The American girl
October 4, 2007It is The One Question. The question that has boggled the minds of men since the dawn of time. Well, at least ever since we set foot on the New World. And consequently destroyed it.
I already knew that the world’s sexiest English accent is that of a Southern girl from the States. Texas, that sort of thing. So incredibly sexy. However, I never knew what was sexier: an American accent, or a British one?
Presentations were held today in class, and it was an all-girl cast - a multicultural one at that. One girl tried very hard to sound British, while another girl was straight from the States. I finally had a real-life comparison right in front of me. As a result, I had zero idea what they were presenting, seeing I was focussing so much on the accents. You have to have your priorities straight, you know.
And the American girl won - hands down. The American variant of English is simply much, much sexier than British English. Glad I got that off my chest.
I speak with a distinctively American accent, by the way. You can barely hear I’m Dutch.
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That wasn’t an honest comparison, the British-sounding girl was a really annoying person!
By the way, I was doing the same: listening to the accents instead of the content.. . ;)
Comment by LoeZ — October 5, 2007 @ 12:40 pm
I like the Scottish accent. Even if I don’t understand what the hell they are talking about.
Comment by Eugenia — October 5, 2007 @ 7:33 pm
Heh Loes, I tried to factor that fact out… Dunno if it influenced me all that much :).
Comment by Administrator — October 5, 2007 @ 9:56 pm
I thought sexiness was in the voice.
Well, in any case..
Get me an Indian accent anytime. ;)
Personally, I think it’s a very odd thing, is there something of a choice you have to make (when you’re Dutch and you don’t belong to the 95% of the population that thinks *thinking* you can speak English means that you actually *can* speak English) between using a British or an American accent (and what kind of an American or British accent?)?
It’s a bizarre non-issue, actually.
Facing the choice with a gun pointed at me, I definitely prefer the way they speak in the UK. They swallow a lo’ more cons’nants, and vowels too as a ma’er of fact, so it takes less time to listen to ‘em. :P
Comment by h3rman — October 7, 2007 @ 11:53 pm