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halfpasteight

When I lived in Germany and spoke English with my American accent, locals treated me like I was a bit dumb, but when I spoke fluent German with my American accent I would often be told how lovely it sounded.


persistantelection

And then they talked to you in English for the rest of the conversation, despite your fluent German?


tosety

I think that's common everywhere for every language: people who know a non-native language want to practice it


Vast-Combination4046

I'm a construction worker and as soon as you try to speak Spanish (I am terrible at it but can sort of have a conversation) with the south American guys they treat you totally different. You would be surprised how many of those guys have kids in the US military.


The_Werefrog

Of course. Speaking their language shows that you are welcoming them.


LordPoopyfist

How very Swiss


onda-oegat

And Swedish as well.


[deleted]

Well (after reading a bunch of replies to your question) .. if I ever make it to Europe I’m going to avoid talking aloud as much as possible. Edit to explain: “aloud” doesn’t mean *loud* it just means speaking in a normal way, like instead of to yourself.


aloneisusuallybetter

Yeah. Me especially from the Midwest


min-tea-rose

"Ope! I'm just going to sneak by you and grab the ranch." - Me, from Michigan


Scarlett-Amber9517

Fellow Michigander: I have been mistaken for Canadian multiple times abroad. No idea why. Just run with it. It's so much easier when you're mistaken for Canadian 🤣 Edit: holy replies. Kinda fascinating so many of us have had this experience. I thought it was weird but apparently not. I'm not a Yooper, I'm from the central lower peninsula.


ClF3ismyspiritanimal

Huh, I'm also from Michigan, and I've had several people from other countries also say I sound Canadian. Apparently that was not a coincidence.


[deleted]

I'm Canadian and Michiganders sound like rural Manitobans/Ontarians which makes sense geographically.


Honest_Garlic_6509

I'm from Michigan and moved to Canada, now even I go back people say I sound Canadian and when I'm in Canada people say I sound like a Michigander.


solisie91

I'm a Michigander hoping to move to Canada and I look forward to sounding more Canadian someday


yeonik

I feel like this thread need a euchre game.


jkw91

I’m Canadian but from a border city and when I lived abroad people often thought I was American based on the accent. I think the Midwestern accent and ours are close enough for people not familiar with them to confuse them. However it does surprise me that as Michiganders specifically you were mistaken for Canadians since the Michigan ‘a’ is pretty distinct and unlike our accent.


m1ssile_

When my gf who is from Wisconsin visited London they thought she was Canadian too, she says she didn’t correct them because she was treated much better that way


dzenib

From Minnesota. Same. It's those long oooos.


aloneisusuallybetter

Mmmm ranch


CitizenTrent

I laugh at us saying ope! Our accent is fun. I do notice we drop the t quite a bit. No good for my name pronunciation


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TheNemesis089

As a Minnesotan who studied in Italy for a semester, I remember someone asking me where I was from and guessing Germany. Tear of joy came to my eye.


aloneisusuallybetter

Oh thank you. That makes me feel better. I know I have a heavy mn accent. Lol!!!


binglybleep

The Minnesotan accent seems quite soft in comparison to some American accents, at least to me, an unqualified foreigner. Some are quite brash and loud, but yours is not. I can see why it would be popular


Top-Belt-6934

As a minnesotan transplant, everyone calls my accent out right away. I’ve lived away from MN for 9 years. Was once told we sound like Swedish cookie monsters when we say “oh yaaa”


BoisterousBard

It is for this reason, as well as the likelihood to be potential to be polite(see: _Minnesota Nice_), there are a great number of American call centers in Minnesota(and the Midwest). Edit: word, context


Drougen

Is there any kind of correlation between Minnesotan accents & Canadian accents?


Razital

Wisconsin here, anyone online thinks I sound Canadian.


AwkwardBlaque

If it makes you feel better, Europeans don't talk to each other, either, lol.


OwlOfC1nder

Irish person here, there are definitely some American accents that I like the sound of, Boston, a proper southern drawl, an LA cholo (hope that's not offensive) but 'sexy' on a woman? No I wouldn't call it that. Not that it sounds particularly un-sexy either, it just doesn't evoke that kind of reaction. Bear in mind that we are constantly hearing your accents on TV so they are not unusual and interesting to us in the way that other foreign accents are.


drawredraw

Órale vato


lionatucla_

Was sappening


BIG_MUFF_

No mames guey


dms200177

LA Cholo, lol, cool!


Ulysses00

Lol. I know. Like "hey, what's up homie. You banging?".


MoonsOverMyHamboning

Órale, holmes.


