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After watching many movies based in other countries, I've decided to do a survey to find out what people think is the funniest accent.
I prefer Irish accent and Canadian...god knows why.

I like Indian accents, especially if they move their hands and head a lot. :D

Scottish.

After watching many movies based in other countries, I've decided to do a survey to find out what people think is the funniest accent.
I prefer Irish accent and Canadian...god knows why.

Idiot.

Idiot.


No i have never heard that accent, have anyone else??.

Myself i like the irish :), and you forgot the swedish accent..

Scottish.

Hahahaha, yeah.

"Fer Fucks seyke!" - Billy Connoly

There are hundreds of different "american" accents. Your poll reflects an obvious cultural bias,

Jamaican.

I voted Irish.
However if we are doing movie accents,
I say the coolest Accent is ....
Gary Oldman
He can do them all...all.

umm...Americans who try to put on Australia accents...they sound nearly as stupid as Aussies putting on american accents :P

or americans putting on british accents... my fave is aussie... so sexy

Why are the Scots not listed? They have the best accent lad.

neither is the South African accent...

I happen to like the South Effrican accent too. I like the Irish accent, but there are too many painful memories of the place to think of it or hear it without calling them up, and I love the English accent, because it reminds me of good times. There are some bad times too, but the good times stick in my mind.

or americans putting on british accents... my fave is aussie... so sexy

Why do all Brits think that?

That's it, i'm moving there.

And yeah, the South African accent rules.

Funniest for me is Southern American.
Nicest and easiest on the ear, is the English

Right, and English people sound the same from Newcastle to Penznce. :rolleyes:

It's funny, I always liked the northern variants of the English accent, and the Cornish accent is adorable, and I mean that with all respect to Cornwellians. Likewise, I like the Welsh accent. I think it's got to be a celtic fringe thing with me.

My favourite one is the Dutch accent. I am dutch myself (sadly enough picked up a scottish accent.), but that accent is so funny it's like the know the english language, but just forgot how to pronounce the words.

Venezuelan

Right, and English people sound the same from Newcastle to Penznce. :rolleyes:

I wonder if americans can tell the difference? I can't tell the difference between different Australian accents. I can tell the difference between new york, california and texas accents. Florida accent is the same as South American ;)

But there's more variation in accents in about 20 miles in England than there is in 500 miles in the US.

So, Americanos, when you say "English" accent, what do you mean?

I remember watching Daphne Moon on Frasier. She had a pretty good north manc eh-up oldham accent. But her dad had a wirral accent and her brother was a cockney.

Cornwellians.

You mean Cornish.

Although Cornwellians sounds better.

I like a good Manchester accent to take me back home.

You mean Cornish.

Although Cornwellians sounds better.

I like a good Manchester accent to take me back home.

I always get confused. There are so many names for people from places that throw you, like "mancunian", or "scouse", or "liverpudlian". It's hard to keep them straight. ;)

I can't tell the difference between different Australian accents.

There isn't really much variation. Of course, you get those who speak like Steve Irwin, but thats only in the country. Theres no real accent variation from city to city.

Aussies

Although Irish, Scots, and Brits definitely get a nod

Irish.

... Italian ... :)

c ya!

You people have obviously never heard a sexy Russian woman talk when drunk. :p

Some ppl like Aussie accents?
Fair dinkum, et's ah mite odd how enywon leeks thet accent, ah?

I always get confused. There are so many names for people from places that throw you, like "mancunian", or "scouse", or "liverpudlian". It's hard to keep them straight. ;)

Scouse = Liverpudlian.

Funniest for me is Southern American.
Nicest and easiest on the ear, is the English

"shouthern american"? We have dozens of different accents all over the place, what are you talking about?

What if you *are* irish, or english, or scottish, or aussie, or canadian ... or hell, any of these. That's not an accent ... that's how people talk, dammit.

:)

And as for accents different from my own, the drunken russian woman. rrrrrrrrroorrrwrrrr!

Whew! I gotta take a break for a while. Back in a half hour ;)

Scouse = Liverpudlian.

You see what I mean?!?

Bloody hell, it gets confusing when you ask a brit anything. :p

You see what I mean?!?

Bloody hell, it gets confusing when you ask a brit anything. :p

How many different accents does New York have?

Italian!!

German.

Scouse, or Welsh.

Scotland the braves.

Wait wait are we talking coolest accent, or funniest?

Coolest: Robotic.

Funniest: Redneck.

There are hundreds of different "american" accents. Your poll reflects an obvious cultural bias,

There are so many French accents that they need a government office do tell people what "real" French is supposed to sound like.
Maybe we should start doing that here. Preferably before I go down south again only to hear that a bottle of Coke costs "dah nah tah."

Spanish.

What if you *are* irish, or english, or scottish, or aussie, or canadian ... or hell, any of these. That's not an accent ... that's how people talk, dammit.
I *am* Irish, and yeah we've a cool accent if it's people woh have 'generic neutral Irish accent' and a funny accent from people down the country. They're more the "Oh begorra!!! Whar's me toothpick sure haven't I a shlieliegh to be huggin'" sorta Stage Irish caricature accents.

