Depends on which accent.

Lenny Bruce said "Thank God Einstein came from Germany! If he'd told people about the Theory of Relativity in a Georgia accent they'd have laughed him out of the college."

Which British accent though? Like RP will make you sound intelligent, West Country makes you sound like a farmer, Northern Irish makes you sound like you're about to stab someone, Edinburgh makes you sound like a lawyer, Glaswegian makes you sound like a docker, Liverpudlian makes you sound like a rascal, Yorkshire makes you sound like a Union leader, and Shetland makes you sound like a folklorist.

don't worry, this malady can be cured by following british politics for a month or two

This is true- am British, lived in America. Also good for dating

It’s because we know you didn’t go to school in America

As an American, Boris Johnson and Nigel Garage still sound like morons to me. Factoring in a 20 IQ accent upgrade, puts them in the low 50s. How are they even able to speak?

I take twenty away.

I know what you people do at your soccer hooliganeries.

Clearly never spoken to a brummy

Then you see a pack of them getting off a Ryan Air or Wizz flight for a stag party in a place they picked for the sole reason of cheap pints and realize how misguided you were all along.

If you sound like Tom Hiddleston, sure.

If you sound like Shaun Ryder, probably not.

In their defence, Queens English (Kings English now?) or RP was what most (older) Brits grew up hearing from news and documentaries. I'm still conditioned to give more weight to an argument given in a formal accent.

Though I do love how shocked Americans are by the range of British accents. E.g. the pirate, in "Treasure Island" was using a particularly thick West country accent.

Also see "Hot Fuzz" for the best play on accents!

Oi mate how many points do Oi get with my Aussie vibe?

My boyfriend from the UK is actually staying with us right now and damn, the accent is powerful. Free food at restaurants, free drinks at bars. People just jumping into our conversations because they want to talk to him. Earlier this week we were taking the train to do some shopping, and when the ticket taker came around to get our tickets, he just said 'Oh, I'm from leeds, I didn't know I needed a ticket' (Even though I bought one for each of us already) and it was fine. Ticket taker just said 'Oh its all good, welcome to america' and just.... moved on.

Depends which British accent. This post is referring to, probably, a fancy southerner accent, but if you speak like a crazed man from Birmingham, less so I'd imagine.

One summer, when I was 19, I became deeply infatuated with a British girl and it took me two full weeks to realize she was really dumb.

How do You think this works for central Europe?

I'm pretty sure that doesn't apply to someone who speaks heavy Brummie or Scouse.

Well, if we're actually talking TX here, wouldn't that just about put you into Mensa territory - relatively speaking, of course?

Can I trade them for groceries?

Even the smart Brits are so bad at names that they just change them to English or mispronounce them to sound more white

I've seen Americans comment "bro is speaking English Premium" under videos from English Youtubers

Which british accent, though? Do they respond the same to Northern English? Scottish? Northern Irish?