Has anyone ever told you they liked your accent?

[The Late Night Gourmet]

And, if so, how did you respond? I don’t think any leading man has had a Midwestern accent. Would FDR have galvanized American people to fight if he had said “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 a day which will live in infamy, don’t you know?” I highly doubt it.

But, I know that all accents are not created equal. I’m thinking of this after my wife was listening to a teleconference at work with members of the team in England. Gareth has a magnificently cultured accent, and my wife loves it every time he speaks.

How about the rest of you? I’m sure there are others who have had people tell them that they love their accent. How did you react?

 

[JAS_OH1]

I believe I have a neutral accent. No one has ever commented on it. I was raised in the south by two parents from the south but neither of them had southern accents. I was always keenly aware when others around me had an accent, though, and there have been multiple times I couldn't quite understand what someone else (speaking English) was saying, lol.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Constantly which I find really odd

 

[JAS_OH1]

Constantly which I find really odd

Is it Aussies commenting on your Scottish accent?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Is it Aussies commenting on your Scottish accent?

edited to say, that should be yes and no. Not just no! Sorry.

No. The private school I went to didn't allow my accent so I had to drop it...

I have to be very careful talking to Scots though, especially Glaswegians because they tend to assume I'm taking the mickey if I slip back into it, but at the same time I get the "how are you understanding me look"... also if I'm tired or really really angry... then it comes through loud and clear.

Otherwuse, I have a Northern England accent/ south Scotland accent, but it's soft. Up north I'm a sassanach, down south, I'm a northerner....

It is very common in Australia for people to comment about liking my accent though.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I really love a Scottish accent. I like Welsh accents too. Irish accents are hit and miss for me depending on what area they’re from as some Irish accents I find difficult to understand.

When I was at primary and junior school people (particularly teachers) would ask me where I was from and mimick me because my Dad is cockney and we moved from london to the West Country so I had a London edge on my words.
I found it odd they took the mick because to me they all sounded like Worzel Gummidge or pirates which was to my mind hilarious.

But my mum has a very neutral middle class accent and constantly (and I mean constantly) corrected our pronunciation. She would get quite angry if a West Country accent appeared, she considered it thick sounding and tbh a lot of people still see it as stupid.

Fortunately at senior school there was a mix of neutral speakers and West Country bumpkins and by that time I sounded like everyone else.

 

[medtran49]

Kentucky southern accent here, though it's no where near as bad as when I lived there. Yes, I've had people tell me they liked it. I usually say thank you, then move on with what I was saying/doing.

 

[TastyReuben]

Yep, having lived in a variety of distant places with their own accents (NY state, Texas, England, Delaware, Minnesota), I’ve gotten the gamut, everything from, “I could listen to you all day,” to “You sound like an uneducated hillbilly’s even dumber inbred cousin.” - I give them both equal consideration.

 

[badjak]

Well, not in Holland as I don't have an accent in Dutch.
But I do have a Dutch accent in my English and it gets remarked on frequently.

 

[vernplum]

Yes. In Las Vegas, on more than one occasion.

Being British, it was something like this:

 

[karadekoolaid]

Frequently, because most English accents over here are from the US.
I get these cooing responses like " Ooohh! A real English accent!"
That's when I break into London slang.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Having been born & raised; spent the majority of my life in Hawaii, it's a very unique sounding accent ... I don't know how to describe it, but to answer the question: I get some kind of comment all of the time here in the Continental US ... "where are you from? I can't quite make out your accent." I've also heard many times that my voice sounds like I belong on the radio or a talk show or something of that nature... "I love your voice." And then when I tell them where I'm from, it's "OHHHHH, cool!"
How have I responded? a simple, thank you, have you been to Hawaii?

 

[JAS_OH1]

Having been born & raised; spent the majority of my life in Hawaii, it's a very unique sounding accent ... I don't know how to describe it, but to answer the question: I get some kind of comment all of the time here in the Continental US ... "where are you from? I can't quite make out your accent." I've also heard many times that my voice sounds like I belong on the radio or a talk show or something of that nature... "I love you voice." And then when I tell them where I'm from, it's "OHHHHH, cool!"
How have I responded? a simple, thank you, have you been to Hawaii?

I think most people certainly want to go!

 

[JAS_OH1]

Yes. In Las Vegas, on more than one occasion.

Being British, it was something like this:

I won't tell your wife, LOL.

 

[rascal]

Kiwi accent was the sexiest in a survey??
When I was talking to a concierge at our hotel in montmartre he asked if I was a kiwi?. When I replied yes, he said we french love kiwis but not so much the Aussies.!! Apparently they are too loud.

Russ