Americans today pronounce some words more like shakespeare than. Jan 28, 2016 learn british accents and dialects cockney, rp, northern, and more. The wall street journal on americans adopting british accents. Do american women really find the british accent sexy. May 17, 2018 the american obsession with the way our former overlords speak is ubiquitous. Mar 07, 2014 like most straight guys who have heard penelope cruz speak, im a sap for foreign accents. Its rather like a national version of whatever it is that usually prevents a brother and sister, however. Culture how americans preserved british english bbc. Do british people like americans accents as much as americans. Wow i know i was talking to an american girl on xbox live lol and she kept saying that she loves my accent sounding all wet and stuff lol i loveed it. Do brits like our american accents as much as we like theirs. No one even calls a geordie accent, never mind a scottish or welsh one, a british accent.
In the past few months, ive gone on dates with girls. Europeans think the american accent is the sexiest. Just curious about what our british friends here on ena think of the american accent. Before you read this, you should be fully aware that this is neither factchecked nor proven, and it is 100 percent biased. Having to watch him attempt american fbi agent paul budiansky, he helped solidify my theory that there are only two types of american accents most british actors can do. Any linguist would tell you that a british accent at least the rp or london type should be easier because the vowels are so much more precise and disciplined. Its like a novelty, i dont mean that in a bad way i just mean that its something different and special, and you dont hear it everyday here. Jan 14, 2016 chris pratts perfect english accent the graham norton show. In early hollywood movies, geher notes, actors were trained to have a slight british accent so as to seem more posh. Very few people actually speak it unaltered its really more like a synthetic accent for use on television and radio. Interestingly, we americans regardless of gender also find information delivered in a british accent as.
As i think ive said in another answer somewhere, due to the vast quantities of american media, we hear american ac. I am not sure if british girls like american accents though. And in full anglophile fashion, i wanted my first article for literally. British people in london attempt their best american accent.
There is obviously nothing redeeming about northern accents. What do irish men think of american women, typically. I have a standard american accent similar to the accent you would hear on most american television programs. In america theyre a novelty and the accent attracts. They work behind closed doors once they start talking, they dont really make moves in front of the pack. All the secret reasons you find foreign accents so sexy.
Definitely the use of british accent to mean middle class london accent. British actors with the most realistic american accents insider. Whats with british people and american accents antimoon. Why american women love british men the independent. Some do, some dont i like the accent of american girls some of my best friends are american chicks, especially compared to the accents of some of the women in this country sorta towards bradford wigan kinda area i think, who sound scary.
I personally love american girl accents,i have a friend called laura on youtube she is from pennsylvania and love her accent. The irony, says khalid aziz, a british communications specialist, is that the british actually quite like american accents and find it quite highly associated with success in business. British people do their best american accent youtube. There isnt a single british accent nor a single american one, and some american accents may have more characteristics in common with some british accents as they do with other american. Ive heard this assumption before, and it actually makes sense. Maybe its even an individual thing rather than an area. Learn british accents and dialects cockney, rp, northern, and more. Apr 26, 2011 wow i know i was talking to an american girl on xbox live lol and she kept saying that she loves my accent sounding all wet and stuff lol i loveed it. While this accent started in california, it has somehow worked its way all over the us and seems especially popular with asian girls of every area code. Do you feel the same way about our accent, or do we sound like yokels. Obviously we british girls dont generally buy into that, except for maybe the more complex associations between accent and social class which is a discussion for another time. Whether its to find their very own hugh grant or prince harry, or to keep themselves endlessly entertained with the accent, it is a fact that american women love british men.
Why american girls love a british accent literally, darling. The american obsession with the way our former overlords speak is ubiquitous. I really was not expecting those british guys from wiltshire at the start to have that conversation with me, but i am so grateful that they did. Do british girls like american guys with american accent.
