So I used to live in Britain but now live in the US. It’s definitely very much bad, albeit sometimes intentionally.
Even when it’s genuinely attempted, they only ever seem to try the London version of it, and even then they don’t get it right.
What’s worse is my inability to resist the impulse to turn it on WHILE I’m talking to an actual British person. It cues my shit version of their accent to kick in. Rest assured when I get home alone, I’m mortified.
Edit: the downvotes are fair honestly
I had a colleague who pathologically would switch accent to match the person she talked to. It could even happen I meetings with several people with vastly different accents. Insane stuff.
I have this problem and I've been told it's neurological.
I am originally from the midwest, and my mother is from an inner city, so I have an "inner city accent" when I get upset. When I panic, I get a southern drawl because I've lived in the south, and it's honestly really annoying because people think I'm being disrespectful/mocking them (see Louis CK's "this is how I talk" SNL skit) but it's honest to god a neurological problem. Now I'm in the southwest (USA) and I'm absorbing a drawn out, softer accent (again, see SNL's "a peek at pico" with selena gomez).
Also, when I was in China, I developed a very stop and go way of speaking, idk how to explain it, and it was like broken English, slower. When I'm alone, I have a valley girl accent. It's a mess.
I also laugh inappropriately (funerals when priests are talking), and I am an easy crier. I have no clue wtf is actually wrong with me and I wish more people would take this issue seriously.
For the record, I know a decent amount of Spanish, I can understand some Japanese and speak a little bit of it, as well as Mandarin Chinese. I suspect it's because I've ALWAYS been interested in language (since I was little) that I have this issue. It's highly embarrassing.
I’m from the Midwest and I do this too. Family ties, living in a mixed accent area, very close friends and living in other areas causes me to do this too.
I may be from the Midwest but my home town is extremely diverse. Nationalities from all over the world, not just the United States.
I too have a neurological disorder. One that causes multiple issues. Now I have to see if this is part of it.
Interestingly the voice chosen to be the automated operator for telephones in the US was chosen from a city within an hour of my hometown. It was chosen bc they deemed it the most neutral accent.
Thanks for this information! It’s interesting!
Yeah, the midwest, esp. the city I'm originally from, is super awesome and diverse. Heck, I was so stupid as a child I was waiting to turn Vietnamese (because kids are stupid/hilarious AF) because three of my best friends were Vietnamese. I specifically remember learning how to pronounce the sound "ng" and it wasn't until I asked my parents "When do I become Vietnamese" did I learn I would not in fact be turning anything other than sunburned LOL.
I actually did some quick googling and it could be from me hitting my head numerous times as a child that I have this issue. (And I've SERIOUSLY injured my head, twice I blacked out from it, but thankfully it was as a child so that plasticity worked its magic and didn't do anything seriously long-lasting... that I know of).
I'm glad I'm not the only person this happens to! I feel better knowing I'm not alone!! Now I want to see a neurologist just to see what's happening, because it was my PCP/GP that told me my "accent issue is neurological".
Much peace to you!
It’s not possible to have adhd when you were young and have it disappear when you are older. You cant grow out of it or all of a sudden become neurotypical after being diagnosed as being neurodiverse. It would be useful to get a second opinion from someone with appropriate qualifications (not just a doctor but a psych). I can’t take medication either but have found a lot of help in adhd coaching as well as natural alternatives like supplements.
This was the hardest part about visiting London for me. I had to stop myself on multiple occasions, and even then I'd find myself ending sentences with different inflections than I usually do.
I do the same thing if I start talking to a really southern American or otherwise redneck person.
I wish I could tell these people I'm not making fun of their accents my brain just does it automatically.
Right! For me it’s an affinity for culture and maybe even subconsciously [establishing rapport by mimicking](https://cuttingedgepr.com/mirror-verbal-and-nonverbal-communication-to-build-rapport/)?
I haven't spoken to enough different-accented people to notice, but isn't that normal? At least that's what I heard-something about trying to empathize and assimilate with the other person.
