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Why are some accents more attractive than others?

Asked by syz (35938points) September 20th, 2014

To my ear, an Irish, Scottish, Australian, or French accent are very attractive. But German, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian – all unattractive. Does it have something to do with the roots of the English language (although English seems to have roots in every damn language)? Is it a learned preference? And is an American accent attractive to any other language speakers?

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