYSTEM-J |
| 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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| Tasty Onions |
| quote: | 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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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | 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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| Happymess |
| quote: | 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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| The17sss |
| quote: | 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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| Quazar |
| quote: | 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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