The Scots are talking a lot this week
-- perhaps you've heard a little something
about an independence referendum -- and that
makes us happy.
That's because we like how the Scots talk.
Not necessarily what they say -- just the way
they say it.
Imagine the way your Scottish pals might
pronounce "pour" and "poor."
The Scottish accent is like no other.
Then again, neither is any other accent.
It's estimated that there are nearly 7,000
languages on earth.
That's nearly 7,000 different ways to traipse
clumsily through the English language -- or to
sex it up like an old Justin Timberlake song.
Of course, no accent is sexy when it's strong
enough to crush a beer can.
Which means not all accents are created
equal.
You choose: Hottest accents
All of this got us talking this week about
which accents we like most.
So we decided to hold a vote of our own -- a
Facebook poll to ask which accents you prefer.
(Trinidadian has charged to the front at the
time of writing. You can cast a vote via this
link: : /1wHkW0y.)
Below is the list of sexiest brogues we came
up with by deploying an admittedly
unscientific methodology -- meaning we asked
around the office, which does at least account
for more nationalities than colors in the M&M
universe.
Our also-rans included Australian (as
appealing as warm Foster's to some,
tantalizingly exotic to others) and Japanese
(the language of repressed salarymen is also
strangely designed for pillow talk).
Feel free to state your objections and/or rain
your accolades in the comments section below
and vote in our Facebook poll.
Because when it comes to accents, there are
no absolutes.
Except that the one that makes you cringe is
absolutely horrible.
You know which one we're talking about.
13. Argentine
Famous tongues: Fernando Lamas, Gabriela
Sabatini
A historical refuge for Spaniards, Italians and
Germans, the hyper-libidinous South
Ameripean melting pot of Argentina has
cultivated a proud, pouty tone.
With its own pronunciation of Spanish letters
("ll" sounds like "shh" and its own words
("you" is "vos", this is a dialect that's hard to
get. (Or at least plays that way.)
Sounds like: A tightly tuned guitar of G-
strings strummed by a lamb shank
12. Thai
Famous tongues: Tony Jaa, Araya 'Chompoo'
Hargate
With five tones comprising their native speech,
the traffickers of this often fragile accent turn
any language into a song of seduction.
Thai is largely monosyllabic, so multi-beat
foreign words get extra emphases right up
until the last letter, which is often left off,
leaving the listener wanting more.
Sounds like: R-rated karaoke
11. Trinidadian
Famous tongues: Nicki Minaj, Billy Ocean
For fetishists of oddball sexuality, the
Caribbean island of Trinidad offers an
undulating, melodic gumbo of pan-African,
French, Spanish, Creole and Hindi dialects
that, when adapted for English, can be sex on
a pogo stick.
Sounds like: A rubber life raft bobbing on a
sea of steel drums
10. Brazilian Portuguese
Famous tongues: Alice Braga, Anderson Silva
Perhaps owing to its freedom from French
influence, the Brazilian Portuguese accent has
a more colorful, puerile flair than its coarser
European counterpart.
The resulting yowl of drawn-out vowels
reveals a flirty freedom of spirit that suggests
a permanent vacation.
Sounds like: The near, then far, then near
again hum of a low-wattage vacuum cleaner
that runs on dance sweat
MORE: World's sexiest nationalities?
9. U.S. Southern
Famous tongues: Matthew McConaughey,
Jennifer Lawrence
There's nothing sexy about being in a hurry,
and you could clock the growth rate of grass
with the honeyed drawl of a Southern beau or
belle.
Sounds like: Molasses taking a smoking break
8. Scottish Famous tongues: Ewan McGregor,
Rose Leslie
Some of the vocal strangulations heard
echoing around Glasgow are registered as a
danger to shipping, but in less industrial
corners of Scotland melodic voices capable of
ranging a full octave in a single "aye" tumble
like soft rain on warm bagpipes.
These are gentle, knee-melting tones that
conjure cozy firesides and beguiling knitwear
before their sudden swing to reproach leaves
us whimpering for more.
Sounds like: A stroked tartan cat
7. Irish
Famous tongues: Colin Farrell, Andrea Corr
Valued slightly more in men than in women,
the Irish brogue is a lilting, lyrical articulation
that's charming, if not exotic.
Fluid and uplifting, it can swing from
vulnerable to threatening over the course of a
sentence, restoring your faith in the world
again ... right before it stabs you with a
broken bottle top.
Sounds like: A marauding pixie
6. Nigerian
Famous tongues: King Sunny Ade, Omotola
Jalade Ekeinde
Dignified, with just a hint of willful naivete, the
deep, rich "oh's" and "eh's" of Naija bend the
English language without breaking it, arousing
tremors in places other languages can't reach.
Sounds like: The THX intro with teeth
5. Queen's English
Famous tongues: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira
Knightley
Authoritative.
Upright.
Erudite.
Scholarly.
Few accents promise the upward nobility of
the Queen's English.
It's a take on the language that sets hearts
devoted to James Bond and Hermione Granger
aflutter.
And, should the speaker fail to slake your
most wanton desires, eh, at least you'll learn
something.
Sounds like: A crisply ironed shirt playing a
harp
4. Czech
Famous tongues: Petra Nemcova, Jaromir
Jagr
Like Russian, without the nettlesome history of
brutal, iron-fisted despotism, Czech is a
smoky, full-bodied vocal style that goes well
with most meats.
Murky and mysterious, the Bohemian tone is
equal parts carnal desire and carnival
roustabout.
Sounds like: Count Dracula, secret agent
MORE: World's coolest nationalities
3. Spanish
Famous tongues: Javier Bardem, Penelope
Cruz
Sensual and beckoning, but with the passion
to unleash hell kept just barely restrained,
Castilian is like a dialectic Hoover Dam.
But then there's the lisp.
Tender, vulnerable and cute as a baby's
hangnail -- no one owns the "th" sound
formed by tongue and teeth like those who
speak the language of Cervantes.
Sounds Like: An outboard motor on Lake
Paella
2. French
Famous tongues : Marion Cotillard, Jean Reno
The come-hither condescension and fiery
disinterest of the French tongue remains
paradoxically erotic.
Sounds like: A 30-year-old teenager
1. Italian
Famous tongues: Monica Bellucci, Alessandro
Del Piero
Raw, unfiltered, the Italian accent is a
vowelgasm that reflects the spectrum of Italic
experience: the fire of its bellicose
beginnings ... the romance of the
Renaissance ... the dysfunction of anything
resembling a government since Caesar.
Insatiable, predatory and possessive, this is
sex as a second language.
Sounds like: A Ferrari saxophone
Which is your favorite accent?
Leave a comment and vote in our Facebook
poll .
First published August 2011, updated
September 2014 www.cnn.com/2014/09/17/travel/sexy-accents/

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