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okay i live in England .. and i was wondering if all you Americans think that the British accent is posh and snobby ? because in all the american films i have seen the english girl is always posh and well spoken ! ? cant u recognise the other accents around england??
okay elegance .. i guess u havent ever spoken to a yorkshire person lyk me or a liverpool accent??
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I think you kind of missed the point here; the American directors of the films almost certainly use an instantly-recognisable English actress because the film is aimed at American audiences. Comparitively few Americans meet English people; to ask them to recognise, say, a Manchester, or a Geordie accent is only to confuse them.
I think you kind of missed the point here; the American directors of the films almost certainly use an instantly-recognisable English actress because the film is aimed at American audiences. Comparitively few Americans meet English people; to ask them to recognise, say, a Manchester, or a Geordie accent is only to confuse them.
Identifyng The British Accent?
Q. Why is the British accent so distinct?
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LOL WTF is a 'British' accent?? :-) You HAVE to be American for asking a question that dumb!
There are basically nine totally different regional/national accents in the UK. The first two are related but distinct from one another (1. sounds snobby and old-fashioned, 2. sounds educated/successful without the negatives of 1 But they share features). The other seven are as different from each other as each is to, say, the American accents or Irish etc.
Some of these can be split into many, many different sub-regional accents. Especially #8 Northern England.
1. Received Pronunciation (The kooky way the Queen and a tiny handful of mainly very old upper class people speak.)
2. Standard 'BBC' English (The accent of most news anchors and broadcasters, many well-educated people, the pronunciation a dictionary would direct you to use after each word.)
3. London and South East England
4. Eastern England
5. West and South Western England
6. Welsh
7. Midlands
8. Northern England
9. Scottish
None of these could be called a 'British accent' because they are all British accents - but are completely, radically different from one another. As an example, a Western/South Western English accent has far more in common with a Standard American accent than it does with a Northern English accent from just 300 miles away.
LOL WTF is a 'British' accent?? :-) You HAVE to be American for asking a question that dumb!
There are basically nine totally different regional/national accents in the UK. The first two are related but distinct from one another (1. sounds snobby and old-fashioned, 2. sounds educated/successful without the negatives of 1 But they share features). The other seven are as different from each other as each is to, say, the American accents or Irish etc.
Some of these can be split into many, many different sub-regional accents. Especially #8 Northern England.
1. Received Pronunciation (The kooky way the Queen and a tiny handful of mainly very old upper class people speak.)
2. Standard 'BBC' English (The accent of most news anchors and broadcasters, many well-educated people, the pronunciation a dictionary would direct you to use after each word.)
3. London and South East England
4. Eastern England
5. West and South Western England
6. Welsh
7. Midlands
8. Northern England
9. Scottish
None of these could be called a 'British accent' because they are all British accents - but are completely, radically different from one another. As an example, a Western/South Western English accent has far more in common with a Standard American accent than it does with a Northern English accent from just 300 miles away.
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