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Message: [QUOTE="JohnBoyWWFC, post: 1927483, member: 64488"] It's actually a really interesting point. If you ask someone in England to rate certain accents on pleasantness, they will know where the person is from (say, for example, a Liverpudlian accent) and base their like or dislike of said accent on their views of or the connotations they associate to that place. Conversely, if you ask a non native speaker, the views tend to be very different. It seems that people have certain views or connotations associated with where you were brought up (lack of education and/or intelligence, as you put it) and so people who have those views, i.e. American's who are aware of that stereotype find it amusing or "make fun of it" whereas people who are unaware of that stereotype just hear it for what it is and love it! [/QUOTE]