Hey guys, I'm going to England soon. Im going to watch a few matches and just absorb English culture. I also want to try out my Queens English accent that I have been working on. let me know how good you think it is and what I need to improve on. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc14hHg6kk8"]Please rate my english accent! - YouTube[/ame] (p.s. I suck at reading)
Yes, it sounds like you are from Queens. It's actually not bad, but about every 8th word goes a bit funny, hence the Australian comment. It prem-e-AIR, by the way, not prem-EAR. And half is Hahf, although that was the one word that sounded like it might in the southwest. Bath is also Bahth, unless you are from the north. You could probably get away with it for short sentences, but any longer than that and those Australian sounding words would draw some odd looks.
Agreed, don't try to fake the accent, you run the risk of offending somebody. Just be polite and respectful and I think you'll find people are more responsive to you as an American.
Brad Friedel has an accent all of his own. It doesn't sound anything like English. I've said before Brad sounds like he learned elocution from listening to Robin Williams' curious Mrs Doubtfire accent, which was supposed to be English, but went on a tour of all of the British Isles, except the one country "she" was supposed to be from.
Ya know I can read you guys, you don't have to refer to me as he. And yeah I'm not an idiot, I would just go up to some random brittish guy and talk like that, I just kinda ment with my family or on the plane, this was more just to try to improve it and get some tips. Thanks guys look forward to supporting clelsea at Stamford bridge soon. ps you don't have to call me a kid, I can take whatever you say, just be honest.
none of the Brits around here are going to give you any slack. as a Yank, I thought your accent was an interesting blend of a bunch of different elements, as if you had been reared in England, came to the States when you were 6 or 7 and had been back in a different part of England from 11 or 12 on. certainly, it's not pure from any standpoint, but there's no way it's Aussie, not even close.
Yes, you'll look like a right t__t doing an 'English accent' whatever that is. There is no such thing as an English accent, and few talk like 'English' characters in American TV. That is a lazy fantasy.
There are English accents. That there isn't one is certainly true. I can identify by my own ear at least 5 Indiana accents and at least 15 North Carolina accents.
tom is just having a bad day. it happens to folks now and again. if he thought about it he probably would express the idea differently, like maybe say that there isn't just one English accent but scores of them. on the other hand, maybe he's just some internet jerk picking on a kid.
For that matter, the kid said which English accent he was going for and didn't do an altogether bad job of it. It won't fool anyone, but I hear worse ones from professional actors.
it might fool someone who grew up in Devon or Cornwall who never watches the telly, but i doubt that it would fool anyone with a modicum of sophistication.
It's tough to fake an accent for anything longer than a couple of sentences. Consistency is the problem. I can fake a variety of accents but I'd never pass as a native speaker for longer than 2 minutes.
a certain percentage is the discernment quotient of the hearer/listener. i doubt seriously that many Americans would be able to suss out the fact that Hugh Laurie/House isn't American, but we Yanks encounter relatively little in the way of "fake" American accents ( who wants to "pass" as an American ). i was similarly unaware, initially, that Simon Baker is Tasmanian, which might be somewhat different from mainland Aussie, but i'm guessing.
I grew up in Dublin, Ireland. To American ears I have a generic sounding Irish accent but any Irish will quickly hear it as a Dublin accent. I can fake a generic Norn Iron, Scottish, and English accent. I can do an Australian accent as long as I'm reciting a certain Monty Python skit. And courtesy of relatives in Liverpool I can do a passable Scouser accent. I've never been able to nail down the Welsh or Geordie accent. Here's a short video on the dangers of having a strong accent. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMS2VnDveP8"]Scottish Elevator[/ame]