Question of the Day - Thursday October 2

Hi everyone !



Easy question for you today -



What are your favourite accents to hear ?



I like a lot of accents But I think my favourite ones are the Irish and Australian accents

Scottish or Irish. The lilt is just beautiful. One of our surveyors here at work is Scottish; I swear I could sit and listen to that man talk all day, even about surveying! 

Most British accents.  Sometimes it's a bit over the top with being snooty sounding, I think it might be a class thing.  I've noticed that the older royals have the accent that sounds really snooty to me.  Listening to Gordon Ramsey you get a British accent along with a lot of swearing.  I guess he was actually born in Scotland but raised in England.

I have traveled a great deal and I still find some British accents charming. They make our shared language so lovely. However, the French are my favorite. The way they caress words is so sexy.

For some reason I feel comforted whenever I hear a Dutch accent while abroad. Not because of its beauty but because well I guess because every experience I have had has been cool with a person from Holland and they will probably be a new friend.  

Some US Southern accents are pleasant sounding as well. A southerner can insult the heck out of you and it sounds so sweet you can't get mad.

Of course it's Australian since I've been dating an Aussie for years now.  Just love it and I find it very sexy, mate

A number of years ago while I was in the military I knew a recruiter who was from deep in the Bayou country of Louisiana and his first language was the native Cajun language which I guess is considered a type of French language.  It's completely different from the pure French language.  He had the heavy accent.  I remember his last name was Thibodeau.

Not sure. I haven't heard many. My cousin married a Brit so I'm used to thar accent I guess. Lol

Scottish, "BBC" English and Hong Kong English.

Southern. One of my friends is from South Carolina, and I love the way she says "dogs" with that drawl, lol

Almost anything different from mine (Southern)!

It depends on the situation! I really like the ones @jcat mentioned (Scottish being entertaining, BBC English being something I can listen to in the background and have it be almost soothing, HK English is similar to what I grew up around), but I also quite like Filipino accents. They mix sort of an East Asian accent with sort of a Spanish accent so it's a bit unique in that sense.

South African. It combines the British and African accents.

Gosh I don't know!  My late pastor was from New Zealand; I miss the sound of her voice and also HER!  I've been exposed to so many on a regular basis I'm just not sure.  It may have more to do with the people themselves.  I guess I'll go with Italian, Scottish and New Zealand (New Zealander?)

I really love Australian accents, and British ones - man - If I had a British accent, I would never shut up.

New York accents are pretty cool too

An Irish accent. It does things.

I have a tough time understanding most accents. If you don't slow down I can't understand you at all. My favorite accent is Texan since it sounds like home.

LittleLion said:

 
I really love Australian accents, and British ones - man - If I had a British accent, I would never shut up.

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Here you go, http://www.wikihow.com/Speak-in-a-British-Accent

Funny seeing all the Scottish here. I find their accent the hardest to understand. I was constantly saying "what what" when I talked to people there. My friends from Oz say my Californian accent sounds like I have mashed potatoes in my  mouth. LOL -

I remember when I was stationed in Germany we would have people new to the military, first time overseas and homesick, who would take a few days leave and go to London because people spoke English.  They would always come back disappointed because it wasn't the English they were used to.

Denice said:

I remember when I was stationed in Germany we would have people new to the military, first time overseas and homesick, who would take a few days leave and go to London because people spoke English.  They would always come back disappointed because it wasn't the English they were used to.

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LOL I guess they thought we talk like what they see in films or how the Queen speaks. :lol3:

The cockney accent that Londoner's talk with, I think is one of the nicer British accents compared to some of the more northern British accents. ( sorry, if any Brits from Northern England are reading this)