What is it with the British accent?

[Cormac250]

I get confused for Irish a lot by Americans actually. Annoys me to no end.

and why is that? is there a shame in being irish?

That being said Irish accents fare well on the continent

don't ask me how the irish accent is sexy I mean what are we The manly ones the brits the intelligent ones and the aussies the badasses or something?
Is that how it's defined?

(Scots : dwarfs Welsh:.. dunno I guess they go towards the irish accent but clean like the english one?)

Nothing wrong with being Irish, I love the accent, just annoys me when I have to correct them so much.

Britain is split up more, English are posh and sofisticated, Scots are drunks and insane, Welsh are... well... ummm... they have funny road signs?

 

[saoirse13]

I absolutely can't stand the english accent for the most part. Though i have to admit when spoken properly, it can be somewhat attactive. The normal scouse accent or cockney really just gets on my nerves, But take for example the accent of Colin Firth or Hugh Grant then the tables change. And Klaus from Vampire Diaries just makes a girl go weak at the knee's.

 

[HoneyVision]

I live in New Zealand, but I have a semi-British accent. I regularly visit Canada and America and yes most people love it. Like someone said before, it's quite exotic and many people like the idea of confronting "the other", but not so exotic that it's scary since the British are still white and speak English.