# I love that accent..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 1999, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150 "1999-09-16T05:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tipiwoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@tipiwoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tipiwoo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/41 "1999-09-17T04:44:00Z")
hmmm…I really like South African (I had a teacher from there and can imitate it pretty well :)),Scottish, Austrailian, Spanish (Spain-spanish), Latin, and that of a New Yorker. I find the southern accent funny (even though I was born and raised in Texas and still live here…people have told me that I don’t posess very much of an accent- but my mother and grandmother do), and I really do not care for the minnesota accent- or the mississippi accent for that matter-it seems to be distinct and quite different than the other southern sounds. anyway. 🙂 * * * tipi 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/42 "1999-09-17T04:49:00Z")
Best accents on a woman? Irish, and Aussie. Best combo- Irish, or Aussie, and red hair. I also like Canadian accents. The accent I hate the most is any sort of Southern. It can range from MO-KY-VA-FL-AZ-TX…the entire south. I realize this includes about half the population of the U.S. but oh well, can’t STAND a southern accent. Adam * * * “Life is hard…but God is good” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/43 "1999-09-17T06:27:00Z")
That’s interesting that so many people like Australian accents! I’ve been living in Oz for about four months, and the strong accents still grate for me, but then I think it’s just NZ conditioning… I am used to it, though. Can’t help but be, as I’m 95% surrounded by them every day! 🙂 I like Scots accents on a woman (as long as they’re not too incomprehensible a burr), and I love English accents generally because there are just so many varieties! And they have such recognisable character in their very soul. And as an actor (of sorts) I love to put on accents too. That’s lotsa fun 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/44 "1999-09-17T15:44:00Z")
ARG, AZ = Southern??? ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/45 "1999-09-17T16:29:00Z")
I work on the phone, and my own Texas drawl comes and goes depending on what kind of customer I’m handling. For old folk and computer-illiterate, I tend to drawl a lot more, say “hon” and “darlin” (don’t puke, please, I only do it with people who don’t mind) and “ya’ll” and “ole”. With knowledgable people, those in a hurry, or those who are being pissy, I tend to have a very clipped Mid-western accent. For the most part, I love all sorts of different accents. The ones that I don’t like are the very thick Asian accents, and that’s only because I get frustrated when I can’t understand them. Give me garbled French and English, and I can figure it out. Give me garbled Korean and English, and I’ll beat my head against my keyboard until it breaks. * * * “I’m surprised that you’ve never been told before, that you’re lovely, that you’re perfect, and that somebody wants you.” - Semisonic, _f.n.p_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/46 "1999-09-18T05:11:00Z")
Strainger: Arizonans have a definite accent. It’s not as prouncounced as your typical southern drawl, but it’s there. Actually, I can talk to an Arizonan (more accurately, a Phoenecian) without cringing, because the accent isn’t as severe. However, I abhor the words “Ya’ll,” and “Howdy.” And I’ve heard plenty of that since moving here to AZ. Yuck. Adam * * * “Life is hard…but God is good” ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/47 "1999-09-18T05:19:00Z")
Geez, Adam, where the hell do you live? Rawhide :)? (a cowboy-themed attraction near Phoenix) I have yet to hear “howdy” (except at Rawhide, Old Tucson, etc.) and y’all (except by myself :D) since I moved here 6 years ago. All ribbing aside, I do hear a country accent when I go out into the boonies, but not around metro-Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/48 "1999-09-17T20:19:00Z")
The only accent that I’ve heard in AZ is a midwest and Chicago accent. Hey, thats where everyones from! ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/49 "1999-09-18T02:27:00Z")
I’m partial to Ulster accents, personally. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/50 "1999-09-18T23:06:00Z")
Very true, **Omniscient**. About a month ago, I flew to Chicago for a cousin’s wedding. I met my parents, sister, and her husband at the airport where we rented a van. When we got to the highway, I remarked, “Wow, all these Illinois license plates make me feel like I’m back in Phoenix!” Their reply: “Huh?” I proceeded to explain. ---
**Author:** ![gary\_horaczek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@gary\_horaczek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gary_horaczek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/51 "1999-09-19T18:27:00Z")
Omniscient and Moosiegirl: Canadians have accents? Only the East Coasters (Newfies and Nova Scotians)…Lucy dunt you make fun of my english-Ricky Ricardo ---
**Author:** ![Avumede](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/avumede/32/7235_2.png) [@Avumede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avumede)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 1999, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/52 "1999-09-21T00:43:00Z")
My fiancee is a Chinese-Trinidian. I always thought a West Indian accent was great, but hearing that accent coming from a Chinese girl is especially cool. I keep telling her to thicken up her accent, but she’s shy… BTW, a Trinidian accent is fairly different than a Jamaican accent (which is the accent most associated with the Carribean in people’s minds) ---
**Author:** ![CatInHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CatInHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInHat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 1999, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150/53 "1999-09-21T15:02:00Z")
I personally love a Georgia or Louisiana drawl. My husband and I are both from New York (Noo Yawk) originally, and his accent is much more pronounced than mine. It comes back to me when I’m there, though; I know I’ve been there too long when I answer the question “When did you get in?” with “We flew inta Lagwaadia on Friday.” * * * The Cat In The Hat [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-that-accent/8150.md?page=2)