Reading an american book where a guy slapped a girl on her fanny confused the hell out of me when i first heard it, what did he do, scoop and slap or something. Chris pratts perfect english accent the graham norton show. I hate the english accent innit not saying everyone in england speaks like that, yes only a small minority. I remember sitting for a meal with some people from boston and being acutely aware of needing to edit what i said to remove any british idiom.
Saying sorry is basically our national superpower and sport. But british girls sound so precious and clever too. Is it easier for a british actor to do an american accent. Me, i personally dont really fall for the charm of foreign accents but lots of girls do. They sound like southern accents mixed with like scottish accents or something. Bighoo, toodloo, chickedy and chick, a family of birdlike creatures. Some british stars, like idris elba, millie bobby brown, and christian bale, are. To play a woman like that, who also drinks and shouts and has a son. May 08, 2017 according to 1,423 american women including me. When it comes to using an american accent, you can split it up into stereotypes texan, ghetto, new york mafia thug yknow, like from the 50s films, africanamerican woman, redneck, hispanic, mexican and so forth but i doubt we think thats the range of accents over there. Certainly, during world war ii there were a lot of liasons between american servicemen and british woman. I actually stopped off a day longer in minneapolis once because.
I love american accents on a lady, and have been accused of when backing them to disgruntled american men that i should shut. All the secret reasons you find foreign accents so sexy glamour. The 16 sexiest accents in the world thought catalog. On the off chance that youve actually done something wrong, a bumbling british sorry will instantly disarm the injured party. People from newcastle speak the geordie dialect, and theyre called geordies too. And american english is as rich, diverse and lively as americans themselves. American women are probably louder than irish women. By british accent i do mean your standard southern middleclass sort of thing. And in full anglophile fashion, i wanted my first article for literally, darling to discuss exactly why american girls are so attracted to a man with an accentspecifically british men. Anyway,im sure there some british girls who get wet for american accents too.
Alot of people from south london do but not over the top like in killing floor, they over done it. For example, the pronunciation of pearl in some variants of scottish english can sound like the entirely unrelated word petal to an american ear. Southern accents, most british sounding in north america. The south didnt see a ton of immigrationdiversity for the longest time, so the accent sounds the most like our british ancestors who came over here. Oct 08, 2008 im a londoner, grew up in east london to be precise, but have now been in st andrews university for 3 years up in scotland doing an undergraduate course in biological sciences. If you have a british accent, girls will automatically be. Im from south east london and i speak just like that and cant help it. To put it simply, american men are the big spoon, british men are the little spoon. American accent wouldnt annoy me, it would be seen as a novelty, kind of in the same way an irish accent is seen in the states. Christian bale has had to do a number of american accents for films, but. Europeans think this american accent is the sexiest youtube.
Ive always planned on moving out of this country, considering what its becoming. Plus you come off as so much more intelligent than other guys. The liverpudlian accent is one of the most famous british regional accents thanks to the beatles, and its a very nasal dialect that can be hard to copy at first. Odain, 25, new york, ny i feel like brits dont beat around the bush. Mar 22, 2005 so, i imagine that a lot of american males probably do like girls with british accents. Different tone, pronounciation, slang actually i think the different slang is a huge part of why canadians and americans love british accents.
I know that i find the english accent very hot, and a lot of americans would probably agree with me. For a summary of the differences between accents, see international phonetic alphabet chart for english dialects. Rustoleum american accent s crackle sprays is a two step spray application designed to produce a crackled paint finish. So, i imagine that a lot of american males probably do like girls with british accents. And its not like a british person would know a california accent from a midwestern one they both just sound american to them. I am a sucker for anything with a british flag, anything associated with the royal family congrats, will and kate, and anyone with an accent. It might be because they dont want to seem soft, or probably because boys might sabotage. Mar 11, 2007 do brits like our american accents as much as we like theirs. Everyone here in america loves british or irish accents. Oct 03, 2003 the irony, says khalid aziz, a british communications specialist, is that the british actually quite like american accents and find it quite highly associated with success in business. English accents can differ enough to create room for misunderstandings.
