Foreign accents in your language

Josh Lalonde   Sat May 05, 2007 1:25 pm GMT
As an English speaker, I find many foreign accents charming (though not all). What foreign accents (if any) sound nice in your language?
Hutch   Sat May 05, 2007 2:00 pm GMT
Italian accents sound nice. I like the way they pronounce a vowel at the end of almost every word when speaking English. French and Russian accents sound nice too. I once heard someone speaking in English in what appeared to be a French accent. I asked the guy about his national origin (expecting it to be France), he said he came from Hungary. Interesting.
Guest   Sat May 05, 2007 2:17 pm GMT
My native language is Arabic. I found a British speaker(male) speaking Arabic sounded an angel on my ears. No pun intended. His every sentence sounded like it was coming from the heaven. I cant describe my feeling into words but I can feel it. He sounded absolutely melliflous on my ears.
furrykef   Sat May 05, 2007 3:23 pm GMT
I don't like thick accents of any kind. Languages with very different phonology, like Arabic, tend to produce the worst results. That doesn't mean I don't like the sound of the language. It can easily happen that I hear a voice say something that sounds great in Japanese, but then that same voice says something in English and sounds totally ridiculous. (I'm sure my Japanese currently sounds just as ridiculous to them!)

Slight accents are a different matter, and can indeed be charming. I'd say that it depends much more on the individual than what type of accent they have. For instance, I strongly dislike most southern U.S. accents, but I know a girl whose southern accent just accentuates her charm.

- Kef
Guest 224   Sat May 05, 2007 10:49 pm GMT
My native tongue is Vietnamese, and the only non-native Vietnamese speakers I've heard are Chinese, and it is not pleasant.

I speak the standardized Northern dialect, so the central and southern dialects of Vietnamese really bother me. And the Chinese people who speak Vietnamese usually speak the Southern variation of Vietnamese, thus making it very unpleasant to hear, in my opinion.
Another Guest   Sat May 05, 2007 11:12 pm GMT
Anyone you're attracted to would sound nice. Accent or not. Though accent's a plus.
Guest   Sun May 06, 2007 4:24 am GMT
I agree with Kef-a slight accent may be nice, but a thick accent makes the listener work hard.

I also agree that I may think a person sounds wonderful in his or her native language, but awful in English.
Pure   Mon May 07, 2007 6:49 am GMT
Odio el acento de los gringos. Que se vayan todos al carajo.
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