Of course, not everybody from the UK talks like the queen.
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How to learn a British accent?
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You don't want to do that. You want to learn a Scottish accent.
I'd be impressed if you could make it realistic also.
You don't want to do that. You want to learn a Scottish accent.
I'd be impressed if you could make it realistic also.
After all "If it's not Scottish..............It's CRAP!"
(no offense to non Scots
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While we're on the subject, can someone in the UK tell me where the movie 'This is England' was supposed to be set? I really liked Woody's accent.
If I had an English accent, I'd want one just like Jarvis Cocker's.
If I had an English accent, I'd want one just like Jarvis Cocker's.
Well that's just going to make Jaffa's day
as for This is England, not seen, but think it's set in Nottingham. if so, get used to saying 'duck'
The last I heard, Britney dropped her British accent and is now speaking an accent, "...like a cross between Chinese and Spanish". I heard her on TV, and it sounds absolutely ridiculous.
Why can't she stop this nonsense and speak hillbilly like she normally does.
Try saying "It's Britney, bitches" with some sort of British accent. Not easy at all.
Try saying "It's Britney, bitches" with some sort of British accent. Not easy at all.
Just did, dead easy
To the OP, my best advice would be to expose yourself to as much English accented material as possible - films, radio, audiobooks etc etc
A lot of (younger) continental Europeans speaking English as a second accent have a slightly american edge to it, doubtless due to widespread exposure to American culture.
Ar, tha's not wrong theer!
T'old Cocker is from't Sheffield, and thats Yorkshur furall thee numpties out theer.
Shame he's a complete **** really!
Sean Bean is a much better and well known Sheffield man!
There are a number of Welsh dialects and accents, but the Welsh and English are two separate nationalities.
The BBC has an online accent and dialect archive with sound clips that you might find useful.
If you learn how to speak with a Yorkshire accent, you'll find that people will like you wherever you go.
Aye, lass / lad.
Have you heard Joss Stone's faux American accent.
Very funnnnnny.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RIOdFs3DX24
Just did, dead easy
But it would sound silly. It sounds much better in her typical American voice, and even then, it still sounds rather stupid.
Oh no, why do people want to learn a welsh accent?
Comedians seem to be very good at it, examples would be Jack Dee and Bill Bailey. Listen to them mocking us Welsh, that'll give you an idea how to put on a pretty authentic (if amusing) Welsh accent.
Comedians seem to be very good at it, examples would be Jack Dee and Bill Bailey. Listen to them mocking us Welsh, that'll give you an idea how to put on a pretty authentic (if amusing) Welsh accent.
To mock you more authentically (?).
The best way to learn an English accent is to date an English girl.
Speaking of dialects, I was on a flight from back home to Phoenix last week, and the lead FA had a dialect (prior to departure) that sounded very close to Jane Horrocks (The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, Chicken Run), which I'm guessing is Lancashire (as that's where Jane's from). The FA's accent wasn't quite as sharp as Jane's but it was definitely "country."
Lo & behold, as soon as the cabin door closes and she begins to make announcement, suddenly this cultured, proper, and oh so silky upper-class (and authoritative) accent comes out of her. Sounded like Tracey Ullman's Trevor. Then she'd come by to chat, and it was back to the original.
Oddly enough, I find I do something similar (albeit with an American accent) when I'm speaking publicly, or on a PA system. I definitely alter my dialect, almost subconsciously. What's even more strange (or endearing, or annoying, depending on your POV) is my "absorption" of dialects I hear, with no attempt to mimic them. Put me in the right crowd long enough, and you'd swear I'm not from the US. It's confused a lot of people, including relatives and close friends, but I never hear it in my own voice. You shoulda heard me after a year in Japan. Weird...
Lo & behold, as soon as the cabin door closes and she begins to make announcement, suddenly this cultured, proper, and oh so silky upper-class (and authoritative) accent comes out of her. Sounded like Tracey Ullman's Trevor. Then she'd come by to chat, and it was back to the original.
Oddly enough, I find I do something similar (albeit with an American accent) when I'm speaking publicly, or on a PA system. I definitely alter my dialect, almost subconsciously. What's even more strange (or endearing, or annoying, depending on your POV) is my "absorption" of dialects I hear, with no attempt to mimic them. Put me in the right crowd long enough, and you'd swear I'm not from the US. It's confused a lot of people, including relatives and close friends, but I never hear it in my own voice. You shoulda heard me after a year in Japan. Weird...
Also known as your telephone voice, you've got to sound posh when talking to the masses
I kept getting told I had an accent when I went to University the first time and to this day I still haven't worked out what one it was. I have lived in the centre of Surrey all my life. The nearest I can come up with is modified received pronounciation. What is a typical Surrey accent for those that don't liuve in Surrey? I always thought we had a rather neutral accent compared to the rest of the country. Even London is quite different.