In surprising news, it seems Brits are considered to have the most attractive accent in the world, according to an international survey.
French may be the language of love, but us Brits topped the new poll from Time Out, which questioned 11,373 people from around the world by a generous margin. The survey, comparing dating scenes in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo and Beijing, found that 26.7 per cent of people found British accents the sexiest. They must mean the posh version, surely…
It seems voters in New York, Paris and Sydney are most likely to fall for the Brit accent, while the American accent fell into second place, followed by Irish, Australian and French – who picked up just 7.7 per cent of the vote.
However, when it came to the best dating scene, surprisingly, London only ranked in sixth place (personally, we think Londoners were too busy dating to complete this survey) with Paris topping the poll (with 83 per cent of Parisians saying they loved the dating scene there), followed by Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Chicago. 55 per cent of Londoner’s thought the capital’s dating scene was a good one.
When it came to “happy daters” 45 per cent of New York daters described themselves as “sad to be single”, while Sydney was the self-proclaimed city with the happiest singles with 31 per cent saying they were “proudly single”.
When it came to dating etiquette, 53 per cent of respondents said kissing on the first date was acceptable, while one in 10 felt that sex on the first date was fine. People had an average of 3.53 dates before having sex. 41 per cent of respondents and over half of those in London, LA and Chicago also said it took two to three minutes to decide whether they wanted a second date.
Dates tended to end with a kiss (53 per cent), awkward goodbyes (21 per cent), nudity (20 per cent), disappointment (28 per cent), a second date (40 per cent), friendship (15 per cent), a serious relationship (12 per cent) and ‘f***buddyhood’ (urgh, really hate that term) 10 per cent.
Hitting Google and social media before meeting up for a date is now common practice, with 58 per cent of those surveyed checking out their prospective date before meeting, with 73 per cent of Parisians admitting to this. It is also acceptable to see other people until you have reached six dates and nine dates before couples consider themselves to be dating exclusively.
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