Redditor Likali2 wanted everyone to fess up about accents just don't do it for them?
"What accents do you find least attractive?"
I haven't heard an accent I wasn't intrigued by. So tell me....
SHARONNNN!!!
Oh Burn Ozzy Osbourne GIF by Sky HISTORY UKGiphy"People mentioning Birmingham accents. I started watching peaky blinders and have to ask if this is an accurate representation."
No-Town-4678
"Ozzy Osbourne is probably the best representation of a Birmingham accent, most people think he talks like that because of the years of drug abuse but that’s just how brummies talk."
Chris_M1991
The Lisp
"My answer is very specific: Spanish people from Spain who learn to speak English in Australia sound ridiculous. Those two accents are fine on their own but they must never be combined."
FarmerMKultra
"Visited Modern Languages uni friends doing their six months in Spain and met a scouser there who spoke Spanish with a scouse accent. 'Co-mo estasss...' Unreal."
Johnny_english53
"Honestly, just Spanish from Spain, especially catalan... I cannot stand the lisp!!!"
NeatArtichoke
Too Thick
"My own. I have a thick Mancunian accent and my dialect is a mess. I'll provide an example as best I can."
"Normal: Hello! how are you? I am good, I am going to the shop. I will see you soon."
"Me: Ya'reet mate wot's been goin' on n that? Nah mate I'm sound me just nippin f**kin' shop n that for sum cigs n sh*t innit, f**kin text me in a bit yeah alright in a bit man safe G."
CommunityMountain720
So Aggressive
"People from northern Ireland sound like they want to murder you but they're just saying hello."
Silly-Perception8689
"Kevin Bridges has a joke about being heckled a little in Norn Iron. Friendly audience member says 'don't worry about them.'"
"'I wasn't until you said that.'"
ScottyBoneman
"As a Northern Irish person I agree, but some of the accents are less murdery here. I mean Liam Neeson's isn’t bad."
punkerster101
Geographical
The Wire Roland Brice GIFGiphy"Baltimore, I don't have to explain this."
Hypn0tism
"'AARON EARNED AN IRON URN... damn we really talk like dat?!'"
ChainmailleAddict
I've never heard some of these until now. Research to be done.
That's Me?
renee zellweger chicago GIF by MIRAMAXGiphy"I’ve heard myself talk… Chicago."
Notch99
"Currently living in Chicago and raising my children here. I'm worried if I start hearing that accent in their speech, I might have to move. My wife is convinced we can teach them to speak without it."
jeffsang
Mixture
"Singlish (Singaporean English)."
j0bl0w
"Midwesterner from US. Three years in Singapore. My favorite memory is being the interpreter for an Aussie and a Singaporean. Neither could understand a word of the other’s English."
WG50
"Singaporean here. Worked overseas and heard some Singaporeans speaking... good gosh that was when I realised our accent sounded awful. Most of us code switch to a western accent when we’re overseas anyway (so ya’ll can understand us)."
thepotatolives
Like OMG!!
"Valley Girl. Absolute cringe."
GetABodybag
"Luckily it's falling out of use. I live in the valley and nobody talks like that anymore. Certain groups of rich, white people still have that accent though."
Upnorth4
"I used to mock the valley girl accent and the sksk thing, like, the turtle straw water bottle girls. They had a name, I just don’t recall. But now I unironically say 'like' too much and I can’t stop."
LPOLED
Cringe
"Bogan Aussie."
coolfreeusername
"Yeah, nah, get farked. It is startling to hear an Aussie accent after travelling through Europe for months without hearing one, then hearing one in the distance... and cringing a little. Not as much as when I hear Aussie, Aussie etc That really makes us sound like Bogans."
WokSmith
"I’m Australian, and I that this is one of the worst accents. It makes me really embarrassed when ‘proud Aussies’ talk like this as some sort of showcase of how we talk. We don’t all sound like this, I promise."
jayjayhxc
Interiors
Waking Up Sun GIF by MTV CribsGiphy"Ornate curtain rods."
ByGrabthar
"Throw pillows with uncomfortable fabric textures."
loathenstein
Brummie
"Regional accent from the UK.....Birmingham. By god it makes people sound so thick."
Oatydude
"I'm laughing but I've just come on to this comment section and knew someone was going to say it......Do you actually know what a Brummie accent is though!? Because most attempts you go Dudley and think we're apart of the Black Country and just surrounded by it!"
Jack-Rabbit-002
Boston
"I have a Boston accent and I annoy myself with it! Who says "pizzer for suppah?" I do. Wicked annoying."
hobbiesaremygame
"I was recently speaking at a conference when introducing myself I said we had offices in Syracuse, Albany, Boston and DC. Can you guess which one I am from?"
"Later that week I was drinking with some guys from Texas, when another from Texas came in the room. A guy looks at me and says 'hey Boston, say it again.' So I did the 'Pahk the Cah in Havarhd Yahd' thing. The guy from Texas goes 'Y'all talk funny up there.'"
