Accents. yes or no?
 

Any one think that accents can make some one more desireable?

I think in some cases yes, i.e. Catherine Zeta Jones.

Yes, well at least my southern accent has never failed to work on a guy.

I've known several guys who I've thought were more attractive just because they had accents.

hispanic accents.. NO!

British accents... YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Please explain what an hispanic accent is?


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LMAO

I knew that would get called on by someone!

Not that it was my post but this is what occurs to me when I saw it.
 

What I think a Hispanic accent would be:

Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population
Division.

1) Hispanic is a broad encompassing term (used today in ways much like 'Asian' is used sort of). So when I read the comment I took it to mean Spanish, Puerto Rican, Latino etc. Which... AREN'T all the same sounding completely but there is some similarity. I umm... mean that in the sense of Australia say is a big place but I could tell someone was from there (or from N. Zealand) probably. Just like I may be able to tell if a person was of Hispanic descent and was born or grew up in N. America say.

2) I also think that fact the original poster used the word Hispanic was a well intentioned attempt to use a term which s/he felt would not offend people who would be grouped under that term - e.g. by the Census Bureau, community etc. I don't think it was remotely an "I hate Hispanic voices" comment which... would be offensive [obviously!]. Just a preference over which accents are preferred. For all sorts of reasons different people grow to like different accents over others. Variety is good.

These are really my opinions, I'm not saying it just 'cause A Random DphiE said Brit accents were good. :)

Re: Not that it was my post but this is what occurs to me when I saw it.
 

I'm still lost but I won't turn it into a debate. :D

For me ABSOLUTELY!!!

But only if it's an English, Scottish, Irish, or Welsh accent.

ETA: Australian, New Zealander and South African Accents are pretty nice too.

Australian accents are so sexy.

I like German, Swedish, British and Swiss accents.

How do you have a Swiss accent? I thought the Swiss either spoke French, German, or Italian depending on which border they lived closest to.

The Swiss also speak Romanche (sp?)

Oh, yes. I forgot about Romansh. I think it's like Italian with a hint of German.

I happen to think Spanish accents are sexy, when they're actually speaking Spanish (one more reson why I chose to learn Spanish instead of pushing English on him)...but then again, I'm biased...

accent are sexy... but sinse Im southern, my boy seems so have a Californian accent (which is super funny to me)... and I think he sexy, so I guess Cali accents are sexy...

Whatever

You can tell if someone has a swiss accent because it comes from the bauch (stomach in english) more so than a german person. It sounds more like they're hocking a loogie at you as opposed to people from Germany having more of a distinct ending in their words.

Its Romansche. ;)


Just as they have Schweitzer Deutsche. :D

Romansch :78% lexical similarity with Italian and French, 76% with Catalan, 74% with Spanish, Sardinian, and Portuguese, 72% with Romanian. Speakers are bilingual. Standard German is the language of instruction in school. An official written language is in common use now, called Grischuna. Official language. All dialects taught in school. Newspapers. Bible 1679-1953.

Only about .6% of the Swiss population speaks it.

Here is a link to a website that has info on it with Tin tin books for examples...it's odd looking yet cool. http://lakrabo.tripod.com/romansch.htm

Accents I like: Some southern accents, some British accents, Italian. Quebecois can be cute if they are fluent in English.

That depends on what part of Switzerland you are talking about. The French speaking portion is vastly different than the German speaking portion.

And it's Schweizer Deutsch(or Schwyzertüütsch or Züritüütsch). Schweitzer is a person...the nationality/language spelling is Schweiz (no T). I was a German teacher.

Well, thats not how I learned it. I didnt learn it in school, a girlfriend taught me schweizer deutsch. My grandmother and mother taught me standard german. bisch du aus der schweiz?

Nein, ich habe Deutsch an der Universitaet studiert, und habe ich auch in Deutschland, Liechtenstein, Oesterreich, und Scweiz viele gereist. Ich bin Professorin.

ETA: Accents of most kinds are quite cool...I'm partial to French, Italian, Irish, Scottish, and some Brit accents...I say some simply because people from parts of England sound ridiculous, Birmingham for example.:p

I love the Boston and Austrailian accent.

