I'd like to hear him do his "Batman voice" with a Welsh accent.
WTF? Is Gillian Anderson British?
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I'd like to hear him do his "Batman voice" with a Welsh accent.
I definitely think it's possible to have different accents and switch back and forth depending on the occasion. Even within my own family, my father normally had a thick Southern drawl but he would adopt a more neutral accent whenever when he was at work or conducting business over the phone. He indeed called it his "business voice".
Nardpuncher
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I guessed you missed the part where I said I lived in England till age 10.
Nardpuncher
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Because, in my opinion it seems strange to take on an accent after a certain age. I talked about it more in my other posts.
But if she had the accent as a child wouldn't she just be reverting to it? Or maybe she never lost it and took on a American one to fit in and get jobs.
It just happens. I doubt she does it consciously. My mom is originally from Pittsburg, and as soon as she starts talking on the phone to her family, by the end of the conversation you can start to hear the Pittsburg accent coming back through. I even adapt that accent if I visit them for a day or two. I don't do it on purpose; it just happens.
Well we're not all the same.
Your opinion is, of course, just that. It's also not supported by any concrete evidence.
Plenty of people's accents wander, depending on who they talk to or where they are. It happens to kme as well. As others have pointed out, contrary to your opinion, everyone is different. A wandering accent is no indiction of phoniness, weak-mindedness, or anything else derogatory.
True. On the contrary, a wandering accent I feel is also a sign of someone who has had broad horizons, a wide selection of experiences from which to draw, and has lived an eventful and cosmopolitan life so far.
or a gift for mimickry. i know a girl who does a really good Aussie accent and she could do that before she went there. when she came back, it was better still...
MeanJoePhaser
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Perhaps Gillian Anderson suffers from multiple personality disorder.
The United Kingdoms of Gillian!
The United Kingdoms of Gillian!
Odd that you'd say that, considering that Bale has made it clear in interviews that while he was born in Wales, he is not Welsh. He's English.
The switch is definitely better than the mix though. I grew up in Canada so I have the Canadian accent. My brother spent his first 10 years in Wales, then 10 here in Canada, and now another 10 in London. The "Souf-East London" part comes through, the Canadian and the Welsh are all there. No matter where he is he sounds like he's from somewhere else.
I'd take the dual accent thing anytime.
I'd take the dual accent thing anytime.
I think the weirdest accent i have ever heard was a person with a German/Geordie accent.
I pay good money to hear what you sound like after a couple of weeks in Glasgow.
I grew up in Detroit but moved down to Tennessee at age 11 and now live in Ohio. The other kids made fun of my speech at first but I don't remember anyone ever really batting an eye after a few years. So my accent must have adapted slightly. In fact, when I talk to relatives who still live in Detroit, it's startling to hear their Northernish accent which is kind of like a softer version of a Chicago accent.
I did spend almost two weeks in Ireland and I found myself developing a slight brogue over there. I was out drinking with some locals and I did an impression of an Irishman talking like an American which had them all on the floor. Although, I did steal it from the office scene from Meaning of Life.
I did spend almost two weeks in Ireland and I found myself developing a slight brogue over there. I was out drinking with some locals and I did an impression of an Irishman talking like an American which had them all on the floor. Although, I did steal it from the office scene from Meaning of Life.
I start picking up an accent after being on the phone with someone for a few minutes. Sometimes it's hard to keep it down and there's been a couple times I inadvertently offended people who thought I was mocking them. I'm nearly 50 years old. Dunno what I'd sound like if I spent a week or two somewhere where everyone had an accent.
Also, I don't know if it's a hard accent or not but after watching about a billion hours of Beatles interviews, I spent some time chatting with a friend who came from London and she said I sounded like a "dead-on scouser" when I did the dialect for her. She then went into some kind of grumbling Scottish thing of which I dinna unnerstan' a single werd!"
Trust me, age is NOT a factor against picking accents for some people.
Also, I don't know if it's a hard accent or not but after watching about a billion hours of Beatles interviews, I spent some time chatting with a friend who came from London and she said I sounded like a "dead-on scouser" when I did the dialect for her. She then went into some kind of grumbling Scottish thing of which I dinna unnerstan' a single werd!"
Trust me, age is NOT a factor against picking accents for some people.
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