can you talk with a British

[Pop Daddy]

axcent ?, I cant always wanted to be able to do that, when i try I always end up sounding like Arnold Schwarzenegger

 

[Saphire]

I spent a month in England when I was 17, and when I returned home I bothered all my friends with my new accent. I immersed myself in their lovely way of speaking, but once I got home it faded in a few weeks.

 

[alexandria674]

Yeah, as a kid I would watch PBS all the time and I would mimic the actresses on Masterpiece theatre.

 

[Pop Daddy]

Yeah, as a kid I would watch PBS all the time and I would mimic the actresses on Masterpiece theatre.

I just cant do it, know matter how much I listen to others I end up sounding like the Gov of California

 

[maelstrom]

A little bit.

My best friend went to college in Scotland and she can pull off a perfect Scottish accent. You'd have no idea she is American. I like to mess with people who don't know her and introduce her as my friend from Scotland and she does her accent and nobody can tell she isn't really from Scotland.

 

[Feralpeg]

I can't, but DD can. She can also do an Irish accent. She studied Paul Meier techniques. He is a dialect coach used by many actors, She is very good at various British dialects and Irish.

 

[Handbag Lady]

Yes. I can do Norwich and Brum.

I am horrible at cockney and London.

 

[Rebelmom67]

Um, no. Pretty much every accent I attempt ends up sounding like something off of "My Name Is Earl". I curse the south, it permeates into speech from the time we are babes!!

 

[freckles and boo]

I would rather listen to a yummy Englishman speak than try to fake my way through an accent. I am working on a play with one right now. Very nice.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

axcent ?, I cant always wanted to be able to do that, when i try I always end up sounding like Arnold Schwarzenegger

ROFL...tryin to picture that!

My daughter can say something about 'would you like some water'...

I can't do any accents, except my southern ya'll stuff

 

[CourtasanSatine]

I can sort of fake it via Doctor Who but I would love to have Gwen's accent (Torchwood).

 

[jimmalru80]

Yes I can and I don't come on sounding like a wanker.

 

[NMAmy]

After spending time with DH's family, I unconsciously pick it up but work really hard to make myself stop. I just came back from a week over there so the vocabulary has worked its way into my regular speech but I've stopped short of the accent.

DH cannot speak with an American accent--he sounds like Hugh Grant in Mickey Blueeyes.

 

[Buckalew11]

yep. I'm pretty good at accents. I'm not originally from TN though .

 

[DISUNC]

Top of the Mornin, Min'ster!

I am really good at mimicking accents. I Got Talent!

 

[diznygirl]

Dad's Scottish and I STILL can't do an accent. I can roll my Rs tho.

 

[Buckalew11]

I think rolling your R's comes down to heredity, LOL. I can, DH can't and neither can DD. What is that called? DD learned about it in biology.

 

[AustinTink]

Spent a week in London and annoyed my DH by mimicking the accent. I can't help it, it's just so jolly! It was like a week long Monty Python skit!

 

[RoyalCanadian]

Yes. I can do Norwich and Brum.

I am horrible at cockney and London.

Nice to see that someone realizes there is really no such thing as a British accent. There are regional accents within Great Britain.

A Geordie is going to sound different than a Scouser who sounds different than a Man of Kent, who probably sounds a lot like a Kentish Man.

 

[minnie56]

Yes. But I was born there...My entire family never lost their accent so by osmosis..though from age 5 I lived here in Canada..it went in! When I go back to London, it's as if I never left. Go figure.