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What type of accent sounds the nicest for a man to have?

What type of accent sounds the nicest for a man to have?

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Simple question, what kind of sounds the nicest for a man to have.
 
I don't care...but then I'm male, and never really thought about it.

In my book, as long as I can understand someone without too many questions needing to be asked (as in, please repeat that, didn't understand), I'm good.

Stupid Indian help desk personnel...mumble...mumble.

I probably would have issues with some, as I am from one area, and people from another might have enough of an accent to be hard to understand...for me.
 
I've lived in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Texas.

The accents in Wisconsin seemed the nicest of all the ones I've seen. They were rude as hell to me, but they SOUNDED nice. :)
 
I once had a Canadian border guard get angry with me because I couldn't understand a word he was saying. Hey dude it's not my fault your accent is so strong I don't have a clue what you're saying!
 
I'm a southerner, but my accent only comes out on occasion (tired, drunk, or in a speedy mood).

As a kid I had a very bold accent.
 
LOLZ! Not having a go at you, or anyone else, Enigma, but your poll question is typical of American attitudes. This is an international forum, but the assumption is that any and every subject logically only concerns itself with Americans. :confused: :lol:
 
Leo said:
LOLZ! Not having a go at you, or anyone else, Enigma, but your poll question is typical of American attitudes. This is an international forum, but the assumption is that any and every subject logically only concerns itself with Americans. :confused: :lol:
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Actually it kind of makes sense, because the OP is American, this site is U.S. based.

If the site was more England centric or China centric or what have you, I'm sure he would have worded it differently.
 
As long as they can enunciate and not sound like they have a mouthful of marbles.. I'm good with that. I AM partial to foreign accents, British and Russian specifically. :D

And as long as they don't say, "D00d!" every other word....
 
TheGirlNextDoor said:
As long as they can enunciate and not sound like they have a mouthful of marbles.. I'm good with that. I AM partial to foreign accents, British and Russian specifically. :D

And as long as they don't say, "D00d!" every other word....
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Or any number of other irritating words used.

Which will probably be normal in the future...crap.
 
Cilogy said:
I've lived in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Texas.

The accents in Wisconsin seemed the nicest of all the ones I've seen. They were rude as hell to me, but they SOUNDED nice. :)
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You can't be serious. Wisconsin is probably the worst sounding accent in America. Your telling me that you prefer a nasal "Fargo Talk" to a Texas Accent?
 
EnigmaO01 said:
I see your poll now.

Midwestern is supposed to be the most pure and what you usually hear as announcers, anchors, radio people.
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That would be lower Midwest, specifically Kansas City which has the closest to no accent that you can get. The upper Midwest is really not a very nice sounding accent at all.
 
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SouthernDemocrat said:
That would be lower Midwest, specifically Kansas City which has the closest to no accent that you can get. The upper Midwest is really not a very nice sounding accent at all.
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Thank you! I say this because I don't know how many times people see the "Kansas City" (or general METRO area) and have said, "I'll bet you have a Southern drawl"............. uh, no.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
You can't be serious. Wisconsin is probably the worst sounding accent in America. Your telling me that you prefer a nasal "Fargo Talk" to a Texas Accent?
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Actually, the UP has the absolute WORST accent, ever. Yoopers, I believe they're called and they really DO sound horrid. Sorry you Yooper guys.... :(
 
TheGirlNextDoor said:
Thank you! I say this because I don't know how many times people see the "Kansas City" (or general METRO area) and have said, "I'll bet you have a Southern drawl"............. uh, no.
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Well some do, especially residents that moved up from southern Missouri, but most people here really don't have one. I guess people here have a slight tinge of a southern accent. Like how they say "wash" it sounds like "warsh".

However, when I say things in meetings at work such as "well we still like a little before we are done with this" or "I am fixin to have this done", people don't know what I am saying.
 
You say 'you're fixin'? lol I am not laughing at you, mind you... I just haven't heard many people say that.

I hear a lot of Wisconsin, S. Carolina and Texas accents here - mostly because of Ft. Leavenworth. We don't get a lot of International Officers here except for Saudi, and I don't really care for their accents at all. :neutral:

There was a family moved in a few houses down and he has that kind of accent that reminds me a Gomer Pyle.. talk about grating on the nerves. Eesshh. "Well Goooooollll-EY!" Yuck.
 
Cilogy said:
Actually it kind of makes sense, because the OP is American, this site is U.S. based.

If the site was more England centric or China centric or what have you, I'm sure he would have worded it differently.
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No actually, it doesn't. If the OP was from Ireland, and did not qualify the question with the term 'Irish', would you naturally assume he was referring to subtle county accents? An international site is an international site, irrespective of where the server is based.

But to attempt to answer the OP's question, I think the clearest, most pleasant sounding American accent is the one Noam Chomsky uses. I have no idea where in the US that is from, but it is nowhere near as nasal as most American accents. :)
 
Leo said:
LOLZ! Not having a go at you, or anyone else, Enigma, but your poll question is typical of American attitudes. This is an international forum, but the assumption is that any and every subject logically only concerns itself with Americans. :confused: :lol:
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Yeah, but you British murder the English language.:2razz:
 
TheGirlNextDoor said:
As long as they can enunciate and not sound like they have a mouthful of marbles.. I'm good with that. I AM partial to foreign accents, British and Russian specifically. :D

And as long as they don't say, "D00d!" every other word....
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Did I mention my real name is Ivan Smith.....
 
Leo said:
No actually, it doesn't. If the OP was from Ireland, and did not qualify the question with the term 'Irish', would you naturally assume he was referring to subtle county accents? An international site is an international site, irrespective of where the server is based.
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Nope.

To anser the question.
Southern lilt rather than a drawl. Kentuky, West Virginia, Either of the Carolinas...
Deffinatly not Texas.
 
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