Do you like the British accent?
535932
Girls with British accents are the most sexy creatures on god's green earth...
1033731
I'm English and we're great. Not sure about the British.
274216
Americans have loved British singers. They loved James Bond movies. I don't think they hate the accent.
304472
As in people from England?\nThey speak... ENGLISH...
317287
Yes, I agree with you. I think it is just a stereo typical image of British people. I have even heard Northern actors and Scottish actors put on a Southern accent. It sounds really false. They should try and vary the accents.
937860
Just as Americans love British English, Many Brits love to hear the American dialect because it's different than what they speak. Americans DO have an accent, and it varies by geographical area just like in England. Someone from the Lake District isn't going to sound like someone in London ... just like someone from Boston isn't going to sound like someone from Texas ... \n\nAlso, based on geography, the dialect changed with the influx of new immigrants into the USA after our independance from England. The East coast has alot of mixed European dialects mixed in with "English" and the south has alot of "Spanish/French" mixed in with English. \n\nBut yes, British accents are Hot, and Scottish accents are even hotter ... just look at Ewan Mcgreggor ;)
130513
same stuff you do just with a different accent
364901
I completely agree with Eden that there are many accents in Britain, so it's difficult to say which British accent we are comparing to.  However, I think you could argue that the English spoken in certain regions of the Eastern United States, such as some Boston dialects, and the English spoken in the Southern United States have some important similarities to British dialects.
648205
I'm English.  I was born in Yorkshire, England, and now live in High Wycombe.  Fair enough it's still Britain, but I prefer English.
658420
English....British.....ME!!!
531121
I like the english comments
715434
Yes I do consider myself British, when filing out official documents I always write Brit Scot. I am very proud to be Scottish but just as proud to say I am British.
389812
English and Australian are the best accents. They sound so smart, sophisticated, and similar.
424795
I'm English and I love the queen have a union jack on my wall. I also bottle everything up stiff upper lip and all that and try to be a gentleman all the time. Oh yeah and I drink tea all the time and love roast beef on a Sunday with Yorkshire puddings.\np.s. you patronising bugger LOL.\np.p.s. I love cricket,rugby (like yank football but with no padding) ,football.
230843
When I lived in England, my friends mocked my American accent all the time.  It was all in good fun.  Now I work with two Brits; they mock our accents occasionally.  My "accent" is a kind of generic east coast one, leaning toward New York; some Brits I know can exactly duplicate it.  There are plenty of Brits who have traveled in the US, and they understand the regional differences.
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>>>>>How do British accents vary?\n\nThat’s a hell of a question. How would you answer the question “How do US accents vary?” The answer is pretty much the same. And of course you can’t really describe an accent in print.\n\n>>>>>I've heard that they can reveal your social standing but in what way? \n\nThe same way they can  in the US or almost any other part of the world. Accents are tied to geographic location. Some geographic locations are primarily populated by poor people. Those children form that area that are educated outside will lose their accent so the accent comes to be associated ONLY with poor people. When you hear  that accent  you can pretty much guarantee the person in poor. Conversely some accents are associated with areas populated by rich people, or even with specific private schools. If you hear that accent you can guess  the person has or at least had money.\n\nBut as I say, England is neither better nor worse than the US in this respect these days. \n\nWhat do you think of when you here the classic Robert de Niro Brooklyn accent? Is it the accent of a college professor or a taxi driver?  A stockbroker or a steelworker?\n\nHow about the classic Boston accent of the Kennedies, Mayor Quimby) or Frasier? ? Is it the accent of a college professor or a taxi driver?  A stockbroker or a steelworker?\n\nAnd the list goes on. Appalachian accents are strongly associated with poor rural, Southern accents with strong diction are associated with wealth and refinement whereas southern accents with dropped letters is associated with poverty, the Jersey Accent is associated with the upper working classes etc.\n\nIn England you would say that a West End Cockney accent was the same as a Bronx accent.  An Oxford accent the same as a Classic Boston Accent. A Yorkshire accent the same as an Appalachian accent. A Scouse accent the same as a Jersey accent. Those pairs of accents mean almost exactly the same thing in their respective countries. And they are all reveal the social standing of the speaker.\n\n Of course it isn’t perfect. There are Liverpuddlians who have become multi-billionaires just as numerous people who grew up in Brooklyn have made lots of money. But as a general rule those accents tell you where people are socially even more where they came from. \n\nThese days the utility of accents at defining social position is fading in Britain just as it is fading in the US. Prior to WWII in both the US and England if you moved up the social ladder you made a conscious effort to lose your accent if it wasn’t appropriate. These days people tend to be more proud of the fact that they have moved up and don’t make the attempt to disguise it so much.
710990
Not sure...but it seems that Americans like Australian accents....don't think it's a good thing actually :/