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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Certain accents. She can be gorgeous and all, but some accents are an immediate turnoff for me…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Now we need to know which ones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I’m German. Foreign accents (I.e. some foreigner speaking German) are either funny or cute to me. If I feel neither, that’s probably because I need to concentrate to understand. In German accents, a Bavarian accent, a Saxon or a Frisian one turn me off.

In (to me) foreign languages, I don’t care, meaning that I’m just as fine with „Oi com frum Birmingham“ as with a posh Oxford accent. Also the southern French accent is fine with me, as well as the northwestern one. I’m also fine with Breton, but that’s a language, not an accent. And I don’t understand the latter very well anyway, let alone speak fluently.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I’m gonna bet bri’ish

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

🚨 Eurocentrism incoming 🚨

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Not OP, but I'd find Liverpudlian and the Birmingham accent difficult to live with.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The ones associated with poverty are the usual ones that catch crap. Regional or recent immigrant.

Maybe this person is going to surprise me and just finds Australian or Parisian French grating personally, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Not OP, but I kinda agree. Around where I'm at, posh accents are really annoying.