Why dont americans and brits have the same accents. British children are learning to talk with american accents because of a. I agree with janes answer, in that the generalisation doesnt work at all. Do british girls find american accents to be attractive. I dont think that most southern accents sound british at all, though they may sound in some way familiar there is an exception, an island i think off if i remember rightly, the carolinas where people talked, at least up until a few years ago, english very similar to the local accent of east anglia. I dont know how to say this without sounding rude but in terms of stereotypes. Im a londoner, grew up in east london to be precise, but have now been in st andrews university for 3 years up in scotland doing an undergraduate course in biological sciences. British redditors, do you think the american accent is as attractive as many of us think the british accent is. In fact, ask just about anyone who speaks a little english to do their best impression of an american accent, and they. So do canadians west of quebec thanks to loyalists to the crown.
Also americans usually talk about two notches louder than my own personal preference. Unlike local american accents, adopting a foreign accent can give a person a bit of a social boost. So im thinking about doing a postgraduate course in one of the top us universities not sure which one yet but one of the things im. Presidents bush and clinton both had nonstandard accents and movies and tv shows often include californian, african american, new york, and southern varieties. My question is, do you brits like american accents. The upcoming royal wedding between meghan markle and prince harry is the latest proof of how much. Nov 10, 2014 i dont think that most southern accents sound british at all, though they may sound in some way familiar there is an exception, an island i think off if i remember rightly, the carolinas where people talked, at least up until a few years ago, english very similar to the local accent of east anglia. British redditors, do you think the american accent is as. If you come from liverpool, like john, paul, ringo and george, then youll speak scouse. Do american boys find the english accent atractive.
Some actors just seem to equate a scratchy voice to sounding like a tough guy, and thats exactly what salmon does for the film. Do brits like our american accents as much as we like. I saw a television report on it in 1989 about how some grownup offspring of these marriages living in england were trying to find their american dads. I personally think it sounds very classy and adds much beauty to the english language. I was to be disappointed until i ended up in a home depot, betcha yaaa. There are other countries in britain, and even significantly different accents. Do they prefer the generic all american accent like whats seen on tv. What do the british think of the way americans talk. Click to below to buy the ebook get girls to chase you productshowtogetgirlstochaseyou click below to. In the past few months, ive gone on dates with girls from france, norway, and australia. If you speed up southern accents, they sound british. As a result, the theory goes, some americans speak english with an accent more. Americans on a whole are more expressive and more loud than irish, were quite reserved till we drink.
Do british people like americans accents as much as. Should we be flattered or worried that the british accent. So, for british accents there seems to be a stereotype of intelligence and class, for the most part for rp and more standard accents, anyway. British voices leave british people cold while the rest of the world are hot for them. I had little trouble following the accents on dallas, but i dread when a southern person is cast on any of the cbs reality shows i watch, because at least half the time it sounds like theyre trying to speak through a bag of cotton. No one apologizes as frequently and unnecessarily as we do. It probably has something to do with hollywoods portrayal of american. Let me know your thoughts in the comments and if you want to help me out then. American girls love the british accent, except for southern american girls, they find the accent to be quite wimpy and tend to love aussie accents, but overall the rest of american women love english rp accents. Why are americans so fascinated with british accents. In early hollywood movies, geher notes, actors were trained to have a. There are other countries in britain, and even significantly different accents in england.
Americans and brits both speak english, so why dont they sound the same when they talk. I cant think that there is any american phrase, word or accent that i wouldnt understand, but i wonder if an american would understand everything i say. Dec 10, 2010 when it comes to using an american accent, you can split it up into stereotypes texan, ghetto, new york mafia thug yknow, like from the 50s films, african american woman, redneck, hispanic, mexican and so forth but i doubt we think thats the range of accents over there. Some are extremely annoying, some are ordinary, some are attractive.
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