I once received a call from an English vendor on my voicemail. Us women played the message over and over on speakerphone and giggled like schoolgirls.
I dated a French Algerian and his voice caused violent and naughty reactions. Husky and beautifully accented, sigh… I can still get hot flashes just remembering that voice - don’t tell my SO, please!
I also went on one date with a guy from Edmonton, Canada. He sounded like such an over-the-top Mike Myers that I spent the evening suppressing snorts and guffaws. Needless to say, I was not asked on a second date.
The people we get our phone and cable TV from here in Northern Ireland have a Scottish call centre for general enquiries. Light friendly Scottish accents, very nice
But then when the bills aren’t paid (as mine often aren’t) I have to call their English call centre for people who are in trouble, nasty mean English accents, not a hint of sexyness at all
Australian girl checking in… I think Georgian accents are pretty sexy. In terms of the rest of the world, Scottish accents can make mundane chit chat sound much more interesting!
However for the life of me, I can’t understand why people like Australian accents. I think we just sound flat and monotonous, like we all just need a low dose anti-depressant. Maybe whatever you grow up with is like that. Does anyone find their own hometown accent sexy?
Yes indeedy. I just love a really pronounced New York accent. And I don’t find any other type of accent generally sexy.
As far as Australian accents–I can’t believe you think you all sound monotonous and depressed. Every Australian I’ve ever heard sounds so freaking chipper! Like they’ll be more than happy to help you move, rotate your tires, and wrestle that humongous snake that is trying to attack you, all at the same time. And then treat you to a beer and crush the can on their forehead. Even the Australians who are actually depressed sound cheerful as can be.
Maybe that’s why we Americans like you so much. You cheer us up. Or something. G’day mate, indeed!
I love the English accent, and really, that’s about it.
A while ago, we were doing an event in which we had vendors calling us up several times before the event. One of them had a lovely English accent, sounding like he hadn’t lived in the States a week. He even said “Cheers” when hanging up. I was dying to meet him and see what he looked like, but he couldn’t make it at the last second.
Ah well. Chances are the looks didn’t match up to the face.
I like most American accents and Canadian accents too but generally I prefer them to be less ‘country’ and more urban.
Also Russian accents, and I know it’s clichéd but French accents are pretty nice too though French people sound even better when they’re speaking French. I may not be able to understand all of it but it sounds pretty sexy…
Clearly you are familiar with our excellent BBC costume dramas. Of course that is only to be expected from that most glorious of professions - the librarian.
I trust you are safely seated for my next piece of news … I have a touch of Scottish ancestry, so am in a position to satisfy your curiosity regarding that colourful combination of kilts and culinary curiosities*.
OOoooh, I love Australian accents, to me they’re so melodic. I don’t have an accent, I’m Alaskan, talk about flat, we pretty much say it as it’s written.
Now of my own country? I just LOOOOOVE what’s Hawaiians call “local” ((sometimes confused with pidgeon by non-locals). Soooooooo sing songy and lovely. Really cute little slang phrases too.
I’d never been one to really swoon over accents in the past… but now I have a boyfriend whose first language is Serbo-Croatian. Ahh, it’s so cute. I don’t know how I lived without having someone around to say things like, “If it was earlier, we could have made a popcorn!” or “I think that’s a bullshit!”. Just hearing him talk will make me smile, even on a bad day.
Elizabeth Montgomery, who played Samantha, didn’t have a Southern accent. She had a fairly standard Southern California accent, i.e., relatively few vowel sounds and most of them pronounced in a flat manner.
She was born and bred in Los Angeles.
But hey, if you liked her accent more power to you!
Have to say American accents don’t do a lot for me, sorry! But Irish, Scottish, Russian etc, is another thing.
At a previous company I worked for, I was in a room full of 40+ year old female senior management who all began to drool when Eamon our Irish underwriter opened his mouth…
I’m currently dating an Italian, and that sounds great no matter whether he’s speaking English or Italian. Just fantastic (sigh…)
