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Do you Brits and Aussies and Kiwi's and Scots, South Africans and Canadians, and Irish and Welsh, folk like the sound of American accents?

Asked by Kardamom (33297points) November 1st, 2013

To me, American accents (I’m American, from Southern California) just sound plain and regular (although quite different from region to region) but there’s not one American accent that stands out as being exceptionally sexy or alluring to me.

There are some American voices that sound quite wonderful to me, some, almost orgasm-incucing, such as James Earl Jones as Darth Vader, and Frank Langella, as Dracula, but even those 2, even though they are from the U.S. Southern States, have kind of an adopted British-ish sounding accents.

What I would like to know, is those of you from English speaking countries (other than the U.S.) do you consider American sounding accents to be interesting, or attractive, or even sexy, or do you just consider them to be plain and boring, or even possibly awful.

I guess the reason I ask is because there are several British actor’s who’s voices/accents almost bring me to my knees with ecstasy. I don’t know if it’s their voices, per se, or their accents, or the combination of both.

These include:

Alan Rickman

Martin Clunes

The Beatles

Michael Caine

Other wonderful British actors Immitating Michael Caine

Caroline Catz

Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer

Benedict Cumberbatch

Johnny Lee Miller (Although I love Lucy Liu, as Joan Watson!!!)

I guess I just want to know if you other English speaking folks (not from the U.S.A) find any of our American voices/accents to be exotic/sexy/alluring/beautiful/fascinating? If so, who?

Just to let you know, I have heard our @UCME talk, and he sounds a lot like my favorite, Duncan From Monarch of The Glen.

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