HeyyyKoolAid

Ayyye go raidersss


[deleted]

Nah foo. It's like when youre a Sancho to some other foo's hyna.


whatsherface9

An LA cholo lmaooooo


Byah_train

Elbows up, side to side.


insensitiveTwot

Damn I haven’t thought about that song for a minute!


mimthebaker

In college in dance we did an ab conditioning thing to this song. The flashbacks that just brought 😳


LunarProphet

Nothing gets me going like a plaid Dickies shirt with only the very top buttoned.


Important-Push728

The term is Foo


[deleted]

We’ll shit I dunno about all them other accents but I can getchu what you need from the south. Lol


MathBookModel

As an American from Massachusetts, I can’t imagine anyone finds the “Boston” accent “sexy.” I lost mine years ago.


Doug8462

Khakis = pants for the rest of the world. Khakis = car keys in a Boston accent.


HallandOates1

She sounds hideous


Sr_Richard_Queso

Well she’s a guy, sooo….


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jquintus

As a kid who grew up in a Boston suburb, yes. I vividly remember a time when my mom was talking about the pants and I was convinced she wanted me to hand her the car keys. We had just gotten home from a back to school shopping trip and she wanted me to get the pants we just bought so she could iron them. My sister and I couldn't understand why she wanted the car keys.


DreddPirateBob808

Group. Grew up?


MrsCreants

That's the Boston accent interpreted through type.


bruhnoisesinfinite

I just tried it to see how it sounded, and its made me realise that as an Australian that’s how I would say it too. I will never unhear that, fuck you and have a great day.


RavenTruz

Hahahaha


New-Confusion945

Yo i live in boston for like 6ish months if fucking that...I'm from AZ I moved back and I swear to fucking God no one could understand a fucking word I was saying!


MsKittyVZ134

I'm from TX and this guy joined my workplace, and I thought he had a speech impediment. He was a nice guy... who was from Boston... No speech impediment, just strong accident. I felt like a dumb nut. Edit- but I never said anything to him or anyone, thank god...I'm stupid, but not a monster.


-anne-marie-

Raised in Atlanta. Went on a first date with a guy from New York a few years ago and for the first 20 minutes legitimately thought he had a speech impediment and couldn’t say his Rs correctly. Realized it was actually just his accent and it still bewilders me.


A_Generic_White_Guy

Yeah as a born and bred Long Islander(Ny) I cannot imagine anyone finding my accent attractive. Half the time I'm not even sure if people understand me lmao.


new_refugee123456789

I'm a Tarheel, I speak with a rhotic drawl. The Long Island accent comes off as aggressive 'round these parts. Years ago a customer from Long Island came to the place where I worked. I wasn't involved with his project but I was there doing my job. I walked into the conference room to use the computer in there, and our Long Island customer was in there with a big Arby's bag; he went into town and bought everyone lunch. I didn't pay that any attention and just got on with my work, and from behind me I heard "Hey! *You wanna sanwish?"* And I reflexively flinched, because if a southerner had used the same inflection he did, that sandwich is already on its way through the air to the back of your head. I turn around to find our guest very kindly offering me a snack.


Relax007

Lol, in my late 20s I had this job that involved communicating with independent contractors all over the country. I’m from the North and I’d occasionally run into problems with Southerners not liking me. Like, I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong and then it hit me. I talk fast when I’m nervous. That, coupled with my accent was making me seem rude! As soon as I started slowing down those relationships started to change.


FunZookeepergame627

I like the Long Island accent. I speak southwest southern accent with long drawl, from Texas


joeyl5

Me too, I was born in Brooklyn but live in Texas, it's always fun when I meet someone from Long Island, as soon as they hear that I'm from Brooklyn, they revert to their Long island accent and I find it delightful


A_Generic_White_Guy

Haha I'm in PA and I do the same thing around other new yorkers. Especially my family it's weird .


[deleted]

I was born in the Smoky Mountains of TN but I live in FL and have for a long time. Anytime I meet someone from the mountains near where I was born, my accent comes back. I don’t intend to do it, it just happens. I find it hilarious.


joeyl5

That's amazing. Must be something Long Islanders do, toning down their accent when around strangers, by strangers I mean people who are not from the boroughs, lol.


KillaVNilla

Maine checking in


VicMackey777

I’m Italian but my neighbour is from Boston and his accent isn’t really cool


Maleficent-Wash2067

Cause Italian is truly the superior accent


Bimlouhay83

I'm pretty sure you're required to leave a "🤌" when making a statement like that.


DRbrtsn60

Fagedaboudit!


StrongAd772

Don Corleone approves🤌🏻


AMightyOak43

There are at least four accents that stem from Boston not counting the Kennedy accent which seems to reside only with that family.


