British or French accent; what sounds sexier?

[aFrenchie]

Originally Posted by maareek

Erm...on to the topic. I'm pretty sure there's different accents in different parts of France

Yes of course, although they lessen more and more as time goes by. The most recognizable is the one from the "Midi de la France", all around Marseilles. Old movies made in that area (specifically by Marcel Pagnol) used to be hilarious! Now if anyone francophone here has seen the "Taxi" series produced by Luc Besson in Marseilles, you can clearly see how it's not the same anymore .

[Mozaik]

Originally Posted by Cooney

Other than her songs, how many recordings do we have of her speaking in English? The only things that come to mind are her citing the names of her 4 English tracks from MCE in the FunTV interview, and saying "Thank you, thank you very much" at the British Top of the Pops performance.

In the start of the I'm fed up music video I have, she says "You're watching my new music video, 'I'm fed up'.", I can enlarge your list with this.


For the topic: I can't really say anything because Alizée is the only person who I heard to speak english with french accent; and I cannot really differentiate the american and the british english. I know they're different, I can hear the different when I hear these two, one after the other but... If somebody would simply talking english, I couldn't tell, if he(/she)'s american or british.

[Senshi87]

id go for french accent

[Twitch]

Originally Posted by HibyPrime

(unless shes got some really annoying accent, ie. a german screaming in your ear)

Not all German women have an annoying accent (the one often used in American movies), Joanna (a German exchange student) had one of the sweetest accent I've heard, so I guess it depends on what part of Germany they are from. And back to the question I prefer the accent a native Parisian women has when speaking English to that of the British. As for Parisian French I'm still undecided as I haven't heard enough of it, but it seems less "colourful" than Québecois.(like our English is less "colourful" than Newfoundlander's )

[rwd716]

Originally Posted by Mozaik

In the start of the I'm fed up music video I have, she says "You're watching my new music video, 'I'm fed up'.", I can enlarge your list with this.

I've never hear that, link?

[Amelie]

i really prefer the french accent, it's very beautiful and charming. and american accent is good too, but i don't like english accent.

[Spartan500]

I can't stand most accents but I like french, british, and australian accents

[Matrix]

Originally Posted by bt_bird_90

Alizée wins everytime as far as cuteness goes, but for everyone else:


Aussie girls

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How could I forget the Aussie accent!!! Australian female accent is very sexy

[neoteny]

Originally Posted by brad

I definitely would have said British three years ago. But I never really listened to a French woman speaking before then. The first time I really heard a French woman speaking French was Alizée's Fun TV interview.

I was completely hypnotized by her, so I would have to say French. I really enjoy listening to Lili speak in English with her accent too. I would love to hear her interviewed in English, even if she isn't that fluent.

kinda like Audrey Tautou trying to speak english...i find it sexy. Alizee would make me...well...
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[Twitch]

Again, Parisians and the French have a nice accent that unfortunately is not usually found with French Canadians speaking English. Not sure why, probably because of the massive amount of exposure to English media that the French in Canada are exposed to, not saying that the French in Canada speak without an accent, I just don't find it enjoyable as a true French/Parisian accent.

Unfortunately for us though, as far as I know, speaking French with an English accent is not seen as being sexy like having a French accent when speaking English. Or is it? Being English I know how we respond to foreign accents (some good some bad), but how do English speakers speaking foreign languages with an English accent(not British, just any native English speaker) sound to native speakers of those languages? I know ultimately it is all a matter of personal opinion, but was curious what members of the international community thought.