How attractive is the American accent?

8.7 percent of survey respondents picked the American accent as the hottest in the world.

Is the American English accent attractive?

That's right. Europeans find the accent of Americans who live in the Deep South the sexiest, followed closely by the New York accent. These rankings indicate overall attractiveness, but the accent in the top spot changes depending on the country of the survey respondents.

What is the most attractive American accent?

Nationally, southern accents were voted as the best and sexiest among participants; New York were picked as "most likely to make someone sound smarter" and midwestern accents were voted as "most trustworthy."

Do foreigners like American accents?

British is the most likeable accent globally, with 45% of respondents stating they enjoy hearing their native language spoken with a British accent. By comparison, an American accent was liked by 34% of respondents.

What countries find American attractive?

Which American Accent Is The Sexiest?

What accent is closest to British?

R.P. The accent of the Home Counties area (the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex) is closest to what people call Queen's English, also known as Received Pronunciation (R.P.) or Standard English.

What is the hottest accent?

#1 The British accent

The year 2020 saw the British accent ranked No. 1 on the list. It was crowned the sexiest accent in the world with 25 percent of the total votes.

What is the prettiest accent?

According to a recent poll in the Independent, the British accent has been chosen as being the most attractive accent in the world, beating the French accent which was once know as the loveliest accent.

What accent is most attractive girl?

For women, Scottish accents reign supreme, with 86% of women finding the rugged accent to be the most attractive. The lilting tones of the Irish came in at second-place, with 77% of women swooning over the sounds of this romantic brogue.

What is the least attractive accent?

According to a Big 7 Travel survey, the accent found among New Jerseyans has the least sex appeal compared to the state accents. "Poor New Jersey dropped down one place from 2019 to end up in the last spot this year, making it the least sexy accent in America.

What is the most annoying American accent?

Boston accents have been voted as the most annoying among all American dialects, according to a recent study.

What is the ugliest accent?

The "Scranton accent" is getting national attention. Scranton is the number 2 seed in gawker.com's contest for "America's Ugliest Accent." It's sometimes called "Coal Region speak."

What is the hottest language?

The votes are in and it's unanimous: French is the sexiest language in the history of ever. To make things even steamier, French is a legit Romance language along with Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and a few others, named as such because of their Latin roots.

Which country has the sexist accent?

1. Irish. The Voquent community has spoken! And this time around, the Irish accent has come out on top with more than half the votes as the world's sexiest accent.

What is the nicest accent in the world?

What are top 10 accents?

What accent does Emma Watson have?

For Harry Potter's fans and fans of Emma Watson this is a video all about her beautiful British accent. She speaks with received pronunciation or contemporary RP as it's commonly known. This is PART 2 of the Received pronunciation series.

Why did America drop the U in Colour?

He dropped the letter u from words like colour and honour – which had developed from the French influence in England – to make them color and honor instead. He did the same to words ending in -ise to make them -ize, because he thought American English spelling should reflect the way it was said.

Are Americans friendly?

That being said, Americans are, on the whole, very friendly people and happy to help when asked. (Southerners have a well-earned reputation as the most hospitable people in the country, and will often go out of their way to make a foreigner feel more at home.)

What country is most similar to the US?

Canada is by far the most similar country to the United States. This is in part because they are both originally British colonies.

What is the most annoying accent?

Preply, a Brookline-based online language learning platform, took a survey of more than 1,700 people across the country on the most loved and hated accents. The Boston accent came out on top as the most annoying, followed by the Midwestern accent.

How did Americans lose the British accent?

The first is isolation; early colonists had only sporadic contact with the mother country. The second is exposure to other languages, and the colonists came into contact with Native American languages, mariners' Indian English pidgin and other settlers, who spoke Dutch, Swedish, French and Spanish.

Which country has the best English accent in the world?

The Netherlands has emerged as the nation with the highest English language proficiency, according to the EF English Proficiency Index, with a score of 72. It is ahead of five other northern European nations at the top of the chart.