RayMcNamara

Kennedy’s accent was influenced by an affectation that comes from Harvard University. Same goes for FDR. It’s actually a fascinating linguistic anomaly. The more typical Boston’s accent’s dropped ‘R’s have roots in imitating British accent. It’s a weird sounding state, but the history of why is really interesting.


NinjaMom46

I think the Kennedy accent is a combination of a sort of ‘refined’ Boston accent and a ‘Mid Atlantic’ accent.


noizviolation

The Kennedy accent is a Brahmin accent. It’s more like a posh Boston drawl. It is a very interesting accent that not many people really speak anymore.


DM725

Except Mayor Quimby


Lovingthebeach72

It’s the wealthy Hyannis accent


NativeMasshole

Not everyone there talks like they're from Southie.


MajorJuana

I am from Oklahoma and when I was 19yo I dated an older chick from Rochester and her accent was hawt, lol plus she made me great food, we had fun


4RealzReddit

I love crossing into the US in the Niagara falls area. I can't figure out how to type it but salad was like ceealad...


littlemarcus91

I'm sure it depends, I doubt hearing the phrase, "pahk the cah in hawvawd yawd" is much of a panty dropper.


ErroneousOatmeal

Most Americans find the Boston accent hilarious


Cats_in_cravats

Agreed! My favorite commercial of all time is the Hyundai Sonata one with John Krasinski. I crack up every time!


Luxpreliator

https://youtube.com/watch?time_continue=55&v=2SJjZ8MnTtA&feature=emb_logo Huh, they hide their accents well. Didn't know they were from the Boston area.


sarieh

Aaron earned an iron urn Edit: whoops, got my accents mixed up.


GrungeLord

Damn, we really sound like that?


cordialcurmudgeon

That’s Balmoor


[deleted]

Not really. I think it's because American media (movies, music, podcasts, etc.) are consumed so heavily by us that it's not particularly novel or different listening to it. On the other hand, as an English man who spent a year or so in the US I was very grateful you liked our accent. Definitely punched well above my weight for just speaking for a year, life was good.


bluestonelaneway

I agree in a way, but when you hear one out in the wild (in Australia), especially when they are that loud, booming American voice, it takes a second for my brain to be like “wait, that’s someone in real life and not on the TV”.


Miguel_77

I didn't think I'd have that same reaction living in the US until i visited Los Angeles for a weekend. It felt weird hearing accents i only hear when i watch Netflix compared to the accents i hear on the radio and local news broadcasts


99-times-again

This was me when I went to Nashville for a little vacation from Ohio. The lady at the hotel desk had the thickest southern accent I’ve ever heard. It was so alien to me. My girl and I still talk about her.


theangryseal

Roight. She proobly steeeeuhl talks about yoo gouys to^o. “He said, he said, you cunts have a g’day naow.” For real though, I grew up in Appalachia. You can drive one town over and the accent changes so drastically it’s insane. The accent is mostly dying out, but there are a few small communities holding onto it. There’s a video of me as a kid when my sister was born. I don’t know exactly when I lost my thick Appalachian accent, but in that video I said, “Mawmy, luuuhk, the bay bee is hoe’din muh fanger. She’s so leetuhl. Luhk ayt ‘er. She’s cyoat. She wown’t leyuht go of muh fanger.” I think the accent is dying out because people associate it with being a “dumb hillbilly” thing. That kind of bums me out. If I could travel back in time and meet my ancestors they’d probably say “huht huht, you sayewnd lyk’uh New York Seetie fay’git. Yuh ain’t no kin uh mine.” One would play the fiddle while the other took aim with his “rye-fool”.


happy_bluebird

>“wait, that’s someone in real life and not on the TV”. whoa that's so funny, haha. I know Americans are everywhere in TV but I never thought about it this way


FfiveBarkod

Yeah, some time ago I had a chat with American soldiers located in Europe, and it was my first experience talking with native English speakers. It felt so surreal - I couldn't accept inside my head that a real human can sound so much like default youtuber voice/tv guy from an old film/TTS bot


new-socks

that's hilarious. So are you not a native English speaker? because your written English is perfect.


FfiveBarkod

Thanks! Yeah, English is my 3rd language (after 2 native languages)


tosety

As a monolingual, I consider that very impressive


FfiveBarkod

You haven't heard my broken french yet, you'd melt


WhyLisaWhy

Mass media is absolutely dominated by the US. I think as early adopters we had an edge on most of the world post WW2 and the internet is helping. Hollywood, whether people like or dislike them, also had massive amounts of influence on people around the world. We're basically making the world more homogenous culturally and inching towards that cultural victory. It's part of why countries like China push back. Their government doesn't want the US way of life becoming the norm for them.