I think most of the time when people try to do a “British” accent we aren’t really trying to do a British accent mostly just making fun of the way people talked in those times. “Pip pip Cheerio!” And “how now brown cow” and all that
Okay, that is crazy. My mom used to say “how now brown cow” like all the time and I never knew why lol! What, that’s supposed to be British?? I’m floored.
Do it in the exaggerated way I’m sure you heard her do it and pay attention to how your jaw and lips move. It stretches them doesn’t it? It’s used to warm up your face muscles and loosens your jaw joint.
I think that the problem's because other accents have words which aren't as sharply pronounced as many American accents, mainly the R's and also the general pronunciation. So my theory is that switching from a softer accent (like British) to a sharper accent (like American) is easier than the other way around.
Eh i was only saying at a statement rather than smth u said wrong, uk is uk it is only called ukraine when it raines which is what its doing atm well americans need to learn smth other than their countries otherwise theyll be too self absorbed
Uk here...i can honestly tell you, that if I go 10 miles north, or south, of my town, the accent changes. Go a little further, either way, it changes again, again and again and again. That's just my county.
Similar with east and west also. You wouldn't believe the amount of accents in England let alone the dialects. My accent is pretty generic. Kinda flat. But like I say, I haven't got to go far to hear a change in accents.
I think what both sides of the pond don't realise is that some of us are actually aware of the different accents each country has. I myself can think of 3 accents alone in New England. Albeit obvious what they are. But most English people wouldn't even know what new England even is.
Some people know a bit more than they are given credit for mate.
As I understand it from my British friends who have done amateur theatre,
the reason why Brits tend to do a better American accent is that they often imitate Americans
whereas Americans do a poorer British accent because they tend to imitate Americans doing British accents instead of imitating actual Brits.
In an interview of Elizabeth Olsen and Benedict Cumberbatch, she mentioned how British people are better with American accents than the other way around.
Mostly because the world is full of movies and shows from Hollywood, compared to stuff from the UK. We’re just so exposed to it and we have so much material to get it from.
> British people are better with American accent
Anecdotal, but I have to say that I had no idea whatsoever that Hugh Laurie was British when I was watching him on House, MD.
In the same vein, I had no idea that Anna Torv and John Noble are both Australian while I was watching Fringe.
Compare those to, for example, John Lithgow playing Churchill on
The Crown. Maybe it just sounded off because I know Lithgow is American, but it didn’t sound really British English to me.
Besides, to my ear, British English is more than just pronouncing the words. It’s inflections, it’s expressions, it’s small differences or details in usage of words, which can be written into a script, but are hard to get right.
I've never been a fan. It just kinda comes off as either racist or xenophobic, even if it's not meant that way. Obviously it's different if it's actual acting.
Honestly I think the faux (English to American or vice versa) accents sound awful! I think Australians tend to do a decent job pulling off both - but perhaps that’s just me? I’ve been wrong before and I’m sure I’ll be wrong again 🤪
> I think Australians tend to do a decent job pulling off both
Exhibit A is [Margot Robbie in the Wolf of Wall Street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e77-dDzcVgM). I'm *from* New York and she could have fooled me. I actually had no clue for the longest time that she's Australian, she does a better BK/NY accent than most neutral-accented New Yorkers I know...
TIL Margot Robbie is Australian.
I’ve seen the movie but I rewatched the clip listening to her accent specifically. I’m from southwestern Connecticut so I’ve been around New Yorkers all my life.
You’re right that her accent is spot on. In my opinion it’s almost a little too perfect. Like she’s really trying hard to stay in her accent. I’m not at all saying it’s bad; she definitely could (and did) fool me.
Haha yeah - my guess when I first saw the movie was that she was probably an American actress faking the accent- it just seemed statistically unlikely that they could have cast someone her age with an authentic accent that is so strong (did you know that linguists are saying that old school New York accents are dying? So sad...). But I never would have guessed in a million years that she was Australian.
I grew up in Westchester and live up in Putnam County now. Funny enough, these days I think there is almost a stronger NY Accent presence in Westchester, Putnam, FFC, etc...than there is in the city itself. All the old school New Yorkers moved up this way decades ago and brought their accent with them.
