Being an American in Britain makes you accidentally sexy
Posted on August 27, 2009 by yankeebean
Don’t deny it – whatever you’re accent weakness is, you know it’s there (you minx, you)
For many many many (freakin’ MANY) Americans, their weakness is the English accent. And rightly so, might I add – English people can say almost ANYTHING and it sounds good. ‘Bastard’ and ‘asshole’ are prime examples (pardon my not-french). Not the friendliest or most pleasant of words, but said in a posh English accent it’s instant class… ok, maybe not class – but you get what I mean…
Bizarrely, this attraction can be the same in reverse – I’ve met countless English people that seem to think the American accent is the equivalent of a chocolate covered strawberry.
Now I’m about as ‘taken’ as they come – I’m hitched to an awesome Brit who’s the best ever. As a result, I think I tend to radiate ‘unavailable’ like it’s stamped, glowing across my forehead. Everyone that knows me knows that I’m uber-taken, and that I’m crazy about Mr. Nice Guy. I wonder if that’s why people feel comfortable enough to tell me when they think my accent is cute… although I always feel weird when it happens. (To be fair, I think everyone involved does – it usually temporarily kills the conversation and causes some shuffling)
Here’s a list of some of the words that have caused said-shuffling:
- Capo (American = KAY-poh / English = CAH-poh)
- Compost (American = KAAHM-post / English = COHM-pohst)
- Capillary (American = CAA-pill-air-ee / English = cuh-PILL-ery
- Route (American = RAOWt / English = ROOt
- Tune (American = TOOn / English = CHEWn
- Semi (American = SEH-my / English = SEH-mee)
- Strawberry (American = STRAHW-beh-ree / English = STROO-bree)
I’m always surprised when someone thinks the American accent is particularly attractive. I don’ think it’s bad or anything – it just seems so ordinary to me (for obvious reasons).
So, if you’re American and you want to be sexier, try moving to England. All you have to do is chat and your accent will take care of the rest