American accent you find most attractive

[Ptah]

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	New York
	0 (0%)
	Boston
	3 (38%)
	Deep South
	0 (0%)
	Midwestern
	2 (25%)
	California
	1 (13%)
	Alaskan
	0 (0%)
	Maine
	0 (0%)
	Minnesota
	1 (13%)
	Other
	1 (13%)
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[Chan790]

1. None.

The only attractive accent is British. The rest of them do nothing for me.

[Throd]

22. All of them?

Some are easier on the ears than others. And some are unintelligible.

[Chan790]

25. London.

The high-educated formal British accent...not Cockney or those unintelligible folk from Manchester.

[femmocrat]

2. I love Pittsburghese.

It just sounds like home to me. It has to be authentic, though. If it's exaggerated, like "Pittsburgh Dad", it sounds fake. (He's on YouTube.)

[Populist_Prole]

4. It's alright but I CAN'T STAND the way they pronounce their short "o" sound.

I work with lots of them and it drives me up a wall. We're always breaking their balls, but they're okay as people.

Shot = shawt

Dollar = Dawwlurr

Another thing I noticed was some pronounce words at different syllable than most commonly do. I hear this a lot:

IN-surance for in-SUR-ance

MU-seum for mu-SE-um

UM-brella for um-BRELL-a ( when they're not calling it a bumbershoot. Don't even get me going on that.

[KamaAina]

12. Bawlmer does that too

PO-lice. Am-bu-LANCE.

Another 'Burghism: "gum band" (rubber band).

[ailsagirl]

15. How about...

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"theatre" with accent on the second syllable instead of the first? (the-AY-ter)
I know of people born and bred in California who pronounce it like that.

[Arugula Latte]

3. I voted "other"

I'm not a big fan of most American accents in terms of finding them "attractive" (although I do think the Maine and Minnesota accents are very entertaining), but I guess I prefer the generic TV broadcast American accent, if I had to pick one that was the least un-attractive.

[Jenoch]

27. Only a small percentage

of Minnesotans have the exaggerated Minnesota/Fargo accent. Most people in Minnesota have more of the neutral TV anchor accent.

[Xyzse]

5. I love sounds that I can't figure out where they come from.

The well traveled individual sounds amazing.

However, if you're talking about accents that I find amazingly attractive.
I'd say, the New Zealand/Australia regional accents are just damn sexy.

[HERVEPA]

6. Female - South Male - Maine

[IronLionZion]

7. West Texas for female

I like deep south and Minnesota as well, but can't stand the appalachian twang or NYC. Boston is cute if its not too strong

[MrMickeysMom]

8. Mid-West, you guys...

It's the only truly distinguished "accent". Why do you think all those broadcasters and on-air hosts try to achieve it?

I've been told that I have a mid-western accent, but southern (FL) comes through it. I can fake various southern accents, but I find I start craving boiled peanuts.

[Skittles]

9. LOVE the New York / New Jersey "wise guy" accent

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. Maryland accents....hon.

[KamaAina]

11. Hawai'i Pidgin

"Eh, you da kine!"

[UTUSN]

13. Other: Cajun. n/t

[LiberalElite]

14. HEY! Deep South has been voted "most annoying" AND "most attractive" nt

[ailsagirl]

16. I noticed that, lol

But what does it mean??

[Bucky]

17. I have a professional background in statistical analysis, and results like these prove

that polling like this is meaningless.

[ailsagirl]

20. I think you're absolutely correct, Bucky!!

Gave me my first laugh of the day

[Bucky]

26. Glad you liked it.

(I just hope you read my words in a sexy Southern accent)

[ailsagirl]

29. ...

How did you guess??

[smilodon populator]

18. Maine

specifically, like Gordon Bok, the Bard of Camden, ME

I couldn't actually vote, because when I did I got a message that said "you can't log in. You are already logged in"

[ailsagirl]

21. lol

You gotta love it (or hate it, depending on your mood)

What about a memo that begins with,

"Please disregard the following"?

[a la izquierda]

19. Québécois.

All the rest are meh.

[Throd]

23. Just be friendly and open-minded and I don't care how you sound.

[bigwillq]

24. Ugh..def not Deep South

I really can't stand Southern Accents.

I voted for New York. East Coast, baby!

[geardaddy]

28. More and more I'm finding

that the Great Lakes accent isn't necessarily attractive, but interesting. It's kind of weird how it stretches from Upstate NY all the way to Eastern Wisconsin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Northern_American_English