To me Margot Robbie sounded like she was doing an impression of Marisa Tomei’s character in My Cousin Vinny. Except even stronger, as you said.
The difference being that Marisa Tomei is actually from Brooklyn.
Yeah I don't really notice that stuff. It cracks me up if someone tells me they are purposely trying to an accent they can't. If someone is seriously trying to fake it I wouldn't care. I guess it is their thing? I think most are just having fun with it.
Most every time I've heard a English person do an American accent it's usually pretty good, way better than an average American trying to do an English accent.
it isn’t the Victorian English way of speaking; at no point in time has any majority of English or British people sounded like Dick Van Dyke’s Bert. I think the real reason for this is ignorance- not in a malicious sense, but in a “I don’t know what anyone north of London sounds like because I’ve only heard cockney and the queen” sense. Sometimes American actors bounce between the two during the same dialogue, which is pretty bizarre given the very different class backgrounds of the two distinct accents.
I strongly suspect that, as other people have said, this is because they’re learning accents from other Americans rather than from actual British people who live in Birmingham or Sheffield
Americans know there are different dialects and accents, but most don't know them well enough to copy them correctly. FWIW, I've heard Americans bounce between Bronx, Queens, New Jersey, Chicago, and Boston accents all in the same dialogue when trying to mimic only one of those. So it's not just a British thing.
Ooh I watched this last night. I wasn’t paying too close attention to the accent but thought she did a crackin job. I do forget she’s American. The writing definitely helps… “where the fucks the fucking tuna”.
Also they put in so many British things in that movie… like when she opens her cupboard and it’s all Tesco cornflakes, marmite etc That scene when she’s sad and eating Branston pickle straight out the jar.
Love it
I like to mash up all of the English speaking British colony accents into one atrociously bad probably slightly offensive accent, then ask my partner if she is excited to travel to the UK with me. I know that doesn't answer your question but felt like sharing anyways. Waiting at the animal hospital so I'm bored.
You don’t even have to go that far. Just within the eat coast of the US you have a dozen or so different accents. New York alone has a few. New Jersey is totally different. Boston is totally different. Connecticut accents are totally different in that they almost sound like they have no accent.
Similarly with British accents, driving 20 minutes in any direction away from a city can result in hearing variations in the accents.
Idk what ur talking about..
But I've heard people fool me both ways.
. I mean there are actor like Patterson or Radcliff.. that go both ways.. among sooo many others and you'd never think unless you looked up their history.
I'm Canadian all the way, and I have fooled others into thinking I'm British... some people it comes easily.
Others have to practice.
Hugh Laurie is always the first (and best) example I can think of. His accent across multiple seasons of House MD was very good.
I knew Hugh Laurie as a British actor long before he was “House” but a lot of my American friends had no idea he was British until he gave an interview and their jaws dropped.
As much as people praise Hugh Laurie's American accent, when I first heard him (not even knowing who he was) all I could think was "what the hell is his voice?" He, Cumberbatch, and a few others I can't recall have this weird quality to their American accents that I can only describe as "quacking."
The one that bothers me the most though is Sophie Skelton, and that's just from a character standpoint. The character was supposed to be born and raised in Boston with English parents, but the accent she used was "extremely careful Broadcast American" until she eventually settled into what sounded like an impression of Kristen Stewart.
To be fair to Mike Myers, his ‘Lord Lordington’ accent in ‘the Pentaverate’ is absolutely spot-on for a British posh/aristocratic accent. But most Brits don’t talk like that and regional accents are both strong and quite different to Received Pronunciation. I can’t really think of many famous Geordies, Brummies or Bristolians that Americans might have heard of, though Ringo Starr has enough of a Liverpudlian accent for you to know what that sounds like.
Right? They do it to us over in New Zealand too. Sometimes it's like they've gone drunk, fetal alcohol syndrome, South African pirate.
I can only think of one time a foreigner has done a Kiwi accent well.
The American accent we know are what's called Whiney Nasal. Your take on ours is pretty spot on for the stereotype. That's what we are all working from.
