american accent?
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lavenderowl — 18 years ago(October 24, 2007 01:35 AM)
The only one I think does the best impression of the American accent is Hugh Laurie (who plays House). It is so hard to fake any type of British or Irish accents. Trust me I have tried and it isn't pretty. I have a (accentless) California accent, I don't know if its makes it more difficult, but I adore British accents.Not to mention Irish!
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Kathryn-3 — 18 years ago(December 02, 2007 09:27 PM)
Funny. Unless they do it really, really well, I just can't stand to hear actors try to do an American accent (or an American doing a British one). Some actors keep trying over and over and they just can't (I'm talking to you, Michael Caine). And I was just blown away when they cast Jenna Malone and Donald Sutherland in Pride and Prejudice. They just can't hack it, and there are so many great actors who don't have to try that hard. I haven't heard Hugh Laurie do American on House, but I was recently watching A Bit of Fry & Laurie (from the late 80s, early 90s) in which he and Stephen Fry often did bad American accents. He must have been practicing a lot since then!
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yellow_cheesie_frogs — 17 years ago(November 16, 2008 11:42 AM)
I'm American and I can always tell when someone is faking an American accent. I think it's mainly the way we say our words. And I don't mean accent, I mean like how we put the stress on the begining part of our words. I've noticed that with a lot of British actors, when they do an American accent, they will have our accent, but still put the stress on the second part of the word, like the British do.
Example: we would say RE-search as opposed to re-SEARCH. I hope I exaplained that well enough.
House really is amazing, but he's one of the few.
I find a lot of American accents annoying. I have an unaffected accent. The kind that most of the celebreties have. I'm from the east coast.
I like southern accents, excpet when they sound like trailer park accents. It's so annoying. And I hate the way people from Minnesota speak. Also, Alaskans, because I tihnk they sound like Canadians, another accent that I hate. I could never listen to Sarah Palin, because her accent made me want to punch something.
I do love Scottish and Irish accents as well as Australian. But with English it all depends on where the person is from. If they do that thing where they don't pronounce the last letter of the word (like "wha" instead of "what") then I hate it. If it's something like a London accent, then I love it. -
vinnychase — 17 years ago(November 19, 2008 09:19 PM)
You see, almost all the movies and tv shows that people around the world watch are American. The accents are are American. So people have become so accustomed to it they really don't even notice the American accent anymore. It's not foreign sounding after a while.
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Kathryn-3 — 18 years ago(December 02, 2007 09:29 PM)
Holly Hunter is from Georgia, and her accent is pretty distinctive. A lot of people from urban Georgia now sound like they could come from anywhere in the US. Most American's can't tell the difference between the various Southern accents either. Just listen to Kevin Costner try to do New Orleans in JFK. Ouch!
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shainajosh — 18 years ago(December 18, 2007 11:47 AM)
I'm American so I guess my vote doesn't count, but I like many of our accents. I've grown up in the south, but I am told that most of the time I just have the general American accentthat is, until I spend some time with relatives and my speech gets flat and slower. The southern American accent is sometimes softer than ordinary American dialect, and from what I've heard from others, may be attractive to others.
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funeralfriend — 18 years ago(January 07, 2008 05:21 PM)
Well,
I'm an English boy, born and raised in Windsor (South)
My accent is considered to be the queens English. I don't use any slang words or the like mainly because I cannot stand them.
My views on the American accent can differ. I've visited many parts of the United states, There were some accents which, (And I don't mean any offence at all) made the person sound a bit dumb or dim-witted, Mainly those from southern states like Texas, Alabama and Oklahoma etc. However, Accents from California and that area I find quite nice, New york'ers accents I think are great. I have to say though as a whole I do like the American accent. -
Lark_Pash — 18 years ago(January 09, 2008 06:21 PM)
I always wondered on this same topic. I think accents are attractiveI think all of them are so unique. I happen to live in South Carolina and I don't talk that Southern being raised partly in Arizona. So, basically I talk REALLY fast (like Californians) with a slight southern accent. It's weird.
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funeralfriend — 18 years ago(January 09, 2008 08:36 PM)
A lot of the time I seem to read on various comment boxes and forums etc that a large amount of American men disliked the whle British accent as I guess they felt threatened by its power on the American females ?
I have to admit though it is strange how much an accent can change a persons attractivness to people from another part of the world though.
For example I have friends over in Las vegas who I visit often and who come to visit me. When we are out in bars and the like the attention I recieve out there is massive for the sole reason of me being English And vice versa, the guys when over here in England are swamped for being American.
So I suggest this. Countries should just swap and gender and we'll all be happy
though the country size might be a problem, I can't see 200,000,000 American girls fitting in England really, and it would be a bit empty in the states with only 35,000,000 women