Now I’m sure we’ve all determined that people with accents get way more action that those who don’t. This has been scientifically proven in the movie love actually.
So my question to you is this: If you could pick any accent in the world to have yourself, which would you choose? Myself, I wouldn’t mind having a British accent.
I can have them all. For some reason, I am a natural mimic…after a bit of exposure, I start to talk like what I am hearing. It takes effort not to, and I am often accused of “mocking” someone because I have adopted their accent.
Yeah, I’ve had that happen to me before. A few summers ago I was helping direct/act in a children’s show. The main director had some family in town for the summer from Britain and among them were two of the cutest kids ever. However, I found myself slipping into accent from nearly the moment I started talking to them. Not a very good thing.
Scottish, like Daniela Nardini’s accent from This Life.
I also second the Indian accent. My cousin grew up between Mumbai and Goa and she has the sweetest, most melliflous accent.
Truer words were never spoken! On the one or two occasions I’ve heard conversations in !Kung, I found it fascinating (not that I had the remotest idea of what they were saying). What do the !clicks! mean?
They’re a type of consonant. More here if you want to follow it up. These days the word San is often used in preference to !Kung, although the language (and the people) are still better known by the latter name.
I still have a very slight Dutch accent. Working hard to get rid of it.
But, have to admit, there are times where it just happens to come back. And yes, it does make a difference
It’s nice to see so many people wanting to speak with an Irish accent. But which sort of Irish accent?
Despite the relatively small size of the island, there are very strong regional differences. To take some Irish people you might have heard speaking, compare and contrast “the Rev” Ian Paisley (born in County Armagh) and the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern (a Dubliner - but not necessarily a typical one). There are even strong differences in the accents from neighbouring counties like Cork and Kerry.
Or do you just want an Oirish accent - like Sean Bean’s in Patriot Games?
I would love to have a Scottish accent. One so thick that even I would have problems understanding myself. Either that, or I’d have to go with a !Kung accent. It’d be truly bizarre to see an Asian person with that kind of an accent.
Isn’t it funny how experiences change one’s opinion? I am E. Indian, and I hate the Indian accent, personally. It drives me batty to hear British English tortured into Indian English.