I don't like Scottish accents because I can't understand them. I like Irish accents since I grew up around them. I like Antonio Banderas' accent. :D

I love guys with Australian or Southern accents. Of course I am a counrty girl so if a guy has a southern accent he better be wearin a cowboy hat!

For some reason, I just dont like the australian accent!


I think british accents are hot.

I get compliments on my Southern accent all the time and I think some people do find it alluring. :)

Maybe its because I live in the midwest.

I really do not have a thing for accents. I maybe would if I were living in a villa in Tuscany being seduced by a randy Italian guy, but generally I'm not into accents.

I love almost all accents, but especially Southern and British ones :)

I don't think it increases my attraction to someone but it doesn't hurt.

Southern accents: South Carolina and Georgia

East Coast: Philadelphia and Baltimore

International: Jamaica, Ethiopia, Brasil, Italy

ooooooooh.....give me a British man ANYday.....love their accent, it's just....tingle-envoking. :)

not too fond of redneck, but i'm ok with Southern....being a Southerner, i feel i have to like it, but only in moderation. Northern accent, not so much at all, though. don't dig Aussie, but i do like French accents (i know, right?)....Scottish is cool.........

really, when it comes down to it, as long as ya don't sound like you're from Eastern Ky, i'm okay with it. :D


to differentiate btwn "Southern" and "redneck" one must:
-NOT say "ternader" in place of "tornado"
-it is "light" NOT "lit" (note: to say "lIIIIIIght" is ok.....just be aware of it)
-one "washes" their clothes, NOT "warshes"
-this sentence reads, "hey, donna jo! will you turn the light on before the tornado comes so i can wash my clothes, please?" therefore do not say it like, "HEY! donna jo! how 'bout you hit that lit over yonder 'fore that therrr ternader comes so i can warsh these here duds"

Sometimes, yes...but I think some accents become grating after a while.

being that i'm from MIAMI,
the CAPITAL of non-native english speakers
(and being HISPANIC myself-
my parents are Cuban,
but i was born and raised in Miami)...
i am surrounded by the "Hispanic" accent,

now, what i meant by hispanic accent is the accent produced by non-native english speakers which are of hispanic origin (my parents, Penelope Cruz, or Antonio Banderas for example).

I guess since i live in the mecca of Hispanic accents, they don't appeal to me, as much as a Southern or British accent would since they are "foreign" to me.

Hope that clears things up... :D

EDITTED TO ADD:
I never meant that the Spanish language itself was unappealing to me... i just dont like the way non- native english speakers (who happen to be of hispanic background) sound when they speak english.

BUT i love the way they sound when they speak PROPER spanish like Spainards & Venezuelans. :D

Thats so funny. LOL

So you like Cali accents ey; well I was born and raised here in Cali.;)

I am a sucker for accents. I confess! :) Southern accents really don't do much for me, though certain ones are nice. British accents (the posh type, not Cockney) make me tingle. Scottish accents are pretty cool. But the accent that really throws a punch to my nether regions is a German accent. Now that I'm working for a German company and I'd say over half the office is German, I'm absolutely loving it. There's a guy a couple desks over from me that absolutely mesmerizes me. I don't even have to look at him (he's a cutie!) as long as I'm hearing him. </guilty pleasures at work>

Irish accents are dead sexy. I'll take that one over anything else. I think German accents are pretty nice, too. (Which is nice b/c I'm in Germany.) I've heard from a lot of Germans that they like American accents.

I love all accents, they are DAMN SEXY!!!!

my favorites are: Scottish, Irish, Aussie and Kiwi (NZ), I think the british accent is a little played for me, but on the right man....watch out.

Of course there was this cute little russian boy one day that I was go glad I was sitting down, that accent almost had me down on the floor. I think that is the day that I learned self-control.

of course since I'm listening to sean paul right now, jamaican accents are getting to me too.

We don't have accents in California!! hehe... ;)



I love ANY accent.... But Irish accents are the best!!! (maybe I should move to Ireland...)

Hey we all have accents its just that you dont hear your own, and you only notice someone elses becuz they are pronuncing things diffirent than you would. When I vistit other places outside of california everyone always looks at me wierd becuz i sound diffirent to them, they hear my cali accent and know im not native to where ever i may be at the time.