History Main / EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench

* English: [[IAmVeryBritish Received Pronunciation]] sounds [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish wealthy, privileged and aristocratic]]. In the US, the East Coast "preppy" and "transatlantic" accents hold similar connotations. Other accents ([[AwesomeAussie Australian]], [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents most American]] and Canadian, [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney]], [[OopNorth Northern English]], [[ViolentGlaswegian Scottish]], [[{{Oireland}} Irish]], New Zealand, etc.) are down-to-earth, unpretentious and even "cool" sometimes, but also [[LowerClassLout unintelligent or at least uncouth]]. And if you're going for calm sophistication, don't go to [[BrooklynRage Brooklyn]]. Southern US accents can go these ways: a SouthernGentleman/[[SouthernBelle Belle]], a [[AmericansAreCowboys Texas cowboy]] or an [[TheFundamentalist ultraconservative]], [[HalfWittedHillbilly stupid]], [[SmallTownTyrant racist]] [[TheKlan bigot]]. And with a west coast/Californian accent, you either get the connotations of [[TheStoner being incredibly laid-back]] or of being someone who's [[BrainlessBeauty incredibly vapid]] and overuses words such as [[ValleyGirl "like" or "totally"]]

* English: [[IAmVeryBritish Received Pronunciation]] sounds [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish wealthy, privileged and aristocratic]]. In the US, the East Coast "preppy" and "transatlantic" accents hold similar connotations. Other accents ([[AwesomeAussie Australian]], [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents most American]] and Canadian, [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney]], [[OopNorth Northern English]], [[ViolentGlaswegian Scottish]], [[{{Oireland}} Irish]], New Zealand, etc.) are down-to-earth, unpretentious and even "cool" sometimes, but also [[LowerClassLout unintelligent or at least uncouth]]. And if you're going for calm sophistication, definitely do not go with [[BrooklynRage Brooklyn]]. Southern US accents can go these ways: a SouthernGentleman/[[SouthernBelle Belle]], a [[AmericansAreCowboys Texas cowboy]] or an [[TheFundamentalist ultraconservative]], [[HalfWittedHillbilly stupid]], [[SmallTownTyrant racist]] [[TheKlan bigot]]. And with a west coast/Californian accent, you either get the connotations of [[TheStoner being incredibly laid-back]] or of being someone who's [[BrainlessBeauty incredibly vapid]] and overuses words such as [[ValleyGirl "like" or "totally"]]

The following languages hold the following stereotypes:

* Russian: Can either be [[SensualSlavs seductive]] or [[HuskyRusskie badass]] when accompanying a positive stereotype, or [[TheStoic quiet and dangerous]] when accompanying a more antagonistic one.

* Slavic languages: similar to Nordic languages, but BlackSpeech like UsefulNotes/ColdWar communist spy, TheMafiya, or BalkanBastard, on the other hand, it even sounds sultry like SensualSlav.

* English: [[IAmVeryBritish Received Pronunciation]] sounds [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish wealthy, privileged and aristocratic]]. In the US, the East Coast "preppy" and "transatlantic" accents hold similar connotations. Other accents ([[AwesomeAussie Australian]], [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents most American]] and Canadian, [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney]], [[OopNorth Northern English]], [[ViolentGlaswegian Scottish]], [[{{Oireland}} Irish]], New Zealand, etc.) are hearty and sometimes "cool" too, but also [[LowerClassLout uncouth or at least unsophisticated]]. (Most Midwestern American and Canadian accents, for example, can come across as down-to-earth, polite and unpretentious.) And if you're going for calm sophistication, definitely do not go with [[BrooklynRage Brooklyn]]. Southern US accents can go these ways: a SouthernGentleman/[[SouthernBelle Belle]], a [[AmericansAreCowboys Texas cowboy]] or an [[TheFundamentalist ultraconservative]], [[HalfWittedHillbilly stupid]], [[SmallTownTyrant racist]] [[TheKlan bigot]]. And with a west coast/Californian accent, you either get the connotations of [[TheStoner being incredibly laid-back]] or of being someone who's [[BrainlessBeauty incredibly vapid]] and overuses words such as [[ValleyGirl "like" or "totally"]]

