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Old 05-15-2019, 01:04 AM
 
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They also found the Boston accent sexy.

So much for that survey.
And there's more than one Boston accent. Lived there for years and never found any of those accents "sexy". Mostly grating, actually. To me. No offense to any Bostonians. Love that city.
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Old 05-15-2019, 06:15 AM
 
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I remember this one guy who moved down here from Boston. He came into a little bar we all hung out out and he always asked for a bottle of beer with the emphasis being on the first syllable BOT and the last syllable (tle) just seemed to fall off. Sounded something like BOT el. I always got the biggest kick out of it and would even say it myself when he was around - get that man a BOT el of beer!
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Old 05-15-2019, 06:33 AM
 
Location: NNJ
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Just like #1 Texas, #3 New York has so many different accents, I think the survey is flawed.
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Old 05-15-2019, 06:39 AM
 
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New York was number 3. I found nothing all that charming about the Bronx or Brooklyn accent coming from any sex.
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Old 05-15-2019, 07:08 AM
 
Location: Austin
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Saying "Tuesdeee" instead of "Tuesday" sure is sexy
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Old 05-15-2019, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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Well shoot y''all, so Texans have the sexiest accent? Alright, alright, alright, how 'bout that?! Good deal!

Fun thread, Kathryn. I fall into that category "most folks from Texas that I know have it whether they know it or not". I'd have people tell me, I know you're a Texan and I'd ask how do you know and it was always the 'you got that Texas accent' - which I didn't think I did. But I have noticed it more when I hear it on a recording. I have a friend who loves to takes videos and send them to all of us. I talk to her in person and although I hear the accent it doesn't seem as distinct to me as when I hear it on a video where it seems to be very pronounced. Same with her husband and to tell the truth, although I don't hear it myself when I'm speaking, if I hear a recording of my voice it sounds so different and I definitely do hear the accent. IDK Crazy I know and hard to explain. ?
No, that makes perfect sense!

Not long ago, my husband heard a recording of me talking when I was about ten years old and living in Virginia. He said, "WOW, listen to that southern drawl! You sound like a little bitty southern belle on that recording!" And I did - even though I wasn't from Virginia and only lived there three years. We pick up the accent of places we spend a lot of time in generally, even though we don't know it.

Like I said, my friends from my Georgia high school always remark about how "Texan" I sound - and I don't even realize it. When I first moved here, people could tell from my accent that I wasn't from Texas - now that I've been here 25 years, no one ever thinks I'm not from here!

Somewhere along the way though, I did pick up "you guys" and use that interchangeably with "y'all." I don't even know how that happened! That's my verbal clue to my military family life.
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Old 05-15-2019, 07:44 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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Just like #1 Texas, #3 New York has so many different accents, I think the survey is flawed.
SAY IT AIN'T SO!

I said from the start that this shouldn't be taken seriously - it's all in fun!

At least 1.5 million people thought it was fun enough to respond and vote Texas as #1. YEEHAW!
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Old 05-15-2019, 12:48 PM
 
Location: "The Dirty Irv" Irving, TX
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They also found the Boston accent sexy.

So much for that survey.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Though Long Island has even Boston beat for the absolute least attractive accent.
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Old 05-15-2019, 12:50 PM
 
Location: "The Dirty Irv" Irving, TX
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And there's more than one Boston accent. Lived there for years and never found any of those accents "sexy". Mostly grating, actually. To me. No offense to any Bostonians. Love that city.
Great city, terrible accent. It can sound badass on the gangster type, but mostly it is grating. It's an awful accent for women, only surpassed by Long Island or Queens in my opinion.
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Old 05-15-2019, 12:54 PM
 
Location: Arlington
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Once, when traveling through eastern NM, I was STRUCK by the "Texas" accent everyone had!

I guess I thought you were supposed to talk different once you got 15 minutes east of Muleshoe.
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