Are accents more attractive?

When it comes to attraction, 80% of people feel that accents make someone more attractive, with 77% saying someone's accent was what attracted them to a person. A potential partner's voice makes a difference to some respondents — 1 in 3 (33%) report that liking their partner's voice is very important.

Which accent is most attractive?

The French accent has been considered for many years as being the sexiest accent in the world.

Why are accents so attractive?

Evolutionary theory suggests we find foreign accents attractive because they suggest a more exotic gene pool. Anyone who has travelled will know that simply being foreign makes you an object of interest in many places.

Is the British accent the most attractive?

It was closely followed by American and Irish accents

A British accent is the most attractive in the world, according to a poll of 11,000 people in 24 cities around the world.

What is the least attractive UK accent?

The Cornish accent is apparently not everyone's cup of tea and was recently voted the least sexy accent in the UK. A poll, which aimed to find the UK's sexiest accent, was carried out by the dating app Match. Outrageously, 87% of the 2,300 participants voted that the Cornish accent is not sexy.

Top 20 Sexiest Accents

What is the coolest British accent?

So, want to know which region came top? It was the 'Welsh accent', whatever that is, with 20 points. This was closely followed by the Yorkshire accent, with a total of 15. The top five was rounded out by the West Country (13), Newcastle (10) and Northern Ireland (five).

What do Americans think of British accent?

35% of Americans say British accents are attractive, while only 6% say they are obnoxious. To American women, the attraction is even greater. 39% of them say a British accent is alluring compared to 31% of US men. 49% of Americans are unphased by British tones, saying the accent is neither attractive nor obnoxious.

Which countries love the British accent?

The British accent was voted the absolute hottest on earth, coming top in countries as far-flung as Sweden, China, India and the USA. A British brogue was particularly desirable in Asia, with South Korea and Malaysia also finding UK accents too hot to handle.

Why do British accents sound smart?

It's not exactly clear why people with British accents sound smarter to Americans, but several studies show that Americans who have not lived outside of the United States tend to rate British English speakers as having higher intelligence and social status than non-British English speakers.

Why are Scottish accents so hot?

Many say that the Scottish accent is full of soul, charm, and personality compared to other accents in the Western world. Some say that the rolling Rs of the accent remind foreigners of the rolling hills of the Highlands.

Why do British singers not sound British?

In singing, syllables are lengthened, air flow is increased, articulation is less precise. Thus we get a more generic, neutralised accent that happens to share features with American varieties of English.

Which accent is best American or British?

Option 1: the American accent

The most popular English accent of them all. Spread around the world by American cinema, music, television and more than 350 million North Americans (including Canadians, eh), this is the easiest accent for most people to understand, whether native speakers or non-native speakers.

Why is British accent cool?

People tend to think a foreign accent is more interesting and more sexy, says Guy Winch, a psychotherapist from Britain who's long been based in the United States, “because in general we tend to value what's less common.” Americans associate a British accent with someone being “more intelligent, more sophisticated and ...

Is British accent cool?

British accent has been rated as the most attractive English accent in the world, according to a new survey by the CEOWORLD magazine. The results were revealed in a global study, which questioned 96,398 people across 32 countries worldwide to list “most attractive English accents” other than their own.

Which UK accent is hardest to understand?

Is British accent posh?

It turns out that the answer is yes. The standard British accent is something called received pronunciation, or RP. Geographically, people who speak with this accent live in the southeastern part of England. This is traditionally a “posh” part of England, so this accent is considered to be upper/middle class.

What part of Britain has the strongest accent?

People from Newcastle speak a dialect called Geordie, which is one of the strongest and most distinctive accents in England.

What accent is closest to British?

Possibly the closest US American accent to British (sounding and geographically) is mid-Atlantic. This is typically spoken by a US American who has lived a long time in Britain, or vice versa a Brit who spent years in the US.

Do Americans like British guys?

A YouGov survey found that 35% of American women said British men had attractive accents, and we consistently hear from our members that the accent is one of the most attractive qualities when they first meet a match.

Which accent in English is easiest to understand?

What is known as the general American accent seems to be considered the American accent that is both “clearest” and easiest to understand by both native and non-native English speakers.

What is the most liked UK accent?

Researchers asked more than 2,000 adults from around the country to listen to a variety of regional accents and tell them how long it took for each one to get on their nerves. Cockney and Queen's English were the most irritating, apparently, while folk found Geordie and Yorkshire accents much easier on the ear.

Who has the best accent in UK?

The Mancunian accent has been voted as the sexiest in UK, according to a new survey. People with the 'Manc' twang have this year been considered to be the most desirable, a survey by Best Casinos has now revealed.

Is the British accent the original?

In all reality, the standard British accent was the one that changed significantly in the last two centuries while the American accent stayed more or less the same. During the American Revolution, the English language started to change in Britain. A new wealthy sector emerged during the industrial revolution.

When did Americans lose their British accent?

Most scholars have roughly located “split off” point between American and British English as the mid-18th-Century. There are some clear exceptions.

Can you lose British accent?

Though it's challenging to lose your accent entirely, it is possible to change it. To improve your pronunciation skills, you'll need to exercise both your mouth and ears. There's actually a whole field of language coaching dedicated to this called accent reduction or modification.