Madonna interview-can't help but think of SNL

[floridafam]

Madonna's interview on Oprah makes me think about the SNL skit where Gwyneth Paltrow is talking with a British accent and people keep asking her why.

Why does Madonna speak with an accent?

 

[rhanditresmom]

Because she lives in the UK and she thinks she is entitled now????? I don't know...speaking as someone who has lived overseas, it is sometimes easy to "take on" an accent if you hear it enough.

It is kinda irritating though.

 

[Tracy Savage]

Her hubby is British and I believe she's been living over there for a few years now, so I suppose you would pick some of it up. I noticed it too.

 

[Snow_White]

I was thinking the exact same thing. Weird.

 

[U2_rocks!]

Some people pick up accents very quickly. I know I do. It is almost a necessity for people who don't like to stand out, and therefore pick up the local accent quickly so that they won't be different from everyone else.

However, the reverse is usually true too - you get back your "old" accent when you go back "home" - so I'm not sure why she's still talking with a British accent in the US!

 

[momrek06]

So Madonna is speaking with a British accent....wow...my DS goes to college at the University of Glasgow, Scotland....he does not speak like he is a SCOT...

NOPE...he is not giving up his BOSTON accent for anything.....


ETA: Did you noticed that Terri Irwin, Steve's wife still speaks like she is from the USA despite the fact she has been in Austrailia for years and her Bindi (born and bred speaks Austrailian)...which obviously makes sense with Bindi but Terri still speaks with her American accent....so MADONNA

 

[cardaway]

Same reason many UK people come here and lose theirs.

 

[kdibattista]

Some people pick up accents very quickly. I know I do. It is almost a necessity for people who don't like to stand out, and therefore pick up the local accent quickly so that they won't be different from everyone else.

However, the reverse is usually true too - you get back your "old" accent when you go back "home" - so I'm not sure why she's still talking with a British accent in the US!

She wasn't in the US... she was in London and broadcast via satellite.

 

[Serena]

I pick up accents easily. I'm sure there are many people that do.

In fact, after an spending an afternoon with my dad I'll have a southern accent the next day.

 

[NMAmy]

I know I picked up a New Mexico accent when I lived there for many years. I pick it right back up again whenever I visit. One big difference was that I had to slow down A LOT--no one could understand me. When I came back to visit, my dad told me I sounded like a hick.

DH is British and has lived in the States for years. People here think he has a very English accent but his niece (who lives in London) told me, "You DON'T think he has an English accent, do you?" Umm...not after listening to you, honey! However, he does become more British when he's around his family.

It's pretty easy to do if you're around it all the time.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I picked up a VERY strong English accent after being in London for only two days. Apparently I never lost it either...I'm always being asked if I'm from England

I don't hear it.

 

[Beth76]

IIRC, she started the fake English accent way before she met her hubby and was living in London. I think she just wants to sound more sophisticated. Because it's not exactly a British accent, just a more "proper" accent.

 

[Jenn Lynn]

My Sister moved to KY from the Midwest and has somewhat of a southern accent sometimes. When she visits us or my parents it goes away.

 

[U2_rocks!]

She wasn't in the US... she was in London and broadcast via satellite.

I didn't realize that. Then it makes perfect sense to me that her accent was some sort of British - that's where she lives now (and for the last several years), and that's where she was when she gave the interview.

 

[beck0321]

I pick up accents easily. I'm sure there are many people that do.

In fact, after an spending an afternoon with my dad I'll have a southern accent the next day.

I know what you mean. I used to have a very down-da-bayou accent before I moved to BR. Now it's not as prevelant. But you better believe if I spend a weekend in Houma, I pick it right back up. DH makes fun of me because sometimes I slip really bad on certain words. He really enjoys poking fun when that happens!

 

[emily1982]

i think she sounds american! lol.

 

[Blondie]

Same reason many UK people come here and lose theirs.

I have several co-workers from the UK and Australia who've been in the US for years and have never lost their accent. It might not be as strong as when they first started living here, but an accent still remains.

You can definitely tell they're British or Aussie.

 

[emily1982]

i heard once that if you move somewhere before the age of about 25, your more than likely to loose your accent. In the 50's my great aunt moved to canada from the uk, now round here accents are very broad and its very much a local accent, she died last year and my nan said she spoke the same as the day she left.

 

[DisneyBlonde]

IIRC, she started the fake English accent way before she met her hubby and was living in London. I think she just wants to sound more sophisticated. Because it's not exactly a British accent, just a more "proper" accent.

I'm with you. The word pretentious comes to mind.

 

[KimR]

I did notice a very slight British accent but I didn't think it was very pronounced. I'd bet it's so slight the British people don't even notice it and hear only an American accent when she speaks.