It's no surprise that accents change how intelligent someone sounds.
In a 2013 poll conducted for ITV, the British public voted the "Received Pronunciation / Queen's English / James Bond Villain" accent as the most "intelligent" and "trustworthy" of all the accents.
Conversely, the accent heard in Liverpool (birthplace of the Beatles) was voted as the least friendly and least intelligent. These aren't random facts that don't apply to the real world, either -- 28 percent of Britons felt that they have been discriminated against because of the way they talk. Which was actually optimistic of them, as 80 percent of British employers who were polled straight-up admitted to "making discriminating decisions based on regional accents."
Some of you might be wondering how a standard American accent stacks up against the British ones, and unfortunately for uncle Sam, a separate study has concluded that 'Merican falls behind Received Pronunciation in terms of perceived intelligence and trustworthiness. The American accent also ranks dead last in terms of sexiness compared to British, Latin-American, or even Middle-Eastern accents. That last one, by the way, was also voted the most attractive based on a survey of over 120 students at Brigham Young University. And when a bunch of Mormons admit to being most attracted to the accent from the birthplace of Islam, you know they must be telling the truth.
Middle eastern accent is the most attractive while British one is the most Intelligent sounding accent in English World
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Re: Middle eastern accent is the most attractive while British one is the most Intelligent sounding accent in English Wo
British people vote that the British accent is the most intelligent sounding. 

Re: Middle eastern accent is the most attractive while British one is the most Intelligent sounding accent in English Wo
Middle Eastern!
Arabs abuse "TH" with long gaps between words when speaking.
They also have a very limited vocab and tend to struggle to learn basics.
Arabs abuse "TH" with long gaps between words when speaking.
They also have a very limited vocab and tend to struggle to learn basics.
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