Whats your favourite accent?

[ShiftingGears]

I find Scottish, South African and Kiwi accents very entertaining.

[edv]

Although unable to understand it, I found listening to people speaking Aramaic quite pleasing, almost poetic.
For English, I like the Newfies and the Aussies.

[steve_spackman]

I find Scottish, South African and Kiwi accents very entertaining.

dutch, african

[Camelopard]

I find Scottish, South African and Kiwi accents very entertaining.

Each to their own..... I suppose!

Mind you I don't mind Scottish accents, but they are not my favourite. That would be French. although I do find the softer spoken Western Canadians pleasant to listen to, (she who must be obeyed made me say that :) ).

My sister as a child had a very broad Australian accent, in the early seventies she married a yank and lived in Florida for about 20 years. When she came back to Australia she had the worst possible combination of loud, crass, southern US mixed with a grating Aussie accent and she she still has today, bleah!

[pino]

Scottish, although I only understand half of what people says :p :

[EuroTroll]

I find Scottish, South African and Kiwi accents very entertaining.

Hey, me too! :) Well, Scottish and Kiwi are just entertaining, South African actually sounds really beautiful, I think. :up:

[A.F.F.]

Scottish and Irish accents are the coolest. But like pino, I don't understand what the Scottish are saying. Or what do you think Jamie ? ;)

[Mark]

Italian! And.. Glaswegean

[Camelopard]

Kiwi are just entertaining, South African actually sounds really beautiful, I think. :up:

Well come and live in Australia, you'll hear both these accents a hell of a lot, normally when they are whinging about how much better everything is at home!!!!!!! :)

[EuroTroll]

Well come and live in Australia, you'll hear both these accents a hell of a lot, normally when they are whinging about how much better everything is at home!!!!!!! :)

Sounds like fun. :p :

[MrJan]

A bit specific but the Bristol accent is superb, almost makes me laugh as much as the Welsh accent :D

[Brown, Jon Brow]

I like to listen to the North East and Cumbrian accents. Maybe because I was brought up listening to those accents and now I have to live with the god awful Lancashire accent.


I have a friend who grew up around Blackburn moved to Germany and went to an International School, so was taught American English. So now they have a Lancashire accent that is slightly Americanised. People think she's from Somerset! :laugh:

[Donney]

I can't believe no one mentioned the Hyundai....

(I'll get my coat...)

[MrJan]

I can't believe no one mentioned the Hyundai....

(I'll get my coat...)

No no no.......allow me :D

[555-04Q2]

I cant understand a thing the Australians or Welsh say. Especially Welshmen. Drives me nuts :crazy:

[Sonic]

Spanish is nice.

[Alexamateo]

I like to hear a certain latina whisper sweet nothings to me in English and Spanish. ;)

[schmenke]

I can't believe no one mentioned the Hyundai....

(I'll get my coat...)

< ...bangs head on desk...>

[Cooper_S]

I find broad 'thick' accents from where ever to be the hardest on the ear..

Liverpool grates on me the most I would say... internationally speaking (pun) I like French and Italian and the Danish woman I worked with had the most wonderful way of saying things... I dread to think how I sound to others

[christophulus]

now I have to live with the god awful Lancashire accent.


:laugh: absolutely true, and I've lived round here all my life! Thankfully I've only picked up the odd phrase, fairly neutral otherwise.

I like listening to any heavy accent, and for some reason I rarely have trouble figuring out what they're on about :p . My vote would go to Irish I think.

[emporer_k]

I like irish and dutch accents best.

[52Paddy]

I like the dead-pan sound of the Finnish accent and also the smooth, poetic flow to the Swedish accent (and language in general.)

Also a big fan of the Welsh accent and Limerick accent. Here's a good example of a Limerick accent (city in South of Ireland)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8k1d8uX9Gw&feature=related

[MrJan]

I like the dead-pan sound of the Finnish accent and also the smooth, poetic flow to the Swedish accent (and language in general.)

I knew a Finnish girl at Uni who had a really nice accent....although it did help that she was hottttt :D

[Captain VXR]

zomerzet farmer, kiwi + oz for me

[MrJan]

zomerzet farmer, kiwi + oz for me

I just noticed that you're in Bath. One of my mates goes to the Uni up there and I ocassionally make a little trip up (via a blat up Cheddar Gorge :D ). Quite a nice little place really and it helps that Exeter has such a poor nightlife that it makes Bath look like a capital of culture :D

[veeten]

2252
:D

[gloomyDAY]

Colombian accent. Their Spanish is just very smooth and flowing.

Cuban is a close second, but the women are hotter in Colombia. :D

[slinkster]

Finnish gets me every time as per my Mr Kovalainen obsession.

The welsh accent makes me smile. :) There's a couple of accent's I can't stand- but I don't want to mention them incase I offend someone! :-P

[J4MIE]

Scottish and Irish accents are the coolest. But like pino, I don't understand what the Scottish are saying. Or what do you think Jamie ? ;)

Some Scottish accents are a bit difficult to understand, but I don't have an accent at all so nobody has a problem understanding me :D

I love accents and could listen to people with accents talking all day :up: Particularly Irish, Welsh, Kiwi, South African, Finnish (speaking Finnish, obviously), Geordie and even Liverpool!

[markabilly]

DonKey says that Easy prefers pink accents on his curtains in the bedroom

[Easy Drifter]

Aye mate but better than thine lime green with yellow and purple polka dots! :eek:

[Mark in Oshawa]

I am saying Irish or Newfoundlander...which are NOT that different in some ways. Love hearing a Scot's or Australian accent on some people, and Kiwi always sounds nice but the thought of a beautiful colleen with red hair and a lovely lilting voice flirting with me makes the sweat break out on my neck...lol

[jarrambide]

Mine.

[52Paddy]

but the thought of a beautiful colleen with red hair and a lovely lilting voice flirting with me makes the sweat break out on my neck...lol

Try spending a lifetime with Irish women, you'd change you're mind fairly lively! :mark:

:p :

[F1boat]

The way British actors speak English rules :)

[AndyRAC]

Finnish gets me every time as per my Mr Kovalainen obsession.

The welsh accent makes me smile. :) There's a couple of accent's I can't stand- but I don't want to mention them incase I offend someone! :-P

No do - I think I can guess: cockney, brummie, scouse...????

[driveace]

As they say in Glasgow " Al kick ya hayd,n"
Or " I will kick your head in "
Funny no one mentioned Geordie !
or Burnley "Do you not know "or "Can you not see "

[slinkster]

No do - I think I can guess: cockney, brummie, scouse...????

Well... cockney I can cope with. I work in Birmingham and have lived to the North of there for most my life .... ;) .... but, you got one out of three right!

[methanolHuffer]

Spoken by a pretty woman, Dublin accent.

Spoken by a race car driver, Jackie Stewart's Scottish accent was interesting.

[A.F.F.]

Spoken by Sean Connery, any accent. :)