Why do other countries like our accent

Explosions in the Sky · 11-01-2012 02:01PM #1

Hey fine people of after hours I always wondered why people find the Irish accent attractive, the accent was voted the sexiest in the world this year, it confuses me but I'm not complaining

Any ideas or thoughts, cheers

Standard Toaster · 11-01-2012 02:03PM

Farreller has alot to answer for.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 11-01-2012 02:11PM

I suppose its kinda hokey, quaint and inoffensive.

Reamer Fanny · 11-01-2012 02:12PM

Explosions in the Sky wrote: »

Hey fine people of after hours I always wondered why people find the Irish accent attractive, the accent was voted the sexiest in the world this year, it confuses me but I'm not complaining Any ideas or thoughts, cheers

Your right there's nothing like the sultry tones of "alrii love" and "how's your growler??" that's damn sexy!

Sonics2k · 11-01-2012 02:15PM

I'm not complaining :pac:

keithkk16 · 11-01-2012 02:21PM

Daniel O'Donnell, he's got a lovely accent.

brendansmith · 11-01-2012 02:24PM

Maybe its something about how people associate different things when they hear an accent.

South African - Racism (bad)
English - Football hooliganism (bad)
Germans speaking Engish - On-screen nazis (bad)
Irish accent - Booze (Good times)

bwatson · 11-01-2012 02:38PM

brendansmith wrote: »

Maybe its something about how people associate different things when they hear an accent.

South African - Racism (bad)
English - Football hooliganism (bad)
Germans speaking Engish - On-screen nazis (bad)
Irish accent - Booze (Good times)

Yes, as soon as I hear the voice of either David Gower or Nicholas Parsons I immediately think of yobs throwing traffic cones at each other outside of a football ground.

smash · 11-01-2012 02:40PM

brendansmith wrote: »

Irish accent - Booze (Good times)

Same with Scottish

slapbangwallop · 11-01-2012 02:41PM

Lets get it right, they love the culchie accent! #JustSayin

bradyle · 11-01-2012 02:44PM

It's supposed to be charming I think...and lyrical...makes what we say more poetical...or some other load of baloney like that

Altho to be fair my favorite accents are prob northey and Scottish ones which could be considered kinda similar to ours

CNNgo describes it as

Valued slightly more in men than in women, the Irish brogue is a lilting, lyrical articulation that’s charming, if not exotic. Fluid and uplifting, it can swing from vulnerable to threatening over the course of a sentence, restoring your faith in the world again … right before it stabs you with a broken bottle top.

Sounds like: A marauding pixie

Altho we only get 6th sexiest by their pole...disgraceful

http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/worlds-sexiest-accents-130333?page=0,1

Explosions in the Sky · 11-01-2012 02:51PM

Sometimes I think they get mixed up and think we all have that Northern Ireland accent

Dotrel · 11-01-2012 02:54PM

Ah yes, the Irish accent (singular).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guX8zoJAI0M

Explosions in the Sky · 11-01-2012 02:57PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LJw6PAi5Q8

I have come to the conclusion its because they think we all have bodies like Brad Pitt

Solair · 11-01-2012 03:02PM

Maybe because some Irish accents are actually quite pleasant.

In general, Americans tend to just find Irish and British accents interesting and exotic because they only ever hear them on the TV and in movies.

The vast majority of US English speakers have incredibly standard accents. Where as Ireland and the UK have accents that change every half mile.

Similar in Australia too, because it was settled so recently and because people are so mobile the accent's very uniform across the whole country.

The only areas of the US that tend to have unusual accents are places like Boston, NYC, Louisiana, Texas etc etc... i.e. the older states.

The majority of US broadcasters have accents that are almost non-geographically definable.

dxhound2005 · 11-01-2012 03:04PM

A Fish called Wanda. Do you speak Italian?

http://youtu.be/qMLYTZNmUmw

Why do other countries like our accent

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