This seems like a weird choice to me

I have heard people from Boston whose English is downright hideous-- but many other people find it "cute"

Then there are also some Texans who are--well, maybe it's because as well as being awful their accents are so risible and easy to mock

TO SEE VIDEO:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30571262

What is America's "ugliest accent"? - 15 secs

9 June 2015 Last updated at 13:16 BST

Gawker Media asked people to vote on which city's accent they thought was ugliest out of a shortlist of 16.

The company told BBC Pop Up the contest was intended to celebrate the regions.

But in Pennsylvania - which had three of the 16 contenders - a number of people are unhappy to have won the inauspicious title.

This short is taken from a full feature video created by BBC Pop Up, the BBC's mobile bureau. The team relocated to Pittsburgh for the entire month of November in order to drum up crowd-sourced story ideas from the community: Pittsburgh shares its stories with the world.