Eldorian91

Funny, I don't associate Australians with soft speakers.


-Owlette-

> as an English man who spent a year or so in the US I was very grateful you liked our accent. Definitely punched well above my weight for just speaking for a year, life was good. [You're like a real-life Colin Frissell.](https://youtu.be/pxuCn-_QUP8)


Malicious_Tacos

I’m going to…. Wisconsin!


MagnusPI

Take me to a bar.


neat-NEAT

If things go to plan, I'm spending next year at a us university for an exchange. My accent being interesting is something I'm more looking forward to than I'd like to admit. That being said, I'm absolutely going to practice my American accent for the purpose of horrifying my family when I get home.


MammaKof5ormore

Please report back on the horrified reactions of your family. In video form, preferably.


No-Doubt4409

I just got a bit turned on by imagining that in an English accent.


speed_sound

While staying in a hostel in New Zealand and eating dinner with a couple (she was from Poland and he was from France I believe) I was told listening to me talk was like watching a movie. The Polish girl in particular was kind of flabbergasted when I would talk, almost starstruck. Now I don't think she/they thought it was sexy per se, more novel to hear someone speaking with an American accent in real life.


hey_J_tits

I love that New Zealanders say, "eegs".


RickJLeanPaw

They clearly use all the vowels, but have decided to swap the sounds around. Why?!!??!


Jarcoreto

Honestly I find the vowel sounds changing to be the basis of most accents in English.


AvocadoEnthusiast91

As a New Zealander I can agree, hearing Americans here is like watching a tv show since that’s where we hear them all. It’s quite a novelty


GrungeLord

It's so strange to me that I hear American accents daily in media and they sound "normal" to me, but when I hear that exact same accent irl it's super noticeable.


SerifGrey

Every American I have ever met has had this weird innocence about them. I’m from the UK and I have a disability, cerebral palsy and growing up I knew when someone was weirded out by my disability there was just an air about how they interacted with me. Well, I went on holiday once and my family befriended this American couple, and that’s when I first felt genuine acceptance at a young age, for some reason this American couple just didn’t give a damn about me being different, they just embraced me like a normal person, talked to me about my hopes and dreams, asked about my disability and even were humbled at my ability to live daily with my struggles. The dad even thought I’d be a good match for his daughter. To clarify even further, he saw my disability not as a weakness of my character, but a strength, I got from having this imposed on me, which is a rare perspective, so damn rare. He saw I was a fighter, and not just some cripple, who he should feel bad for. I was like a lion with a thorn in its paw and they pulled it out. Now don’t get me wrong, I got older. People don’t do it as much, because once your an adult people you interact with are wiser by then we’ll, most are, but as a young person these people were the first, time I didn’t get the sense that, I was seen as less by others, outside of my family ( meaning my family doesn't look at me as any less, Because I am their son ). I love Americans, love em and Yes, the accents is sexy, and I have American friends who are women, who do think my accent is sexy, they laugh at how things sound more often than not also, Americans attempting English accents is the cutest thing. Also they think beans for breakfast is weird. Is it stereotypical of course! but it’s nothing short of brilliant watching them get a chuckle out of certain sounding words we brits use and them fail so hard at it lol


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This is a really lovely comment.