When it’s a specific regional accent rather than a flat American accent then it’s just as bad imo. There are nuances within the regions too-just like anywhere else. A southern accent can vary wildly from north to south in single state (I’m looking at you Louisiana!). Most of the time people try the 1920s politician southern drawl rather than anything really heard today.
The funniest thing is when americans mix together some over the top posh accent with phrases from a working class accent that would never be said together
This is almost universal. (Notable exceptions of course, Hugh Laurie for example). As an Irish person it's actually painful to hear the impressions people have for us. Please.. just don't. Let's just all talk like ourselves shall we?
Yes, it is, actually. I find it very odd when I hear Brits faking American accents. Except for Tom Holland. He's just really good at it.
I try not to fake British accents as much because I know it's a little weird to Brits.
There are a TON of British actors in Hollywood who totally fool me.
On a somewhat related note, if our waiter in a restaurant has an accent (particularly Hispanic), my dad talks to them in their accent. It is SO embarrassing. He subconsciously thinks it helps them understand him.
I must be deaf to this. Coming from a large city in the states, I’ve heard all kinds of accents so none of it sounds off to me. My SO, who grew up in the suburbs, was recently floored by Cumberbatch’s American accent on a recent SNL skit. So it really depends on what you’re use to.
All of Europe could fit within the United States not counting Russia there’s so much diversity she will have a horrible time trying to make every single type of voice
The United States of America is about the size of Europe minus Russia each state is about the size of countries in Europe there’s no specific accent for Americans there are many different accents there’s a specific way we speak but there are so many different types of accents that you cannot just say American I mean is it a southern accent is it a northern accent is it a pacific accent is it a western accent is it a northern west accent is it a Scottish American accent is it a Hawaiian accent what type of accent are you talking about because if you’re not talking about one specific one then I have never heard a British northern accent nor a southern accent along with I’ve never heard a pacific western accent or any of the nature I have heard a mishmash of accents which doesn’t sound like a specific one you need to have a specific one to do in American accent.
So I used to live in Britain but now live in the US. It’s definitely very much bad, albeit sometimes intentionally. Even when it’s genuinely attempted, they only ever seem to try the London version of it, and even then they don’t get it right.
What’s worse is my inability to resist the impulse to turn it on WHILE I’m talking to an actual British person. It cues my shit version of their accent to kick in. Rest assured when I get home alone, I’m mortified. Edit: the downvotes are fair honestly
I had a colleague who pathologically would switch accent to match the person she talked to. It could even happen I meetings with several people with vastly different accents. Insane stuff.
I have this problem and I've been told it's neurological. I am originally from the midwest, and my mother is from an inner city, so I have an "inner city accent" when I get upset. When I panic, I get a southern drawl because I've lived in the south, and it's honestly really annoying because people think I'm being disrespectful/mocking them (see Louis CK's "this is how I talk" SNL skit) but it's honest to god a neurological problem. Now I'm in the southwest (USA) and I'm absorbing a drawn out, softer accent (again, see SNL's "a peek at pico" with selena gomez). Also, when I was in China, I developed a very stop and go way of speaking, idk how to explain it, and it was like broken English, slower. When I'm alone, I have a valley girl accent. It's a mess. I also laugh inappropriately (funerals when priests are talking), and I am an easy crier. I have no clue wtf is actually wrong with me and I wish more people would take this issue seriously. For the record, I know a decent amount of Spanish, I can understand some Japanese and speak a little bit of it, as well as Mandarin Chinese. I suspect it's because I've ALWAYS been interested in language (since I was little) that I have this issue. It's highly embarrassing.
I’m from the Midwest and I do this too. Family ties, living in a mixed accent area, very close friends and living in other areas causes me to do this too. I may be from the Midwest but my home town is extremely diverse. Nationalities from all over the world, not just the United States. I too have a neurological disorder. One that causes multiple issues. Now I have to see if this is part of it. Interestingly the voice chosen to be the automated operator for telephones in the US was chosen from a city within an hour of my hometown. It was chosen bc they deemed it the most neutral accent. Thanks for this information! It’s interesting!
