So it turns out that that possessors of the sexiest accents in the world are not the guttural and terribly romantic French or the lilting sing-song Irish.
According to a new study by Time Out magazine in London, the most attractive accent in the world belongs to the British.
The poll asked 11,000 people in 24 cities around the world, and more than a quarter of the respondents were all about the UK accent. It was followed by the Irish, Australian (hurrah for us!) and back in fifth place was French. So much for the language of love?
Crucially however, the poll did not specify which part of England had the sexiest accent. Though we suspect it’s the part that breeds the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, with the Sherlock actor’s voice once described by writer Caitlin Moran as like a ‘jaguar in a cello case.’ Or perhaps Alan Rickman’s vibrating baritone would do the trick. .
In any case, it turns out that Colin, “sex god” in the film Love Actually was correct in saying that people around the world would find his bog standard British accent sexy.
Other findings in the global poll on love and dating included that Paris had the best dating scene (followed by Melbourne, pack your bags, other states) and that 58 per cent of people will lightly google and social media stalk a date before meeting them.
And it seems that singletons in Sydney are having the best time of it, with 31 per cent stating that they were “proud to be so” while 45 per cent of those looking for love in New York “felt sad about it.”
