I grew up with a thick Australian accent with a drawl I dislike, and have been consciously trying to change it for a while. The problem is I tried to make it sound more American at first but keep getting drawn to speaking “Britishly”. Now it’s a Frankenstein of all 3 accents and I don’t know what to go with.
Some points for both:
▪︎ American accent sounds “cooler”
▪︎ British accent sounds more “proper and elegant”
- Australian accent sounds more “relaxed” (but I dislike this for myself, personally).
I think to have this settled once and for all: The German accent is the best of them all.
I’d say Austrian is better. Who doesn’t want to sound like Shwarzenegger?
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Girls speaking German are rarely sexy sounding, although better than Portuguese.
Man I recently met a beautiful Tanzanian woman who had an amazingly beautiful accent when she spoke English. It sounded regal and dignified. I had a huge crush. Kenyan accents are great too. I think we focus too much on western accents
I agree that African accents can be awesome. I’m pretty ignorant of regional accent or if they are more of a national accent but growing up I had a buddy from Zimbabwe who’s parents had an amazing accent when speaking English.
I’m liking the Belgian accent these days.
This is just my very biased opinion but if somebody has a US-american accent I immediately respect them less lol. It’s an instinct.
As an American… this is fair.
Also same.
i think less of people that have biased thoughts when first meeting someone due to internal biases you arent self aware enough to absolve
you sound like an NPC might u try connecting with your consciousness a bit? you seem too much like a news oriented reactionary.
When you call someone an NPC, my initial reaction is to respect you less and be more onguard to what other silly things you’re going to say.
You were doing great in the first paragraph, then shot yourself in the foot in the second.
Completely agree with you. When I say I hate gamespeak in non-game discussions, I get downvoted.
E.g. “Australia beat Covid” Comments: “Australia gained +10 armor XP hurr durr!”
There’s nothing more cunty than calling someone an NPC
Think you’re the only one in the world with thoughts? Grow the fuck up
IDo a google search on “non regional diction” you can find some pretty good resources on how to sound more “universal”.
I take what you mean with “American accent” being the accent they use on US Television in shows and most news?
Because there’s a hell of a lot of regional accents in both Britain and the US and various ones in both sounds stupid while others sound sophisticated.
Looking at you Scousers and Southerners.
Trans Atlantic accent
I love the American Southerner accent in women.
Glaswegian
SHE’S TURNED THE WEANS AGAINST US
The answer is of course that neither is better really. As a Brit, there are plenty of British and American accents that I find annoying or unpleasant to listen to, but that’s all subjective. Just go with whatever you want, and remember that any native speaker’s accent is valid.
As someone with a fairly ‘strong’ London accent, I personally love the Southern US accent. I don’t know why we don’t all speak that way.
Supposedly, Scottish accents are perceived as more trustworthy and that’s why most financial services ads in the UK have Scottish voiceovers!
However, all this is down to culture and personal taste. I don’t think one or the other sounds objectively better!
I was in the airport recently and family had an incredible southern accent. Their voices were like cool rain on a hot summer afternoon. It was nice to just bask in their everyday conversation from a distance. :)
I’m not sure what you mean by the American accent but southeastern “southerners” here sound goddamn stupid to me. I’m hoping you more mean the California accent, which does sound like youre a popular social media star at the expense of also being an airhead. I like the midwestern “Chicago” or southern Canada accent the best and I wish it was the one other nations knew us by.
Australian does sound like cooler British to me which when combined with your experiences convinces me that we think the unfamiliar is cool.
Actually, i fancy the Irish accent the most
British, no question.
I have a question. No
Wait, it’s not a question. Anyway…
I’m an Aussie, and I reckon you can’t beat the articulated British accent. It’s just… proper.
I consider the King’s English to be the gold reference.
▪︎ British accent sounds more “proper and elegant”
Ah yes the elegant accent of Enfield or Redcar
Be you there’s nothing worse than someone trying to be something they’re not. It causes instant mistrust when you know someone isn’t being themselves
I like the New Zealander accent, myself.
Trans Atlantic accent or contemporary American accent? I think accents are really cute. My heart melts slightly when my SO’s family speaks because they have a pronounced Canadian accent.
Australian accents are my all-time favorite though. Cheerful, relaxed, lovely. :)
It’s relatively infrequent, every once in awhile, I’ll hear certain pronunciations in American southern accents or Australian accents that reveals age-old British accent roots. It’s rather interesting.
Scottish - it is somehow more intelligible for me (not from anglosphere countries)
I love it how it sounds in women.