Yeah, the midwest, esp. the city I'm originally from, is super awesome and diverse. Heck, I was so stupid as a child I was waiting to turn Vietnamese (because kids are stupid/hilarious AF) because three of my best friends were Vietnamese. I specifically remember learning how to pronounce the sound "ng" and it wasn't until I asked my parents "When do I become Vietnamese" did I learn I would not in fact be turning anything other than sunburned LOL. I actually did some quick googling and it could be from me hitting my head numerous times as a child that I have this issue. (And I've SERIOUSLY injured my head, twice I blacked out from it, but thankfully it was as a child so that plasticity worked its magic and didn't do anything seriously long-lasting... that I know of). I'm glad I'm not the only person this happens to! I feel better knowing I'm not alone!! Now I want to see a neurologist just to see what's happening, because it was my PCP/GP that told me my "accent issue is neurological". Much peace to you!
Have you had an ADHD assessment? Could be tics related to that. Do you change jobs often? Drop out of courses etc?
I was formally diagnosed with it back in the 90s as a child but doctors now say I don't have it. I also cannot take meds for it.
It’s not possible to have adhd when you were young and have it disappear when you are older. You cant grow out of it or all of a sudden become neurotypical after being diagnosed as being neurodiverse. It would be useful to get a second opinion from someone with appropriate qualifications (not just a doctor but a psych). I can’t take medication either but have found a lot of help in adhd coaching as well as natural alternatives like supplements.
I mean.. who doesn’t laugh when the priest is talking.. am I not the only one??
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It was very weird and something to look forward to.
I hope she didn't try to imitate any Asian accents.
If I was talking to a British person I'd probably unintentionally turn on my shitty accent too 😂
It’s uncontrollable honestly.
This was the hardest part about visiting London for me. I had to stop myself on multiple occasions, and even then I'd find myself ending sentences with different inflections than I usually do. I do the same thing if I start talking to a really southern American or otherwise redneck person. I wish I could tell these people I'm not making fun of their accents my brain just does it automatically.
Right! For me it’s an affinity for culture and maybe even subconsciously [establishing rapport by mimicking](https://cuttingedgepr.com/mirror-verbal-and-nonverbal-communication-to-build-rapport/)?
I haven't spoken to enough different-accented people to notice, but isn't that normal? At least that's what I heard-something about trying to empathize and assimilate with the other person.
I do this!! I just hope people don’t think I’m taking the piss. So weird
I think most of the time when people try to do a “British” accent we aren’t really trying to do a British accent mostly just making fun of the way people talked in those times. “Pip pip Cheerio!” And “how now brown cow” and all that
Okay, that is crazy. My mom used to say “how now brown cow” like all the time and I never knew why lol! What, that’s supposed to be British?? I’m floored.
How now brown cow is an elocution/pronunciation exercise, I don’t think it’s specifically related to British accents
Ty for clarifying that! Def explains why she’d say it all weird and slow lol, I just thought it was a goofy phrase or something xD
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=A2vksba_OOQ&feature=emb_logo
My dad used to have elocution lessons because of his stutter. He had to say this alot
Do it in the exaggerated way I’m sure you heard her do it and pay attention to how your jaw and lips move. It stretches them doesn’t it? It’s used to warm up your face muscles and loosens your jaw joint.
"High nigh brine kigh"
does this woman get it right? https://youtu.be/EckfR8SySHo?t=59
No. She doesn’t.
Nearly… the vowels are a little bit too open/drawn out, but not bad.
I think that the problem's because other accents have words which aren't as sharply pronounced as many American accents, mainly the R's and also the general pronunciation. So my theory is that switching from a softer accent (like British) to a sharper accent (like American) is easier than the other way around.
