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To ask, what is the sexiest accent in your opinion?

277 replies

Wherediditgo · 03/07/2021 23:16

Just that really.

I like a Scottish or an Irish accent on a man!

OP posts:
Wrinklyeyes · 04/07/2021 06:04

I am fascinated by accents. I love an east London accent but not Essex - and for lots of people outside the UK those might sound similar.

I like a Scottish accent but not a posh Scottish accent - Robert Carlyle but not Ewan McGregor.

Hate English RP.

SaskiaRembrandt · 04/07/2021 06:12

DH sounds like Sean Bean, which is very appealing, but I also have a soft spot for Sydney and Texan accents.

LidoLady · 04/07/2021 06:21

A Dublin accent does it for me!

Justcashnosweets · 04/07/2021 06:28

DP's Glaswegian accent ❤

Elderflower14 · 04/07/2021 06:29

Love the Southern Ireland accent. Used to like the South African accent till I went out with an arsehat SA man...

HelenHywater · 04/07/2021 06:36

I think a Sean Bean Yorkshire accent. As you're thrown around a bed.

Other than that, I like posh English and American.

HelenHywater · 04/07/2021 06:37

haha I didn't see your post @SaskiaRembrandt , my ex is from Yorkshire too.

TerribleCustomerCervix · 04/07/2021 06:48

@00deed1988

Irish, well Dublin to be precise!
No no nooooooo.

DH has a lovely voice 99% of the time, then the mask slips when he gets pissed off or excited and he goes Pure Dub. It’s not an accent that is easy on the ears.

It’s the same when I go proper Belfast in front of him- proper jarring!

BatshitCrazyWoman · 04/07/2021 06:49

@londonscalling

London
Like Danny Dyer?
BatshitCrazyWoman · 04/07/2021 06:51

Soft Yorkshire accent. Current man has this.

Abusive, alcoholic ex was Irish, not much of an accent, but he put me off Irishmen. Sorry, I know he didn't represent the whole nation!

itsaccrualworld · 04/07/2021 06:53

@BatshitCrazyWoman

Soft Yorkshire accent. Current man has this.

Abusive, alcoholic ex was Irish, not much of an accent, but he put me off Irishmen. Sorry, I know he didn't represent the whole nation!

It just takes one man to ruin it for you, though.

I'd never date a man with my abusive, alcoholic ex's name. It rules out a chunk of the dating pool, but I just couldn't do it. I associate his name with bad times and I can't break the metal link.

Devonchills · 04/07/2021 06:55

Love a Russian accent, I used to deal with a very important Russian business man over the phone in my last job, I used to go weak listening to him.

Also Jamaican.

TerribleCustomerCervix · 04/07/2021 07:03

@Blue4YOU

Do those of you saying Northern Irish think of Doran in The Fall? Because erm, it’s a good acting accent. Have you listened to Ian Paisley (deceased)
Well in fairness there’s a lot of variation, even in different parts of Belfast.

Jamie Dornan just has a MC Belfast accent, which isnt anything unusual.

Nordstrom · 04/07/2021 07:05

Northern Irish for sexiness.

Irish (West) for hair general loveliness

Nordstrom · 04/07/2021 07:05

Just not hair 🙄

Maggiesgirl · 04/07/2021 07:08

Scottish, DH is from Stirling and prefer it than the Edinburgh accent im used to. Something more sing song about it.

EvenPhilip · 04/07/2021 07:09

Posh English all the way.

Wagsandclaws · 04/07/2021 07:24

Tall, posh English Men with chinos, checked shirts and deck shoes do it for me ... however, DH is virtually the same height as me (5.5) and a little rotund with a broad Wiltshire accent Grin love him to bits though Smile

CounsellorTroi · 04/07/2021 07:31

Welsh. Michael Sheen, Rob Brydon, Rhod Gilbert - I’m biased though, being Welsh myself. I’m also fond of any kind of Northern Ireland.

CorianderBee · 04/07/2021 07:32

Aussie

CounsellorTroi · 04/07/2021 07:33

Ireland? Accent.

Also like an educated Texan e.g Tommy Lee Jones.

StillCalmX · 04/07/2021 07:37

I love some Scottish accents but others, nope.
Irish accents do vary, there's a man from Kerry in my office and I love the way he talks, but then I'm familiar with an Arklow accent as well and nobody could love that. NOBODY.

I used to like a south african accent but I have gone off it in recent years. Not sure if it might have been oscar pistorios blubbering on the stand that made me go off it a bit.

I like ''well to do'' accents Blush I like the D4 accent in Dublin where I live although it is hated here, and I also like the cut glass accent in the UK. So many people think they have it but they don't. I'm talking TOP of the food chain accent ! Even Prince William, sounds a bit awrigh' mate sometimes..

StillCalmX · 04/07/2021 07:51

@Wrinklyeyes

I am fascinated by accents. I love an east London accent but not Essex - and for lots of people outside the UK those might sound similar.

I like a Scottish accent but not a posh Scottish accent - Robert Carlyle but not Ewan McGregor.

Hate English RP.

I'm fascinated by accents as well. Have you done that NY Times british and irish dialect quiz. I think they call it ''dialect'' although I wouldn't think anywhere in the uK and Ireland speak ''dialect''.
The Americans may think any accent is a dialect.

I'm also fascinated with (but can never really understand) how much greater is the difference between say Swedish and Norwegian than the difference between English spoken in Scotland and English spoken in Kerry in Ireland. Neither is a dialect, but they're very different and are the less different than Norwegian and Swedish!?

Looubylou · 04/07/2021 07:53

Cockney, French, Southern Drawl. I'm from up north, but Mike Baldwin was my crush as a child. 🤭Elvis Presley's speaking voice 😍. I can't bare to hear my regional accent on TV, we sound so common 😂

AmIPeriOrAreYouJustAnnoying · 04/07/2021 07:59

French.

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