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Does a person's accent make them more/less attractive?

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  • #32
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    I prefer if my ladies don't speak at all.


  • #33
    blackcard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,569 ✭✭✭blackcard


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    How could you not have an accent? If you have an accent that doesn't come from a region then you have what's called a neutral accent ;)

    Doesn't everyone think that they have a neutral accent?


  • #34
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    I just love strong accents theyre so interesting to listen to, no matter what they are. I think accents sound nice on everybody and make everyone a little more unique.

    Also I think its hard enough to find a partner you're compatible with without discriminating on such petty things as accents.


  • #35
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,115 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    I'd echo the post above as regards accents. I have a largely neutral Irish accent with a gentle northern lilt. I've been complimented on my accent on a number of occasions - last week being the most recent (by a woman!).


  • #36
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,006 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    blackcard wrote: »
    Does anyone hate their own accent?

    Patrick Kavanagh did.


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  • #37
    Niemoj
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭Niemoj


    After spending time in Derry I'm not a fan of a strong Northern accent, likewise with Cork but it still wouldn't be a deal breaker for sure.


  • #38
    Greentopia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,221 ✭✭✭Greentopia


    Strong NI accents sound harsh to my ears but other accents like a strong Cork or midlands accent just sound a bit comical to me. I quite like the working class Dublin accent.

    Depends on the person really, if everything else was great then a strong accent wouldn't be a deal breaker.


  • #39
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    A scouse accent on men is a bit of a fanny-drier.

    French accents are super sexy.


  • #40
    Cold War Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Cold War Kid


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    A scouse accent on men is a bit if a fanny-drier.

    French accents are super sexy.
    Thanking because the first bit made me laugh, even though I disagree. :D

    Definitely agreed on the French bit though. :)


  • #41
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Cold War Kid wrote: »
    Thanking because the first bit made me laugh, even though I disagree. :D

    TBH, if I was single, I couldn't see myself snubbing an attractive scouser that I click with. It's more of an general thing. The Harry Enfield exaggerated scouse accent. :pac:

    I used to work with a french girl who was on the phone beside me a lot. Mother of gawd, listening to her was like getting a mental massage. Such a relaxing voice!


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  • #42
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    blackcard wrote: »
    Doesn't everyone think that they have a neutral accent?

    Some people know they have one. Some don't. All do.


  • #43
    gavdolfini
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭gavdolfini


    strong scottish accents sound terrible, like they are choking on every sentence.

    Like the kerry and cork accent, not strong though.


  • #44
    Gekko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭Gekko


    I once spoke to a French customer service woman working for Air France...and my God, she had the sexiest accent Ive ever heard.

    As in just talking to her was a major turn on...

    Clumsily tried to chat her up, needless to say I failed!


  • #45
    TheLastMohican
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭TheLastMohican


    blackcard wrote: »
    I was in the gym today when this stunning girl appeared. Long legs, tanned, bright eyes, white teeth, gleaming smile, fit. And then she spoke with an accent so thick you couldn't cut it with a knife. So I 'rejected' her straight away (okay, she didn't actually offer herself to me) It wasn't the content of what she was saying, it was the accent. So, are there accents which turn you off someone? Or turn you on? For me, the Belfast accent is a turn off as is a wesht of Ireland accent and a D4 accent. Also upper crust English, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham accents. I like a Donegal, Tipp, Kilkenny, Midlands accent, also West Country in the UK and a cute French accent. US, Canadian and Aussie accents don't do it for me. Would an accent put you off someone irrespective of their looks, intelligence, sense of humour? What accents turn you on/off?
    Perhaps you are more into men?


  • #46
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,283 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Whilst I wouldn't love some accents. I'd get over it. What I hate is people using words suff as gaff, gatt, sambo, Chrimbo, basically people using slang a lot would be a major turn off for me.


  • #47
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    Whilst I wouldn't love some accents. I'd get over it. What I hate is people using words stuff as gaff, gatt, sambo, Chrimbo, basically using slang a lot would be a major turn off for me.

    Don't go to Australia so, the slangiest people I have ever met! My Ozzie friend even admitted it's a national trait.


  • #48
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,798 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    Accents are the #1 factor in whether or not I find a woman attractive, to be honest. A scratchy vocal fry will remove my pants quicker than a horde of angry wasps flying up one of my trouser legs, and pitch a tent bigger than the Eiffel Tower, as will any kind of London or Northern Irish accent. ;)


  • #49
    Old Jakey
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 436 ✭✭Old Jakey


    TheLastMohican wrote: »
    Perhaps you are more into men?

    Let's be honest, no straight man is going to turn down a hot girl because of her accent.


  • #50
    TheLastMohican
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭TheLastMohican


    Old Jakey wrote: »
    Let's be honest, no straight man is going to turn down a hot girl because of her accent.


    Touché!


  • #51
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,401 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    No accent would be a deal breaker if she was attractive. That said the Liverpool accent is annoying. I love a nice posh British accent. Essex, Sussex, Middlesex, anything ending in sex is generally nice.


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  • #52
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,237 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    The fact that Cheryl Cole sounds like a fifty-year-old Tyneside miner makes her tastier, as far as I'm concerned. Ah'reet lad! :D


  • #53
    ActingDanClark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,163 ✭✭✭ActingDanClark


    Strong Dundalk, limerick and Waterford accents are dire. I have spoken.end of thread.


  • #54
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    Dublin and cork accent are f*cking horrible. Cork accents make me physically sick.


  • #55
    Very Bored
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭Very Bored


    I find a female Belfast accent a turn on.


  • #56
    blackcard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,569 ✭✭✭blackcard


    Old Jakey wrote: »
    Let's be honest, no straight man is going to turn down a hot girl because of her accent.

    I could put up with a horrible accent for a short fling but not for anything lasting


  • #57
    Streetwalker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭Streetwalker


    Anyone of those D4 wanna be American accents make me sick loike. Oh and the Manchester accent complete scumbag tone about it.


  • #58
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,486 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    Dublin and cork accent are f*cking horrible. Cork accents make me physically sick.

    That's a skill for the freak circus....

    And now presenting the Great Mint Aero and his spontaneous vomiting.....

    Generic Langer...."dowcha bai"

    Mint Aero *projectiles over the first two rows*

    FIN


  • #59
    Kevhog1988
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,584 ✭✭✭Kevhog1988


    derry accent is class


  • #60
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    That's a skill for the freak circus....

    And now presenting the Great Mint Aero and his spontaneous vomiting.....

    Generic Langer...."dowcha bai"

    Mint Aero *projectiles over the first two rows*

    FIN

    I like the bit where you call me great.


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  • #61
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,486 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    I like the bit where you call me great.

    It's circus protocol.


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