Yesterday, I watched a news program on TV. It said about a very interesting issue that Thai people have been voted to be among the most first ranks in the world who speak English language very beautifully. Then I interestingly looked at the TV content and searched for more details about this news.
From CNN Go's article: "World's sexiest accents", Thai had been voted to be the eleventh on the sexiest English accents ranking (Burchette, 2011). The reporter says that Thai language have use of five tone marks [wan-na-yuk] which makes our accents used in any language sound like a lullaby song and "R-rated karaoke". Argentine whose rank is the twelfth are described as "a tightly tuned guitar of G-strings strummed by a lamb shank". Other higher ranks in this vote are, for example, Italian whose sound like "a Ferrari saxophone" is the sexiest accents, and French, the second, who have "a 30-year-old teenager sound". The vote is conducted via facebook page by CNN Go (Facebook).
Now, 23-August-2011 0:19 a.m., I have checked for the earliest vote result, the most voted belongs to Trinidadian. We can see that this is not a reliable result. Therefore, we should not worry, if Thai got the sixteenth now. I also have a quick check for people who vote for Thai; as you can guess, over a half of the voters are Thais.
I have to tell that I a little bit disappoint, because I try looking for useful information which might be an academic opinion or reliable collective data. Some sort of information that can be used for improving my English skill or my confidence. However, I end up finding a joyful website which is ok for looking for amusing contents. Anyway, you can help me by comment my English accent or give an idea about common accent of Thai people when they speak English. Fortunately, we have two Chinese and one native-English speaker excellent teacher who can help us.
References
Sexist Accents Facebook Pool. Facebook. Retrieved August 23, 2011 From http://www.facebook.com/questions/10150343024785166/?qa_ref=qd
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