# What accents do you like or dislike? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097 "2000-10-16T07:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/21 "2000-10-17T00:14:26Z")
NOTE: This thread is about accents, NOT personal attacks and accusations(real or imagined). Keep it on topic or I’m locking this off, kapeesh? slythe ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/22 "2000-10-17T00:19:47Z")
I REALLY REALLY hate ‘affected’ psuedo-brit accents. I enjoy an upperclass brit accent, or swedish (anniz?), or mild southern drawl. I do despise the “ebonics” accent. I enoy a mild Jamaican or creole accent. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/23 "2000-10-17T00:31:39Z")
Scottish accents always crack me up. It must come from Monty Python, reinforced by Billy Conelly and Mike Myers. I wasn’t going to divulge this much about my personal life, but, … in some of my more, ahem, amorous moments, I’ve been known to actually become William Wallace - “I love ya, always have.” - Let’s just say my wife really likes my little Braveheart. ---
**Author:** ![Skribbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Skribbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skribbler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/24 "2000-10-17T00:44:30Z")
I dated a girl/woman from England for a time and she had the most lovely ‘proper’ English accent. I just love the heck out of listening to her talk – and calling raincoats ‘slickers’. She made me laugh – which was not a good idea – the few times she got mad at me and started swearing as she argued. Their ‘cuss words’ and ours sometimes had different meanings – like the difference between a British fag and an American cigarette. She kept cracking me up, which made things worse. 'Bloody ‘ell!’ had me rolling on the floor. I went to college with a ‘Skought-ish’ guy and I liked having him tell jokes and stories with his heavy accent and different slang. Chinese accents are OK, but when they get mad or excited, they develope that high lilt to their voices and rapid fire speach pattern that almost crosses my eyes in annoyance. The one part of the Japanese accent I find annoying is the ‘command’ dialect where the men usually deepen their voices and seem to spit out orders at each other in rapid speech even when they are not giving or responding to authority. (Watch the Iron Chef program at the beginning, where the Iron Chef himself starts Command-rapping out the introduction with his pseudo Kung-fu motions.) ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/25 "2000-10-17T00:45:35Z")
My accent? A cross between Yankee and Cracker. Does anyone else understand what this is supposed to decribe? ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/26 "2000-10-17T00:46:55Z")
It seems British accents seem to be a fave here. I’m no exception, especially if a hot British babe speaks. ---
**Author:** ![Skribbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Skribbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skribbler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/27 "2000-10-17T00:50:21Z")
It means my heritage and birth place is in the Northern US. I live in the Southern US now so I’ve not lost all my Yankee (Northern) accent and have picked up a bit of ‘Cracker’ Southern dialect. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/28 "2000-10-17T00:51:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zenith \* > \*\* > > My accent? A cross between Yankee and Cracker. > > Does anyone else understand what this is supposed to decribe? > > \*\* I think I do. It sounds like the way I talk. ---
**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/29 "2000-10-17T01:45:00Z")
The accent I really hate , I guess it’s not exaclty regional but I hate when people talk really precisely, like they fully prounounce every single T, even if it interrupts the whole flow of the sentence. My cousin from Oregon talks like this and it makes me want to smack him (actually, I want to smack him anyway but his accent makes it worse). I thought it was a regional Oregon thing but after I heard other people from there talk I realized he’s just obnoxious. As for accents I like, actually I kind of like my own accent. It’s a New Jersey accent but not as pronounced as most people seem to think (no, I don’t live in New Joizey and it’s not funny dammit!) but all my ah’s come out as aw’s … and I talk kinda fast. I never thought it was that bad but when I went to another cousin’s bat mitzvah in Indiana, all her friends were like, wow you talk so cool, I love your accent! Hm. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/30 "2000-10-17T02:21:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skribbler \* > \*\*Coldfire: > > > [@](#): > > > > How about when people say “axe” instead of “ask”? > > (Found in this peachy post - [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=41569](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=41569) ) > > Hmmm. There’s various posts mentioning/complaining of/making fun of accents. Posts making derogatory comments concerning ‘gang-speak,’ inner city ‘dialect’ and so on.\*\* Ser… sorry, Skribbler (I know slythe, I won’t do it here anymore. There will be Pit Threads about him soon enough anyway), please distinguish between my comment about language-butchering such as “to axe someone a question” and your own wild generalisations (bordering on racism, **IMHO** ) about entire nations or ethnic groups. Although the chances are slim, I’d hate for people to even consider putting you and me in the same group. Mine was NOT a racist remark, it was a comment on the use of the English language. And from what little Springer shit I’ve seen, white people (or as you would put it, “White people”) seem to use the “axe” thing on occasion as well. ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/31 "2000-10-17T03:25:03Z")
