hi, i was wondering if any guys (british, irish, scottish--anything BUT american) like an american accent. i was born and raised in new york, and i always hear friends talking about wanting guys wit british accents, so i want to see if its the same the other way around. hahha thanks :)
sharenope i'm british guy but there was once outside the club i spoke to this Canadian gal and it was like listening to an Angel speak she was so soft spoken and all.... but then my aunt told me that Canadians and Americans don't speak the same way
share but then my aunt told me that Canadians and Americans don't speak the same way
There is a difference but its not that big of one.
Holy cow. I LOVE all accents from the UK!!! I have trouble understanding the Cockney accent, tho. I love Jonathan Rhys Meyer who plays Joe because he has the HOTTEST accent!!! I'm an American from Utah(sort of mid-western) and I definitely don't think my accent is hot. I do like the Brooklyn accent, like Detective Flack on CSI:NY. Mucho hot.
There is a subtle difference between American accents and Canadian accents. What I've picked up is Canadians say "sore-ey", we say "sah-ry"; "about" and "out" have more of an "oo" sound, and that's all I can think of.
OH! One of the hottest accents is Scottish, like Oliver Wood in the first two Harry Potter movies. Holy cow, he was totally the best part of those movies. I'm still so pissed of they didn't put him in the third one.
Anyway, yup. I love accents.
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I think that it is incredible that certain British and Irish actors can fake an American accent so well. So far I think none compare to Colin Farrell. One minute he has this strong Irish accent, but can turn right around and do this perfect Mid-Western American accent. Same for the guy on House (whatever his name is). Unfortunately us Americans suck when it comes to impersonating British accents ie. Austin Powers and so on...
shareI think that it is incredible that certain British and Irish actors can fake an American accent so well. So far I think none compare to Colin Farrell.
Really? Next to Jonny Lee Miller I think Collin has the worst American Accent.
The only one I think does the best impression of the American accent is Hugh Laurie (who plays House). It is so hard to fake any type of British or Irish accents. Trust me I have tried and it isn't pretty. I have a (accentless) California accent, I don't know if its makes it more difficult, but I adore British accents.Not to mention Irish! ;)
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Funny. Unless they do it really, really well, I just can't stand to hear actors try to do an American accent (or an American doing a British one). Some actors keep trying over and over and they just can't (I'm talking to you, Michael Caine). And I was just blown away when they cast Jenna Malone and Donald Sutherland in Pride and Prejudice. They just can't hack it, and there are so many great actors who don't have to try that hard. I haven't heard Hugh Laurie do American on House, but I was recently watching A Bit of Fry & Laurie (from the late 80s, early 90s) in which he and Stephen Fry often did bad American accents. He must have been practicing a lot since then!
shareI'm American and I can always tell when someone is faking an American accent. I think it's mainly the way we say our words. And I don't mean accent, I mean like how we put the stress on the begining part of our words. I've noticed that with a lot of British actors, when they do an American accent, they will have our accent, but still put the stress on the second part of the word, like the British do.
Example: we would say RE-search as opposed to re-SEARCH. I hope I exaplained that well enough.
House really is amazing, but he's one of the few.
I find a lot of American accents annoying. I have an unaffected accent. The kind that most of the celebreties have. I'm from the east coast.
I like southern accents, excpet when they sound like trailer park accents. It's so annoying. And I hate the way people from Minnesota speak. Also, Alaskans, because I tihnk they sound like Canadians, another accent that I hate. I could never listen to Sarah Palin, because her accent made me want to punch something.
I do love Scottish and Irish accents as well as Australian. But with English it all depends on where the person is from. If they do that thing where they don't pronounce the last letter of the word (like "wha" instead of "what") then I hate it. If it's something like a London accent, then I love it.
You see, almost all the movies and tv shows that people around the world watch are American. The accents are are American. So people have become so accustomed to it they really don't even notice the American accent anymore. It's not foreign sounding after a while.
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I'm just watching Copycat and I've got another one I've always liked: Holly Hunter's accent. I take it that would go down as quite stereotypical southern?
shareHolly Hunter is from Georgia, and her accent is pretty distinctive. A lot of people from urban Georgia now sound like they could come from anywhere in the US. Most American's can't tell the difference between the various Southern accents either. Just listen to Kevin Costner try to do New Orleans in JFK. Ouch!
