While this accent started in california, it has somehow worked its way all over the us and seems especially popular with asian girls of every area code. Ive heard this assumption before, and it actually makes sense. It probably has something to do with hollywoods portrayal of american. I am not sure if british girls like american accents though. Mar 22, 2005 so, i imagine that a lot of american males probably do like girls with british accents. Do you feel the same way about our accent, or do we sound like yokels.
British voices leave british people cold while the rest of the world are hot for them. Ive always planned on moving out of this country, considering what its becoming. And in full anglophile fashion, i wanted my first article for literally, darling to discuss exactly why american girls are so attracted to a man with an accentspecifically british men. British redditors, do you think the american accent is as. Do they prefer the generic all american accent like whats seen on tv. Very few people actually speak it unaltered its really more like a synthetic accent for use on television and radio. Learn british accents and dialects cockney, rp, northern, and more. I have a standard american accent similar to the accent you would hear on most american television programs. Some are extremely annoying, some are ordinary, some are attractive.
Whether its to find their very own hugh grant or prince harry, or to keep themselves endlessly entertained with the accent, it is a fact that american women love british men. The south didnt see a ton of immigrationdiversity for the longest time, so the accent sounds the most like our british ancestors who came over here. Interestingly, we americans regardless of gender also find information delivered in a british accent as. British actors with the most realistic american accents insider. Oct 08, 2008 im a londoner, grew up in east london to be precise, but have now been in st andrews university for 3 years up in scotland doing an undergraduate course in biological sciences. When it comes to using an american accent, you can split it up into stereotypes texan, ghetto, new york mafia thug yknow, like from the 50s films, africanamerican woman, redneck, hispanic, mexican and so forth but i doubt we think thats the range of accents over there. Its rather like a national version of whatever it is that usually prevents a brother and sister, however. British people do their best american accent youtube. As a result, the theory goes, some americans speak english with an accent more. Apr 26, 2011 wow i know i was talking to an american girl on xbox live lol and she kept saying that she loves my accent sounding all wet and stuff lol i loveed it. Why are americans so fascinated with british accents.
My question is, do you brits like american accents. I know that i find the english accent very hot, and a lot of americans would probably agree with me. I was to be disappointed until i ended up in a home depot, betcha yaaa. What do irish men think of american women, typically. Jan 14, 2016 chris pratts perfect english accent the graham norton show. Oct 03, 2003 the irony, says khalid aziz, a british communications specialist, is that the british actually quite like american accents and find it quite highly associated with success in business. Some british stars, like idris elba, millie bobby brown, and christian bale, are. I hate the english accent innit not saying everyone in england speaks like that, yes only a small minority. For a summary of the differences between accents, see international phonetic alphabet chart for english dialects. Presidents bush and clinton both had nonstandard accents and movies and tv shows often include californian, african american, new york, and southern varieties. Do american boys find the english accent atractive. I dont know how to say this without sounding rude but in terms of stereotypes.
Do british people like americans accents as much as. Alot of people from south london do but not over the top like in killing floor, they over done it. British redditors, do you think the american accent is as attractive as many of us think the british accent is. The irony, says khalid aziz, a british communications specialist, is that the british actually quite like american accents and find it quite highly associated with success in business. Culture how americans preserved british english bbc. In the past few months, ive gone on dates with girls from france, norway, and australia. Im from south east london and i speak just like that and cant help it.
In early hollywood movies, geher notes, actors were trained to have a slight british accent so as to seem more posh. Maybe its even an individual thing rather than an area. Obviously we british girls dont generally buy into that, except for maybe the more complex associations between accent and social class which is a discussion for another time. Americans on a whole are more expressive and more loud than irish, were quite reserved till we drink. Do british girls find american accents to be attractive. So, for british accents there seems to be a stereotype of intelligence and class, for the most part for rp and more standard accents, anyway. Americans today pronounce some words more like shakespeare than.
