Thought French was the language of love — or at least, of lust? Think again.
A global online survey has revealed that for single women, there's nothing sexier than a bloke with a thick, Scottish lilt. (If this is at all surprising to you, may we suggest you watch season one of Outlander and report back.)
The Scottish accent was voted sexiest by female respondents.
For men, on the other hand, a Spanish accent on a woman is enough to make them go weak at the knees.
Global training provider TheKnowledgeAcademy.com surveyed 2500 single men and women to see which accents got the heart racing the most on a first date.
For 86 per cent of women, the Scottish accent was deemed sexiest, while 88 per cent of men found a Spanish accent irresistible.
Interestingly, just 29 per cent of men found a Scottish accent on a woman sexy, in polar opposition to the women surveyed.
And despite rating the Spanish accent highly, a measly 31 per cent of men found a Mexican accent sexy on a woman, making it the second-least-attractive accent.
Amongst the least favourite accents for female respondents, were Mexican, with a score of just 23 per cent, and South African, with just 29 per cent favouring the accent.
A whopping 88 per cent of men surveyed found the Spanish accent to be the sexiest.
The Aussie twang scraped into both lists, ranking third-last among females (35 per cent), but achieving a more respectable third-place spot among males, with 72 per cent favouring the accent.
Last year, a similar international poll by Big7 Travel surprised many after finding the Kiwi accent to be the world's sexiest. Unfortunately for our neighbours over the ditch, this year the New Zealand accent only featured in the blokes' top ten, creeping down the list to earn a sixth-place spot with a score of 54 per cent.
The survey featured 1250 males and 1250 females, with respondents able to pick more than one option.
Among the sexiest accents according to women were Scottish, Irish, Italian, French and Spanish, while for men it was Spanish, Brazillian Portuguese, Australian, French and American. Check out the full lists.
THE ACCENTS FAVOURED BY WOMEN
Scottish 86%
Irish 77%
Italian 68%
French 61%
Spanish 56%
Brazilian Portuguese 48%
Queen's English 47%
Australian 35%
South African 29%
Mexican 23%
THE ACCENTS FAVOURED BY MEN
Spanish 88%
Brazilian Portuguese 76%
Australian 72%
French 69%
American 62%
Kiwi 54%
Czech 47%
Italian 43%
Mexican 31%
Scottish 29%
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