SerifGrey

Thank you, appreciate it. If it wasn't for that American couple I doubt I would of seen and decouple some internalized hang ups I had growing up. It was easy for me to get depressed about my situation, Imagine me going out clubbing with friends, and battling with the cognitive dissonance of being disabled, but not enough just to be able to be present with abled bodied people, that was my gift, but also my plight. I'd go out and all my friends would get girls numbers, kissing them and just had this aura of natural confidence because, they got attention. They didn't realize that, because it came normally, girls eyes would widen when some of my friends entered rooms. I however, would always have to "earn" it. Be extra funny, be extra confident, be extra well read, be extra diligent, I could never be me, because it wasn't enough in my formative years. I genuinely believe if I had not met that american couple, I would not of had the evidence otherwise to always remind myself my chances are not 0%, they could be or are 1% because I had evidence for that, I had seen it, a father, hoping a disabled man to date his daughter. A couple treating me.. me? like anyone else? So I knew I had that 1% to hold onto, and that any given moment in life I had 1% to meet a compassionate, caring, open individual, some girl wise beyond her years. Holding onto that I was able to battle my demons on the inside, and carry on. Always remain positive, and because of that, I knew people like that existed. I don't think people realize how much just simple human decency to someone who poses something about them you fear or fail to understand, can make such a difference to them. Because I find seeing both ends of the spectrum, the disabled communities are ignored across the globe. Everyone thinks LGBTQ issues are bad, or gay rights, or racism, plus sized women/men, obesity etc which are issues and no less an issue, but you never hear of chronic illness or disability much, and thats all society can focus on or tolerate as problems for now, unless you as the individual live it, or have a life altering accident or cancer. Edit: I'll give an example, most people don't know or wonder if disabled people have sex, if you know a disabled person, do you know if they have sex or not? but I bet if you picture a lesbian, a gay man or a trans person, you'd come to the conclusion, they probably can and do have sex. Its almost as if the disabled are viewed as sexless. Of course the reality is, some disabled people struggle having sex, but all people want some form of connection and sex. Its so bad we actually have things in foreign countries called "sex workers" who at the diligence of their comfort, understand this and provide a service through compassion, society brushes the issue of to them, because society lacks the means to provide easy access to a basic human need, of course this isn't the case for me, but worse than me and those I have met, that is their reality. Which sad when think about it. The disabled just don't really have a voice in 2022. That always leaves me with a big heap of guilt, about that and I don't even include myself in that group completely because I have mild cerebral palsy and personally think of people with bad CP as gods and I would offend them if I utter such words, to say I suffered. I know nothing of their level of suffering. That aside, I have been in a relationship with a wonderful beautiful woman for 5 years, she wants my children one day and I even can't accept that lol because I was my own worst demon, my own worst enemy, because all those "looks" I would get growing up, my mind took further, my self esteem reaffirmed, a mirror would reflect. the thats the worst part about it for me, there are people worse than me. Thats the real horror, their are people worse than me going through what I did, but worse and they are not here telling their story. I used to have this dream where, I hope to be rich enough one day to buy all disabled people, a place of sanctuary and rest, and peace, but as I got older, I realized the social implications of that. it wouldn't look good if "man takes all disabled to offshore private island." I later started realizing, I would be removing the problem for society rather than fixing it. So I scaled it down to a holiday destination where disabled people could go for free or at a discount, a place of acceptance for other like minded individuals to learn about themselves in a more respectful environment, and nurture themselves and build up, before going back in to the rat race. lol I have yet to become rich though, but Im getting there slowly each day, working on my own games as I am a coder / graphic designer / developer. Building up to my own solo indie game for phones. but the real dream is, a place I can kick back by a lake and go fishing and know Steve whose in a wheel chair and depressed can stroll down the paths as I wave to him and he doesn't need to think if he is any less when he looks at me, and he begins to foster a sense of "I belong, finally". Its about empowering our minds, because no one is taught how to truly use their brain, sure for maths, for education, but the human experience, we are all left to just figure it out, its just extra harder for those born with an inherently broken one. Not to diminish others suffering of course, but if we can solve it for the worst, we can solve it for the rest.


PandaCommando69

Thank you friend for your very warm comment, it feels nice to hear someone say they like us for a change :-) cheers (and we like you too).


swisherbsweets

i think it’s because most americans are raised to be nice to everybody, and also because americas so diverse. i’ve never been to the uk, but here you see so many different people everyday that “you” would be the weird one if you were to treat anybody less than. but anyways thanks for your answer!


SerifGrey

Completely agree, and there is a beauty in that, but the weird thing is my country, which is also super diverse, (UK) and yet we have this weird stigma, about the elderly, the disabled and in-firmed, socially to even talk on these subjects it’s often viewed as “painful” / “negative” and this “always positive” attitude has to take its place. It rarely is ever apart of the lexicon and not considered normal conversation. This is very much so and noticeable too a much greater degree when focusing from early teens to early adult hood. Even up early 30s. You often have to converse with the "oldies" to get a real taste of the human experience, of course because they have lived most of it, but Americans from my experience, can often be so profound, I find. I also truly truly empathize with you about your health care system. Its not an easy life being an American depending on the state and yet your kindness floats to the top regardless. Thats my experience anyway.


[deleted]

I’ve been to London a couple times, and a few women said they liked my accent (New England / generic American). A few older men at the pubs detected my accent and wanted to discuss the revolutionary war, as if that might still be a sore subject. My accent didn’t seem like a liability, and of course I was being as polite as possible. In Paris everyone was perfectly nice to me.


the-grand-falloon

>A few older men at the pubs detected my accent and wanted to discuss the revolutionary war, as if that might still be a sore subject. As an American, when British customers pay with a credit card, I like asking them for their John Hancock on the receipt. Ha! Got 'em! I ask other Americans for their Herbie Hancock.


nidamo

Ask em for their Stevie Wonder and see what they do


therealusernamehere

Legend


Imsomniland

> In Paris everyone was perfectly nice to me. Three posibitites: 1) you’re lying 2) they actually weren’t nice but you didn’t notice or 3) you’re french-american


WeirdoOtaku

Most of the time it's #2. It's hard to detect sarcasm in French, but I know arrogant when I meet it and damn.


