Who Has The World’s Hottest Accent?
Posted by: Simcha Whitehill
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2:30PM, Tuesday November 3rd 2009
What is it about men with accents? It gives them that je ne sais quoi … well, actually, according to a new international poll, the French no longer speak the language of love. A super sexy-sounding Irish brogue, à la Jonathan Rhys Meyers, drives all the ladies wild. No wonder it’s called the luck of the Irish! And there’s good news for all gentlemen, the study also found it’s really not what you say but how you say it. Accents factor heavily into a man’s chances of becoming a Casanova, with six out of ten women having done a dude just because he talks purdy.
So, how did our sweet-talkin’ American hunks stack up when it comes to lingual seduction? Find out after the jump.
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#1 Irish Jonathan Rhys Meyers |
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#2 Italian Alessandro Del Piero |
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#3 Scottish Ewan McGregor |
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#4 French Phoenix |
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#5 Australian Ryan Kwanten |
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#6 British Robert Pattinson |
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#7 Swedish Alexander Skarsgard |
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#8 Spanish Javier Bardem |
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#9 Welsh Christian Bale |
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#10 American Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
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Kate Torgovnick
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 02:36 pm: [report]
I’d put Scottish and Australian far above Italian, but otherwise I agree with this list.
I used to think Jonathan Rhys Meyers was the hottest guy on planet earth. Until this picture. Allure gone. A blonde on each arm, a wimpy moustache, and an under-chin beard? Ew.
happypants
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 02:38 pm: [report]
Mmmm… I love me some Irish.
Christian Bale’s accent isn’t really Welsh though. Try Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four). It sounds a little silly, but he’s so sexy I wouldn’t care if he spoke like a hillbilly. I’d still be all over that.
C.Munro
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 02:39 pm: [report]
Call me nuts, but something about a girl with a Boston accent is really hot to me.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 02:43 pm: [report]
Klingon?
retro chic
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 02:44 pm: [report]
Scottish! Love Ewan, but where’s Gerard?
All other UK + Aussie accents a close second – even in front of my own French and Italian family roots/accents.
Also, thanks Frisky for not making me click thru each of these pics separately!
amandabear
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 03:05 pm: [report]
I think Irish, Scottish, and British are definitely the hottest. Yum.
majicksand
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 03:12 pm: [report]
I’m surprised South African didn’t make the list.
Being from the mid-atlantic, I really don’t have any accent at all. I know that sounds stupid since it’s all about perspective, but there’s no recognized “title” for how I speak. Not “New England”, not “Southern”, nothing. That being said, I love the way my husband sounds. He has no accent either, just a really deep voice. When we met, hearing his voice on the phone made me melt. It’s one of the reasons I decided to go out with him in the first place.
develange
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 03:28 pm: [report]
blue collar-ish dudes + Boston accent = hotttt
SueSue
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 04:19 pm: [report]
Am I the only idiot that thought Jonathan Rhys Myers was speaking with a British accent, or is that just in Tudors? THE hottest Henry the 8th!
apple_pie
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 05:32 pm: [report]
and where is Chuck Bass in all this?! He makes American and British accent sexy
tubbyhumptydance
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 06:37 pm: [report]
I have heard the opposite. I live in Rhode Island, where the accent is somewhere between Boston, new york and retarded.
I speak English with perfect diction and no discernible accent. I actually use the British pronunciations of many words, and many loan words I pronounce correctly from their native tongue. It give me the illusion of an education.
The women love trying to guess where I am ” from”
Nicaly
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 06:43 pm: [report]
welsh accents make me laugh but I’d put it Scottish, Irish, English, Aussie, German, Russian, etc.
Ms.Bubbles
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 08:14 pm: [report]
The only thing I disagree about with this is putting all american accents together. I think the drawl of a georgia boy or twang of a cajunboy is way hotter than those sharp yankee accents.
Queen Supreme
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 08:21 pm: [report]
Jonathan Rhys Meyes was hot until his crazy eyes and awful ‘stache were all over the gossip rags! I prefer guys with British accents. Yum.
*sam*
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 08:24 pm: [report]
German, Irish, Scottish, Russian (only if a girl is speaking it though), British.
relright
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 09:00 pm: [report]
Indian boys with British accents.
Girl_Friday
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 09:47 pm: [report]
I like the New Zealand accent
B Khuu
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 10:13 pm: [report]
Who were the ones being polled? Because you would have to have a good amount of international chicks to consider “foreign” accents.
Ginger
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 11:27 pm: [report]
@relright So true.
Sway
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 05:49 am: [report]
I used to think Irish and New Zealand accents were the hottest, until I met my man of course. I didn’t expect it to be on the list, but seriously, Hungarian accents are pretty damn sexy. All he has to say is “lens box” and my knees go weak!
silvergurl
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 08:54 am: [report]
australian always wins for me, always.
og217
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 08:54 am: [report]
Unless its an English language speaker - Irish, Australian, American - an accent doesn’t do anything for me. All it says is “I don’t speak English very well and will most likely say things that sound strange or embarassing in public.” Deep voices and a certain pace can be sexy, but accents make me feel like I’m talking to an operator at a call center.
