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Elephant
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Canada
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 Posted - 01/22/2005 : 21:02:25
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| I can do "Southern American" (Redneck), I remember in Drama class a while ago there was a girl who could do this really awesome Irish accent... I really can't do many other accents, I remember as a kid I could do a bunch, I guess over the years - I've lost the skill. |
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cvanepps
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 01/23/2005 : 08:16:25
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But can you do regular American? That seems to be much tougher for UK types to pull off. For instance, John Cleese or Michael Caine doing an American accent makes me want to poke my eardrums out. But then you have someone like Claire Forlani or Guy Pearce who can do it better than most of us yanks. The only accent I can do really well is Australian.
-= It's not easy to kidnap a fat man =-
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
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Posted - 01/23/2005 : 08:38:26
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yanks doing brit accents cracks me up.
I cant do american ones very well, more so recently, i tried to do one the other way and it became irish - so i guess i can do an irish accent.
I used to have a really strong cockney accent, but lost it over the years.
my b/f can do a really great aussie one too, but he lived there for a year, so i guess he has an advantage.
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
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Posted - 01/23/2005 : 10:08:52
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i CAN DO A FRENCH ACCENT
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 01/23/2005 : 10:11:39
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Kate Winslett is pretty good at doing an American accent.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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cvanepps
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 01/23/2005 : 11:10:03
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Gypsy, you mean you didn't care for Renée Zellweger's Bridget Jones? 
Actually, to be honest, my accents tend to be merely impressions of characters I've seen in film. I can do a mean Tony Montana ("first joo get the money, then joo get the power") or Mad Max ("two days ago, I saw a rig that could 'aul that tanka"). So I'm a fraud. 
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 01/23/2005 : 11:14:25
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I couldn't tell an Aussie from a Kiwi from a South African accent
if my life depended on it. I can barely tell the Irish from the Brits.
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cvanepps
= Cult of Ray =
USA
442 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2005 : 11:22:27
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Originally posted by floop
Kate Winslett is pretty good at doing an American accent.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!
Sorry for the double post but I thought of a couple more brits that can do great American accents. Damian Lewis, from Band of Brothers. In fact, I had no idea he was English until I listened to the "behind the scenes" interviews on the DVD set.
Another is the great Gary Oldman, although he really had to work on it. If you watch Criminal Law, his American is pretty bad. But in The Contender, it's amazing.
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 01/23/2005 : 13:06:43
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Apparently my South African impression is like a slightly posh Cape Town one. How's that for specific?
I can do a bit of Welsh as well, I guess, i live with two of em, for my sins.
And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/23/2005 : 13:24:33
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family is irish so I can do that, lived in wales for three years so no problem there, I do a good northern (lancaster AND sheffield) and a quite convincing brummie
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/23/2005 : 13:46:20
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I would like to hear these Australian and South African impressions 'cos I think they are the hardest to do well.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2005 : 17:05:33
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What about a Catalan speaking Castillian? After that, you can't hear
Spanish spoken by any other national without cringing.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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