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What do Brits think of American accent?

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I think it's accurate to stereotype that we think of Britain accents as sophisticated, sexy (female) and I personally think male Brit accent sounds so god damn feminine. They sound really wussy. I've never heard of a deep voiced Brit accent..

This makes me wonder, what do Brits think of a typical American accent? Do they think it's desirable, sexy, stupid..etc?

I know ATOT has a tendency to get anal and dissect off-topic. I'm speaking GENERALLY and STEREOTYPICALLY what Brits think just as what WE think of Brits.

Anyone Brit here?
 
There are a few accents in the United States. Someone from Jersey isn't gonna sound like someone from Georgia. On the west coast, there are no accents.
 
Originally posted by: JDawg1536
There are a few accents in the United States. Someone from Jersey isn't gonna sound like someone from Georgia. On the west coast, there are no accents.
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Fine. I'm referring to a typical 'american accent' portrayed in Hollywood movies, just as Brits are portrayed as so in Bond movies.
 
the west coast has no accent? you must live on the west coast... of course you will think that your particular accent is not one, and everyone else is wrong.
 
I don't know, but it really weirded me out when I discovered that both House and Wolverine speak with British accents :Q

Also equally weird, the spy girl from Chuck has an Australian accent! I never think of American as an accent until I hear people who are speaking in it break into their native accent 😛
 
Originally posted by: herm0016
the west coast has no accent? you must live on the west coast... of course you will think that your particular accent is not one, and everyone else is wrong.
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Not sure how true this is but I once heard the west coast includes the largest single group of language speakers with no real difference in dialects.
 
Originally posted by: Farang
Originally posted by: herm0016
the west coast has no accent? you must live on the west coast... of course you will think that your particular accent is not one, and everyone else is wrong.
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Not sure how true this is but I once heard the west coast includes the largest single group of language speakers with no real difference in dialects.
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The only west coast accent I've really noticed is the surfer dude kind. But they say pop instead of soda so that's just plain weird 🙂
 
Originally posted by: herm0016
the west coast has no accent? you must live on the west coast... of course you will think that your particular accent is not one, and everyone else is wrong.
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Then what is my particular accent?
 
As a Washingtonian I can tell a southern California accent but it is very slight and I couldn't even describe what the differences are. I'd say we're all about the same, unless you're taking that surfer dude accent to the extreme.
 
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: Farang
Originally posted by: herm0016
the west coast has no accent? you must live on the west coast... of course you will think that your particular accent is not one, and everyone else is wrong.
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Not sure how true this is but I once heard the west coast includes the largest single group of language speakers with no real difference in dialects.
Click to expand...

The only west coast accent I've really noticed is the surfer dude kind. But they say pop instead of soda so that's just plain weird 🙂
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Nobody says pop on the west coast. It's always soda or coke. You must have been hanging out with a surfer from Michigan.
 
Originally posted by: JDawg1536
There are a few accents in the United States. Someone from Jersey isn't gonna sound like someone from Georgia. On the west coast, there are no accents.
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Just becuase someone doesn't sound like they have an accent to you doesn't mean they don't have one. In some way, everyone has one. It really is all relative. Just like how someone living in the deep south wouldn't think that they, or anyone from their town has one. There are plenty of west coast accents, they just aren't as noticeable as a thick southern one. Example, I speak with a Pittsburgh accent. I order food "fer" to-go, or two-"fer"-one, but I still haven't quite slipped to the degree of asking if "yins" are coming by tonight. Otherwise my accent is fairly neutral, but it still is there.

I would agree with the idea that we sound "annoying" to most brits. I'm sure some people over there might find it sexy charming or whatever, I feel (based solely off of top gear) they associate an American with a stupid redneck who wants nothing more than to bomb the crap out of the rest of the world.
 
Originally posted by: JDawg1536
Originally posted by: herm0016
the west coast has no accent? you must live on the west coast... of course you will think that your particular accent is not one, and everyone else is wrong.
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Then what is my particular accent?
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General American probably. You think of it as the lack of an accent because it's very common and because people on TV use that accent. It is an accent nonetheless.
 
It depends partly on appearance. If the person is attractive, you are more likely to find their accent charming. I'm sure that there are plenty of Brits who are annoyed by American accents, some who like it, and some who don't really care. Same goes for U.S. opinion of British accents (more than one, as with the U.S.).

For U.S., most of us have pretty much the same American accent (disregarding immigrants, of course) with regional variations with some words. The "southern" accent, which does have many variations itself, is probably the most easily recognizable and distinct of all regional accents in the U.S.
 
I'm from the south and have a marked southern accent. Most of the time I don't think about it, but I've never really thought of the people around here as having no accent and everyone else in the world having some kind of accent. I think that's notable because you would expect your own accent to sound natural and all other to sound strange. There is an American accent that I think of as being no accent, but I'm having trouble thinking which area of the country it is primarily spoken in. Midwest maybe? /ramble
 
It's a lot easier for a Brit to understand an American. In my travels around England, I was understood perfectly, even in areas not frequented by tourists (due to the extreme amounts of American media permeated throughout their culture). There were a few times, especially in the outskirts of Birmingham, where it took some real concentration to figure out what the person was saying.

As far as what they think of them? There isn't the sex-appeal or sophisticated stereotypes that we have toward British accents. That being said, it's probably because it's a lot more common for people in a country the size of of Louisiana to encounter visitors from the United States than it is the other way around.
 
I'm not a Brit (Kiwi). I'm so used to the American accent from TV and podcasts that I hardly notice anymore to be honest. Although I do still think it's kinda hawt when I meet a girl IRL and she talks with an American accent. And yeah, there are many US accents. I think the best is the Colorado-region accent and the worst by far is the southern variant.

I've always been curious what the world thinks of the NZ accent.
 
Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
There is an American accent that I think of as being no accent, but I'm having trouble thinking which area of the country it is primarily spoken in. Midwest maybe? /ramble
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That accent would still be distinctly American. It would be immediately obvious to a foreigner (who speaks English) that a person from that area was American. No English speaker anywhere speaks without an accent (I suspect this is true for other languages, but I'm pretty ignorant of this stuff).
 
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
I'm not a Brit (Kiwi). I'm so used to the American accent from TV and podcasts that I hardly notice anymore to be honest. Although I do still think it's kinda hawt when I meet a girl IRL and she talks with an American accent. And yeah, there are many US accents. I think the best is the Colorado-region accent and the worst by far is the southern variant.

I've always been curious what the world thinks of the NZ accent.
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They think it's Australian 😛

Personally, I like SA accents.
 
I think people with a certain British accent are very seductive. But sometimes, the accent can be very tarty.
 
Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
I'm from the south and have a marked southern accent. Most of the time I don't think about it, but I've never really thought of the people around here as having no accent and everyone else in the world having some kind of accent. I think that's notable because you would expect your own accent to sound natural and all other to sound strange. There is an American accent that I think of as being no accent, but I'm having trouble thinking which area of the country it is primarily spoken in. Midwest maybe? /ramble
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It's known as Midwestern or General American, but its really common everywhere.
 
Originally posted by: JDawg1536
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: Farang
Originally posted by: herm0016
the west coast has no accent? you must live on the west coast... of course you will think that your particular accent is not one, and everyone else is wrong.
Click to expand...

Not sure how true this is but I once heard the west coast includes the largest single group of language speakers with no real difference in dialects.
Click to expand...

The only west coast accent I've really noticed is the surfer dude kind. But they say pop instead of soda so that's just plain weird 🙂
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Nobody says pop on the west coast. It's always soda or coke. You must have been hanging out with a surfer from Michigan.
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this.
 
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