Saturday, June 11, 2016

The Accents that strike a chord

Having grown up in Africa and now living in America, when I meet people for the first time and they hear me talk, most will pass out compliments like "oh I love your accent" its unique, some will say its sexy and I'm like "Really, thanks", many will engage me in a conversation so they will get to hear more of my "lovely" accent according to them, lol, on the other hand, some probably find it a bit hard to process and understand fast enough my English, if I say some things in different way than they are normally used to, but they will be like keep talking I just love hearing something different, since then, I also took keen interest in noticing and enjoying different accents both within and outside the USA.

Now I can almost guess correctly where someone come from by listening to them. Amongst all the accents, I have my top 5 picks which I term the sexiest English accents, when they speak, its like music to my ears, I just enjoy listening to them, these top 5 are:

  1. British English (what is also called Queens English) I love the way they speak with the refined, quick and somehow aggressive sound in the way they pronounce words, it's beautiful.
  2. Jamaican English that is like reggae to my ears. I love love their accent.
  3. French: Have you heard a Frenchman speak English with a French accent, that is lovely, then when they start speaking French, very seductive even if you don't understand a word.
  4. American English, the casual yet seductive way they stretch and emphasize their words, the slangs, they make me wanna keep them on auto-repeat forever
  5. South African accent, I don't know why but I find the way they speak very attractive, the mixture of their local language with English is interesting.
Now that I have listed my top 5 best/sexiest accent, do you agree with me or not? Comment below and share your thoughts, you can also list your top 5.


EverythingLifewithChinwe
Thanks for visiting, please leave a comment.

No comments:

Post a Comment