- Babble asked more than 4,000 hostel staffers from 43 countries to rate seven different regional tones to find out which American accent is considered sexiest
- A Deep Southern accent was voted sexiest, followed by a New York accent
- Folks in France prefer a New York accent, while those in Britain and Sweden prefer a Southern Californian accent
Overall the Deep Southern accent tops the list with 20% of the vote, followed by the New York accent, with 18%. New Yorkers were the top choice of French voters (57%), while folks in Britain and Sweden preferred the Southern California sound, and the Boston accent is a fave of folks in Germany, Spain and the Netherlands.
Top Seven American Accents, According to Europeans
- Deep South (20%)
- New Yorker (18%)
- Bostonian (17%)
- Southern Californian (16%)
- Texan (14%)
- Midwestern (10%)
- Minnesotan (5%) Source: Today