Which accent is the best

There are countless English accents in the world. And this fact alone is a sign that English is a living language, used by millions of people around the world. Linguists and phoneticians work hard to keep track of the differences and explain them. But what is the best English accent? An accent is a pronunciation a way in which people pronounce language.

The exact number of English accents in the world is very difficult to determine. It is interesting that we cannot predict accents based on geography either. Imagine the British Isles, where we can find a myriad of accents in a reduced territory, and compare it to Australia, where the entire country speaks a rather similar version of the language.

Clearly, distance is not the key. Accents, like dialects, are caused by the natural process of evolution that all living languages experience. Down at the bottom of the table in the 31st place was Vietnamese accent. While second to the last place was scooped up by Chinese with Arabic and Nigerian coming just behind.

The margin of sampling error for the full sample of In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that as in all survey research, there are possible sources of error—such as coverage, nonresponse and measurement error——that could affect the results. What do you think of the league table? Executive Education. Emma London Associate Editor. She can be reached on email emma-london ceoworld.

Big up Thailand for showing us all how to self-appreciate! Finally, when asked for a specific place with the sexiest accent of all, respondents were most likely to name London , Paris , Rome , Edinburgh and Scotland generally , Porto and Madrid. About us. Contact us. James Manning.

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