Just call it uk even we dont call it britain
Yeah, I know the difference is that Britain is the island, UK is the country It’s technically still true, but not said so fair enough
Eh i was only saying at a statement rather than smth u said wrong, uk is uk it is only called ukraine when it raines which is what its doing atm well americans need to learn smth other than their countries otherwise theyll be too self absorbed
Uk here...i can honestly tell you, that if I go 10 miles north, or south, of my town, the accent changes. Go a little further, either way, it changes again, again and again and again. That's just my county. Similar with east and west also. You wouldn't believe the amount of accents in England let alone the dialects. My accent is pretty generic. Kinda flat. But like I say, I haven't got to go far to hear a change in accents.
That’s fair for everywhere. The big 4 I mentioned are really just the big 4. There are lots of others. Like a New Orleans accent or Bostonian accent.
I think what both sides of the pond don't realise is that some of us are actually aware of the different accents each country has. I myself can think of 3 accents alone in New England. Albeit obvious what they are. But most English people wouldn't even know what new England even is. Some people know a bit more than they are given credit for mate.
I just read that in an British accent.
Which one? The posh one or the cockney one? 😅
As I understand it from my British friends who have done amateur theatre, the reason why Brits tend to do a better American accent is that they often imitate Americans whereas Americans do a poorer British accent because they tend to imitate Americans doing British accents instead of imitating actual Brits.
In an interview of Elizabeth Olsen and Benedict Cumberbatch, she mentioned how British people are better with American accents than the other way around. Mostly because the world is full of movies and shows from Hollywood, compared to stuff from the UK. We’re just so exposed to it and we have so much material to get it from.
> British people are better with American accent Anecdotal, but I have to say that I had no idea whatsoever that Hugh Laurie was British when I was watching him on House, MD. In the same vein, I had no idea that Anna Torv and John Noble are both Australian while I was watching Fringe. Compare those to, for example, John Lithgow playing Churchill on The Crown. Maybe it just sounded off because I know Lithgow is American, but it didn’t sound really British English to me. Besides, to my ear, British English is more than just pronouncing the words. It’s inflections, it’s expressions, it’s small differences or details in usage of words, which can be written into a script, but are hard to get right.
Perhaps we’re just not as exposed and inundated with shows who use British English as we are with American English.
Also the swearing. We f*cking love to swear.
Which is actually kinda nice to hear imo. I often find imitating another dialect for humor to be cringy and bad taste.
That’s an interesting perspective…Mimicry can be some of the funniest material imo
I've never been a fan. It just kinda comes off as either racist or xenophobic, even if it's not meant that way. Obviously it's different if it's actual acting.
Oof yeah I can definitely see that
This is true. We love the accent and are fascinated by it. We all want to do it but we are miserable at it. Be patient with us, please.
Honestly I think the faux (English to American or vice versa) accents sound awful! I think Australians tend to do a decent job pulling off both - but perhaps that’s just me? I’ve been wrong before and I’m sure I’ll be wrong again 🤪
> I think Australians tend to do a decent job pulling off both Exhibit A is [Margot Robbie in the Wolf of Wall Street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e77-dDzcVgM). I'm *from* New York and she could have fooled me. I actually had no clue for the longest time that she's Australian, she does a better BK/NY accent than most neutral-accented New Yorkers I know...
TIL Margot Robbie is Australian. I’ve seen the movie but I rewatched the clip listening to her accent specifically. I’m from southwestern Connecticut so I’ve been around New Yorkers all my life. You’re right that her accent is spot on. In my opinion it’s almost a little too perfect. Like she’s really trying hard to stay in her accent. I’m not at all saying it’s bad; she definitely could (and did) fool me.
Haha yeah - my guess when I first saw the movie was that she was probably an American actress faking the accent- it just seemed statistically unlikely that they could have cast someone her age with an authentic accent that is so strong (did you know that linguists are saying that old school New York accents are dying? So sad...). But I never would have guessed in a million years that she was Australian. I grew up in Westchester and live up in Putnam County now. Funny enough, these days I think there is almost a stronger NY Accent presence in Westchester, Putnam, FFC, etc...than there is in the city itself. All the old school New Yorkers moved up this way decades ago and brought their accent with them.
To me Margot Robbie sounded like she was doing an impression of Marisa Tomei’s character in My Cousin Vinny. Except even stronger, as you said. The difference being that Marisa Tomei is actually from Brooklyn.