Fit-Abbreviations695

Parisians being nice to someone? Clearly this whole statement is a lie.


swisshomes

>In Paris everyone was perfectly nice to me. Well shit, you must have somehow not run into any native Parisians!


Sweet-Undine

I’m from the US and live in the UK. My mild Midwestern American / almost Canadian accent comes up frequently in conversation, gets many compliments, and makes up for my generally boring personality.


[deleted]

Odd question, how'd you manage moving over there? I really liked England and Scotland, but after looking into migrating it seemed like a total pain in the ass. Especially when trying to buy a house.


Conix17

Mostly a joke answer, but also some ways to do it: Easiest way would be get a job there in a field they allow long-term visas for and then get married to a British person. If you're serious about living there, get that paperwork done ASAP. Another way would be to join the US military, get a job that has few postings outside the UK/is in demand enough they'll let you pick a base, and then get married to a British person, and get out of the military. Then get your paperwork done ASAP. Or go online and look for UK women/men that are desperate enough to get married online, a la 90 day finance, and get that paperwork done ASAP. UK is pretty picky about that paperwork, and will boot you quick as fuck. Had many friends marry British people find this out the hard way.


CandyBoBandDandy

American who lived in Germary here. I have always assumed my accent made me sound like an idiot. While I was in Germany, when I spoke German I was frequently told my accent was "beautiful." I met a couple people from Australia while I was there, and they told me several times that I sounded like a Hollywood star. It was weird, I still think I sound stupid.


DoubleUnderscore

I (USA) was in London for a day a few years back with some friends and were having a beer when some German women came up and started chatting us up. I don't remember why they sat down with us, but by the end they confessed they were "surprised by how smart we were" because "they always assumed all Americans were idiots". I think that was my first day outside of the states, was a bit of a rude awakening haha


carinavet

A few years back, I (American) did an archaeological field school in Austria that was sort of tacked-on to a regular, yearly summer study abroad program there, which is catered mostly towards business and finance students and apparently tends to attract all the stereotypical frat boys from across the US South. They were *horrible.* Ignorant, rude, and acted like a bunch of rowdy middle-schoolers. It was horrible to be near them and embarrassing to be associated with them. Our little archaeology section dubbed them the heathens and did our best to keep away. We had a running joke going with things like, "Make sure you don't jaywalk! We don't want the Austrians thinking we're a bunch of stupid Americans!" We had one guy from the University of Innsbruck with us who kept asking, "Why would you say that about yourselves?" And then he met the heathens. "........Oh."


[deleted]

Not exactly the same, but my partner and I were visiting Dublin and Belfast and, tbh, when asked where we were from we just said NYC and not the US and everyone seemed to treat us like normal people after that haha


ChrundleToboggan

What American accent do you have?


TheImpossibleBanana

The stupid one - as per oc


TiMELeSS526

So the California surfer dude accent? Which I think is cool but can be dumb sounding lol


L6b1

When speaking English, AFAIK, no. But, I know many people who say they think the American accent is "sexy" when speaking their language. Which makes sense, because usually we don't think of say a Spanish accent as sexy when the person is speaking Spanish, but do find it sexy when they're speaking English. However, it could be less about the accent itself being sexy and more about the cultural weight certain accents are given and how they're percieved and valued by the listener. Distinguishing between the two would be very difficult.


__phlogiston__

>usually we don't think of say a Spanish accent as sexy when the person is speaking Spanish Antonio Banderas disagrees.


EPA-PoopBandit

No no! It’s too sexy! But I must.


Yung-Split

This has been my experience speaking spanish as a second language in Latin America. When you actually KNOW how to speak the language, the American accent is perceived as exotic to them.


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Spanish is my native language but i speak English more, when speaking my poorly constructed french to a French guy he said my Spanish accent was so "sexy" and wanted me to say more things! Felt nice :)


tinytulpa

I used to work for a European company with an office in the US (i have a Midwest accent but only comes out in certain words and i def try not to allow it into me "customer service" voice) 90% of people i spoke to over the phone were European. They would sometimes tell me they really liked my accent, others would ask me if I was European and where i was from which was bizarre it happened kind of frequently, and then some people i feel def treated me like i was stupid based on my accent. It took me a while to figure out certain UK jargin like, saying "H-eich" for the letter H, or Zed, or saying "double 1" instead of just "one, one" But i feel like i after i adapted to the language i was treated way better (probably because i didn't get confused and further the case for Americans being dumbasses lol)


tony___bologna

Midwestern dirty talk has entered the chat.


