It's official--the Irish accent is the most preferred. The UK Daily Mail site reported about a study in which the Irish accent replaced the French as the top sought after among women globally.
The American accent made the list as well--at number ten. Glamour.com wonders exactly what that means--after all, it's not as though a man from Boston sounds at all like one from Texas! The same could be said for regional and class-related differences among the other top accents, however, such as the English accent.
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