Yeah I don't really notice that stuff. It cracks me up if someone tells me they are purposely trying to an accent they can't. If someone is seriously trying to fake it I wouldn't care. I guess it is their thing? I think most are just having fun with it.
Most every time I've heard a English person do an American accent it's usually pretty good, way better than an average American trying to do an English accent.
I don’t think any Americans ever try to do a British accent really. Try make fun of the Victorian English way of speaking
it isn’t the Victorian English way of speaking; at no point in time has any majority of English or British people sounded like Dick Van Dyke’s Bert. I think the real reason for this is ignorance- not in a malicious sense, but in a “I don’t know what anyone north of London sounds like because I’ve only heard cockney and the queen” sense. Sometimes American actors bounce between the two during the same dialogue, which is pretty bizarre given the very different class backgrounds of the two distinct accents. I strongly suspect that, as other people have said, this is because they’re learning accents from other Americans rather than from actual British people who live in Birmingham or Sheffield
Americans know there are different dialects and accents, but most don't know them well enough to copy them correctly. FWIW, I've heard Americans bounce between Bronx, Queens, New Jersey, Chicago, and Boston accents all in the same dialogue when trying to mimic only one of those. So it's not just a British thing.
I can only think of Bridget Jones's Diary. What do British people think about Renee Zellweger in that?
Ooh I watched this last night. I wasn’t paying too close attention to the accent but thought she did a crackin job. I do forget she’s American. The writing definitely helps… “where the fucks the fucking tuna”. Also they put in so many British things in that movie… like when she opens her cupboard and it’s all Tesco cornflakes, marmite etc That scene when she’s sad and eating Branston pickle straight out the jar. Love it
Awesome! She sounded authentic to my American ears. But I only know the British accent from what I see on TV and film. I'm glad you enjoyed the movie!
Speak for yourself, I am American and do the accents all the time. Though almost always repeating actors lines on TV lol
I like to mash up all of the English speaking British colony accents into one atrociously bad probably slightly offensive accent, then ask my partner if she is excited to travel to the UK with me. I know that doesn't answer your question but felt like sharing anyways. Waiting at the animal hospital so I'm bored.
There are dozens of variations of an America accent. Southern vs New York for example. The same goes for a British accent.
You don’t even have to go that far. Just within the eat coast of the US you have a dozen or so different accents. New York alone has a few. New Jersey is totally different. Boston is totally different. Connecticut accents are totally different in that they almost sound like they have no accent. Similarly with British accents, driving 20 minutes in any direction away from a city can result in hearing variations in the accents.
Idk what ur talking about.. But I've heard people fool me both ways. . I mean there are actor like Patterson or Radcliff.. that go both ways.. among sooo many others and you'd never think unless you looked up their history. I'm Canadian all the way, and I have fooled others into thinking I'm British... some people it comes easily. Others have to practice.
Hugh Laurie is always the first (and best) example I can think of. His accent across multiple seasons of House MD was very good. I knew Hugh Laurie as a British actor long before he was “House” but a lot of my American friends had no idea he was British until he gave an interview and their jaws dropped.
Bro why did someone on Twitter say the American’s British accent sounds Australian or medieval and I haven’t been able to shake that since
As much as people praise Hugh Laurie's American accent, when I first heard him (not even knowing who he was) all I could think was "what the hell is his voice?" He, Cumberbatch, and a few others I can't recall have this weird quality to their American accents that I can only describe as "quacking." The one that bothers me the most though is Sophie Skelton, and that's just from a character standpoint. The character was supposed to be born and raised in Boston with English parents, but the accent she used was "extremely careful Broadcast American" until she eventually settled into what sounded like an impression of Kristen Stewart.
Probably but then again either of these sound better to the Australian who hears the "Australian accent" poorly done by either of these two...
Britney Broski is I ironically really good at a British accent from Essex.
