What country has the sexiest accent?

Penelope cruz as Donatello Versace her accent was magnifitique!

She has a wonderful accent.

Scotland. The thicker the accent, the better. It’s so melodic. :heart_eyes:

US Southern accents are grating to me. And I’m from the South.

That is hugely a matter of taste. I worked with some people who were Cantonese speakers and learned a little of the language, because I felt they were good folk. Once you get used to it, Cantonese sounds much better than Mandarin.

I mean I get what you are saying: to a non-speaker, Cantonese, with it’s tight consonants and linear tones, tends to sound like an argument. By comparison, Mandarin sounds like a paradox of brittle slime. I much prefer the clean sound of Cantonese to the lispy mess that is contemporary Mandarin.

Indian, and if there are different accents from different parts of India, I will probably never really know. There is just something about an Indian accent, the (very) few Indian women I’ve met over the years, when they spoke, for me it was hypnotic almost. Although, it wasn’t just the accent. There was something about the various qualities of voice they all seemed to have in common as well.

Take it from me, there are many, many Indian accents, and many of them are not sexy one damn bit.

I’m telling you, it’s not the accent itself but the person delivering it.

Disagree 100 percent. A voice by itself can be the sexiest thing ever, regardless of the other characteristic or traits of that person.

Horse hockey. The exact same accent can be spoken by two different people, with one sounding horrendous, the other sexy as all get out. It has nothing to do with a person’s “traits” and whatnot.

Well, then you agree it’s not the person delivering it. It’s just the voice by itself.

I agree it has nothing to do with the accent itself.

Whom are you agreeing with on that? Not me.

The point I’m trying to make is that you said it was “the person delivering it.” It’s not.

It is. Some people can make an accent sound sexy, some like garbage.

This is like saying it doesn’t matter whether it’s a clarinet or a flute, just who’s playing it. Obviously both things matter. Languages/accents clearly do have distinctive aesthetic qualities, and it also makes a difference who is speaking.

Jesus, talk about apples and oranges.

Well, many years ago, a young woman came to the door trying to sell me Jesus, and, domestic local accent notwithstanding, she had the most beautiful deep rich voice I have ever heard. It made me sad to send her away. Even my mother, hearing her from the kitchen, agreed that the woman’s voice was amazing.

So what really matters is, what does one mean by “sexy”? Do you mean it makes you want to jump all over that right now? Or is the meaning of “sexy” a bit subtler, as in hey, that has my attention?

Some years ago, enough viewers of a BBC wildlife programme got so heated by a (Welsh) presenter’s way of talking about puffins and their young (pufflings) that the producers got him to cosy up to the camera and say “puffling” in a low voice. Can’t find a clip of that, but they made a mashup of the number of times he said either:
[BBC Springwatch (@BBCSpringwatch) Tweeted: “PUFFLING!” What better way to celebrate #WelshHappinessDay than watching the delightful Iolo Williams count #puffins #Winterwatch https://twitter.com/BBCSpringwatch/status/955763776296509440/video/1 https://twitter.com/BBCSpringwatch/status/955763776296509440?s=20](BBC Springwatch (@BBCSpringwatch) Tweeted: “PUFFLING!” What better way to celebrate #WelshHappinessDay than watching the delightful Iolo Williams count #puffins #Winterwatch https://twitter.com/BBCSpringwatch/status/955763776296509440/video/1 https://twitter.com/BBCSpringwatch/status/955763776296509440?s=20)

His voice was probably compelling, but I don’t know about sexy, even if he was talking about fruit.

Anyone in the Bible peel grapes?

Beulah, possibly? Or was that only in the Gospel According To Mae West?