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A new survey that asked 6,000 people from Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and the United States found which European language is considered the most attractive.
A previous survey, conducted in 2017, unequivocally stated that French was the sexiest language, but it was replaced by another language in the new study.
The survey conducted this year showed that... Italian is considered the most attractive language in the world as of today.
According to the organizers of the survey, the Babel language learning website, to determine that Italian is the most attractive, they combined the votes they offered for the languages perceived as "sexiest", "most romantic" and "most passionate" from the international respondents.
By the way, the language that is considered the most direct of all languages, unsurprisingly, is German and by quite a significant margin from all the others.
British English is considered "highly polite".
This time, accents were not tested, but only languages, but in a previous survey, conducted in 2017 among American men and trying to determine which is the sexiest accent, it was found to be nothing less than the Israeli accent.
"The Israeli accent ignites the imagination of Mediterranean sights", it was said at the time and it was explained that what helped the accent win was the success of the film Wonder Woman, starring Gal Gadot, and also for the actress Inbar Lavi, thanks to her distinct accent.
So what makes Italian attractive?
So what makes Italian so attractive?
Language teacher Noel Wolf in Babel explains that the reason lies in the musical characteristics of the language.
She said: "There are certain characteristics of Italian that may contribute to its appeal, such as the rise and fall of the tone of voice in Italian can create a musical quality, which some people find attractive. Certain phonetic characteristics, such as the rolling r, are also considered charming and attractive."
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It is worth noting that previous studies that examined accents from other parts of the world found very different results from the current survey.
For example, a study by Highlands Titles from 2023 surveyed 1,000 Americans and found that Italian only came in sixth on the list (note, however, that this survey was both much smaller than the current one and was limited to only Americans, whereas the most recent study included a variety of nationalities).
In this survey, the respondents determined that English with an Australian accent is considered the most attractive among both women and men, with English with a New York accent at the bottom of the list.
The study found that after the Australian accent, in terms of attractiveness, the Scottish, London, Irish, French, Italian and Welsh were ranked.
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There are some evolutionary theories that suggest that people find foreign accents and foreign languages attractive - because they offer a more exotic gene pool to breed with, but other researchers explain that in the end it all comes down to cultural bias and the American fondness for Australian accents can be explained by the popularity of famous Australian actors such as Chris Hemsworth ' and Hugh Jackman - both of whom have been named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive on various occasions - as well as popular actress Margot Robbie.
"It's all about aesthetics," said Susan Tamasi, a sociolinguist from Emory University, "Linguistically it makes no sense to say that one accent is more pleasant than another."
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