Re:Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British acc...
by amiga386 on Monday May 15, 2023 @12:33PM
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> UK actors putting on US accents
Yeah but Hugh Laurie in House though
> For US readers, the currently growing new London accent is awful and nothing like the 'Cockney' accent you might expect from watching older films. I've yet to see a US actor try that.
Multicultural London English. It's not "awful", although you are entitled to your views. Personally, I think it's great for comedy, have you heard Big Shaq's Man's Not Hot ?
Re:Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British acc...
by ndsipa_pomu on Monday May 15, 2023 @12:16PM
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> As a Brit the only convincing fake British accent I can remember in many years is James Marsters who played Spike in Buffy.
That's strange, I always thought his accent was awful and I'm a Brit too. Spike was one of the best characters though.
As a Brit the only convincing fake British accent I can remember in many years is James Marsters who played Spike in Buffy. I never once suspected he was American (in the pre-internet days).
Mid-Atlantic accents such as Loyd Grossman, are hard on the ears. "Soss", rather than "sauce" is particularly odd.
And then flip it - UK actors putting on US accents. Most of them sound to me like they're from the West Country such as Somerset, just rolling their Rs.
For US readers, the currently growing new London accent is awful and nothing like the 'Cockney' accent you might expect from watching older films. I've yet to see a US actor try that.