I actually stopped off a day longer in minneapolis once because. On the off chance that youve actually done something wrong, a bumbling british sorry will instantly disarm the injured party. Jan 28, 2016 learn british accents and dialects cockney, rp, northern, and more. The american obsession with the way our former overlords speak is ubiquitous. People from newcastle speak the geordie dialect, and theyre called geordies too. Rustoleum american accent s crackle sprays is a two step spray application designed to produce a crackled paint finish. Its like a novelty, i dont mean that in a bad way i just mean that its something different and special, and you dont hear it everyday here. Southern accents, most british sounding in north america. Click to below to buy the ebook get girls to chase you productshowtogetgirlstochaseyou click below to. I am a sucker for anything with a british flag, anything associated with the royal family congrats, will and kate, and anyone with an accent. So do canadians west of quebec thanks to loyalists to the crown. Some actors just seem to equate a scratchy voice to sounding like a tough guy, and thats exactly what salmon does for the film. So im thinking about doing a postgraduate course in one of the top us universities not sure which one yet but one of the things im. If you have a british accent, girls will automatically be.
To put it simply, american men are the big spoon, british men are the little spoon. It might be because they dont want to seem soft, or probably because boys might sabotage. No one apologizes as frequently and unnecessarily as we do. Chris pratts perfect english accent the graham norton show.
Dec 10, 2010 when it comes to using an american accent, you can split it up into stereotypes texan, ghetto, new york mafia thug yknow, like from the 50s films, african american woman, redneck, hispanic, mexican and so forth but i doubt we think thats the range of accents over there. I really was not expecting those british guys from wiltshire at the start to have that conversation with me, but i am so grateful that they did. If you come from liverpool, like john, paul, ringo and george, then youll speak scouse. Im a londoner, grew up in east london to be precise, but have now been in st andrews university for 3 years up in scotland doing an undergraduate course in biological sciences.
British children are growing up with american accents because of. Whats with british people and american accents antimoon. English accents can differ enough to create room for misunderstandings. American women are probably louder than irish women. Europeans think the american accent is the sexiest. Just curious about what our british friends here on ena think of the american accent. Do british girls like american guys with american accent. The liverpudlian accent is one of the most famous british regional accents thanks to the beatles, and its a very nasal dialect that can be hard to copy at first.
American girls love the british accent, except for southern american girls, they find the accent to be quite wimpy and tend to love aussie accents, but overall the rest of american women love english rp accents. Is it easier for a british actor to do an american accent. In fact, ask just about anyone who speaks a little english to do their best impression of an american accent, and they. In the past few months, ive gone on dates with girls. Do brits like our american accents as much as we like theirs. And in full anglophile fashion, i wanted my first article for literally. Mar 07, 2014 like most straight guys who have heard penelope cruz speak, im a sap for foreign accents. I saw a television report on it in 1989 about how some grownup offspring of these marriages living in england were trying to find their american dads. Americans and brits both speak english, so why dont they sound the same when they talk.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments and if you want to help me out then. The wall street journal on americans adopting british accents. Europeans think this american accent is the sexiest youtube. There is obviously nothing redeeming about northern accents.
If you speed up southern accents, they sound british. The 16 sexiest accents in the world thought catalog. Everyone here in america loves british or irish accents. Do american women really find the british accent sexy. Do british people like americans accents as much as americans. I agree with janes answer, in that the generalisation doesnt work at all. I remember sitting for a meal with some people from boston and being acutely aware of needing to edit what i said to remove any british idiom. Should we be flattered or worried that the british accent. Certainly, during world war ii there were a lot of liasons between american servicemen and british woman. All the secret reasons you find foreign accents so sexy.