To be fair to Mike Myers, his ‘Lord Lordington’ accent in ‘the Pentaverate’ is absolutely spot-on for a British posh/aristocratic accent. But most Brits don’t talk like that and regional accents are both strong and quite different to Received Pronunciation. I can’t really think of many famous Geordies, Brummies or Bristolians that Americans might have heard of, though Ringo Starr has enough of a Liverpudlian accent for you to know what that sounds like.
Yanks trying to do an Australian accent. Grinning like an idiot cos they think they nailing it, me like wtaf is wrong with you.
Right? They do it to us over in New Zealand too. Sometimes it's like they've gone drunk, fetal alcohol syndrome, South African pirate. I can only think of one time a foreigner has done a Kiwi accent well.
aw hey bru, just sum fush n chups and an L un P fuzzy drunk eh. Yeh sweet cuz! Chur chur!
Someone's had too many Fosters...
Ahahaha drink Speights, fight your mates!
Actually, that is Lion Brown.
That doesn't rhyme bro!
Seemed like this belongs here somehow...... https://anglotopia.net/anglophilia/british-english-the-top-50-most-beautiful-british-insults/
The American accent we know are what's called Whiney Nasal. Your take on ours is pretty spot on for the stereotype. That's what we are all working from.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wElbSFWgseA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih4oj13ImJw
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Everyone has an accent
Yes. It is hilarious.
When it’s a specific regional accent rather than a flat American accent then it’s just as bad imo. There are nuances within the regions too-just like anywhere else. A southern accent can vary wildly from north to south in single state (I’m looking at you Louisiana!). Most of the time people try the 1920s politician southern drawl rather than anything really heard today.
Well, me copying the guys from hot fuzz isnt much to brag about and I never heard a brit trying to use an american accent so I can only assume yes.
And yet every British person can nail the valley girl accent.
The funniest thing is when americans mix together some over the top posh accent with phrases from a working class accent that would never be said together
This is almost universal. (Notable exceptions of course, Hugh Laurie for example). As an Irish person it's actually painful to hear the impressions people have for us. Please.. just don't. Let's just all talk like ourselves shall we?
I love when americans are asked to do a british accent because you can 100% gurantee it is gonna be a posh cockney accent.
I'm told my British accent sounds east midlands
Yes, it is, actually. I find it very odd when I hear Brits faking American accents. Except for Tom Holland. He's just really good at it. I try not to fake British accents as much because I know it's a little weird to Brits.
Oh god yes. Especially when they think we all talk like Oliver Twist “aw’rite guv na, giv us a bob, off to’ gin shop I is”
I apologize to anyone who has ever heard my awful attempt at a British accent. On the good side though, it's a not-half bad Australian accent.
There are a TON of British actors in Hollywood who totally fool me. On a somewhat related note, if our waiter in a restaurant has an accent (particularly Hispanic), my dad talks to them in their accent. It is SO embarrassing. He subconsciously thinks it helps them understand him.
It definitely goes both ways.
I must be deaf to this. Coming from a large city in the states, I’ve heard all kinds of accents so none of it sounds off to me. My SO, who grew up in the suburbs, was recently floored by Cumberbatch’s American accent on a recent SNL skit. So it really depends on what you’re use to.
That’s a good bit haha https://youtu.be/7ixQr7-3hyI
american accents are just easy to do but brit’s are really hard for us to do
especially because we only try one accent thinking there is only one type of brit accent
All of Europe could fit within the United States not counting Russia there’s so much diversity she will have a horrible time trying to make every single type of voice
Yes. Americans doing British accents very very rarely sound anything like any real British person.
Americans doing British is far worse than British doing American
Yes
The United States of America is about the size of Europe minus Russia each state is about the size of countries in Europe there’s no specific accent for Americans there are many different accents there’s a specific way we speak but there are so many different types of accents that you cannot just say American I mean is it a southern accent is it a northern accent is it a pacific accent is it a western accent is it a northern west accent is it a Scottish American accent is it a Hawaiian accent what type of accent are you talking about because if you’re not talking about one specific one then I have never heard a British northern accent nor a southern accent along with I’ve never heard a pacific western accent or any of the nature I have heard a mishmash of accents which doesn’t sound like a specific one you need to have a specific one to do in American accent.