What is the most annoying English 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.
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What accents are annoying?

“When it comes to accents that are most likely to annoy Americans, Boston, Southern, and New York accents topped the list,” researchers said.
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What is the least attractive English accent?

The Birmingham accent is considered the least attractive accent in the British Isles – and Southern Irish the most appealing. A quick analysis of English dialects shows that there are roughly as many in the British Isles as there are in the whole of North America – including Canada, Bermuda and Native American dialects ...
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What are the most annoying accents in the world?

Most Annoying Men's English Accents
  • USA, with an average listening time of one minute and 17 seconds.
  • Canada, with an average listening time of one minute and 42 seconds.
  • Wales, with an average listening time of two minutes and 11 seconds.
  • South Africa, with an average listening time of two minutes and 27 seconds.
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What is the most difficult British accent?

Which UK accents are harder to transcribe than others? This is our list of the top ten areas of difficult regional UK accents:
  • Glaswegian.
  • Geordie (Newcastle and Tyneside)
  • Scouse (Merseyside)
  • Black Country (Wolverhampton, Dudley and Walsall areas)
  • West and South Yorkshire.
  • Leicestershire.
  • Cockney (Greater London)
  • Essex.
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10 Worst British Accents



Why is Indian accent hard to understand?

American English syllable stress patterns

The top reason Americans don't understand Indian accented English is because you say words using the wrong syllable stress. Two common examples are the words development and alternative. When you say these words, you stress the wrong part of the word.
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What does Indian English sound like?

The following are the characteristics of dialect of Indian English most similar to RP: The voiceless plosives /p/, /t/, /k/ are always unaspirated in Indian English, (aspirated in cultivated form) whereas in RP, General American and most other English accents they are aspirated in word-initial or stressed syllables.
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Who has the hottest accent?

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.
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What is the most loved English accent?

Key findings include: British is the most likeable accent globally, with 45% of respondents stating they enjoy hearing their native language spoken with a British accent.
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What is the cutest English 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.
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Which accent is used in India?

Mostly in India, we use British English in written form.
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What is the heaviest English accent?

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

The Australian accent is often described as a 'lazy' form of English.
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What is the most neutral British accent?

Received Pronunciation (RP) is the proper term to describe the regionally neutral accent used by many middle-class speakers in the UK, particularly in England.
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What is the hardest accent to understand?

“Test” in New Zealand is pronounced as “Tist” = /e/ has become /i/. “Fist” is pronounced as “Fust” = /i/ has become /u/. If you understand more than 30% of this video, you win a prize! The New Zealand Accent!
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Is Indian accent difficult?

There are many, very distinct, British accents. It's true that Indian accent is the most difficult one in the world to understand. In my humble opiniom, I finf the indian accent harder to understand than the others, especially when many of them speak fast, but I must be honest that it's very interesting.
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Is Indian accent British?

Indian accents are indeed influenced by British English, but that is not the end of the story. Indian Accented English has its own unique patterns that set it apart from British English.
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Which English accent is easiest?

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.
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Who speaks the clearest English?

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.
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Who started Indian accent?

Indian Accent is a restaurant located at The Lodhi hotel in New Delhi, India. It was established in 2009 by Rohit Khattar.
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Is Indian accent clear?

Indian speakers often have a very different intonation and stress pattern than North American English speakers. This can make speech difficult to understand. Indian languages often use a rise in intonation to emphasize something.
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Which language is hardest India?

Malayalam, a south Indian language, might not be an easy language to learn. It is considered the toughest language with complex spoken and written grammar.
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What is the hottest British accent?

The Mancunian accent has taken the top spot as the dialect that gets the nation's attention the most. High-profile figures such as Liam Gallagher and Marcus Rashford who both boast the Manchester accent are among those lucky enough to claim they have the sexiest one in the UK.
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