I can't stand listening to someone with an American accent for more than 5 minutes. After that I tend to feel some creeping coldness running down my back and I find myself searching for the next knife.

I'm sorry It doesn't mean I don't like you guys!! I just rather talk to you through the internet


I'm not English myself, but my father used to live there and I've visited that country almost every year since my 4th birthday and I love it. That's probably why I have a southern English accent. (It depends on who I'm talking to; At the pub, watching football with working class people I tend to sound more London-cockney-ish, at school I'm rather Oxford )

Which one do you prefer and why?

I tend to be drawn to british accents in men, but a US southern drawl can be sexy too.

As for everyone overall, there are only a few US accents that grate on me.

What the hell is an "American accent?"

Is it a eastern southern accent? A New England accent? A Long Island accent? A Texas/Oklahoma accent? Is it Yooper?

Likewise, what do you consider a British accent? RP? Midlands? Cockney? Yorkshire? (I'm an actor and can do all of those well enough to pass.)

Genesia said:

I know where you are coming from, but for a simple poll it would be much too difficult to chose from all of them accents. No matter whether someone is from New England or Texas, you can tell that he's American anyway. A Scottish accent is very unique too and completely different to the Norfolk kind of accent, but they are both British.

My question was: Which do you prefer overall?

British all the way.

Dave1992 said:

It depends on which accents you're comparing.

Dumb question.

everything sounds better in a Long Island/Joey Buttafuoco type accent.

Dave1992 said:

British or American

I do not prefer one over the other ( and that's just a small fraction of all the worlds accents ! )

I enjoy hearing all kinds of people from all walks of life talk - not that I always am interested in what or how they are expressing themselves but the voices and accents - I really enjoy them all

My accent adapts. I speak stiff upper lip English normally, cuz that's what they teach here, but if I'm around Toni I talk Brummie inside of the hour.
If I am around Karen, my accent goes Cali and I become louder without me even noticing it.
Being around them two a few years back did weird things to my accent, I can tell you.

I even do this in Dutch. I get very posh around Aksel's friend Mikki, I go brawly with Aksel or when I'm at my baker's I go plat-Amsterdams.

Dave1992 said:

okay, wait a minute.
let me see if i got this right.

PLEASE tell me you're not one of those people that lives in the US, but because you "visit" England a lot you talk with an English accent.

you live in England, right? because if you don't live in England, i don't care how many freaking times you visit there, you're INTENTIONALLY speaking like that. which bugs the crap out of me, and reeks of what i like to call "douchebaggery".

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ButterscotchPimp said:

Genesia said:

Gosh, I think you need help:

1) Take aaaaall the American accents you know and write them down on a piece of paper.

2) Tick the ones you like, don't tick the ones you don't like.

3) Count aaaaall the accents you wrote down. (Note: Not the ones you had ticked!)

4) Count aaaaall the ones you had ticked! (Note: Not the ones you had not ticked!)

5) Take the number of accents you had ticked and divide it by the number of aaaaall the accentes you had written down.

6) Multiply by 100.

7) Write it down.

8) Take aaaaall the British accents you had written down and repeat step 2) to 7).

9) Compare the two numbers. Which one is higher? If the American accent number is higher, you seem to prefer American accents. However, if the British accent number is higher you seem to prefer British accents.

10) Tell us!



I hope this makes it easier for you.

Good luck!

Dave1992 said:

No, honey. I don't work that hard on something I think is ridiculous.

ButterscotchPimp said:

Neither do I live in the U.S., nor do I live in England.

I live in Austria. Still, I rather have a British accent than any other (especially the Austrian English ), because it just sounds better in my opinion and why would I use an ugly, not "correct" accent like the Austrian when I'm actually able to use a perfectly British one? I would call that "douchebaggery".

Genesia said:

Well, cutie, this is only the instruction for people that don't know how to do all that stuff in their heads without even knowing so. Usually they just have the feeling that they prefer one, but as you don't seem to be able to point either American or British out, I had to try helping you at least!

Dave1992 said:

I don't need your help. I've heard more accents - both American and British - than you are ever likely to. What's more, I don't pass judgment on them.

damn... and they say P&R is harsh...

IrresistibleB1tch said:

British, specifically the Welsh.

Genesia said:

The question was not "how many accents do you know"... But okay, you are the coolest and the best actor and you know aaaaall the accents (or at least more than any of the people on the org do!) and the most important thing is: You are daaaamn hot!

Satisfied?

Trying to prove that you are better than I am by stating my question is dumb or something is quite infantile actually.

Why can't people just get down to earth once and answer a single fucking question? This is not a serious discussion about politics and god, it's just a bloody poll!

IrresistibleB1tch said:

I'm just trying to be kind-hearted and help people out

Dave1992 said:

Because you didn't ask a single fucking question!

Genesia said:

Can you read?

"Which one do you prefer and why?"

There it is, the one and only question that was to answer for people that know how to!

I had never thought I'd be involved in this kind of discussion Too cute!

Dave1992 said:

But there's more than one of each! So it isn't a single fucking question!

Dave1992 said:

i didn't mean you, silly.

Genesia said:

having a bad day, Genesia? why are you hating on this kid? he's just asking a lighthearted question, for goodness sake!

Genesia said:

Okay, actor, I'm out. You just don't seem to get it

Genesia said:

i like normal southern/london english accents. welsh accents are gorgeous too. hate posh accents