Unlike local american accents, adopting a foreign accent can give a person a bit of a social boost. Wow i know i was talking to an american girl on xbox live lol and she kept saying that she loves my accent sounding all wet and stuff lol i loveed it. American accent wouldnt annoy me, it would be seen as a novelty, kind of in the same way an irish accent is seen in the states. As i think ive said in another answer somewhere, due to the vast quantities of american media, we hear american ac. No one even calls a geordie accent, never mind a scottish or welsh one, a british accent. I cant think that there is any american phrase, word or accent that i wouldnt understand, but i wonder if an american would understand everything i say. Saying sorry is basically our national superpower and sport. Do brits like our american accents as much as we like.
Plus you come off as so much more intelligent than other guys. In early hollywood movies, geher notes, actors were trained to have a. There are other countries in britain, and even significantly different accents. Before you read this, you should be fully aware that this is neither factchecked nor proven, and it is 100 percent biased. And its not like a british person would know a california accent from a midwestern one they both just sound american to them. As they would to many americans, who rarely pick up on accent changes unless they are pretty strong, like southern and new england accents. Reading an american book where a guy slapped a girl on her fanny confused the hell out of me when i first heard it, what did he do, scoop and slap or something. British children are learning to talk with american accents because of a. I personally think it sounds very classy and adds much beauty to the english language. May 17, 2018 the american obsession with the way our former overlords speak is ubiquitous. I had little trouble following the accents on dallas, but i dread when a southern person is cast on any of the cbs reality shows i watch, because at least half the time it sounds like theyre trying to speak through a bag of cotton. What do the british think of the way americans talk. All the secret reasons you find foreign accents so sexy glamour.
But british girls sound so precious and clever too. Anyway,im sure there some british girls who get wet for american accents too. To play a woman like that, who also drinks and shouts and has a son. Definitely the use of british accent to mean middle class london accent. They sound like southern accents mixed with like scottish accents or something. There are other countries in britain, and even significantly different accents in england. There isnt a single british accent nor a single american one, and some american accents may have more characteristics in common with some british accents as they do with other american. May 08, 2017 according to 1,423 american women including me. Also americans usually talk about two notches louder than my own personal preference. I love american accents on a lady, and have been accused of when backing them to disgruntled american men that i should shut. By british accent i do mean your standard southern middleclass sort of thing. Mar 11, 2007 do brits like our american accents as much as we like theirs.
I dont think that most southern accents sound british at all, though they may sound in some way familiar there is an exception, an island i think off if i remember rightly, the carolinas where people talked, at least up until a few years ago, english very similar to the local accent of east anglia. Christian bale has had to do a number of american accents for films, but. So, i imagine that a lot of american males probably do like girls with british accents. British people in london attempt their best american accent. Odain, 25, new york, ny i feel like brits dont beat around the bush. For example, the pronunciation of pearl in some variants of scottish english can sound like the entirely unrelated word petal to an american ear. Why american girls love a british accent literally, darling. Different tone, pronounciation, slang actually i think the different slang is a huge part of why canadians and americans love british accents. Nov 10, 2014 i dont think that most southern accents sound british at all, though they may sound in some way familiar there is an exception, an island i think off if i remember rightly, the carolinas where people talked, at least up until a few years ago, english very similar to the local accent of east anglia. Any linguist would tell you that a british accent at least the rp or london type should be easier because the vowels are so much more precise and disciplined. And american english is as rich, diverse and lively as americans themselves. The upcoming royal wedding between meghan markle and prince harry is the latest proof of how much. Bighoo, toodloo, chickedy and chick, a family of birdlike creatures.
Some do, some dont i like the accent of american girls some of my best friends are american chicks, especially compared to the accents of some of the women in this country sorta towards bradford wigan kinda area i think, who sound scary. Why dont americans and brits have the same accents. Having to watch him attempt american fbi agent paul budiansky, he helped solidify my theory that there are only two types of american accents most british actors can do. I personally love american girl accents,i have a friend called laura on youtube she is from pennsylvania and love her accent. Me, i personally dont really fall for the charm of foreign accents but lots of girls do. They work behind closed doors once they start talking, they dont really make moves in front of the pack. In america theyre a novelty and the accent attracts.