And in terms of funniest, German accents are pretty funny, as are Welsh ones.

New Yorker, and German (not Schwarzenegger-like, but a *real* accent)

EDIT: is there such a thing as a 133t accent?

How many different accents does New York have?

Hmm, Brooklyn, Queens, distinct Puerto Rican and Jewish accents, and everyone in Manhattan speaks with that Federally propogated "TV" accent.
I guess that's 4 if you don't count ebonics and TV speak as New York. And there might still be a couple of old folks with the Lower East Side accent (the sort of accent that you would swear that 1950's gangter movies must be spoofing).

Best accent is my own, Black Country.

Very thick original Brummie accent.

-Phil.

New Yorker, and German (not Schwarzenegger-like, but a *real* accent)

Schwarzenegger isn't german, he's austrian.

And Schwarzenneger is the perfect example of how accents form the same area of the world all sound the same to foreigners.

"shouthern american"? We have dozens of different accents all over the place, what are you talking about?

Oh for pete's sake, the accent mostly heard in the southern states of the United States of America. Hope that is clear enough, I can't get any more concise, because I don't live in the US, and am not a language expert ;).

For the person on the other page rolling their eyes at me for choosing the English accent as my fav, the answer is, all of them. All the varients of the English accent are nice to listen too.

Hope that clears things up :).

i dont know about cool or funny
but
DUTCH Is the sexiest accent

*all atwitter just thinking about it*

sophisticated and sexy. YUM

http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/

This is a GREAT site, hundreds of accents :)

After watching many movies based in other countries, I've decided to do a survey to find out what people think is the funniest accent.
I prefer Irish accent and Canadian...god knows why.
That's alot like me. I like the Canadian and Irish accents more than any other.

Hehe, how you people all like the Irish accent is weird, but (as the poll confirms) it's always a popular one.

Any reason?

i dont know about cool or funny
but
DUTCH Is the sexiest accent

*all atwitter just thinking about it*

sophisticated and sexy. YUM
It's also the kinkiest accent. Those naughty, naughty dutch.

Hehe, how you people all like the Irish accent is weird, but (as the poll confirms) it's always a popular one.

Any reason?
Well I can't speak for others but it's in our blood!!!!!!!!!!!

I know I enjoy listening to my grandfather and great-grandmother, who have the British-style south african accents. I strongly dislike the southern US accents, but that's because they are so... incorrect compared to my Hoosier accent ;)

neither is the South African accent...
I think a lot of people in America aren't familiar with the South African accent though. As for me, it basically sounds like a British accent from the little bit of exposure I've had to it.

I'm surprised the New Zealand accent is ranked higher...I personally like Aussie/New Zealand accents....definately sound the coolest

Vader.
With the stalker breathing to go with it.

Vader.
With the stalker breathing to go with it.

I'm changing my answer to this, I hadn't even considered Vader.:)

It's also the kinkiest accent. Those naughty, naughty dutch.
mmm i hadn't thought about that aspect but it DOES add to the mystique doesn't it

You forgot Scottish!

I like Scottish and Irish best. English and Australian are okay, but not as good. The Romance languages have annoying accents when applied to American English, German is sort of harsh and angular, Asian accents make it hard to understand, and I haven't heard any others.

You forgot Scottish!

I like Scottish and Irish best. English and Australian are okay, but not as good. The Romance languages have annoying accents when applied to American English, German is sort of harsh and angular, Asian accents make it hard to understand, and I haven't heard any others.
The English accent! What's that? The accents of the English vary massively.
Brum, Geordie, Scouse, etc etc

I prefer my accent...which is Australian / English

German is sort of harsh and angular

I've never found that, although I'd agree that it's no good for poetry, and you can't dance to it.

Scouse = Liverpudlian.

Geordie = newcastle
brummie = birmingham
incomprehensible = glasgow

How come mancs don't have a cutesie name like geordies, brummies and scousers? It's because we're too fucking cool.

i dont know about cool or funny
but
DUTCH Is the sexiest accent

*all atwitter just thinking about it*

sophisticated and sexy. YUM


dutch is a comedy accent, like swedish and brummie.

I've always heard the people from Glasgow called "glaswegians", and people from Manchester "mancunian".

It's always a giggle to hear Ozzy talk, though, because he's definitely a brummie.

I think the reason I said "cornwellian" is that I got confused with "Cromwellian" or something like that. It sounds like a good enough excuse, anyway.

British accents pwn, by far. Second place... probably... Russian.

Geordie = newcastle
brummie = birmingham
incomprehensible = glasgow

How come mancs don't have a cutesie name like geordies, brummies and scousers? It's because we're too fucking cool.

Even the Manc accent has variaitions. Compare a Southern Manc to a Northern. North Mancs say Southerners sound 'posh'!

I've been told I have a distinctly non-distinct accent. The reason for this could be that I was born in Glasgow and lived there until about 6 years of age and then moved to Manchester with the family, coupled with the fact that neither of my parents spoke perfect English.

