A recent global study conducted by MinimumDespoitCasinos.org delved further into the perception of different accents across the world to ultimately uncover which country has the highest odds of having the most- and least-friendly accents. The study surveyed 5 000 participants.
South Africa ranks 12th amongst the world’s friendliest accents, with one in every 100 participants identifying the accent to be the friendliest (1.6%).
Americans have the highest odds at being considered friendly, with one in five respondents deeming the American accent to be the friendliest (19.5%)
Despite the Canadian accent being the most closely related to General American English, with similar rules for pronunciation and accent, the Canadian accent received 10.8 fewer percentage points than American – with just one in 12 selecting it as the friendliest accent (8.7%).
The British accent is the second most favoured, with one in seven identifying this accent as sounding the friendliest (13.6%). This…