Are American accents liked by British?

Question

I am from Ney York. And no I do not have a New York City accent, those annoy me to no end. I guess you could say I have a North eastern. But my question is do britians like American accents? Because I know for a FACT that most americans ( including me lol ) love english accents. So are you the same for us? Please respond

Answer 1

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Only a very small number of the British population speak with a stereotyped British accent - you know, that posh one. I don't know a single person who has an accent like that. There are many, many different dialects in Britain. Liverpool, Newcastle, London, Birmingham, Glasgow etc. They all sound so different and I hate it when people say they love the British accent.

But then, we could be stereotyping the American accent as well. I have no idea what a real New York accent would sound like compared to one from California or wherever else. The one that's mainly on TV sounds like a lazy slur (budder, instead of butter. Harry Podder, instead of Potter, and so on). Sometimes it sort of sounds like a bedroom voice or a stuffy nose lol. Annoys the heck out of me lol.

Personally, I neither love nor hate the American accent. It's just an accent. Though I do sort of like the southern accent.

Answer 2

It's impossible to speak for the whole British population but as for me, no I don't.

Answer 3

I am not talking for us on a whole but I don't, My Food Tech teacher is from Arizona and her accent annoys me to the end..however she is quite funny so I tend to just laugh at her.

Answer 4

We get used to them because with so many TV channels these days they get filled up with loads of poor quality American programmes.

But American do tend to mispronounce a lot of words which can be annoying.

Answer 5

The ones I hear on TV are pretty annoying

Answer 6

I find some of them very whinny and grating, but then again there are some accents here which are not particularly easy on the ear!

Answer 7

To be honest, we like to take the utter piss out of US accents, but they are not attractive in any way shape or form for 99% of my friends. Sorry :/

Answer 8

It depends on how LOUD you speak!

I like some American accents especially Bostonian but some others not so much. They vary so much and I think most Britons can distinguish between the variations. I would imagine the majority we hear on TV are very elocuted and generic i.e not the actors true regional accent.

Can Americans distinguish regional variations in the English accent?

I once had a man turn to me in Disneyworld and say 'I Love your accent what part of the UK are you from?'. Now i'm from Manchester and my accent isn't a thick Mancunian accent but it's not the Queens accent either.

Answer 9

its true its impossible to speak for an entire country but i don't mind American accents at all

that may be because of all the American shows i've watched
i guess i've gotten used to hearing an American accent so much i can't say i hate it or love it i just dont mind it

Answer 10

I don't mind any accent, as long as I can understand it. Most American accents are fine. However, I haven't a clue what some NY street kids are saying.

Answer 11

Some strong British regional accents are difficult to understand even for some UK residents and it's the same for some US accents but the middle-of-the-road newscaster style of American accent I like and find it easy to listen to.

Answer 12

So do you like British accents or just English accents? They're not the same thing.

Answer 13

Yes. An American accent adds social points to your card. They are associated with glamorous imagery from TV and films, and they make you seem a sophisticated 'exotic' to the opposite sex. (sometimes).

This has been known to work in the opposite direction too...

Answer 14

American accents are great, depending on where from. For example, I find the Texas drawl pretty annoying and the Brooklyn one is awful. I think generally we like American accents, so long as they're not too whiney.

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British!

Answer 15

We do love an American accent. We find it quite attractive. But do forgive us if we laugh when you can't pronounce our place names.

We especially love it when you say Edinburgh as Edin borrow.

We also like to laugh when Americans say things like "the Queen of England" aww bless, that really annoys Scottish and Welsh people. (in case you weren't aware she's the Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, not just England)

The American accent is very attractive to British people.