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Accents

Which Accent Sounds Better

  • English-Upper Class

    Votes: 8 17.0%
  • English-****ney

    Votes: 2 4.3%
  • Australian

    Votes: 10 21.3%
  • Irish

    Votes: 12 25.5%
  • American

    Votes: 5 10.6%
  • New Zealand

    Votes: 1 2.1%
  • South Africa

    Votes: 1 2.1%
  • Scottish

    Votes: 8 17.0%

  • Total voters
    47

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as some yankee-centric person put one up on american accents, i've decided to do an international one, so which accent sounds better, cant choose your own country.
 
as some yankee-centric person put one up on american accents, i've decided to do an international one, so which accent sounds better, cant choose your own country.

Nice idea, but the two choices - English Upper Class and English Cockney - are both unrepresentative of speech patterns in the UK. Like what sort of English upper class accent are you referring to (there are many variations)? And very few people speak cockney. The educated middle classes generally use a form of RP, and most people use regional accents, depending on the county.

So could I suggest the term Received Pronunciation to replace English Upper Class, and English Regional to replace English Cockney (perhaps a mod can change it for you)?

My choice would be Received Pronunciation, with Scottish a close second. ;)
 
Leo? - Just a little pedantic there.....most people (including myself) haven't a bloody clue what that means...

Me? I'd go with Scottish. Edinburgh rather than Glasgow. It's a softer brogue.

I'd love to put in the accent that I find most appealing in the opposite sex, but the poll forbids me from doing so.

(Psssst, it's Donegal)

And where is the Latin accents?
Brazillian, Argentinian, etc.
 
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Leo? - Just a little pedantic there.....most people (including myself) haven't a bloody clue what that means...

Me? I'd go with Scottish. Edinburgh rather than Glasgow. It's a softer brogue.

I'd love to put in the accent that I find most appealing in the opposite sex, but the poll forbids me from doing so.

(Psssst, it's Donegal)

And where is the Latin accents?
Brazillian, Argentinian, etc.

Alvin, I find it hard to believe that you (or anyone else) have not heard of Received Pronunciation (sometimes known as BBC English) which is the most common accent for the educated English. I am not being pedantic at all, I am trying to be helpful. Most British speech patterns do not fall into the category of British Upper Class - whatever that means - or Cockney - a relatively few people were born within the sound of the Bow Bells. Like can you define an upper class British accent? Is it the way the Queen speaks, or is it Oxbridge, or one of a hundred variations in between? But most people are familiar with what is known as 'BBC English', and most English people who do not use it, use a regional accent.
 
i only wanted to put in british colonies and ex-colonies

I agree with that. It makes sense to include the lands where English is the native tongue, and there are a limit of 10 choices. :)
 
Alvin, I find it hard to believe that you (or anyone else) have not heard of Received Pronunciation (sometimes known as BBC English) which is the most common accent for the educated English. I am not being pedantic at all, I am trying to be helpful. Most British speech patterns do not fall into the category of British Upper Class - whatever that means - or Cockney - a relatively few people were born within the sound of the Bow Bells. Like can you define an upper class British accent? Is it the way the Queen speaks, or is it Oxbridge, or one of a hundred variations in between? But most people are familiar with what is known as 'BBC English', and most English people who do not use it, use a regional accent.

actually, outside i england, most people just think of english as stereotypical upper class, the middle sort of accents of monty python and that, and the stereotype cockney, i realise the accents range from yorkshire to devon to london to torquay and everywhere in between, but its just simpler to do the stereotypes than the nuances
 
Yes, but as a second language, is it not? In which case India is the biggest English speaking country in the world. :)

As a percentage of the population who can speak English. As such by default have an accent.
The Dutch accent has got to be the worst accent in the world.
 
but if you change it to percentage of the population, american samoa has the most

Forget it, your choices were the logical ones, I was only trying to clarify the first two. But if everyone understands you mean BBC English and all other accents, that's fine. :2wave:
 
Forget it, your choices were the logical ones, I was only trying to clarify the first two. But if everyone understands you mean BBC English and all other accents, that's fine. :2wave:

yep, thank you
 
:rofl women and the irish, whats with it?

I dunno, but it makes my pants wet.

I always thought Colin Farrel was hot as ****. Then one night I saw him on Leno and made a point to watch. He started talking and he ****ing IRISH! I didn't know this, since he never had an accent in any of the movies I'd seen. I thought I was going to keel over when I heard that accent. Had to go take a shower and some me time. ;)
 
I dunno, but it makes my pants wet.

I always thought Colin Farrel was hot as ****. Then one night I saw him on Leno and made a point to watch. He started talking and he ****ing IRISH! I didn't know this, since he never had an accent in any of the movies I'd seen. I thought I was going to keel over when I heard that accent. Had to go take a shower and some me time. ;)

i don't get it though, my ex would react similarly when i did a fake irish accent (which i'm pretty good at) and i'd laugh at her.


but heres something to get your heart beating
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kMXGcrTwg0"]YouTube- Jimeoin-Moths, Carrot Cake, Surprises[/ame]

plus one of my favourite comedians
 
A cute girl with an Irish accent is awesome. The Irish have a cool accent.

i like irish accents, but i dosen't turn me on the way it effects some women, which i find quite odd
 
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the wimens swoon, when ever they hear me speak. Much as the do in here. ---hahahhahahah:mrgreen:
 
Yes, but as a second language, is it not? In which case India is the biggest English speaking country in the world. :)

Which brings me to: Why isn't Indian-English accent included? Some people find that sexy. :D
 
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Which brings me to: Why isn't Indian-English accent included? Some people find that sexy. :D

Not anyone who has been on the phone with tech support!
 
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