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I'm American so I guess my vote doesn't count, but I like many of our accents. I've grown up in the south, but I am told that most of the time I just have the general American accent--that is, until I spend some time with relatives and my speech gets flat and slower. The southern American accent is sometimes softer than ordinary American dialect, and from what I've heard from others, may be attractive to others.
Familiarity breeds contempt--and children - M.Twain
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Well,
I'm an English boy, born and raised in Windsor (South)
My accent is considered to be the queens English. I don't use any slang words or the like mainly because I cannot stand them.
My views on the American accent can differ. I've visited many parts of the United states, There were some accents which, (And I don't mean any offence at all) made the person sound a bit dumb or dim-witted, Mainly those from southern states like Texas, Alabama and Oklahoma etc. However, Accents from California and that area I find quite nice, New york'ers accents I think are great. I have to say though as a whole I do like the American accent.
I always wondered on this same topic. I think accents are attractive...I think all of them are so unique. I happen to live in South Carolina and I don't talk that Southern being raised partly in Arizona. So, basically I talk REALLY fast (like Californians) with a slight southern accent. It's weird.
shareA lot of the time I seem to read on various comment boxes and forums etc that a large amount of American men disliked the whle British accent as I guess they felt threatened by its power on the American females ?
I have to admit though it is strange how much an accent can change a persons attractivness to people from another part of the world though.
For example I have friends over in Las vegas who I visit often and who come to visit me. When we are out in bars and the like the attention I recieve out there is massive for the sole reason of me being English And vice versa, the guys when over here in England are swamped for being American.
So I suggest this. Countries should just swap and gender and we'll all be happy :P though the country size might be a problem, I can't see 200,000,000 American girls fitting in England really, and it would be a bit empty in the states with only 35,000,000 women :P
Lol, interesting plan.
Familiarity breeds contempt--and children - M.Twain
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Hmmm, Perhaps theres money in A dating site fitting that purpose! Those years at college and uni studying web design might not be wasted after all ;-D
shareWhen i traveled to Europe in 2001 and again in 2003, i found the accents i came across rather sexy. Mainly the Italian, Czech and Russian accents. Some of the guys asked me why i sounded a little different from the rest of the group in 2003 because i didn't sound like them, well i told them i'm from Indiana and they're all from Kentucky. It seems from those i've met abroad like the northern accent better than the southern twang. Others like the southern twang better than the midwestern Indiana one. Others don't like the American accents, as there are quite a lot of them, and by a lot i mean A WHOLE FREAKING BUTT LOAD of different accents. (i get made fun of for not sounding like i'm from PA and i've been living in Pennsylvania for 4 yrs now)!! Go figure!!
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I was raised in Toronto, Canada however my background is lebanese/turkish and I was born in Sierra Leone, my accent I have been told is very unique noone else in my family has it.
On a repeated basis I have been mistaken for having a strong new york(brooklyn), or boston accent from the way I speak. I have also been mistaken for british, aussie as well, I don't really know why.
This one time I was filling gas at the station and when the cashier asked me if I was from around here (I had lived in that region for over 15 years) I said what do you think, he responded you sound Austrailian so obviously my response was, "I'm visiting for the week" :) it's fun as well my looks can pass as several different ethnicities so I play around with people hehe.
Back on topic, an accent I really enjoy is from central Minnesota it sounds so very homie and kind :)
Another thing when I visited seattle this past summer I didn't really hear much of a difference in the way people speak, it was little stronger sounding and much louder emphasis on some words than in canada, and I was asked by a resident what I was doing on the west coast, she assumed I was from new york east coast.
well sorry for the ramblings who ever read it hopefully you'll get a laugh.
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Haha thanks dude :)
The people in seattle(west coast) actually sounded more like the people in toronto(east coast) although as I said they emphasize some of their words with more umph as if they are making sure you are hearing them. Vancouver was more of a calmed down tone very very relaxed and slow talking.
Like you said later in life I'm 23 now and when I retire or even before I would love to move to Vancouver city to live, it is such a beautiful city compared to toronto, and not everything is fast paced like it is here, it's a sensational place I'd love to visit their again when I get a chance.
I have a lazy west coast accent...I'm from a small town in the valley. Basically I sound a little drunk. Most kids from here sound the same. But the adults don't since they've been out to the real world. LOL
I don't like British accents since I sometimes have a hard time understanding what they are saying! I'm like "wtf??" whenever they speak. My favorite accent is an Italian-Brooklyn. Oh, and Californian. Besides that I don't like much...not even mine.
