Accents: Which make you melt and which drive you mad?

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  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
    I'm from Durham 20miles down the road from Newcastle, & its amazing the difference a couple of mile can make because I'm definitely not Geordie! :-)

    As for my personal favourite I'd have to go with Irish
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    anything european with a little bit of broken english - like penelope cruz

    or hong kong chinese speaking little bit broken english.
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    Slovenian accent is just amazing, southern accents, British accent's especially Irish and Aussie ones just annoy me something fierce >.<
    They may annoy you but not half as much as people from Ireland or Australia would be to be told they have "British" accents! Different countries mate

    And neither country is in Britain, so well done.


    I don't have an accent

    I'm just here to learn more about people's knowledge of geography :happy:
  • ShreddedTweet
    ShreddedTweet Posts: 1,326 Member
    Female Irish accent. OMG! I'm in love. Especially when they curse. Lol

    Come hang around my house then!!! I love a good cup of tea and a curse, there's nothing like it!
  • db34fit69
    db34fit69 Posts: 189 Member
    Saxon (Sächsisch) is absolutely hilarious. I love hearing it!

    "Was? Lös! Was habsch dir gsocht? Du sölst um zwölfe zehause sein!"

    http://www.myvideo.de/watch/8055096/du_sollst_um_zwoelfe_daheeme_sein
  • mellyish
    mellyish Posts: 253 Member
    My boyfriend sounds like any other Californian when he speaks English, but when he's talking to his family in Russian for some reason I just love it :blushing:
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    Aussie accent melts me.... German accent not so much....

    ICH LEIBE DICH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Haha we have this up in our office at work (languages dept in a school!)

    I like southern American accents, and also Irish, and Italian. Oh, and Australian. I'm English.
  • mounty89
    mounty89 Posts: 41
    Aussie accents are probably top for me. Have a soft spot for Irish and weirdly certain northern accents :P
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    Female Irish accent. OMG! I'm in love. Especially when they curse. Lol

    Come hang around my house then!!! I love a good cup of tea and a curse, there's nothing like it!

    mmmm, I forgot how hot that is!
  • LolliLouUk
    LolliLouUk Posts: 172
    Melters: Scottish, Italian, Irish, Texan
    Madders: American (except Texan), German, Russian
  • tumbledownhouse
    tumbledownhouse Posts: 178 Member
    I'm intrigued to know what a 'British' accent is but I suspect it's people saying 'British' when they mean 'English' and probably thinking of London/South. NAILS ON CHALKBOARD. But not as bad as when English people say 'English' instead of 'British'. i.e. "tea is a very English tradition". NGGGH.


    Rant over.
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    english, definitely english :blushing:

    Honestly, there is no such thing as an English accent, it's like saying an American accent, there are so many variations and even the words people say in our tiny country are not understood by all :flowerforyou:
  • tumbledownhouse
    tumbledownhouse Posts: 178 Member
    english, definitely english :blushing:

    Honestly, there is no such thing as an English accent, it's like saying an American accent, there are so many variations and even the words people say in our tiny country are not understood by all :flowerforyou:


    snap! Almost.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 8
    Welsh accent is awesome.
  • VBnotbitter
    VBnotbitter Posts: 820 Member
    Slovenian accent is just amazing, southern accents, British accent's especially Irish and Aussie ones just annoy me something fierce >.<
    They may annoy you but not half as much as people from Ireland or Australia would be to be told they have "British" accents! Different countries mate

    And neither country is in Britain, so well done.

    Were you commenting on the original post or my reply? If me maybe its the way I worded it because as an English person living in Australia I've got a bloody good idea of the geography involved


    I don't have an accent

    I'm just here to learn more about people's knowledge of geography :happy:
  • kellynlulu
    kellynlulu Posts: 6 Member
    Irish....the stronger the better!!
  • kennie2
    kennie2 Posts: 1,170 Member
    I'm from Durham 20miles down the road from Newcastle, & its amazing the difference a couple of mile can make because I'm definitely not Geordie! :-)

    As for my personal favourite I'd have to go with Irish

    whenever im in durhum (live in newcastle, dont sound like it) its soo nice! people actually talk like me and no one calls me posh haha
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    Slovenian accent is just amazing, southern accents, British accent's especially Irish and Aussie ones just annoy me something fierce >.<
    They may annoy you but not half as much as people from Ireland or Australia would be to be told they have "British" accents! Different countries mate

    And neither country is in Britain, so well done.

    Were you commenting on the original post or my reply? If me maybe its the way I worded it because as an English person living in Australia I've got a bloody good idea of the geography involved


    I don't have an accent

    I'm just here to learn more about people's knowledge of geography :happy:

    I started with the word 'and' like I was continuing yours.
  • Joannesmith2818
    Joannesmith2818 Posts: 438 Member
    For all the people digging the British accent....you clearly havnt been to Yorkshire LOL.

    Me...I like a german accent....not sure why.

    Some American accents grate on me, but I dont no which part they come from.
  • LolliLouUk
    LolliLouUk Posts: 172
    english, definitely english :blushing:

    Honestly, there is no such thing as an English accent, it's like saying an American accent, there are so many variations and even the words people say in our tiny country are not understood by all :flowerforyou:

    I kinda disagree with this. Yes, there are different accents for different parts of Britain, but each one is British.. they don't' sound American, Italian etc, they are just different variations of British.

    PS. my Norfolk accent is hot! hehe
  • taliasometimes
    taliasometimes Posts: 301 Member
    i love scottish on MEN.

    dislike liverpudlian (scouse) on anyone
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    Aussie girls... DAMN!!!

    I thought that, until I married one :D
  • helsbelshms
    helsbelshms Posts: 93 Member
    It's got to be Southern Irish or Australian .

    Being a Geordie myself, the Mackem accent has to be the worst. To all you not from the North East of England, we probably all sound the same, but there is a definite difference and it is very annoying to hear Mackems being portrayed as Geordies.
  • BananaFaceFace
    BananaFaceFace Posts: 70 Member
    Love all Irish, Scottish and English accents! including all the different types of them e.g Bristol, Liverpool etc :)


    Dislike Kiwi accent, sorry but its CHIPS NOT CHUPS. i kid i kid .. sorta
  • kelsierose094
    kelsierose094 Posts: 232 Member
    Majority of British accents..,mmm. I love slight Irish accents too, but once I met someone with a really heavy one and .. not so much.
  • KoRnKraZy
    KoRnKraZy Posts: 69 Member
    New Zealander here! It's cool that so many of you like our Kiwi accents :D:drinker:

    I LOVEEEEE Swedish accents! soo sexy :heart:

    Can't think off an accent I don't like!
  • Faery_Dust
    Faery_Dust Posts: 246 Member
    It's funny how people say "British" accents, but to the Brits, the accents from various parts of the country are so so different. I'm from Yorkshire and definitely sounds very different to someone from London.

    I have a few American friends though who all sound very similar to me, but they say they sound nothing like.

    I have to admit, I do like the softer Scottish and Irish accents.
  • 55in13
    55in13 Posts: 1,091 Member
    Guess im an odd ball.
    I LOVE southern accents. mmm love the sound of a country boy.

    And I can't stand British accents. :noway:
    We don't speak the King's English in the South, we speak God's English... :bigsmile:
  • IronAddict86
    IronAddict86 Posts: 708
    Irish. Utter sucker for it.
  • FarAway02
    FarAway02 Posts: 211
    I also go for Irish... and Australian accents. I don't like either to be too 'strong' though....mfff.

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