# What country has the sexiest accent? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797 "2020-08-23T03:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/41 "2020-08-23T20:10:19Z")
A one-armed man speaking sign language. Is that an accent or a speech impediment? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/42 "2020-08-23T20:15:52Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I’m more partial to women speaking French or drawling accents from southern US states. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > I could listen to women speaking Quebec French all day long. I don’t understand the fascination, but then I grew up in Quebec so there is the familiarity factor. I often hear the same praise about French women speaking English with a French accent, and again, not for me. To me the right sort of British accent is the sexiest, though I realize there’s an incredible diversity of even London accents. Let’s say the one that Sienna Miller speaks, for an example. (And I don’t mean necessarily in the movies, where she can affect an amazingly authentic American accent. She was actually born in New York, but brought up in London and her natural accent is beautifully English.) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/43 "2020-08-23T20:26:35Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > drawling accents from southern US states I find Emily Procter’s accent very distinctive, but I’ve never been to NC (she’s from Raleigh). Is her accent idiosyncratic, or is it fairly typical of the area? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ys2ZM9BF3qY/maxresdefault.jpg "The West Wing: Ainsley Hayes - "I'm sorry, did I overreach?"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys2ZM9BF3qY&t=163) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/44 "2020-08-23T21:33:15Z")
I like the West Norwegian English accent. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > South African accent is pretty sexy > [@puzzlegal](#): > > I like the South African accent, too Well, this thread has been an eye-opener. Who knew people found “the” South African accent sexy? We have many accents, which one do you people mean? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/45 "2020-08-23T22:44:25Z")
I’ll have to say that (1) I haven’t heard accents from every country, and (2) of the countries I’ve heard accents from, I’ve heard both sexy and unsexy accents. So: Scotland, ireland, Wales, France, Spain, South Africa and Italy: I’ve heard sexy and unsexy accents. I don’t know enough about their accents to know what is what England: The Received Pronunciation accent as spoken by Kristin Scott Thomas in the movies is sexy. Some Yorkshire accents. Every other English accent I’ve heard is very not sexy, especially Manchester, Liverpool, Cockney, Modern Multicultural London, Essex, and Sloane Ranger. Australian accents: Mostly not sexy. New Zealand: Borderline ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/46 "2020-08-23T22:46:23Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Who knew people found “the” South African accent sexy? > > We have many accents, which one do you people mean? Upper-class anglo, would be my guess. But I don’t know how the accents are distributed. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/47 "2020-08-23T22:52:09Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Which ended with "And you know what accent I think is the most captivating, the most melodious in all the world? _Wees-Con’-seen…"_ “Yah hey dere, Simone, d’y’wanna come wit me to da supper club? We can get two-tree beers an’ a fish fry.” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/48 "2020-08-23T23:01:29Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > We have many accents, which one do you people mean? The South African accent I’m most familiar with is that of the Jewish immigrants to Israel I knew growing up; I don’t know exactly what accent that is, but I’ve always liked it. The Afrikaans accent is a bit less appealing, although as a child of the 80s that’s probably because I associate it with people like Joss Ackland’s character in _Lethal Weapon 2_ (and yes, I know he wasn’t from SA), so YMMV. As for non-white accents, I’m less familiar with them, although in general I find sub-Saharan African accents very appealing. I loved Nelson Mandela’s accent, if that counts for anything. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/49 "2020-08-23T23:08:29Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > We have many accents, which one do you people mean? I would mean Trevor Noah. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/50 "2020-08-23T23:11:41Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I loved Nelson Mandela’s accent, if that counts for anything. Oooh, good point, he had a lovely accent. > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > I would mean Trevor Noah. Which of his accents do you mean? I feel like he’s the master of all accents. I agree that his “regular” speaking voice is very pleasant to listen to, but I suspect he picked it for that reason. He talks in one of his books about using different accents with different people to fit in, to be accepted, to influence… So my guess is that what we think of as his “regular” voice is one that he honed to appeal to a lot of Americans. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/51 "2020-08-23T23:15:29Z")
Fair point. Although I have listened to many of his performances for SA audiences and I like those just as much. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/52 "2020-08-23T23:38:18Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@digs](#): > > > > Which ended with "And you know what accent I think is the most captivating, the most melodious in all the world? _Wees-Con’-seen…"_ > > “Yah hey dere, Simone, d’y’wanna come wit me to da supper club? We can get two-tree beers an’ a fish fry.” Yes, spot on, that was everyone’s reaction! The class erupted into laughter and exaggerations of the broadest _M’waukee WizGON’sin_ accents (hint: don’t pronounce that L, and swallow the C). We were purposely talking like [the Manitowoc Minute guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqefhF4t4XE) and ever’thing, doncha know dere ya hey? Simone loved it! She was squealing with glee, saying “Don’t you see how wonderful that sounds?” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/53 "2020-08-24T03:24:47Z")
It’s worth a trip to Sri Lanka, just to sit in Colombo airport and listen to the woman on the PA announcing flights. She whispers some of the syllables. Years ago, there was a good PA at the airport in Manaos, Brazil. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/54 "2020-08-24T04:56:27Z")
In South Africa, you hear three distinctly different accents all the time, not regional, but all mixed on the same bus or checkout lane.[ . There is standard British-like, the Afrikaaner Dutch, and the townships accent of the blacks. Everyone is very good at all of them., ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/55 "2020-08-24T13:38:59Z")
I don’t know which English accent it is, but it whatever Elizabeth Henstridge speaks. I could listen to her all day long. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/56 "2020-08-24T14:01:58Z")
I thought South Africa had a large population of migrants from India? If this is so, do they speak English, Dutch or other languages? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/57 "2020-08-24T14:13:57Z")
QFT. That little "No, theah’s _moah_! that Marisa Tomei says in that scene is absolutely adorable. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/58 "2020-08-24T14:18:22Z")
The Parisian French accent is better than the Lac St. Jean one because I can understand it easily. Of course, any accent can be charming under the right circumstances, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/59 "2020-08-24T14:43:15Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > I don’t know which English accent it is, but it whatever Elizabeth Henstridge speaks. I could listen to her all day long. I had to look her up, but she has a mild Yorkshire accent - Wiki tells me Sheffield to be precise (which is South Yorkshire). ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797/60 "2020-08-24T14:45:34Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > England: The Received Pronunciation accent as spoken by Kristin Scott Thomas in the movies is sexy. Some Yorkshire accents. Every other English accent I’ve heard is very not sexy, especially Manchester, Liverpool, Cockney, Modern Multicultural London, Essex, and Sloane Ranger. Come now, what about Geordie (Newcastle)! A soft Geordie accent can be very seductive. I agree with you on all the others (and you left out Birmingham, which is the worst of the lot). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-has-the-sexiest-accent/918797.md?page=4)