The British Empire may no longer be the biggest on Earth, but the world still thinks their accents are the sexiest.
A British accent is the world's most attractive accent, according to a recent Time Out dating survey. A whopping 27% of 11,000 survey participants in 24 cities across the globe believe British accents easily outpace any other accent.
The United States placed second, with 8.7% of respondents voting that American was their favorite accent. Irish and Australian accents came in at No. 3 and No. 4, respeectively, meaning English-speaking languages rounded out the top four spots.
Here's the full list:
British
American
Irish
Australian
French
Italian
Spanish
Scottish
Latin American
Scandinavian
French, the language of love, placed a measly fifth; however, Frenchmen might prefer to cite the findings of a Hotels.com survey from 2013, which found that French was the world's sexiest language.
In 2009, Irish topped the list as world's sexiest accent in a poll of 5,000 women; French placed fourth while British finished at No. 6.
For now, though, the British accent can enjoy its reign. Cheers.