What accent can you do best?
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Welsh, it's proper lush it is (Not sure which region it best fits). I can hold a pretty decent generic Russian accent too, had a Russian teacher for a couple of years. Used to be a able to do a deep south American accent, but that took a hell of a lot of practice and I'm not sure I could still do it well.
Beyond that, pretty much any English regional accent you care to mention. It's probably worth pointing out my years of acting, so I've had to pin down quite a few accents over the course of it. =P
Beyond that, pretty much any English regional accent you care to mention. It's probably worth pointing out my years of acting, so I've had to pin down quite a few accents over the course of it. =P
I can do Canadian (eh), British, Irish, Scotish, Australian, Russian, German, Southern. These I can do best. I also do a good impression of a scandinavian captain, apparently.
Well, you can get different levels of Welsh. One of my friends hails from Cardiff and speaks with a south coast accent (i.e. very very very mild at most).Psycho Cat Industries said:
If you want to compare, youtube Huw Edwards (he's a Welsh BBC news broadcaster) and compare him with... oh, I don't know, Peter Snow (he's as English as news broadcasters come).
My best is probably Australian (although I've been told I sound like a Kiwi when I do it)
I can also do Lowlands Scottish, stereotypical Irish, German, French, Russian, stereotypical high-class English, stereotypical Cockney, Canadian, and New York City / New Joisey.
Accents I would like to do, but can't seem to get right are Welsh and Pennsylvanian.
I'm originally from Western New York, and despite having gone to college in Texas, have thankfully not picked up that one.
I can also do Lowlands Scottish, stereotypical Irish, German, French, Russian, stereotypical high-class English, stereotypical Cockney, Canadian, and New York City / New Joisey.
Accents I would like to do, but can't seem to get right are Welsh and Pennsylvanian.
I'm originally from Western New York, and despite having gone to college in Texas, have thankfully not picked up that one.
British. For one reason or another, I can do an absolutely impeccable British accent. My two personal favorites are just my voice with a British inflection over it, and the Nigel Tufnel voice.
I've can do a Russian accent well enough to have people ask me if I'm actually Russian. Beyond that, I can do little bits of Scottish and Irish. I could probably do more accents, just need to listen to them more.
French. Being Canadian I was required to take French classes in elementary through to highschool, and I suppose having relatives that lived in Quebec (Canada's French province) gave me a good taste of how the accent sounds. Not to mention I love the sound of the French language and felt arbitrarily rude not using the accent.
These days it drives me crazy when a primarily English speaking person speaks fluent or decent French but does so without the accent. I took a trip to France back in highschool and one of the girls on the trip had spent a year there so knew French amazingly well, but she never once used the accent.... I wanted to hit her over the head with a baguette so badly...
These days it drives me crazy when a primarily English speaking person speaks fluent or decent French but does so without the accent. I took a trip to France back in highschool and one of the girls on the trip had spent a year there so knew French amazingly well, but she never once used the accent.... I wanted to hit her over the head with a baguette so badly...
German. I can really capture the anger of the stereotypical German man
Ah! Ich bin wütend! Bringt mir mehr Wurst und Bier!
Ah! Ich bin wütend! Bringt mir mehr Wurst und Bier!
Most people cant tell where I am from, I have dropped the weird "oo" and "a" in my Minnesota accent. But I am able to do a convincing Minnesota accent, as well as a Hispanic accent, and a decent Spanish accent in Spanish (As in the country Spain Spanish accent)
I can do a passable Irish accent, although it's mostly come from listening to Flogging Molly, so make of that what you will. My RP accent is oddly Australian-sounding. I can do a decent impersonation of Sean Bean, whatever northerly accent he may have. Russian is fun to attempt, but I have a feeling mine is more Hollywood Russian than actual Russian.
Best of all though is my generic Eastern Seaboard accent, which I can lapse in and out of without effort.
Best of all though is my generic Eastern Seaboard accent, which I can lapse in and out of without effort.
I'm Norwegian, but I speak English with a Britsh accent, mostly like, I don't know, Londoners?
I can also do a fairly OK Glasgow accent and some stereotypical Scottish accent too.
I can also do a fairly OK Glasgow accent and some stereotypical Scottish accent too.
I can do a passable Aussie or British accent. Out of those, I think Cockney's the best I can do. I'm American, by the way.
Beyond that, I think the best I can do is a southern accent. It sorta helps that my parents are from southern states and I live in one, so I'm not sure if it counts. My regular voice is pretty neutral, though.
Beyond that, I think the best I can do is a southern accent. It sorta helps that my parents are from southern states and I live in one, so I'm not sure if it counts. My regular voice is pretty neutral, though.