* English: [[IAmVeryBritish Received Pronunciation]] sounds [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish wealthy, privileged and aristocratic]]. In the US, the East Coast "preppy" and "transatlantic" accents hold similar connotations. Other accents ([[AwesomeAussie Australian]], [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents most American]] and Canadian, [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney]], [[OopNorth Northern English]], [[ViolentGlaswegian Scottish]], [[{{Oireland}} Irish]], New Zealand, etc.) are hearty and sometimes "cool" too, but also [[LowerClassLout uncouth or at least unsophisticated]]. (Most Midwestern American and Canadian accents, for example, can come across as down-to-earth, polite and unpretentious.) And if you're going for calm sophistication, definitely do not go with [[BrooklynRage Brooklyn]]. Southern US accents can go these ways: a SouthernGentleman/[[SouthernBelle Belle]], a [[AmericansAreCowboys Texas cowboy]] or an [[TheFundamentalist ultraconservative]], [[HalfWittedHillbilly stupid]], [[SmallTownTyrant racist]] [[TheKlan bigot]]. And with a west coast/Californian accent, you either get the connotations of [[TheStoner being incredibly laid-back]] or of being someone who overuses slang and words such as [[ValleyGirl "like" or "Oh my God!"]]

* Semitic (Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, etc.): Generally considered to be ancient and holy-sounding, usually found for works that take inspiration from [[BiblicalMotifs Biblical mythology]] or UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}}.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fics of Creator/AAPessimal, the Assassins' Guild's Swords teacher Madame Deux-Epées is a [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} Quirmian]] with all the knobs turned up. She is stylish, sexy, sensual, and knows the effect a strong Quirmian accent has on susceptible male listeners. She plays on this for all she can. Her younger colleague Antoinette de Badin-Boucher is from [[CanadaEh Quirmian Aceria]]. She also speaks Quirmian, but with an interesting local dialect.

* English: [[IAmVeryBritish Received Pronunciation]] sounds [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish wealthy, privileged and aristocratic]]. In the US, the East Coast "preppy" and "transatlantic" accents hold similar connotations. Other accents ([[AwesomeAussie Australian]], [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents most American]] and [[CanadaEh Canadian]], [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney]], [[OopNorth Northern English]], [[ViolentGlaswegian Scottish]], [[{{Oireland}} Irish]], New Zealand, etc.) are hearty and sometimes "cool" too, but also [[LowerClassLout uncouth or at least unsophisticated]]. (Most Midwestern American and Canadian accents, for example, can come across as down-to-earth, polite and unpretentious.) And if you're going for calm sophistication, definitely do not go with [[BrooklynRage Brooklyn]]. Southern US accents can go these ways: a SouthernGentleman/[[SouthernBelle Belle]], a [[AmericansAreCowboys Texas cowboy]] or an [[TheFundamentalist ultraconservative]], [[HalfWittedHillbilly stupid]], [[SmallTownTyrant racist]] [[TheKlan bigot]]. And with a west coast/Californian accent, you either get the connotations of [[TheStoner being incredibly laid-back]] or of being someone who overuses slang and words such as [[ValleyGirl "like" or "Oh my God!"]]

* The Twi'lek in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' are given French accents. The entire female half of their species has basically been MsFanservice ever since their first appearance two decades ago.

This is, of course, subject to ValuesDissonance, as the French don't necessarily think their language sounds the sexiest. They usually dub the 'sexy foreign language parts' in Italian, and they usually [[CulturalCringe perceive their own accent in English as horrible]].

* Dutch: Similarly, Dutch has been described as a "throat disease."

* On ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' a well-dressed Spanish boy is occasionally seen flirting with Numbah 3.

* With [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 Painter Smurf]], it's more like Everything Sounds Smurfier In French. ''Mon ami, that's ze truth!''