I’m into accents and think that it would be cool to learn a few british accents. Would anybody know the particular accent that is sometimes associated with the upper
classes? I think that would be intresting to speak.
Anything others that you guys find intresting? Thanks.
Get audio excerpts of British Parliament proceedings, speeches by Royal Family members, BBC news reports, etc. on media where you can repeat small segments at will. Play small segments again and again, repeating what is said while trying to match the accent in between the repetitions.
The Blue Raj from Mystery Men!!
Or as the guy above says, BBC Parliament channel would be good.
Or any British documentary or even some comedys. Look for one called Blackadder, if you can find it theres loads of good accents in it.
I was thinking about checking out the BBC parliament thing. I’ve seen that mystery men movie funny stuff. Thanks for the suggestions. I was also thinking about getting a CD that theatre people use for training accents but I can’t find out what
exact accent this is. I dont think i’m looking for the cokney accent…its not irish…anyway thanks!
[quote]lumbernac wrote:
I’m into accents and think that it would be cool to learn a few british accents. Would anybody know the particular accent that is sometimes associated with the upper
classes? I think that would be intresting to speak.
Anything others that you guys find intresting? Thanks.[/quote]
Brummies, Geordies, Scousers, Mancs, Grockels, they are more representative than Parliamentary speakers.
Fuck the British Parliament, I wanna talk like Ali G.
The BBC news type accents are great. You can listen to the BBC world service stream from your computer. As a bonus, it’s one of the best news sources out there.
[quote]chrismcl wrote:
Fuck the British Parliament, I wanna talk like Ali G.[/quote]
Fuck Ali G, I wanna sound like the Geico Lizard.
My Grandfather’s Bristol accent is pretty cool, I still have a hard time understanding him over the phone.
[quote]comedypedro wrote:
The Blue Raj from Mystery Men!!
Or as the guy above says, BBC Parliament channel would be good.
Or any British documentary or even some comedys. Look for one called Blackadder, if you can find it theres loads of good accents in it.[/quote]
Aahh, one of my favourite comedy shows of all time…Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson and Stephen Fry were simply magnificient.
Actually, I learned English as a kid by watching those shows over and over again.
I still remember most of the dialogue, though 
If you want to hear how the “Upper Classes” speak, look up “RP” or Received Pronunciation.
As far as other accents are concerned, England is famous for having loads of different accents and dialects, despite being a small country. The Cornish accent is pretty interesting and they have some bizarre local vocabulary that is sure to confuse most people.
Trouble is these days is that everyone speaks with a “mockney” accent in an effort to sound like some extra from a Guy Ritchie movie (a south Londoner) so it gets harder to tell where people are from by listening to their accent alone. For book fans this is known as Estuary English.
Well me and the wife are both Londoners and she was telling me about when she went into a McDs in New York and ordered some food.
Wife: “Big mac and fries please.”
Woman on till: “Oh my gaaad!” (obviously American) “I just love your accent! Say ‘Fries’ again…its so posh!”
Say what? A London accent is posh? No way Jose Queros. “I say old chap, would you mind awfly supplementing my order with your finest in potato sides?”.
More like “Oi! Hurry up with them f’in fries!” (Michael Caine style).
[quote]etaco wrote:
The BBC news type accents are great. You can listen to the BBC world service stream from your computer. As a bonus, it’s one of the best news sources out there.[/quote]
Im not sure about the world service but these days the BBC is little more than a propaganda tool of the current Labour government. Theyre very subtle in their ways so its hard to notice.
[quote]The Beast wrote:
If you want to hear how the “Upper Classes” speak, look up “RP” or Received Pronunciation.
As far as other accents are concerned, England is famous for having loads of different accents and dialects, despite being a small country. The Cornish accent is pretty interesting and they have some bizarre local vocabulary that is sure to confuse most people.
Trouble is these days is that everyone speaks with a “mockney” accent in an effort to sound like some extra from a Guy Ritchie movie (a south Londoner) so it gets harder to tell where people are from by listening to their accent alone. For book fans this is known as Estuary English.[/quote]
Dont you mean ‘sauf Landin’??
just curious as to whether other countries find an American accent sexy? I heard it is the women that find the cowboy accent sexy anyways just curious.
I say what subject is this and twain i shall provide thee with a map of the isle of britannia so thou can from whence these accents doth constrew their genesis
[quote]Wayland wrote:
I say what subject is this and twain i shall provide thee with a map of the isle of britannia so thou can from whence these accents doth constrew their genesis[/quote]
Mines not on there!
[quote]Wayland wrote:
I say what subject is this and twain i shall provide thee with a map of the isle of britannia so thou can from whence these accents doth constrew their genesis[/quote]
You, sir, are both a swine and a scoundrel.
I doth challenge you to a dual to the death!
Unless you are an actor don’t be the guy that fakes a British accent.
Everyone hates that guy.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
Unless you are an actor don’t be the guy that fakes a British accent.
Everyone hates that guy.[/quote]
Thats not my intention.
I just like accents and think that it would
be entertaining to improv a upper crust kind of character.