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I have the californian accent but for some reason I got a slight southern drawl on some of my vowels and my r's are a bit off and I can sound very black sometimes with my t's and th's. I think it's weird. I like it though, I wouldn't want any other voice, but I like that I found a fellow california-mix although I've been a native all my life, but I guess moving up and down the state... I have friend from the south who lost her accent after a while living in massachusetts but I think she sounds a lot like me, so you might sound a bit like me too!
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I am East Coast American woman and I am attracted to UN American accents on guys. British, Irish, Scottish..yummy!
shareThe normal "clean" accent that the majority of Americans have is called the Midwestern Diction not the California diction. I can tolerate most of the world's accents with the exception of two. I really can't stand a Brooklyn/Lomg Island accent. Many people have already discussed that some accents affect attractivness. In my case if a woman has this type of accent, I'm severly turned off. The second is a Scotish accent. A good example of this is Craig Ferguson and that guy who does those documentries on the Science and Discovery channel (not Bear Grylls).
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this is hilarious, the thread just immediately devolves into americans hating on themselves so brits don't even have to give them a chance people, this is what they do best
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tara reid american accent - yes!
'I got one on his forehead for sure, then I whaled on him'
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As a straight girl, the only female American accent I've found at all attractive was the girlfriend of the guy who died in the film "Shooter"
I'm anespeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericumbobulations...
never really heard an american accent that stops me in my tracks (although i could listen to eliza dushku all night long :o). the american accent doesnt do it for me, but i have met a few from the states who loved to hear me speak. when speaking to a few female friends over there i was told to keep talking, when i said, what about, the answer was, say anything but just keep talking!! even swearing was music to their ears (actually educated them on the correct pronounciation of a couple)
one thing i did notice was that i never had any trouble understanding any accent i encountered, but i had to repeat myself quite often as they had trouble with mine.
i remember in an old cheers episode they had on an english cleaner, who when she spoke had such a cut-glass accent you would think she was related to the queen - at least they dont do that anymore :o)
i spent a bit of time working in france and i've always had a thing for the female french accent. there's just something about that accent that hits the right spot. i think if i was told to take out the rubbish and clean the toilet with a toothbrush it would still sound sexy done in french!
a question; do the americans know how varied the english accent is? although we're a small country the number of accents and dialects is massive in comparison; scouse, geordie, yorks, lancs, manc, brummie, black country, east anglian, cockney, cornish, bristonian, etc etc. i would guess that most who say they love an english accent would consider the southern-based accents as the ones they mean.
Yes, we know how varied the English accent is, but definitely couldn't give you the names of the different types beyond maybe cockney. It makes sense that you guys have so many accents (more than us) - your country is much older, so people had time to settle in places and form their own unique accents. We honestly love all English accents (and Irish and Scottish ones as well) - not just the Southern-based ones. You all just sound so educated and sophisticated to us.
I don't blame you for not liking our accent :( I agree that it is usually ugly. I agree with you on the understanding accents thing too - as an American, I really have to focus when I hear British people speak, but I don't think British people have a hard time understanding us. Probably because we pronounce words very much how they are spelled (almost too clearly), whereas you guys sometimes seem to leave off the "r" sound and in general blend your words together a bit so sentences flow better.
I love how Welsh is just generally forgotten by most, while it's probably one of the ones most imitated by us Angles.
American accents arn't all that bad. I like the way they relfect alot of different cultures.
haha I thought of mentioning Welsh but didn't since I didn't know if it was major enough to say. Yeah, the time I met some Welsh people I thought they sounded exactly like they were English.
shareIt's funny because I spent a lot of time in France and most people there have a disastrous English and everyone kept telling me how they loved THE British accent better than THE American accent because Americans chewed their words and I was trying to make them understand that there are dozens of 'British' accents and more than a few 'American' accents and that they'd be hard pressed trying to understand a cockney or Scottish accent. It's like in French, there are many different regional accents that can leave the foreign French speaker perplexed but for some reason they think when you speak English you just have either THE American or THE British! lol... wait til they hear THE Aussie! lol
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I don't like the sound of American English at all. This is not so much about the various accents but about the way Americans use their voices and how the "r" is pronouced. It sounds throaty, artificial and annoying. Not always of course but British English is heaven to my ears compared to American English.
shareI'm english and always loved american women, espc. their accents.
Some of them sound so sexy.
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