Best and Worst US accents?

Real Marcus Halberstram:

countries like Utah

I always imagined Utah being like an American Saudi Arabia, except Mormon.

All in all, in the large metro areas primarily in the north and west, it seems like people increasingly talk the same. You'd have to get further into the more rural parts of the country to see things. I like the Texan accent occasionally, but don't care much for the Deep South drawl. The Midwestern accent, especially around Minnesota seems pretty annoying too. Boston's working class accent is great for The Departed impersonations.

I personally like the Southern accent a lot, but rarely get to hear them. Only my hobbies take me to the Southern states and that doesn't happen very often.

Go Texan accent!

I have a slight southern accent, but I think people with strong southern accents sound uneducated. Like someone above said, most well-educated people with southern accents tend to switch them on when they're drinking with the good ole boys and switch them off when they're at work.

I really love New York jews that have the whiny, Jerry Seinfeld accent too.

" people with southern accents tend to switch them on when they're drinking with the good ole boys and switch them off when they're at work. "

Agreed. I was born in Savannah Georgia and have almost no discernable accent until I have had quite a few drinks.

Give me a southern accent on a woman any day. Boston and NY accents are huge boner killers, on the other hand.

Really though American accents don't vary nearly as much as a lot of other countries. Aside from maybe a deep Cajun accent as Isaiah mentioned they're all pretty easy to understand, we don't have any Mancunian or Scottish type accents. Plus most people in the west and midwest have a very neutral American accent. The only regional accents we even really have are southern (of which Cajun is an extreme subset), northeastern (Philly/NYC/Boston aren't identical but are similar), and the quasi-Canadian accent you'll find in places like Minnesota and Maine.

First, I want to say that all heavy accents make people sound uneducated and are generally annoying. With that said.....

Best: A cute chic with a subtle southern twang is always nice (not too much twang tho, that gets old REALLY quickly)

Worst: The Boston southie accent

I gotta give it to the MN hockey moms (outside of the cities). That Fargo-esque accent combined with the most passive-aggressive attitude always gets me

Philadelphia accent is the worst.

I live in the South and while I agree that chicks with Southern accents are nice once it gets past a certain point it is unbearable to listen to

Long Island/Westchester JAP accent is by far the worst

Came in here to say that any northeast accent is by far the worst. Clearly I’m not alone.

the worst is the valley accent or whatever accent where girls have an erratic fairly high pitched voice and talk as if someone sucked all the air out of their lungs. I always lose my mind whenever I heard someone talking like that

propchop American accents: you're all equally as horrible

Guineas

I generally feel like a lot of Americans don't have strong accents outside the Northeast/Deep South. The East Coast all sounds the same to me south of VA.

Do you guys notice a Chicago accent when you visit? I'm not even a native English speaker or a long-time Chicago resident and I don't notice anything anywhere I go. A little bit some older people in parts of the South Side with lots of Irish, but that's about it.

The modern California/techie/surfer/pseudo-intellectual accent

example: the guest Kyle Thiermann on this podcast: https://soundcloud.com/mixed-mental-arts-podcast/ep-344-ride-hard-kyle

This bother anyone else?

Worst: Boston Best: Everything but Boston.

Example:

I’m American and from NY and I rate our accent last.

The Texan accent wins in my book.

There is an AZ accent? Don't remember it being super strong compared to a lot of places in the country.

American accents really aren't that distinct given the size of the country compared to say Italy.