MuchoMacho
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 09:08 am: [report]
i worked so hard to drop my wisconsin nasally accent… having a deep voice is sweet… until you say something like “Hi dare, I’m from WisCANsin!”
SterlingSilver36
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 11:32 am: [report]
I’m from Rhode Island as well, but I dont have an accent (I think I can thank my parents for that, they’re both from Jamaica). I think that rhode island accents actually make one sound a bit less intelligent. Same for the Boston accent..more so for the Boston accent actually. There are some accents that I just think make people sound less intelligent, even if they are the most brilliant person in the world.
That said, a faint Boston accent on a guy is alluring, as is a Long Island accent (which I hear a lot of now that I’m at Hofstra!)
I’m in love with guys from Philly, their accents are awesome too!
Frederica Bimble
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 01:40 pm: [report]
The list is missing my favourite accent which doesn’t surprise me in the least. The German accent when they speak English. Hell, even when they speak their native tongue….
My dream man, who turned me down and now, of course, I’ll never love again, was a 6’5” German Yodeller who had the prettiest mouth and I could listen to him all day. I saw him - standing in the doorway of the pub where he was doing his show - wearing Lederhosen with a huge smile on his face. Time stopped and I just knew I had to have a one night stand with him…..
I was turned down, why?, no one will ever know but I will forever hold a candle for “the one who got away”.........I loves me a German man.
He also dresses up like a giant German sausage as well. Why are the fates so cruel?!
Oliveira
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 01:53 pm: [report]
1. Scottish
*very long long long long break*
2. Portuguese
3. Rest of the world
Mod Potter
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 02:53 pm: [report]
Does the accent matter? As long as he knows how to use that sexy foreign mouth I could care less.
equnsuocha
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 03:02 pm: [report]
I play World of Warcraft on a pacific server that gives me access to many many Aussies and Kiwis. Needless to say as soon as my SO finds out there is an Aussie or a Kiwi in a raid he tries to keep me off Ventrilo so I can’t hear them and swoon LMAO
TinaLish
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 04:31 pm: [report]
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is a very beautiful man…
But you’re forgetting Gerard Butler. Hello???
Also, Robert Pattinson is muy yummy, but what about Orlando Bloom? C’mon guys, there is no top 10 list, there’s too many men to list them all! Be honest! Lol…
kray417
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 01:31 am: [report]
I lived in New Hampshire for a bit, I thought the men sounded sexy, but the women sounded like they were ducks quacking.
Mercury
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 06:20 am: [report]
I have always thought UK accents are the most amazing. British is my first choice, then Scottish and Welsh and Irish. I have been digging a Spanish and Greek accent lately too…
Shelbs305
wrote on November 8 2009 @ 01:22 pm: [report]
i am in love with Gerard Butler. swooon.
Hilary
wrote on November 9 2009 @ 04:42 pm: [report]
@amandabear
Sooooo true! I’d have to add in Australian as well, though.
I was lucky enough to snag me a Brit, so I get to listen to him all the time.
Whippersnapper
wrote on November 10 2009 @ 11:43 pm: [report]
Majicksand - I actually think that South African accents are really strange-sounding.
English accents trump all and a Brooklyn accent (not Williamsburg, BROOKLYN) on a slightly older guy is a close second.
Pinky
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 11:47 am: [report]
A German accent always makes me weak in the knees. I tend to like the rougher/gutteral accents, i.e German, Russian, Hebrew. German is # 1
writergirl
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 07:38 pm: [report]
The welshman I know has an amazing, deep, sexy voice. I just freaking can’t understand a word he says…
Temujin
wrote on November 14 2009 @ 10:28 pm: [report]
What about Russian. I mean women with Russian or Serbian accents are ridiculously sexy and Czech accents are really cute. I can’t speak to whether Russian accents are sexy in guys but I imagine they would be
BlueVibe
wrote on November 16 2009 @ 12:36 pm: [report]
I must be the only woman in the world who finds a strong French accent to be a turn-off.
Personally, I like a Cajun accent, though.
H. Blue
wrote on November 16 2009 @ 12:48 pm: [report]
BleuVibe- You are not the only one who doesn’t like a strong French accent.
mskim
wrote on November 16 2009 @ 06:35 pm: [report]
I was raised in California and have lived in New Hampshire, France, New York, New Zealand and currently Australia. I’m dating an Aussie and when he says my name, “Kimbahley,” I absolutely melt. I never liked my name before I heard him say it.
Also I can’t resist a french accent. When they say “ze” instead of “the” and when they say “‘ow do you say…” it is so freakin cute.
crimson
wrote on November 16 2009 @ 07:20 pm: [report]
Awesome to see all those celts on the list (esp. the Welsh!), although Christian Bale was a poor choice for the Welsh. Ioan Gruffudd would have been a far better choice. I do love a Welsh accent. Being Welsh, it just makes me feel all squidgy inside.
Robert Pattison has an English accent, well one of them. There are so many accents depending on where you live in England. I certainly would not rate the Birmingham or Liverpudlian accent as being sexy. Bleugh!
Ffynhonnell pob diwylliant yw iaith.
turtletam
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 11:14 am: [report]
mmmm Irish, but Belfast accent not Dublin. My man could read me the phonebook.
Iammina
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 05:35 pm: [report]
French does it for me every time.