What's your favorite accent?
By katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
United States
September 21, 2010 8:08am CST
I am really starting to love the Australian accent. I've been watching some shows with Australian actors which has made me start liking the accent, and recently hubby got a new co-worker who is Australian. From what he says, the Australian accent is the easiest to lose after living elsewhere for awhile.. hubby says he notices the guy speaking without an accent a lot. The guy is married to an American woman, and they have a son, and the son can turn his Australian accent on and off whenever he wants. Sometimes when hubby tells me about a conversation he's had with this guy, he'll speak the other guys parts in that Australian accent.. I think it's really cute.
Is there an accent you really like to hear?
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@prashant_utneja (44)
• United States
22 Sep 10
american accent is the best accent in world however i like australian accent too.
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@Nikiforos (38)
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21 Sep 10
My favourite accent is French. It is rich in elongated vowels and smooth on the tongue when spoken, and so often sounds gentle and reserved (I guess I have watched too many movies set in France).
In comparison, Australian accent often has this upward inflexion at the end of every sentence which makes it sound like they are asking a question. I must admit that I am not fond of it.
My least favourite accent is male-spoken Greek, because it is very rough, macho and aggresively toned, and this doesn't do the beautiful language any justice.
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
21 Sep 10
Interesting views. I don't believe I've ever heard anyone speak in Greek.. but even if I did I wouldn't recognize it.
@veganbliss (3895)
• Adelaide, Australia
29 Apr 11
That "Australian" accent sounds like a typical Queensland born-&-bred accent. Most Australians do not speak like that. You should count yourself lucky to hear it; fewer than four million people on the planet can speak like that. 
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
21 Sep 10
I don't know any Brits that I actually speak to.. and the ones on TV usually speak clearly enough to understand.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
23 May 11
I don't know about wanting to hear a specific accent.But I've noticed if I have extended conversations with someone with an accent I have been known to pick it up for a day or two myself. Quite strange if you ask me!
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
23 May 11
No it's not strange.. I do the same thing sometimes.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
21 Sep 10
I particularly like filipino accent cuz i'm a filipino. I'm very much into our accent. I'm so in love with it. I wouldn't want any other accent.
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
21 Sep 10
That's not really an accent to you then, is it? Since you speak the same as they do. You only notice an accent when people speak differently.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
21 Sep 10
Yup, it is really very interesting to hear different accents. It is I would say quite amazing. Australian accent is quite unique too. One accent here in North America which is pretty unique like Australian accent is Tennessee accent, the State of Tennessee. It is a southern accent, but still sounds very much different in my ears from other southern accents.
@kquiming (2997)
• Philippines
21 Sep 10
i think it's hard to understand the australian accent.probably because my ears are not used or trained to hearing and understanding it. maybe if i expose myself to the accent more, it'll be easier on my ears and understanding. anyway i think american english is the easiest to understand. but i think the chinese english is really funny and i like trying to decipher it, like a challenge. lol. i think british accent is really cute.
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
21 Sep 10
I guess it depends on how much exposure they've had to American English. I know if I went to England I wouldn't be able to understand anything they say, even though they're speaking the same language as me.. because their accent is so thick it doesn't sound like American English. I guess the same could be true for the Australians.. but the only Australian I've ever heard was easily understandable.
@Iriene88 (5343)
• Malaysia
21 Sep 10
Yes, it is very true. I like Korean accent very much.
It is really fascinating just to listen the way they speak.
There are people who can speak English with different accent
like British, American, Australia when they converse with one.
It seems like they have this special switch that can just tune
to the required accent...
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
21 Sep 10
When you spend a lot of time listening to one kind of talk.. you tend to pick it up a bit yourself. When I spent a week in Canada I came home with a Canadian accent. It was sort of funny.
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
21 Sep 10
Those are all nice. I don't speak any other language than English.. so I don't like if the accent is too strong that I can't understand what they're saying. I haven't met too many French people.. but I'd think their English would sound too nasal-ish.
@shasho_pld (1)
• Bulgaria
21 Sep 10
I hate the british accent !!! It's pissed me off !!! GROSS !!!I hope some day the british accent disappear from human speech !!! Ohhh.... F*ck off you guys !!!
@mkxx1994 (3)
• Australia
14 May 11
The American accent.
I lived in Malaysia for a few years and developed a Malaysian accent and I even used their slang (which was saying '-lah' at the end of certain sentences). It was really funny when I got back to Australia but within a few days my Australian accent came back - not that I have a very strong Australian accent to start with - don't know why but I never really had a strong Australian accent, people always told me my accent was sort of a mix between American and Australian. Weird since I have never been to America...
I find the Canadian accent funny and amusing. =)
