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isPermaLink="false">http://diaspora.ie/starship/?p=4674</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The Irish lilt has topped a poll of the ‘World’s Sexiest Accent’!</p><p>5,000 women worldwide voted Italian second, Scottish third, and the French were demoted to fourth place!</p><p>Actor Colin Farrell seems to have done it for the ladies, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy is credited with blowing it for the French. He is reported [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Irish lilt has topped a poll of the ‘World’s Sexiest Accent’!</p><p>5,000 women worldwide voted Italian second, Scottish third, and the French were demoted to fourth place!</p><p><img
src="http://diaspora.ie/starship/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/CF21.jpg" alt="Colin Farrell" title="Colin Farrell" width="180" height="161" class="alignright size-full wp-image-4677" />Actor Colin Farrell seems to have done it for the ladies, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy is credited with blowing it for the French. He is reported as single-handedly changing the perception of how the world sees French men.</p><p>Here&#8217;s the top ten:</p><p>1. Irish<br
/> 2. Italian<br
/> 3. Scottish<br
/> 4. French<br
/> 5. Australian<br
/> 6. English<br
/> 7. Swedish<br
/> 8. Spanish<br
/> 9. Welsh<br
/> 10. American</p><p>The Poll was carried out by onepoll.com</p><p>Bit of fun methinks, but worth a mention!</p><p>Oh, and also worth a peek&#8230; <a
href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/brain-op-englishman-wakes-up-with-irish-accent-1675501.html" target="_blank">English man wakes up with an Irish accent after brain operation!</a></p><p>and this&#8230; <a
href="http://diaspora.ie/starship/2009/06/cork-accent/">Cork accent!</a></p><p><code><SCRIPT charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=V20070822/US/theiridia-20/8001/382fc191-89b0-497b-add6-ecf11ac2196b"></script> <NOSCRIPT><A
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