The Kiwi Accent has just been voted the SEXIEST in the world?!

Most of us probably think that the New Zealand accent is pretty gross, and harsh - so it will probably come as a shock to find out that the Kiwi accent is pretty popular with foreigners. 

Big 7 Travel polled their readers from all across the globe to find the world’s sexiest accent for 2019 in order to entice their audience to travel more, and boy are we happy with the results. 

With nearly 7,000 languages in the world, it's pretty flattering, especially beating out classically romantic accents like Italian and Spanish.

Here's the Top 50 list:

50th. Croatian

49th. Romanian

48th. Thai

47th. Pakistani

46th. German

45th. Welsh

44th. New York

43rd. Chinese

42nd. Japanese

41st. Geordie

40th. Latvian

39th. Malaysian

38th. Austrian

37th. Norwegian

36th. Egyptian

35th. Swiss

34th. Russian

33rd. Greek

32nd. Scouse

31st. Dutch

29th. Nigerian

28th. Boston

27th. Polish

26th. Indian

25th. Vietnamese

24th. Mexican

23rd. Turkish

22nd. Arabic

21st. Filipino

20th. Zimbabwean

19th. Argentine

18th. Mancunian

17th. Jamaican

16th. Danish

15th. Ukrainian

14th. Hungarian

13th. Canadian

12th. Queen’s English

11th. Czech

10th. Brazilian Portuguese

9th. U.S Southern

8th. Spanish

7th. French

6th. Scottish

5th. Australian

4th. Italian

3rd. Irish

2nd. South African

1st. Kiwi

According to the website "To a novice ear, the New Zealand accent might sound just like the Australian accent, but Big 7 Travel readers disagree. The ‘Newzild’ dialect is outrageously charming. The sexiest accent in the world? It’s official."

Surprised?! So are we!