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[cleolinda]

Two follow-ups on the previous entry:


Re: beignets. The problem with dating, rooming with, or being related to someone who writes anything intended to be funny is that you are inevitably going to get the short end of the stick in terms of the way you're portrayed, because... let's face it: it's not funny when things go right. My sister is actually a much better cook than the stories I tell about her would indicate, unfortunately. For example, she has made excellent fajitas (for dinner last night), cherry cheesecake with almond biscotti crust, tons of cakes that disappear in two days, blackberry cobbler with lemon cream, homemade salsa, duck l'orange ("Chef Whoever said my sauce was the best!"), fruit dessert pizza, truckloads of omelettes, napoleons that her boyfriend and I actually fought over, and beignets that did not, in fact, try to conquer the known universe. But things that turn out well aren't funny, so you don't hear much about them.

The thing about cooking and learning to cook--as my aunt, who recently got the same degree at the same college that my sister's getting, will tell you--is that you're bound to mess something up, try something that doesn't work, or have something blow up in your face through no fault of your own. Cooks, unlike writers, don't have the luxury of being able to revise--it either works or it doesn't, and if it doesn't, they have to start all over. There's no backspace on beergnets, let me tell you what. So please, don't get the wrong impression, because I don't want to die.


Re: accents. I was talking about accents with some folks last night and made some joke about not coming over to my LJ and saying, "So, you guys, which accents do you think are really hot?" But in the course of the conversation, two things kept coming up:

1. Of all accents, everyone loves Scottish.

2. Almost no one finds any American accent, with perhaps an exception or two, to be the least bit attractive.

Since there are a lot of y'all and you're from all over, let's actually take a look at this. So... which accents do you think are really hot, guys?

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[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Aussie and Kiwi accents have never failed to make me weak in the knees. I like English accents, but not as much as those others.

[astorae.livejournal.com]

Tennessee and Georgia accents are cute. But nothing tops a good English or slight Irish accent. Sexy.

[lylassandra.livejournal.com]

I belong to an Irish-American cultural association in San Diego, so I hear a LOT of Irish accents... most of them are pretty light, but there's one Dublin native named Jason WHOSE GAELIC IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND THAN HIS ENGLISH. No joke. And my Gaelic is not that good, as I've only been at it for a year.

But yeah, as disloyal as it may seem... Scots over Irish. Scots over anything. And those reeeally slow Southern accents, that flow like molasses (or Discworld light, for the Pratchett fans among us.) Bulgarian accents in Spanish are cool. And Connemara accents in Irish-- Donegal accents are dreadful.

Anyway, enough of me...

Accents.

[jenni-talula.livejournal.com]

Oliver Wood's accent is the awesome, but I love all Irishy stuff. Sawyer's accent makes me melt and French women.

[disgruntledjenn.livejournal.com]

I've got a total thing for the usual (Scottish, English and Irish) but I really love a Croatian accent...which probably stems from my supreme urge to shag the guy senseless love of Dr. Kovach on ER

[rebel-waltz.livejournal.com]

[basedonthebook.livejournal.com]

Ok...not a guy, but I adore Irish accents, as well as English.

And I think the Savannah-Georgia-Southern is really hot, and that's American.

[fangirlsays.livejournal.com]

I have to agree about Scottish accents -- I'm talking Billy Boyd here, though, not the characters in Trainspotting. I'm also partial to some Southern American accents (though as you're likely to know, we don't all sound like we just walked straight out of Houston wearing a ten-gallon hat.) I like Charleston accents, and Appalachian, and some midland-Georgia ones. No, I haven't spent too much time thinking about this; why do you ask?!

[sasayaki.livejournal.com]

I love Southern(Texas, South, and Cajun) and New York accents! ;p

As for Foreign. If you come from European country, you'll most likely make me melt. Germany, France, British Isles, Spain(this includes South American accents as well, btw!), Italy, Russia! And Australians are sexy too.

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[state-champion.livejournal.com]

Almost no one finds any American accent, with perhaps an exception or two, to be the least bit attractive.

That makes me feel very sad. :( I like my accent and other American accents if no one else does. I promise not all Californians sound like Valley Girls.