SnooLobsters4636·
Deep Southern Fried Accent
"The deep southern accent is hard for me to take. I really have trouble understanding it sometimes. I live in Alabama, and have to lie and say I’m hard of hearing, please talk slowly. Words like “Jordan” are pronounced “Jurden”. LafayETTE is pronounced La FAYette. Vienna is pronounced VI-enna. Shrimp is srimp. Lots more, too tired to remember them."
Hollywood Scottish
Hollywood’s version of Scottish. I’ve met real Scots, IN Scotland. Hollywood makes them sound like a stereotype. On that note, Hollywood’s version of a southern drawl. Same thing. I actually live in the South, born in Memphis and raised in Mississippi. Yes, we have an accent."
This_Personality3731
Karma Balanced
"I grew up in Memphis. One time, when I was in grade school, a kid moved into our neighborhood from Alabama and we all teased her about her country accent. The next summer my family moved to Seattle. Learned a little about karma, I did."
nowherehere
No bagels for you
"Everyone is going to get mad. I hate the New York Italian and New York Jewish accent."
Kiwi-Latter
I still love all accents. I guess life is just subjective.
Now we can't all be Meryl Streep, but we can try.
"please stop that"
Smackdown Live Reaction GIF by WWEGiphy"I love that bit in David Tennant's run of Doctor Who where his companion attempts a Scottish accent and David Tennant (who is Scottish) just goes "please stop that" in character." ~ available2tank
SOA
"Sons Of Anarchy when they 'visited' Ireland. Abysmal. Just employ Irish actors, there are freaking crap loads of them." ~ Kenneth-Kebab
"Enjoyed this until that season."
"So much of it was bad, having to smuggle across the border from Northern Ireland to Ireland (there is no border, its open), the accents were terrible, and even when they got Irish actors, they didn't even try to do the correct regional accent. We have super green grass, we do not have brown sun scorched grass! Also why were the paramilitaries running guns from Belfast, where it's hard to get guns, to the USA!" ~ bickykid
Mr. Reeves
"Keanu Reeves in Bram Stokers Dracula. Love the guy, but no. Just bad, bad, bad." ~ UnfinishedThings
"I loved that version of Dracula. The visual style, the cinematography, and the performances of Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins. The biggest problem in the movie are Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder. They're fine actors, they were just kind of miscast in those roles. And the accents (especially Keanu's) didn't help." ~ Hutcher_Du
False
"Half the people on True Blood." ~ keesouth
"It started as a Louisiana whodunit and the adventures of a Mindreader, Vampires (from the mysterious new arrival to the vampire politicians having debates on CNN), racists drug addicts, and the most flamboyant drug dealer in recent times (RIP Nelsan Ellis). It was always off the rails, it;s just a fun ride that wasn't meant to be taken seriously (but yeah still last seasons are all over the place)." ~ Dynamicphone
Steven Seagal Reaction GIF by MOODMANSteven Seagal. Is he still a thing? Does he even have a normal voice, never mind an accent? And Keanu Reeves can do no wrong!
Oh Girl!
cameron diaz thinking GIFGiphy"Cameron Diaz-gangs of New York. Comes and goes, and is difficult to figure out what accent she's doing." ~ PirogiRick
Emma
"Not as bad as some of the others mentioned here but, Emma Watson's American accent. Her English accent always slips through." ~ mandafofanda
"Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of my favorite movies but when I recommend it I have to acknowledge that her accent is spotty and best and kinda distracting." ~ painterknittersimmer
"I just watched this last week, and MAN it was hard to watch. It's like she could do nothing else but focus so hard on trying to mimic an American accent." ~ GavinTheAlmighty
Tommy Boy
"Tom Cruise's Irish accent in Far and Away. Worse, I was watching it in Ireland at a movie theater when it came out. The audience was laughing so hard it was difficult to hear the dialogue." ~ desertsail912
"It's LEGENDARY in Ireland as the ultimate example of a truly terrible Irish accent. It's up there with Derby O'Gill and the Little People!"
"To be fair, most Irish accents in film and TV are terrible With the notable exception of Charlie Cox in the Irish drama Kin that's airing at the moment. His Dublin accent is almost flawless. Ireland is super impressed, the media keep mentioning it!" ~ Queen_beeeeee
Gibberish
"German language in general sounds awkward in english productions. It seems they never bother to get an actual german speaker to do the lines." ~ Mangobonbon
Y"ep and they always use that 80 years old dictionary to have them say 'Fräulein' and 'Liebchen'. 'The man in the high castle' had some actors who at least spoke german. But mostly it's just gibberish that makes germans cringe." ~ DocSternau
Stop Talking
gerard butler GIFGiphy"Every movie that Gerard Butler has with his horrible American accent. Just let the guy talk with his Scottish brogue! I'm always embarrassed for him." ~ Canuck_Loonie
That is a lot of wasted money. I remember Cameron in "Kings of New York"... that was a mess. Do better Hollywood.
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