What's your favorite dialectal accent?

[Blue in a Red State]

I love listening to anyone speak English with any sort of British accent---English, Scottish, Irish are all fun to hear. Got a favorite?

[evlbstrd]

1. Irish for me.

The speech, the music, the art. All very, well, lilting.

[KitchenWitch]

2. I love a brogue!

the Aussie accent is fun too.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

3. People from the beach.

[auntAgonist]

4. Scottish .. and Dutch

[RevolutionaryActs]

5. I love accents.

Honestly... I just melt.

[MrScorpio]

6. Brazilian... The sexist accent on the planet

French is a close second

I like Scottish too

[Abelman]

13. Brazilian as well

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm:melt:

[Maddy McCall]

7. Southahn, baby.

I love a guy who has a Southern accent.

[ronzo]

11. Well, there's...

southern proper and southern dumbass... the latter is, of course, unappealing.

Worst dialect? New Orleans Yat. It has always rubbed me the wrong way.

[last_texas_dem]

19. I know what you mean about Southern accents

My favorite is probably a strong Georgian (Jaw-jun) accent that some have. Especially with women; those are beautiful. Many accents in the "Deep South" sound nice; only a handful grate on me. There is also a certain strong accent that some folks in the Carolinas have that I like quite a bit, too (a strong example of it is that of former Sen. Fritz Hollings of SC).

My least favorite Southern accent is probably the twangy one spoken by many Texans, though Bush's bastardized version of it has probably helped to lessen it. (Despite being from Texas, I have been told that I sound more like a Louisianan- makes more sense since I live right on the border, in Cajun country- more of a soft drawl than a twang.)

It's sad to see that many accents within America seem to be dying down as the years go by.

[Lady Effingbroke]

8. Irish.

It's very, well, lilting and musical compared to what I usually hear (and sound like, myself.:blush:).

[Ladyhawk]

9. This week it's Scottish. n/t

[Reverend_Smitty]

10. Irish

That's my favorite...a guy with an Irish accent is muy sexy!

[Robeson]

12. After Galloway, thats easy.....Scotish....

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. Anything from the British Isles

:-)

[alarcojon]

15. I have many

in no particular order: Swiss, Ecuadorean/Colombian (highland), South Indian, Jamaican, African American Vernacular English.

[Blue in a Red State]

16. Jamaican, yeah...

Another lovely, lyrical accent.

[SKKY]

17. I once met this absolutely stunning Latin beauty in the airport...

Who had the thickest Brooklyn accent I've ever heard. I don't know why but I've always liked that accent.

[mr fry]

18. what accent do hot beach girls speak?

that is it

[tjwmason]

20. The American South

Cockney (proper cockney, not the affected 'mockney' which became popular a while ago), and even Essex at times (which is one of the most Lambasted accents over here).

Scottish highLands and Edinburgh.

[Guy_Montag]

21. Anyone who goes all funny over guys with Scottish accents

can pop by & I'll talk to you all night long.

[MissHoneychurch]

22. Scottish

very melodic. I did an internship in Glasgow. In the beginning I had some difficulties to understand anything. But after 6 weeks I just LOVED it.

[Shell Beau]

23. I love the Australian accent. But being from the South, that

Southern drawl is a close second.

[Mutley]

24. Irish and Scottish here.

I do wish I could do a good impression of either one! I can get a few words down but not entire sentences.

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. Irish, Scottish, Welsh for me too.. and occasionally southern