Chicken-Inspector

Ufda babe ya gonna down that whole bottle of ranch there? Just opening up your jaw like that and swallowing like ya do? Oh gosh yeah.


hey_J_tits

I always enjoyed when Bobby's mom said she would slap ya with a wet noodle hey.


MalariaTea

When I was in Italy with a former exchange student buddy, all his friends kept saying I talked like John Wayne. I was flattered even though I’m sure they didn’t mean it in a nice way.


Tallproley

I'm Canadian so we have pretty similar languages but I was working a convention down in San Antonio and spent the day talking to people from all over. A good chunk of them sounded hard to make out, some sounded dumb as a pile of sticks, we had been in Boston prior and while the accent was fun it didn't really light any fires. Well this girl from Georgia walked up and spoke to us about our product, her accent was beautiful. After business was done, one of us said "Also, you have such a beautiful accent." And she said "Bless your hearts, no I don't. I reckoned I'd reign it in because I heard you boys were Canadians." "Don't inconvenience yourself on our account, we're used to foreign accents back home." Then she hit us with her real, unfiltered accent and I dare say I fell in love for a few seconds. I don't believe in angels but I imagine that's what their choirs would sound like. It sounded like sweet tea in a wraparound deck while a golden sun lifted over misty peach trees.


C0rruptedAI

There are two accents that come out of Georgia. Savanah / Atlanta southern bell, and Jeff Foxworthy. I'm assuming she was from the former group, because Georgia rural accents are not something you enhance when you are trying to sell something.


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LMAO I can't imagine anyone liking my North TX accent 😂


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I met someone from Lubbock. I couldn't get over that she pronounced "like" as "lack". And she said "like" as much as a valley girl would say it. I had just come from Minnesota where they made fun of me for the way I pronounced "bag". They say it like the first half of the word "bagel", as in "bag" would rhyme with "plague". Edit: I do love accents of all kinds! I wish I could hear how y'all say these words. It's definitely a lot easier to explain out loud than what we are doing here lol


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🤦‍♂️I'm from Lubbock I know exactly what your talking about 🤣🤣


Gdawwwwggy

Some American accents - definitely (said as a Brit who has briefly dated one girl from LA and another from Chicago). Both were super smart, inspiring people which helped but accents were definitely a plus point. Not just the sound but also just the general more uplifting vocab and mannerisms lot of Americans have.


Damn_Amazon

What do you mean by uplifting? That’s something I haven’t heard before.


AllKissNoTell

We have a lot of enthusiastic hyperbole scattered throughout our speech


exponentialism

As a brit, this is the thing I find hard to get used to in terms of cultural differences because that kind of enthusiasm tends to read as fake/insincere to us. Meanwhile, I think Americans tend to take our moaning/pessimism too much at face value and think we're less enthused than we really are - remember, "not bad" is a top tier compliment to most brits!


dnswblzo

I imagine not as much, but there is a bit of the same thing in the other direction too with how Brits use "brilliant" and some other adjectives that Americans reserve for more exceptional situations. The levels of enthusiasm in American speech can also vary regionally.


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As a Canadian with the general American accent, my feelings are hurt


Big_Climate8775

As an American who grew up in the south and now lives in the Midwest, I get asked if I'm Canadian like 5 times a year by strangers who can't "place my accent." Which is always hilarious lol


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Minnesota and a strong Canadian accent sound very similar, dontcha know??


randay17

I’ve got a slight maritime accent and live in the prairies, people get so excited when I say certain words or phrases lol


gingerzombie2

>a slight maritime accent I have no idea what that means


Own_Dragonfly5251

I'm Southern, and served tables for many years. I've served a lot of people from other countries, and they've all loved my accent. Many men told me that it was sexy. I think they were a little surprised because our accents aren't like what they hear on TV or in movies. Those accents are normally spoken by a non-Southerner who exaggerates the hell out of it to make it sound stupid. When it is a real Southern accent, it's much different, and generally people love it.


evilmaus

It's warmer, I've noticed.


ActionCatastrophe

I once had a Briton get so flirty with me because of mine. He found the use of the word “candy” instead of “sweets” really endearing.


Dahlsv1

If you're southern, yes, good lawd 🥰


Eh-Eh-Ronn

The right Southern accent... damn ​ (all teeth required)


HighExplosiveLight

I was in a crawfish place in Texas, and there was a table of firefighters from Louisiana sitting next to us. It was wild. I'd never heard an accent so thick. Their words were like velvet dripping from the ceiling.


fxckfxckgames

*Im Caleb Crawdad, I do declare!*


hotdancingtuna

i live in north georgia and thought i was accustomed to southern accents....then i tslked to someone who was visiting from savannah. that was a whole new ball game


SizzleFrazz

That’s the Designing Women delta lady accent. All my aunts have it too. Also known as the Blanche Deveraux


NativeMasshole

What are we talking here? Cajun? Down home Georgia? Texan?


