What is your favourite accent?

by **San Lumen** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 1:48 pm

Hard to say but if I had to pick i'd say Scottish. They make the best narrators

by **Europe and Oceania** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 1:51 pm

British, German, and Russian accents and in that order.

by **Barboneia** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:06 pm

Russian accents are awesome.

by **Ceresnia** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:25 pm

Scuo'ish, mate

by **New Eirangard** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:27 pm

The masculine German cuz of what it does to the ladies

And well for the feminine side French of course. It just makes you sound smart and sexy AF

by **Theia Boatia** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:29 pm

Australian and American

by **Royal Denmark** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:33 pm

Men: Swedish/Nordic

Women: Russian

Mmm~

My Spotify Account · by **Ragnarum** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:34 pm

I love Dutch and Finnish accents, but in terms of native English speaking accents I like strong Birmingham accents because they amuse me greatly and I can imitate them really well. I can do the same for certain Scottish accents as well.

I do like my own accent to be narcissistic. Warwickshire accents sound like a mixture of a mild Birmingham accent and a farmer :lol2:

by **Herargon** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:35 pm

I personally like the Netherlandish accent*, and the Italian, if mild and not overly staccato, is nice too.
RP English is nice as well, but o boy the pronunciation of any English accent is so far from what is written. You lot ought to change spelling or pronunciation...

French sounds silly in my ears. As charming as it may be, it has a pronunciation that makes it hard to distinguish different words from each other.

German is meh, not too bad but I don't like it. It's like butchering Netherlandish and writing it badly

* Bit biased there, am native Netherlander myself.

by **Anollasia** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:36 pm

The softer, smoother accents from the UK (not cockney for example). The kind of accents that smoothe the R.

My Spotify Account · by **Ragnarum** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:38 pm

Anollasia wrote:The softer, smoother accents from the UK (not cockney for example). The kind of accents that smoothe the R.

You mean non-rhotic?
As in, they do not pronounce the 'R' at the end of syllables; unlike most American accents?

by **Herargon** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:41 pm

Herrebrugh wrote:Rotterdam city accent.

Also, some Zeelandic dialect I can't name by heart. It contains many elements within the pronunciation that are archaic in the standard language.

Rotterdam? Colour me surprised. Isn't that dialect known for its ... swearwords? :blink:

Do you possibly mean Zeeuws-Vlaams?

by **Meryuma** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 6:39 pm

Trollgaard wrote:No no, its the Midwest that doesn't have an accent.

Literally everyone has an accent. From the perspective of a British person, a Midwesterner definitely has an accent.

by **Melon feud** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 6:50 pm

I reckon that gal from the progressive commercial "FLO" is my #1 favorite. Then a buxom blonde with a Texas drawl.

by **Skyviolia** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 6:51 pm

I have a thing for southern accents.

by **Risottia** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:01 am

Conserative Morality wrote:
Threlizdun wrote:There is no "General American" accent.

I disagree. It's very neutral.

I dunno, if I think of a neutral accent in English I think of Cary Grant.

by **Ethel mermania** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 3:54 am

On a woman, soft american southern, or carribean.

On.a guy,

I don't really give a shit. Though I would pay to see Patrick Stewart read the phone book.

by **Herrebrugh** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:05 am

Herargon wrote:
Herrebrugh wrote:Rotterdam city accent.

Also, some Zeelandic dialect I can't name by heart. It contains many elements within the pronunciation that are archaic in the standard language.

Rotterdam? Colour me surprised. Isn't that dialect known for its ... swearwords?

That's not what I know it for, but we certainly don't mind swearing

Herargon wrote:Do you possibly mean Zeeuws-Vlaams?

No, I was referring to a specific dialect within West Flemish, but it seems this pronunciation is used within all of West Flemish.

by **Mostrov** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:07 am

by **Anollasia** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:43 pm

Ragnarum wrote:
Anollasia wrote:The softer, smoother accents from the UK (not cockney for example). The kind of accents that smoothe the R.

You mean non-rhotic?
As in, they do not pronounce the 'R' at the end of syllables; unlike most American accents?

Sure. I didn't know there was a term for it.

by **Unified Empire** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:46 pm

I'd say it'd be between English, German, and Russian.

Wait, Scottish too.

These are my favorites in terms of 'coolness'.

by **Kaqashar** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:47 pm

I have it so bad for Scots. One minute I will be talking to one, and then 5 minutes later I'm in their bed.

I also like African accents. Like Abraham from Zoo

by **Unified Empire** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:54 pm

Now that I think of it, I think Russian takes the cake for my favorite accent. Just listen to this.

As someone said earlier, the accent sounds both strong and philosophical at the same time.

by **Dinake** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:54 pm

The Texas accent, or failing that, I'm a fan of Russian or Lebanese.

by **Indo-Japanese Separatist Districts** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:57 pm

*weakness for German accents intensify*

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