It's endlessly fascinating to me how some languages/accents hit the ear. Some engender reflex feelings of elegance (as you note) or gravitas. Others make the poor individual sound like a bubbling halfwit, no matter how many PhDs they might hold. One example is how (in Western Canada at least), a man with the right British accent gives him a lot of extra credit with the women. What was interesting on that fact was the report from a friend spent most of a year in England. Apparently English ladies "go weird for a Canadian accent".
On a similar note, the Australian accent is delightful to American ears, but apparently grates on the British, and vice versa for the southern US drawl.
It's endlessly fascinating to me how some languages/accents hit the ear. Some engender reflex feelings of elegance (as you note) or gravitas. Others make the poor individual sound like a bubbling halfwit, no matter how many PhDs they might hold. One example is how (in Western Canada at least), a man with the right British accent gives him a lot of extra credit with the women. What was interesting on that fact was the report from a friend spent most of a year in England. Apparently English ladies "go weird for a Canadian accent".
ReplyDeleteOn a similar note, the Australian accent is delightful to American ears, but apparently grates on the British, and vice versa for the southern US drawl.
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