Do British people like American accents??

Question

i mean, we might as well all admit it, British accents ROCK!! i'm just curious, do british people like American accents as much as Americans like British accents?

Answer 1

of course.

Answer 2

i think british people give alot of attention to American accent! so i'd say they love it!

Answer 3

no offense to you americans but i hate your accent. the only thing i like about it is the way you say ****

sorry yahoo blanked it out the word was

a.r.s.e

Answer 4

To a certain degree but would like them more if they were a little quieter.

Answer 5

The view of the American accent is very mixed. You wither love it or hate it.

Answer 6

Our beautiful American girls not only sound and look s**y but they have honey dripping off them and when they speak butter melts.

I'm sure you beautiful British girls can do the same thing.

Answer 7

I personally find most American accents forced, irritating and whiny.

Answer 8

my girlfriend is American and i think her accent is s**y :-)

Answer 9

h**l yeah!

well i do (:

Answer 10

I was born and raised in the USA and then moved to Scotland when I was 21. I lived there for 30 years until moving to my current home in Italy.

The way some Americans respond to British accents is, I'm afraid, something of a joke in Britain. Several British friends returning from visits to the States recounted stories of of encountering someone who asked them to "Say something in that British accent of yours." Usually, this anecdote would be told in a really bad impression of an American drawl.

In my experience the appreciation is not, I'm sorry to say, reciprocated. People never started throwing rocks at me when they heard my accent, but nor did they express any appreciation of it. And it's not like I have a really extreme accent: I grew up in Washington state, not Texas or Boston or Maine.

Something you need to bear in mind is that politics colours how you, as an American, will be seen by many Brits. Even if you never voted for Bush and were on the streets protesting about Iraq, you'll be seen by some as being a representative of a global superpower which takes actions that a lot of people consider to be anything from foolishly shortsighted to downright oppressive. For these people - and I have to say they are not exactly a rarity - your accent will be seen as unattractive because it is associated with actions they find unattractive.

It's also the case that American accents are associated in many people's minds with television shows, and American television in general does not have a stellar reputation in Britain. A lot of people watch American imports, but for many they to tend to be a bit of a guilty secret.

Answer 11

British accents are so cool! I always get distracted when they're talking to me. XD