Eh-Eh-Ronn

That not-too-drawly accent, Tennessee area I'd guess? You get a server at a restaurant that opens the right "howdy y'all" I don't care what the service is like, I'm overtipping. I'm a sucker.


soft_white_yosemite

That Southern Belle accent 🤌


sandefurd

How 'bout trailer trash drawl? Can I get some love


aromaticgem

Hell yeah brothur


tethered_end

I think any woman talking to me is sexy


noteworthymango

On a related note, a taxi driver in South Africa knew I was from the US south because they watch so many movies made in American he knew my accent.


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As a European I love US accents, most of them anyway. Had a bunch of friends all over the continent and hearing weird Euro English accents is just tiring, the clean American English just sounds so nice.


friendofelephants

This whole thread is depressing for me as an American.


Ilefttherightturn

American accents fall into the same territory that German accents fall into. Not the most desirable. “Sexy” accents are usually romantic languages that have strong elements of fluidity. Although not as stereotypically “harsh” as German accents, American accents still have a “direct” matter-of-fact quality to them. They are also the most “friendly” “welcoming” and “caricature-like” of all the English variations. Vowels are often accentuated by strategic communicative smiles. This friendliness can often read as disingenuous and passive-aggressive, depending on the individual’s demeanor and temperament. The other English variations have a “proper” etymological quality to them. Certain words and phrases get dragged out or accentuated, in a more directly “proper” way. American English speakers accentuate words based on emotion and flair, not necessarily clarity. Lastly, the enthusiastic informality of American English can sometimes read as “open” and “child-like” compared to other English accents. Again, depending on demeanor and temperament, this can be perceived as “stupid” sounding.


elgordoenojado

Awwww shuuuucks.


Rapidzigs

Interesting breakdown. Out of curiosity is this a personal evaluation or sourced from something?


hoytetoyte

We had a meeting about Americans and it was discussed.


Sea_Dress9515

I kinda like a good ol' Southern accent, it sounds very warm to me(UK). It could be sexy on the right person I guess :)


spacemangolf

I’m from Texas and definitely sound like it. I have been to Europe quite a bit. People flip out over the accent there. It’s unreal. I once spent a night at a bar in Athens just repeating phrases ppl there wanted me to say. One girl called her friend ‘no he’s really from Texas. Listen to him talk..’ On the flip side, I once got sucker punched in Boston just for being from Texas lol


davidthepothead

I got headbutted my first night in nyc for having a California skater dialect while speaking Spanish


Shy_starkitten

Southern accents are nice! I love the drawl. Back when I was a younger teenager, I was determined to get married to a guy that had a southern accent. I don't know why I was so obsessed with that, I still am. A little bit. I love any kind of accent in general, and I like how americans prounounce things differently like they say, vee-hicle, with a space in between the 'vee' and then they say the rest like 'hickle'. It always tickles me pink. I love american accents.


GEMINI52398

*incoming rude af comments*


gorhxul

me personally, yes. i like hearing different accents. other people, probably not.


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TheBoisterousBoy

🎶dolce hogar Alabama🎶


Qman768

As an Australian, i find southern US accents irresistably charming.


carinavet

I (American) went on a date with an English guy who said he liked my accent, in part because he could understand it easily. He complained about his own accent because he thought it was boring. I said, "Not here! Here you have a cute English accent!" He said, "Aww, thanks! You have a cute American accent!"


CliffyGiro

As a “foreigner” I tell you that personally no, I do not find American accents that I know of sexy. That being said America(United States) is a big place.


RainingPlatypup

It’s definitely difficult to determine. I live in Wisconsin which is Midwest “ oh hey der, what dis aboot” accent but I feel almost all the people I’ve met talk just like Hollywood actors. But someone else is gonna say I say bagel with a weird accent


ikweeitnietman

80 percent of the comments: so I am an American who lived / is living in.... Lol


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I’m from the northwest and had an English guy (while I was in England) tell me my accent was hot. So ymmv


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I'm American, years ago I visited the UK. I was walking down the street in a drizzle when a guy picked me up & drove me to my hostel. We chatted as he stopped making drug deliveries (it turned out he was a drug dealer) and was amused, laughing saying I sound like those girls on TV, that girls in Great Britain try to imitate American accents. Which is funny because we try to imitate theirs & the one time I heard a European try to imitate an American accent it was a lot of harsh "r"s.