I just enjoy accents altogether. Speech patterns are fun to listen to.

[sparkythehamstr.livejournal.com]

Of course everyone likes Scottish accents; they are simultaneously adorable and sexy (see: Billy Boyd). Glasgow is, of course, the pinnacle of such simultane... ity? I personally find every accent in the UK sexy, except perhaps for Cockney accents. Maybe that's because whenever a fellow American attempts (and I do mean attempts) a British accent, it's always some bizarre conglomeration of Monty Python and Cockney. *shudder*

No one finds American accents sexy because... well, we don't really HAVE an accent. Though I must concede that I've started to find Tennessee/West Virginia drawls rather sexy lately (yeah, I don't get it either... I guess it's a result of... um... associations).

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Believe me, there are some Scottish accents that no-one can love. However, my girlfriend likes mine. :)

And there are some lovely American accents. As long as they're not too loud.

[exiledprincess.livejournal.com]

i like pretty much all of the British Isles. well, there are a few English / Welsh that I'm not all about, but i couldn't tell you what geographic area. also love Aussie and Kiwi accents. and some southern accents are ok, but it depends more on who's speaking. like Sawyer? incredibly hot. i hate texan accents. and amn't all about thick Boston / NYC accents (wel, upper class Boston isn't so bad). South Jersey i can take, but north not so much. Spanish accents are ok. not bad, but not great either. am not a fan of Latin American accents, and really don't like mexican, cuban, puerto rican. Caymanian accents are nice, but not particularly sexy. as are light New England accents.

also, i only really like accents on men. on girls, depending on the accent, it can be cute, ok, or annoying as hell. i just want to slap penelope cruz every time she opens her mouth.

also, for the sake of putting this in context, i'm a straight female, born & bred in New Mexico, and going to school in New England.

[zahavah.livejournal.com]

without a doubt, i love israeli accents. also, australian... irish, british. i'm actually not such a fan of scottish accents, i much prefer irish.

[kassandra05.livejournal.com]

I once met a man from Quebec who had just returned from three years in Australia. That was a pretty accent.

Other accents? Ummm, I think it often has more to do with the speaker in question than with the accent. Take your American southern accent. Normally, not so much. But with Sawyer on LOST? It's like velvet.

[cinnamontwist.livejournal.com]

Scottish. RAWR!! Although I'm very partial to Irish, British and German/English.

I've heard one American accent that made me go "guh!!" though. I think it's called Cajun? A character in the mini-series Band of Brothers had it and it was very nice to listen to.

[meredith-mae.livejournal.com]

Oh, my accent is probably the worst. It's a Buffalonian accent.

[moonmama.livejournal.com]

Irish, Scottish, English and Southern as long as it's Southern and not Redneck.

[katcat.livejournal.com]

Irish, British, Italian, African (ANY where in Africa... they have awesome accents!), Scottish, Australian. Some French.

[ayn-rand-fan-13.livejournal.com]

I love Australian, British, New Zealand, and Scottish. I don't think Scottish accents are sexy, but they make me think of Pippin. The only Southern accent I've ever really thought was hot is Sawyer's. I also kind of like Romanian accents, just because I'm used to my family's ski instructor.

[perardua.livejournal.com]

I am very worried by all the people saying Welsh is sexy. It's SO NOT. Trust me, I have a Welsh accent. Urgh.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

If the voice talking the talk (and preferably the person owning the voice) is attractive, I'll find just about any accent that comes with it attractive as well. Even if it's a grunt mixed with a burp. I'm that easy.

If the voice is bad... no accent will win me over...

But there's something about an English accent. Or an Aussie - Scotish, only if I can actually make out the words.

[iamthemoon.livejournal.com]

Scottish is very attractive...and I for some reason like farmer accents, but only like Skeet Ulrich's in The Magic of Ordinary Days...like a Good Ole Boy accent. Not fond of Indian/Spanish accents. Italian and Russian are most welcome, too.

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

Accents: Scottish, Irish, and English accents are the best. Australian, too, but I have to be in the right mood. :)

[ter369.livejournal.com]

So... which accents do you think are really hot, guys?

I hate to assume anything: do you mean accents in speaking English? Or only accents of native English speakers?