NOT sexy

But I hasten to add it sounds cute, in a way :-)

Yep, can confirm that except for Wale. A friend of mine, nice chap! Can't understand anything he says... it is like he talks with a hot potato in his mouth.

Yes- I believe there is no such thing as a "British" accent. Where are our linguists?

Personally I think Scottish is the sexiest accent per se

Oh yes, the Scottish accent is delightful in gents
Ladies too certainly, but I'm not that way inclined, so I can't really tell.

So rural, rustic, wild like the Highlands oh boy (where is MG's sil?) will be away for a while...

All of them with the exception of the one from the Liverpool area

But there's a difference between not hearing different accents in a non-native language and just being ignorant.

I expect you can hear the difference between a Parisien and someone from Marseilles.

Scottish accent for me any time.
Do you remember Desmond, a character from Lost played by Henry Ian Cusick?
*swoon*

Yeah... me too. But then if it is attached to the likes of Hugh Jackman or Simon Baker, I am happy not to let little things get in the way..

If he has nothing intelligent to say, no amount of plum-training is going to make a guy look good.

When I was in the States, everyone commented on how charming my English accent was. Almost without exception.

I find the voices of guys with almost any foreign accent (even German) sexy, with the exception Brummie

Jealous!

I'm sure both the Austrailian and "British" accents have fallen off because Americans are just tired of hearing them.

Several years ago, there was another study done that found Americans LOVED these two accents, and could be sold ANYTHING if the spokesperson had one of these lovely accents. In the last 5 years or so, almost 2 out of 3 television advertisements are done with these accents. They even started putting at least one news anchor on each show with them (CNN international anyone?). Part of the charm used to be they weren't overly common to hear. I'm sure it's just a bit of "British" fatigue.

By the way, I totally agree that there isn't really a British accent (hence the quotes). It's similar in the sense that there is no real American accent either, since they can vary so drastically from region to region. But I still do love a good Irish brouge, Scottish coming in a close second.

I recall Juanita Phillips was a hit on CNN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_Phillips

Oh yeah, and Sean Connery!

David Niven's accent or even C3PO seriously !!
All Bristish theatre accents are very attractive.
Also the Quest guy on CNN has a charming one.
The American accent can seem a bit loud in comparison, to my native ears.

Swiss and French speaking English also have a lovely lilt, especially when they mess up the vocabulary, charming

Aye, they do an' tha' lad. Ahm reetin' a book 'bowt it. "'Ow Yorkshire came t'dominant world language'.

I suspect the poll is refering to my "English for foreigners" accent.

I guess they did not see this before assigning the 1st position to Italian:

Not bad at all. It's rather nice when people make such an effot to speak English. He reminds me of Marcello Mastroianni in La Dolce Vità.

NO NO NO DB yours is truly unique.

Mind you, mine is too - nobody has ever guessed my accent correctly (in English) Been 'accused' of being Welsh and South African (my native tongue being French of course).

What kind of poll is this? How can Canadian accents place #9? It's not sexy! And who even knows what a Canadian accent is, except other Canadians? Something in the milk ain't clean, I say. (I'm not saying Canadian guys aren't sexy.)

As for British accents, they're still pretty sexy, except for the ones I hear on those Essex and Chelsea reality shows...