I rather prefer an Irish accent myself.
Though I can't say I
really prefer one over the other.
I think that the... fascination, I guess... with other languages is really just the greener grass on the other side. :wink:
I went to visit my cousins, who live in the U.S, (I'm in Canada, eh!) and they didn't seem to have a different accent from me. They did say things differently though. Like soda instead of pop (weird) and candy bars instead of chocolate bars (even weirder), but that's really all. I did notice an accent in New York, though. I like that accent
But then, I like Canadian accents too. I think they just remind me of home.
At work, we have a French guy, and a British gal, and a Newfie! The Newfie (Newfoundlander, if you don't know, and no offence meant) doesn't have much of an accent, but she is a little nasally, I noticed. The French guy has a really thick Quebec accent. (A little different from the France accent that comes to my mind when I think French accent) And lastly, the British gal has a northern accent, I think she said. I like her accent too.
Now, I have to say this. Don't you think that saying one accent is better than another is really a kind of racism? Sure, people have their own opinions, but that's all they are. They don't have any right to say one accent is better than another. You can say one person is easier to understand than another, but that has nothing to do accent. Just on grammar and how well they enunciate.
I mean, if someone has a really really thick accent and is trying to speak English, (and vice-versa with any other language, I would think) then you can say they're hard to understand because of their accent. But that doesn't mean one is better than the other.
Someone here said (can't remember who, sorry! And I haven't figured out how to go back to find out who it was) that the accent you use depends on the business you want to do.
I don't agree with that exactly, I mean, yes, you want to be able to be understood in business. But so long as you speak clearly and with good grammar, I really don't think it would matter what
kind of accent you had. Or have. Whichever you prefer.