What kind of English do you like to hear?

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What kind of English do you like to hear?

  1. Scottish English

    13 vote(s)
    29.5%
  2. Irish English

    13 vote(s)
    29.5%
  3. English English

    16 vote(s)
    36.4%
  4. US-English

    14 vote(s)
    31.8%
  5. Australian English

    11 vote(s)
    25.0%
  6. other Commonwealth English

    5 vote(s)
    11.4%
  7. English with a French accent

    6 vote(s)
    13.6%
  8. English with a Spanish accent

    4 vote(s)
    9.1%
  9. English with a Russian accent

    4 vote(s)
    9.1%
  10. other accents

    11 vote(s)
    25.0%
  11. no English at all

    1 vote(s)
    2.3%
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  1. Lindis

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    What kind of English do you like to hear?
     
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    The English I like most to hear is Scottish English.
     
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    Whatever accent is native to the speaker.

    Virtually all accents are enjoyable, the issue is usually the terminology - knowing what they are referring to when their words are not the same as American English (my native tongue).
     
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    Let us agree to dis-agree :)
     
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    It is a pity that you are thus avoiding the question.
    And sorry, I just do not believe you.
    Your answer may be "politically correct".
    But it is just as worthless as saying: "I LOVE EVERYBODY and EVERYTHING exactly the same!"
     
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    Probably you also like any food and any drinks EXACTLY the same.
    How good for you!
    You must be admired as a super-correct person.
     
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    I prefer other languages
     
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    Scottish English! :)

    I like it! :)
     
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    American English with an occasional Lucky Charms, "They're Magically Delicious."
     
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    A good example :)
     
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    Oh Danny Boy - Irish Traditional
     
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    Would you agree that some languages may sound a bit nicer than others?

    Or do you think that all languages sound exaxtly 100 per cent and 1000 promille EXACTLY the same to everybody? :)
    And that one must maintain that one likes any language on earth exactly the same?
    Just as one loves EVERY PERSON on earth exactly with the same full love without any difference, of course! :)
    And that each cake on earth tastes EXACTLY the same!
     
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    Pretty much anything but American English, with Scottish and Australian probably being my favorites.

    Hmm. I don't particularly love or hate listening to any language. There are those I prefer to learn over others, but it's generally not based on how they sound to me, although I do kind of prefer the sound of Russian. It's good spoken and sung, and fun to speak. German is also cool if spoken by the right person or with the right regional accent. These are the two foreign languages I am most familiar with.
     
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    Scottish and Irish is very musical. Met a young women from Wales...couldn't hardly understand her but her vernacular was beautiful. Also Australian is easy on the ears.
     
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    I have an auditory processing dissorder. I have trouble understanding people if they talk too fast, begin speaking when I wasn't expecting them to, or if there's any other source of sound I have to filter them through. Accents are particularly troubling to me. I find that for whatever reason 'English English' and English with a Russian accent dont cause me the same processing problems as other accents.
     
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    I'm not a big fan of, "accents." I like to be able to understand what a person is expressing, so I generally prefer a speaker using American English. FYI, there are numerous, identifiable American accents-- southern, midwestern, Boston, New Jersey, general New York, or borough-specific (Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx), et cetera-- which you left out. On the much different question of what might sound sexy, out of a woman's mouth-- since I guess you have no expectations, as to what direction a person takes, from your OPs-- I guess Indian English is appealing, though I can't say that has nothing to do with this accent coming out of Indian women, who can be especially attractive. Anyway, that's why I voted for "other Commonwealth."

    BTW, I rate British English, from a woman, to actually be a little bit unattractive.
     
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    I’ve visited Scotland several times, the closer I get to Glasgow the less I understand what people are saying.
     
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    I have been living in Scotland for a year.
    And then returned there again and again.
    So I can safely say that I understand (nearly) everything that Scottish people say.
    And I like their way of speaking very much. :)
     
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    With me it is like this:
    I am interested in anything that has got to do with languages.
    I like to think about how languages work.
    I am interested in their accents and just anything.
     
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    Irish is now leading with 4 votes.
     
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    That's probably because it's only the English that can speak property.:wink:
     
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    Yes, I am sure that the English like property! :)
     
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    Ooops bad time for a spell check error or slip of the finger.
    Mind you, I didn't say we could write properly.

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    No fear - property is always a good thing! :)
     

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