Speaking as a heterosexual American female, I can say quite definitively that British accents are HOT!! Double that if you've got a deep voice and a British accent (okay, the deep voice thing may be just me ...)

As far as the Canadian thing goes, yes, there is definitely a "Canadian Accent". I live pretty close to the US/Canada border, so we hear it a lot. It's only in particular words ("sorry", "borrow", and "about" are good examples), but it is very noticeable.

Actually, the guy playing Curley in our production of Oklahoma is Canadian, and the director/MD have had to correct him several times on pronunciation. Though I must admit to being one of the ones who giggled when he sang "When I take you oout tonight with me ..."

I'd have to say not only every girl - but every woman. I've never met one who wouldn't swoon over a guy with an english accent.

I'm from Minnesota, and I'd never heard anyone say that until we moved to PA. "Youse" sounds SO horrible and uneducated, I can't stand it.

As for the topic at hand, I too am guilty of swooning over foreign accents. Due to the year I spent in England in college and also traveling in Europe, I am proud to say I can correctly place a lot of regional English dialects as well as those from Ireland, Norn Iron, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand. Although, differentiating between Aussie and Kiwi now might be more difficult.

I'm not really sure why, but I think the Manchester accent is my favorite. Probably from watching too much Coronation Street when I was there.

I think it's a natural response to be attracted to something different- makes it seem exciting and exotic, you know? Although, the regular old american accent probably isn't that exciting or exotic to anyone.

Fiona- you LIKED the Brummie accent??

Intriguing...

Yes, it makes sense to be attracted to something different (perhaps linked in with the need for biodiversity? I dunno), although in terms of accents, I've never actually found foreign ones to be in any way more alluring. Call me Anglocentric, but my favourite accents are actually ones that are found in my home country. Of course, part of this may stem from the fact that while I've lived here for the majority of my life, ethnically/racially-speaking I'm Hispanic and feel rather attached to South America, even though in terms of personality, I'm very English.

Argumentative hyperbole...
Unfortunately, he DID vault faeces... Apparently it was dog poo - I think he was on a school trip My mother has met him a few times, too. Overall a very unsavoury character.



We say it in Dublin, too! Sometimes even 'yiz'

people from the north east say 'yous' or 'yuz'

geordie accents.. when i went to see billy elliot, the group of american tourists sitting in front heard me talking and decided that every time they didnt get a word they would tap me on the shouler and ask what it meant..

i love being a geordie though.

I wonder where that "How ta spek Noo Zullund" list went. I shall have to find it again.

I'm sure 'Yiz' can't be as bad as 'yinz'.. or the even worse 'yinz all', which would be translated as "you all all".

Speaking of accents, but more "regional grammar", I was a college freshman before I realized that "to be" went in front of verbs.
Example:
Correct Grammar: The car needs to be washed.
Also Correct Grammar: The car needs washing.
Pittsburghers: The car needs washed.

All the time. And it's not just the "under-educated" of the area, I've heard it from college professors, doctors, and more appallingly English Teachers.

My best friend is a Kiwi. His accent makes me chuckle sometimes.

somehow I'm feeling this is appropriate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs_rXxi0zhM

Yup. All true.

I think it's derived from Irish grammatical structure, saying 'youse' to denote the plural.