I'm one of the few people that find the Scottish accent annoying. The best would be the Queen's English in a female's voice. The worse would be Vietnamese or Indonesian.
I brought this up at China Business Networking meeting but many Chinese dialects have a stacato rythm that sounds very harsh to Western ears. For instance Cantonese <iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tzzu1A7sqSs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Mandarin has a more rounded rythm. <iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N9udwRFxotI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The other problem though that Chinese speakers might sound harsh especially trying to speak English is that many of the sounds are not mutually reproducable in the other language. So it sounds weird and harsh. <iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/W9VGJ30s3pw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> and Vice versa <iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XBnz5EPs13E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I agree. When I lived in Boston there was nothing disappointing than meeting a good looking girl and then hearing her sound like this. <iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tY_emnRnntY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> My favorite accent, at least in English, is probably Eastern European. <iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cWYTyfQe-o8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I LOVE when a woman speaks in a soft southern drawl. So sexy. On the flip side, men + southern accent = hillbilly. Indian accents are frustrating. It's great that they know English, but the communication only goes one way. Hearing a group speaking in Vietnamese is painful. That's why I do take out pho.
This is from the women I've met. Favorite: Australian, Welsh, German, Southern Drawl Turn-off: Thick South Asian/Indian accent, Arabic, Russian, Vietnamese
Favorite accent for movies: German, French, Victorian/British accent(LOTR or based on Fantasy/Medieval accent) Least favorite for movies: Heavy British accent(Harry Pothead), stereotyping Vietnamese, Chinese, East Indian...
I evaluate accents based on how they sound in English. Because English is the language of the world. Russian, French and Arabic accents speaking English are extremely sensual. <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mhC6g_KVfG0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Funniest would be Dutch. Don't have a least favorite.
only women speaking: I like: - british - scottish . australian - colombian I cant stand the accent of girls from argentina, but seems that Im the only here who thinks that.
Worst: 1. Canadian, eh 1a. Bahston Best: 1. Texan (central/west, not east/south...yes, there's a difference)
Love Australian accents on girls, (as mentioned before multiple times) Favorite: Scottish for sure, tried learning it but failed miserably. Funniest: Indian, GSP accent (French Canadian) Least favorite: Really thick British accent, takes too much effort to try to have a conversation with them. I hate how they group random sounds together within a word.
Funniest - Italian, everything sounds like a huge joke, I can't take it seriously. Least comprehensible - Chinese/Japanese/Southeast Asian. Favorite - Eastern European women. Least favorite - Stereotypical Jersey. Oddly enough, not many in NJ have it, but it's damn annoying.