Why are the Scots not listed? They have the best accent lad.

I couldn't fit in every accent I could think of. Theres only room for 10 options.

I couldn't fit in every accent I could think of. Theres only room for 10 options.

You'd need all 10 just for the accents from 2/3 American cities.

English accents (just about any...)
Followed closely by Irish and Scottish and Welsh (again, just about any)
Can you guess which area of the world I want to move to when I get older? :D

And woo, people like Australian accents? Yay!

You'd need all 10 just for the accents from 2/3 American cities.

No offence but I find the American accent boring. Except for the real strong western one, that always sounds cool.

I prefer my own... Greek !!! but if I had to choose from the options above I'd say the aussies get it :)

I'm from Australia I really don't understand why people like Australian accents...In my opinion they are the worst accents in the world.

How many different accents does New York have?

Yo... how many accents ya got? I gots ya accents right hee-ah. Youse gotta problem wid dat? Fuggehdaboudit.


(or... the majority of accents in New York have nothing whatsoever to do with America.)

Even the Manc accent has variaitions. Compare a Southern Manc to a Northern. North Mancs say Southerners sound 'posh'!


That's because north mancs are a bunch of spear throwing sheep shagging eh-ups who actually have oldham accents.

The current manctastic fame champions must be the gallaghers who are from burnage and have classic south manc urban accents.

honestly the RUSSIAN ACCENT is just sooooo hot, i have seen enough James Bond films to know that

I AM INVINCABLE!!!!!!!!!!

i THINK it was Goldeneye with the severnaya bomb thingey, that natalya girl had such a lush accent

Charlotte (16)

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I'd definatly say scottish is the coolest accent

I wanna no how New Zealand got on there.
theres only about 3mil of us and we fell down the the bottom of the world.
Ive always thought us pretty insignificant in every way.

p.s. i love eastern european accents, and the swedish, r they hot in every possible way?
i think so

I'm from Australia I really don't understand why people like Australian accents...In my opinion they are the worst accents in the world.

I'm from New Zealand and I'll second that :-P

Nah, not really. Just the high-pitched nasal ones!

Craig

I wanna no how New Zealand got on there.
theres only about 3mil of us and we fell down the the bottom of the world.
Ive always thought us pretty insignificant in every way

I think the English and Aussies find us funny.

"Say Feesh and cheeps"

"Fish and Chips"

"Hee Hee, 'Fush and Chups' "

:)

Craig

am i the only russian accent lover then?

That's because north mancs are a bunch of spear throwing sheep shagging eh-ups who actually have oldham accents.

The current manctastic fame champions must be the gallaghers who are from burnage and have classic south manc urban accents.

Interestingly enough...I lived near their house for a while and must have met/seen Ian Brown a few times before he was famous too.

No offence but I find the American accent boring. Except for the real strong western one, that always sounds cool.

The point is...there isn't one American accent.

Interestingly enough...I lived near their house for a while and must have met/seen Ian Brown a few times before he was famous too.

well my mate was in the same football team as liam in primary school, and liam used to drink in my local when he was only a little bit famous. And ian brown used to always buy crisps from my other mate's shop in chorlton. them tubular crisps which i can't remember what they're called. and i used to rehearse in the same rehearsal room as james. and some more stuff probably so there.

EDIT yes but no but are you callin me a slag but no but yes.

well my mate was in the same football team as liam in primary school, and liam used to drink in my local when he was only a little bit famous. And ian brown used to always buy crisps from my other mate's shop in chorlton. them tubular crisps which i can't remember what they're called. and i used to rehearse in the same rehearsal room as james. and some more stuff probably so there.

EDIT yes but no but are you callin me a slag but no but yes.

Nah, nah, nah, nah...NAH!

I was Noel's best friend ever, right, and once he punched my teeth out and I still got 'em in a jar and everyfink.

Nah, nah, nah, nah...NAH!

I was Noel's best friend ever, right, and once he punched my teeth out and I still got 'em in a jar and everyfink.

tsk i dont believe you i bet you can't even spell manchistoh

tsk i dont believe you i bet you can't even spell manchistoh

What the fuck, ya fuckin' fuck?! I'll fuckin...fuck y'up...ya fucker!

What the fuck, ya fuckin' fuck?! I'll fuckin...fuck y'up...ya fucker!

fuckoh!

why is it that southerners think we say fook? we say fuck which has an u in it like butcher. just because they can't say cup properly...

fuckoh!

why is it that southerners think we say fook? we say fuck which has an u in it like butcher. just because they can't say cup properly...

Suth'ners are fick, innit.

The point is...there isn't one American accent. Why do people keep saying this?

Personally I find it incredible that anyone could find a resemblence between all of the English accents. Do you honestly think that they would all sound the same to you if you heard them all the time?

Why do people keep saying this?

Personally I find it incredible that anyone could find a resemblence between all of the English accents. Do you honestly think that they would all sound the same to you if you heard them all the time?

Nope. I do hear them all the time.