Regional Accents

Lots of different accents light my fire. Scots and Australian probably the most.

SG

I think this is true of most women, it ads a bit of mystique to the man. I think you'll find a lot of hansome foreign strangers in womens literature

Hands down ..Australian..... :evilgrin:
:hi:

I'm glad you mentioned this! I've noticed it from time to time and could never figure out exactly what I was hearing. I don't know if you're familiar with a political strategist named Donna Brazille, but when I first heard her speaking, I would have bet BIG bucks that she was from somewhere in the Northeast U.S., but then I found out she's from Louisiana!

I really like hearing accents from the Northeast U.S. As with so many things, my political orientation influences the accents that I like and dislike. When I hear someone from the Northeast, I assume that person is probably more open-minded as opposed to Southerners, who I assume to be less open-minded. Broad generalizations, I know - but most of the time, they're accurate.

For some of the same reasons, I also like accents from the Upper Midwest.

Guys from Chicago, like guys from the big cities of the Northeast, can sound kind of "tough", and I like that. :bigsmile:

I like Australian and British accents.....


BUT....


there is nothing more charming than an eloquent, articulate southern gentleman with a charm and twinkle in his voice...

Oh, and Jules, I agree with you about that "particular person" doing the 1-900 number thingie... I told her we could make a fortune if she would just do it... Wake up girl!!!!

Sing the song... MONEY, MONEY, MONEY....... MONEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY :D

Oh, southern has my vote. :)

I'd be calling the 900 # if that person that we know started it...can we say "sultry"?

What an interesting thread!

As an Arkansas native, I suppose mine tends toward a southern accent, but I have been told that mine is less so than most.

I find many different accents to be attractive, and some to be a bit humorous, and some downright abrasive; but often, it depends upon the speaker, and his own variation. For a total-immersion cinema experience, and also a darkly hilarious movie, check out "Fargo." Some truly excellent Minnesota work there.

Just as a personal observation, the worldwide accents I have heard seem to follow a trend - in general, the colder climates tend to produce harsher, more gutteral vocal trends, and warmer climates tend to produce lighter, more lyrical sounds. Any comments?

And my final note - the hillbilly accents, especially from the Ozarks and to some degree from the Appalachians, seem to get the most negative responses from people of other areas in this country. The interesting part is that these dialects appear to be the last remaining vestiges of the English language from the Shakespearean era. Creature=critter, victuals (food)=vittles, the list goes on... these pronunciations were common, proper, and accepted in London at the time.

Great British accent.


"The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" :+

One of my parents is from the coast of Maine and the other from Mississippi. We'd spend summers in one place and the school year at the other. I used to could switch between the two accents at will.

Now I have some kind of fucked up hybrid.

as to what I like - Russian girls speaking English get me hot :evilgrin:

That's a great accent you've got there. It actually reminds me of Ewan McGregors American-ised/Anglican-ised Scottish accent.

Hands down...southern for me.
Living in Nebraska most of my life has left me w/a very nuetral accent, so like Julian, most accents that sound different to me sound good (but southern really gets me hot)

I saw a show about the Appalachian dialect on PBS a few years back and how the speech patterns, and even some of their words, were, in fact, directly traceable to English usage at the time that people came to that area from England/Scotland/Ireland back in the 18th century. It was fascinating to see how they traced the folk language, poetry and music back to Britain and the Scots-Irish settlers. I guess because they are so remote that they just didn't have the influences of the city culture and have the changes over the years.

South Dakota rezzes are generally marked by a few universals in the accent.

Hello becomes hola. (Contraction of the Lakota "ho kola". Kola has come to mean friend, but it used to mean someone you would die for, a uniquely male relationship.)
Other contractions like init.
A tendency to accent the last syllable.

My favorite was a women I met once that was British, and lived in Atlanta for 20 years. She spoke high-class english with a southern twang.