Is this the sexiest American accent? Europeans think so

It's no secret that Americans love European accents, but a new survey shows the feeling is mutual. 

Europeans find Southern accents particularly alluring, closely followed by New Yorkers, Bostonian accents and Southern Californian accents, according to a survey from Global language-learning app Babbel. 

To get an idea of which American accents make Europeans heart pitter-patter, a team of linguistics experts from Babbel identified seven U.S. accents and surveyed almost 500 Generator Hostel workers who hail from 34 countries. 

These people hear a lot of accents in their work.

Here's how the accents favored:

1. Deep South (20%)

2. New Yorker (18%)

3. Bostonian (17%)

4. Southern Californian (16%)

5. Texan (14%)

6. Midwestern (10%)

7. Minnesotan (5%)

While New York came in second in this survey, a 2015 survey of 1,000 British Airways travelers New Yorkers had the "sexiest regional accent," and Bostonians sounded the most "intelligent." 

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