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Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:19 pm
I can do a french and scottish accent.
Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:48 pm
Eh not really. I can do a real good southern accent though, but mainly because I have one. Not the hillbilly redneck kind though. Although some stuff I say probably sounds real hillbilly. I can do a good Boston and New Jersey accent too.
Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:49 pm
Twitchy wrote:I can do a french and scottish accent.

Can you ACTUALLY do a Scottish accent? Most people who think they can really can't, the same as the english accent.
Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:34 pm
Ixist wrote:Twitchy wrote:I can do a french and scottish accent.

Can you ACTUALLY do a Scottish accent? Most people who think they can really can't, the same as the english accent.
Well, I made about 5 random people think I was scottish while talking to them. ^_^
(yes, I did go up to 5 random people in the street and start speaking in a scottish accent. Don't ask why).
I can also actually do a english accent!

^Is english.
Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:56 pm
I can speak french with a french accent... apparantly...
If I'm in the mood, I can do a passable brummy accent...
Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:59 pm
People say I sound like I am British, although I have never been to Europe. I would love to have a British accent though, the way they talk is just so funny
Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:15 pm
siouxper wrote:People say I sound like I am British, although I have never been to Europe. I would love to have a British accent though, the way they talk is just so funny

Would this be Media "British" (which doesn't exist) or one of about a million English accents?
I'm gonna guess Estuary English, that's the one most represented in the Media.
Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:07 am
I can manage to get rid of my local dialect when I need to sound more professional, but Im horrible at most accents. I cant do any sort of Southern American for anything, and I cant get over how strange people from Minnesota or the Dakotas sounded when I drove through. I wouldnt attempt British accents. Too many to distinguish, and I'd end up sounding like a muddled thing. I think the only thing I can do kind of well is French in French. Not Southern French though, as I cant understand them too well either.
When I was little, I used to pretend I was from Transylvania. Later on I had a friend with Romanian parents, heard then talk, and realized I sounded really bad.
Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:16 am
Ooh, I wish I could do a 'Hungarian speaking English' accent so I could pretend to be foreign in sticky situations, but I can't

The two words I can say with a Scottish accent are 'I'm SCOTTISH'
Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:01 pm
When I was in America a few years ago I got asked if I was from England.
Because, y'know, Australian and British accents are so similar.
Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:05 pm
Hmm...! Well I'm a bit rubbish in general, but my Brummie isn't too bad & my Welsh is alright until is starts spinning off into some strange Indian accent!
I am
desparate to do the Irish accent

Grah!
OH AND AUSTRIAN

Yes, baby! I can do that accent. Oh yes.
Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:27 pm
Alex wrote:When I was in America a few years ago I got asked if I was from England.
Because, y'know, Australian and British accents are so similar.
Well, yeah. I mean, the only obvious difference is that you people say "didgeridoo" instead of "trombone" and "kangaroo" instead of "Margaret Thatcher." And "platypus" instead of "lorry." Other than that, you're like twins.
Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:22 pm
I can do a pretty good "Texan" accent, since I've certainly had relatives that speak with it (including my parents, but they grew up in different parts of Texas than I did).
The area I grew up in has such a high turnover rate and is so culturally diverse that I almost don't hear accents anymore, unless they've VERY strong. This has resulted in me having pretty much a nondescript accent. I've had people think I'm from New York before, and at the time, I'd never even *visited* there!
Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:17 pm
Not really. This is a slight problem as of a few weeks ago, because I'm going to a drama camp, and we've been filming a movie, and my character has a French accent, and I'm sure I'm completely screwing that up.

I can't really identify or tell the difference between most accents. So I'd probably confuse British and Australian...and then I'd confuse them both with German or Italian or something...seriously.
Also, I can do a pretty good impression of a generic-something-or-other-ish-type-girl-thing-in-an-overly-stereotypical-school-with-labeled-cliques-and-stuff (as I said, I can't identify accents well

), but I'm not sure if that counts as an accent, really.
Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:13 am
Alex wrote:When I was in America a few years ago I got asked if I was from England.
Because, y'know, Australian and British accents are so similar.
I'm sure the rest of the world would confuse kiwi/aussie accents, and canadian/(non-southern) american accents even more

Do accents from countries that you used to live in or are part of your cultural background count? I didn't think so

. I guess the answer to the original question is no- I can't do any passable "foreign/fake" accents (not even french, which I studied for 7 years!

).
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