Valley Girl will make me want an Uzi with which to clear the room. I don’t know if it’s the accent itself or just the shallow, dumb type of female who uses it. Val is nothing short of a plea for euthanasia. I can’t STAND Fillipino accents. It’s the nasal twang that irritates me to no end. A Southern U.S. accent–if the twang is not laid on TOO thickly–is wonderful. I was stationed in the south when I was in the military, and I was surprised how easy it was to pick up the accent. It’s a very relaxed way of speaking. Even Cajun is pleasing to my ear. I love Russian accents. It’s a gutteral, passionate language. But my all-time favorites are Australian and New Zealander. An Aussie female voice will induce me sit and listen like a trained puppy. Skribbler mentioned Afrikaans. I’ve worked with two people from South Africa. One’s accent was _very_ thick, to the point of my needing to stop her every other sentence for a translation. The other coworker spoke with a much milder accent, and that one was a real pleasure to hear. IMO, just about any accent (but Val and Fillipino) are pleasing if mild. ---
**Author:** ![oot\_and\_aboot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oot\_and\_aboot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oot_and_aboot)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/32 "2000-10-17T03:49:14Z")
I hate southern/african-american/texan/Jamaican. I like inuit, quebec and new brunswick accents. ---
**Author:** ![Skribbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Skribbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skribbler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/33 "2000-10-17T04:25:55Z")
Some years back I was running the dispatch/computer system for a company and, as usual, the thing packed in on me, so I called the home office, which was in Florida for help. I got a Valley Girl on the phone and she was really into the scene because at first, I had problems understanding her, then problems with the slang, then I started chuckling on the phone because she sounded like one of those television California Comedy movies and finally had to slow her down a bit to get what I needed. The deep south Southern Honey is really honey thick. It’s really predominate in Georgia and South Carolina, especially around Historic Cities, where the Civil War never ends and they secretly or not so secretly, long for the return of slavery. ‘Ah dew de-clair ya’ll, whut mus **t** yew think of a Laid-y li-ak littl’ ol’ me? Yah-all wouldn’ **t** bea Yahn-kees, would yah-ll?’ (Joisey, Ma’am. Joisey.) ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/34 "2000-10-17T12:08:27Z")
Skribbler, have you been a lurker for long? you seem to know quite a bit of the history of the boards… [quote] Coddle it like a revered manuscript\*\* mmm… I sure could go for some coddle right now… as for being accused of being 4 different people, the names mentioned were all the work of one individual… unless split personalities have their own usernames… (Knock it off. If you want to continue down this line, take it to the Pit! -slythe) [Edited by slythe on 10-17-2000 at 07:53 AM] ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/35 "2000-10-17T13:21:25Z")
**Sidebar** I can do several accents…not very well, but I can do them. If I do a Scottish accent, nothing happens. If I do an East Indian accent, the phones at the radio station light up like an atomic Xmas tree. Why? The content of what I’m saying isn’t the issue I think. I believe, what I’m saying is equally disparaging to both accents…if at at all. I don’t understand this. Maybe light skin vs. dark skin? Maybe…in Canada, there is a lot of Scottish blood flowing up here…it’s a part of our culture. East Indian isn’t. I don’t think it’s fair to single out one accent over another, saying that I’m a bigot when I mimic the East Indian accent and I’m not a bigot when I do the Scottish one. What’s with with that? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/36 "2000-10-17T15:02:40Z")
Hello Slythe, My apologies if my comments were out of order. I’m not too sure why, but I agree, if I’m going to fish, I might as well be in the right pond. BTW/ Coddle is a dish native to Dublin [http://www.landfield.com/faqs/cultures/irish-faq/part07/section-7.html](http://www.landfield.com/faqs/cultures/irish-faq/part07/section-7.html) ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/37 "2000-10-17T15:31:10Z")
So, apparently because two or three tin-eared people think that Paul McCartney and Eliza Doolittle speak the same, as do Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair, there must be only two British dialects. Whatever. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/38 "2000-10-17T19:12:27Z")
My favorite accent is American, but it has also have to be with a trace of a Philadelphia accent.:)🙂 Anyone?? ---
**Author:** ![Skribbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Skribbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skribbler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/39 "2000-10-17T19:51:47Z")
Remember the movie ‘My Cousin Vinnie’? I loved the accent his girlfriend had. Once, in a store, I heard an identical accent, same type of, how would I say … volubility and went around a rack to see a girl, all dressed in black, piled up hair, much make-up, about 25, standing there talking to her boyfriend. It was great! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@JustAnotherGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097/40 "2000-10-17T20:16:56Z")
Love: soft Hispanic accents most any English accent, Scottish accent, mmmmmmmmmmm a soft Southern accent (country girls) Different grades of dislike: whatever that thing is that Fran Drexer(sp) does Fargo (Minnesota?) Canadian French New York Valley redneck… not to be confused with soft Southern Louisiana Redneck… the guy from Waterboy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accents-do-you-like-or-dislike/37097.md?page=3)