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| FrenchLanguage Senior Member Germany Joined 5736 days ago 122 posts - 135 votes  | Message 1 of 26 19 June 2010 at 2:36am | IP Logged |
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Ive overheard women (in their 40s) say that Sean Connery's accent was sooo attractive about him.
I often heard girls say this kind of stuff but never took it seriously. The other day I got to know a guy from an african country, and even though I'm only into women, I believe his 'voice' made him more 'attractive' to me (I'm speaking about interpersonal attraction of which sexual attraction is only a subset - preferring to 'hang out' with a certain kind of people rather than with others (e.g. who smell bad :-)) is the kind of interpersonal attraction I mean in this example) Do certain 'accents' truly make people more attractive? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| crackpot Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6301 days ago 144 posts - 178 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 2 of 26 19 June 2010 at 4:44am | IP Logged |
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Definitely! When I was in university I was completely in love with my TESL prof. I was 21
and she must have been 41 but with a mesmerizing Parisian accent. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| chucknorrisman Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5448 days ago 321 posts - 435 votes Speaks: Korean*, English, Spanish Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Lithuanian, French | Message 3 of 26 19 June 2010 at 7:15am | IP Logged |
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I personally love hearing Indian accents. It makes them sound more funny (in a good way) and friendly.
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| paparaciii Diglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 6336 days ago 204 posts - 223 votes Speaks: Latvian*, Russian Studies: English | Message 4 of 26 19 June 2010 at 12:58pm | IP Logged |
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I love some of the British accents. I don't know in wich particular English province they are spoken but women can sound veeeryy HOT when they speak that way.
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| mrhenrik Triglot Moderator Norway Joined 6079 days ago 482 posts - 658 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, French Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 26 19 June 2010 at 1:11pm | IP Logged |
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Definitely! Accents are to me just like any other thing with a person that might be
particularly attractive; personality, looks etc. Personally I find the geordie accent really hot, to the amusement of my British friends who generally hate that accent. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| exscribere Diglot Senior Member IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5279 days ago 104 posts - 126 votes Speaks: English*, Danish Studies: Mandarin, French, Korean, Hindi | Message 6 of 26 19 June 2010 at 3:05pm | IP Logged |
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I think there's an element of the exotic to it-- it's "not what you hear at home", and exotic = interesting. For me, it has to be something remotely non-American; I don't find any aspect of any American accents attractive, because I grew up around them so they're "normal". Australian, Irish, Scots, South African, New Zealander... all awesome. Then once you add "their native language is one foreign to me" on it, it just 'gets better'.
There was actually an article in an Australian language blog recently on this... It'll bother me all day til I can find it again. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5809 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 7 of 26 20 June 2010 at 10:22pm | IP Logged |
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I remember I really loved Wikus van de Merwe’s Afrikaans accent in DIstrict 9. It sounds so funny.
In my native language (Italian) I hardly like accents other from my own, usually I strongly dislike them. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Tally Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Israel Joined 5608 days ago 135 posts - 176 votes Speaks: English*, Modern Hebrew* Studies: French | Message 8 of 26 20 June 2010 at 10:58pm | IP Logged |
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I love foreign accents! Talk about sexiness :)
I especially like Scottish, Irish, Australian, British and French accents. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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