Do English People like the American Accent?

The American midwest accent is the Tabula Rasa accent of the world

" @Andrela: People in California do not say " oh my god" and " like" thats just a stereotype. I don't see why you would say it would make your ears bleed unless you are talking about the pitch of the persons voice.   "

Bollocks.

Yeah, it's alright. The only English native language accent that grinds my gears is a "scouse" accent. No offence, if just gives me a headache is all.

The Britons I know hate it.

Personally, I could do without it in nearly every single VO ever...but then again I hate listening to estury English just as much. 
urgh

" Texans aren't southern. Ask anyone from any real southern state. They think they're southern just because they're located in the south. Just because your state is located in the South doesn't mean you're a southern state. (you know what I mean, don't act stupid). Example: Florida(a place filled with old people and illegal Cubans), Texas(a place filled with illegal Mexicans).

All of the real southern states HATE Texans who pretend to be southern. They're Texans: they wear cowboy hats and sound completely different than any other part of the country. Their accent is completely different than the Deep South accent that we have.

States I consider "The South": Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, parts of Louisiana, parts of Georgia, very little of South Carolina.

I have an Alabama deep south accent, but as you can see, I am not uneducated. When I speak, I speak with proper grammar, but my accent is deeply southern. When I type, most people can't tell. I always want to throw the word "yall" in, but I usually catch it and change it when I type. When I speak, I can't do this. When I went to California last summer, people always stared at me when I talked.

Now that that's out of the way, you'll find mixed opinions on how Americans feel about the English accent. I personally think English women sound hot. I've never met an English guy. I've met a Scottish guy, but he told me English people would 'verbally assault' me if I thought the Scottish accent was the same as the English accent.

Supposedly, English people view the Scottish accent like yankees view the Southern accent here. It's viewed as "trashy". Is this correct?

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are we human or are we dancer?

I'm jealous of the British accent. 

I think the general consensus is that British people don't like anything American. With that being said every time I visit people treat me very kindly. I have met a bunch of people just because they knew I was American and wanted to ask about my visit. 
 Also I think girls are obsessed with accents, girls in Europe in my experience are no different. ohhh how do you say banana?!!!! ba-nan-a......... ohhhh thats so wierd hahaha!!!!

" @Ineedaname said:

At least what we call football, we kick. "

With your feet = football.I'm Australian but both of my parents immigrated from England, the Southern American accent is horrible in some cases.I think that Americans abuse the vowels too much, you either just ignore them or you exaggerate them.But, with Brad, Jeff, Ryan and Vinny, I don't notice there accent to be irritating at all.The U.S is so big though, so you have to expect some diversity.Even England has sub-accents, not all English people sound classy for sure.  "

I feel like some English accents can give an increased feeling of aut    hority.  I wish I had that.    
 
I sometimes get irritated with the Cockney accent though.  
 
Here's an example of American accents being exaggerated:  
 
  

" I LOVE English accents. LOVE them. Totally classy, they're great.I have a basic American accent. (From the NW so we don't have any specific accent really, just standard.) "

" @Maxszy said:

" I LOVE English accents. LOVE them. Totally classy, they're great.I have a basic American accent. (From the NW so we don't have any specific accent really, just standard.) "

Haha, trust me, you have a specific accent. It may not be really thick like Boston or Long Island, but there is no standard American accent.
 
EDIT: Wow, didn't realize this thread started a year ago. Bet you weren't expecting that reply. :) Anyway, check out this test to see if it gets you right. It got me straight down to my nearest city. "

Coming from an American and a Chicagoan, I am not a fan of the Chicago accent. Or "Chikyeahgo eeyahxent." All the short a's are stretched out and pronounced like the 'ea' in 'yeah.'

I'm from western Canada. Which means my accent is more Americanized than say somebody from the Maritime. I can easily slip into a New England or Australian accent, but could probably not hammer down a specific dialect.

I'm the one person on Giant Bomb from South Dakota, and here we all speak in the most plain American accent you'll ever hear. Every year when my family goes out East for our family reunion, we make fun of their accents (they say "WUHter," we say "WAHter," etc).

I kind of want a British accent.

american accent is far superior than english , my opinion

As a Brit, I find the American accent can sometimes grate. But it's more annoying hearing British people say words such as "awesome", etc. It just doesn't sound right.

" I am indifferent towards the accent. What does annoy me though, is the stupid spellings you use for some words!!!! It's colour & flavour, not color and flavor. And I hate that you say football when referring to a game that it not football!!!!!! And that you call football Soccer, a word that is a slang term for the word Association. "I'm going to watch a match of association". IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!!!!!! "

I am English and i personally love the American accent, and, don't judge me, but I think it is way hot on a girl southern ones especially.

