Heartland

I'm a sucker for a Geordie accent. And an Irish lilt makes me swoon. What floats your boat?

I don't know what region he was from, but a man selling stuff at a store in Cambridge had the best accent ever. He suckered me into buying a bracelet with it. One of the most mellifluous sounds I've heard. I wanted him for his voice alone.

But I've found that it's not so much the accent as how the individual uses it and how his tone of voice is. A southern (US) accent can be sexy on the right people imo.

German or Yorkshire.
Anyone with a missing tooth counts double.

the coolest accent

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Due to only speaking English to a Greek-Canadian lady, I'm affraid by now I speak English with a terrible accent which is a mixture of Canadian with most probably some Greek influences and a whole lot of Flemish stuff mixed in too

I just have to get rid of it before this summer

@Hal:

I just love all accents and dialects in any language I understand.....

Definite bonus points for -

Gentle Irish
Very gentle Geordie
Eastern European (my geography's not too good)
Wolverhampton

(nb, one of these may not be true)

I have what could be called a 'gentle' geordie accent [despite being 6'4''], but am let down by my excessive swearing.
does that count

a nice soft, deep voice.... mmmmmmmm

since 3 day I'm been working with a former Brittish guy (north of londen to be precise) his english / flamish accent is one of the worst I heard so farr.

culprit wrote:I have what could be called a 'gentle' geordie accent [despite being 6'4''], but am let down by my excessive swearing.
does that count

I thought "excessive swearing" was part of the geordie accent - well, it is with the Geordies I know

The only person I have ever met who swears more than Geordies is my South African friend Sean Having said that, he was born in Newcastle and moved over to South Africa when very young. He has dual citizenship - so the best of both worlds

Mmm good post...

South Coast accents are nice, like cockney without the sleaze.
Australian, Irish, 'Carol Smilie Scottish' & young Norwegian women talking English.

On the down side (apologies in advance for offence...)

SCOUSE!!!!

Geordies? Where? What? Kill!

Accents: some eastern Europe (would it surprise anyone if I mentioned Russia again at this point). Hispanic. Scottish, except for really harsh Glaswegian.

I'm not a big fan of rural accents. I like my chat fast-paced and quick-witted. Experience suggests Devon and East Anglia isn't the place to go for this.

Of course, never having met any of you lot, I can make up accents in my head to read your posts. It's like Eurotrash every day round here

Scouse is the bane of my existence. Primarily because everyone 'round here speaks it ¬.¬

I prefer Southern accents (probably because I'm accused of having one by the people trying to talk Scouse). Scottish accents are quite cool too.

andymackem wrote:Geordies? Where? What? Kill!

Sitting right next to me (and coincidentally my brother-in-law, who is talking to Paul on team speak now has just finished telling a "mackem" joke without being aware of what we are discussing!)

I'm from Kent so I won't join in with the weirdness which is the enmity between Newcastle and Sunderland

andymackem wrote:Of course, never having met any of you lot, I can make up accents in my head to read your posts. It's like Eurotrash every day round here

HAHAHA!!! I do the same thing!!!

Purple Light wrote:SCOUSE!!!!

Which, for the benefit of those of us NOT on the right side of the Pond, is..?

Francis wrote:I'm a sucker for a Geordie accent.

...and because of Heartlanders' surprisingly-accurate written portrayal of this accent, I correctly identified a real-live Geordie last year (without ever having met or spoken to one before!): a Newcastle-born waiter at a local, vaguely-British pub that some co-workers and I like to frequent for lunch. To say that he and my lunch partners were blown away would be an understatement...

SINsister wrote:

Purple Light wrote:SCOUSE!!!!

Which, for the benefit of those of us NOT on the right side of the Pond, is..?

Liverpool...land of the Bunnymen

i'm not too sure what i sound like...i just sound like me in my opinion...


would someone else like to comment on my accent?...

Black Alice wrote:I'm from Kent so I won't join in with the weirdness which is the enmity between Newcastle and Sunderland

What's so unusual? Two neighbouring cities who don't much get on. See Liverpool/Manchester, Leeds/Bradford, Glasgow/Edinburgh, Cardiff/Swansea, Derby/Nottingham/Leicester. Etc.

Apart from football I've never had any arguments with Geordies. Cockneys, on the other hand ....

Burn wrote:i'm not too sure what i sound like...i just sound like me in my opinion...


would someone else like to comment on my accent?...

Is it typical of Colchester?

andymackem wrote:

Burn wrote:i'm not too sure what i sound like...i just sound like me in my opinion...


would someone else like to comment on my accent?...

Is it typical of Colchester?

er...seems so with all the scottish squaddies that live around here

andymackem wrote: What's so unusual? Two neighbouring cities who don't much get on. See Liverpool/Manchester, Leeds/Bradford, Glasgow/Edinburgh, Cardiff/Swansea, Derby/Nottingham/Leicester...

Hull and Hull.

Accents aren't really important, personally.

Whitout 2 front teeth, your accent is a bit "strange"