" @Commando said:

" ... Just because your state is located in the South doesn't mean you're a southern state. (you know what I mean, don't act stupid). Example: Florida(a place filled with old people and illegal Cubans), Texas(a place filled with illegal Mexicans).

States I consider "The South": Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, parts of Louisiana, parts of Georgia, very little of South Carolina.

Supposedly, English people view the Scottish accent like yankees view the Southern accent here. It's viewed as "trashy". Is this correct?"

Florida has no southern accent. I know, I live there, its closer to a New York accent, or no accent at all  Also, im surprised to think that we actually have accents, Americans voice's seem to be just plain and boring "

" I am indifferent towards the accent. What does annoy me though, is the stupid spellings you use for some words!!!! It's colour & flavour, not color and flavor. And I hate that you say football when referring to a game that it not football!!!!!! And that you call football Soccer, a word that is a slang term for the word Association. "I'm going to watch a match of association". IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!!!!!! "

I'm English and i don't mind the American accent, it sounds fine so don't worry about it. Oh and i took that test and apparently the American accent i have is;
 
 The Northeast
 Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.
 
Is this a good thing? I have not travelled to America yet!

I like American accents. 
Although i will stick to Colour. Not Color. Sounds all kinds of wrong.
And also, you say Basil all wrong. 
Bay-zil
WRONG NUUUU

The sort of TV accent can sometimes be okay but can grate at times. It can seem to sound very "cutesy" at times. 
 
As for the English accent... well, it depends where you are. I'm from the North West of England. I hear the accents of my town, scouse accents and mancunian accents fairly regularly - all of which are nothing like the sort of British accent you'll hear on TV...

American accents are annoying. Females sound stupid, Males with high voices sound mega campy. Males with low voices are alright.

To anybody who's convinced an english accent is classy, go and listen to a lancashire accent!

Oh man, if you think the english accents is classy, you must be thinking of the high class english villain kind of accent. There are alot of accents in the UK that just make me want to take a cyanide pill everytime I hear it. 
On topic, It depends from where in the US. it ranges from "you sound like a nice person" (SF) to "just.. Just shut your mouth... please... just. do it." (redneck from texas)

I find some annoying, generally i don't mind. 

Good luck to anyone on this planet being able to understand my Scottish extended family, holy fuck. It's like it's not even a different language, sounds more like the maddened cries and guttural noises of an animal in deep distress. 
 
And if they've had a drink or five, well, then you have nooo chance. 
 
(drinking time is from sunrise to sunset).

" I am indifferent towards the accent. What does annoy me though, is the stupid spellings you use for some words!!!! It's colour & flavour, not color and flavor. And I hate that you say football when referring to a game that it not football!!!!!! And that you call football Soccer, a word that is a slang term for the word Association. "I'm going to watch a match of association". IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!!!!!! "

Ewww, fuck that. I hate the British accent as much as I hate the British people. 

At least you said British and not English.  Me and my mate were on with some Americans and they asked us if we were from New Zealand or Australia.  He's from Manchester (that's England) and I'm from South Wales (the original one).  We just played up to it, no harm done as we were perfectly charming.

Yeah poor guy didn't notice the difference between the accent of a British state and a recently severed British colony. What a buffoon. 

"I am indifferent towards the accent. What does annoy me though, is the stupid spellings you use for some words!!!! It's colour & flavour, not color and flavor. And I hate that you say football when referring to a game that it not football!!!!!! And that you call football Soccer, a word that is a slang term for the word Association. "I'm going to watch a match of association". IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!!!!!!"

I've probably already posted in here...but I'll post it again for the sake of everyone remembering then instantly forgetting soon after...I <3 the New York accent.

" I am indifferent towards the accent. What does annoy me though, is the stupid spellings you use for some words!!!! It's colour & flavour, not color and flavor. And I hate that you say football when referring to a game that it not football!!!!!! And that you call football Soccer, a word that is a slang term for the word Association. "I'm going to watch a match of association". IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!!!!!! "

Some American accents really annoy me. I'm thinking whatever accent Sarah Silverman has, oh dear god she cuts right through me. 

Eh I'm American and even I'm not sure if I like how most people talk. I want to punch every person with a Southern accent in the god damn face. Most of the girls sound like the stereotypical "in-crowd" types. I don't really like English accents either, though. I'm all about the Japanese accent. Yeah. :]

" @ryanwho: It's been more than half a century, and the accents are quite, quite different.  Indeed, Mancunian and Welsh accents are different enough that I'm surprised he thought they were from the same place. "

" Well I think that some kinds of it can sound awesome, but I don't like the Southern American accent as they tend to draw out their words for as long as possible. "

Well the last time I was in Ireland, a girl at the pub said that my accent was lovely. Hard to believe when you don't think of yourself with an accent, plus I speak with a Philly twang in my voice, which is worse than a thick southern accent.