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Fake Accents: Do they grid your gears?

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TheVrolok said:
It usually doesn't bother me any more than any of the regional American accents. To define a single "American" accent would be rather difficult.
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The "official" American accent of broadcast news is the midwestern Ohio/Indiana/IL accent. Not sure if that's exactly right, but it's some midwestern accent from around there that any anchor is required to use if they want to broadcast for any news station. local as well.

Though you'll still find some anchors launching into some regional dialect from time to time.

:sneaky:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qB6DWWUPXY
 
Mostl goes unnoticed. However, fake American Southern accents annoy me more than anything.
I can't stand more than 5 minutes of True Blood for this very reason.
 
I like the accent (or lack thereof) Hugh Laurie puts on to play House. Is that what you meant? Owait
 
I guess I got my answer. It seems like most you of don't really notice when a someone is faking an accent.

That explains why there are so many going about.

As someone said, maybe we hear the other accent underneath. But then why isn't that true the other way round. We can pick fake Australian accents but you guys can't pick fake American accents. Weird.

I'm supprised so many people think House does an accurate accent, it's bloody terrible.
 
My buddies Mexican girlfriend manufactures a fake accent every time she speaks ANYTHING in spanish. Drives me fucking batty.
 
RocksteadyDotNet said:
I guess I got my answer. It seems like most you of don't really notice when a someone is faking an accent.

That explains why there are so many going about.

As someone said, maybe we hear the other accent underneath. But then why isn't that true the other way round. We can pick fake Australian accents but you guys can't pick fake American accents. Weird.

I'm supprised so many people think House does an accurate accent, it's bloody terrible.
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I think you're misinterpreting. Many of us have said we notice, but otherwise don't really care. Also, it's tough to place an accent sometimes because there are many American accents. Take your example of Hugh Laurie, I knew he English from day 1 so I could place his underlying accent, but I had a lot of friends who would simply say, "Something sounds off about the way he speaks, but I can't quite say what" and then just move on. So I don't think it's that Americans "can't tell," it's just that some people aren't sure whether it's a foreign or American accent the actor is attempting to mask. Others still don't give a shit.
 
ShawnD1 said:
I'm sorry but Batman is not an accent. It just isn't.

Worst accent ever was David Schwimmer trying to be Polish. It was the worst thing ever made.
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Not what I'm talking about... Bale is English and his American accent is distracting as fuck. Has nothing to do with Batman.
 
Platypus said:
Not what I'm talking about... Bale is English and his American accent is distracting as fuck. Has nothing to do with Batman.
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Really cause I never even noticed it at all until I saw him on the carpet. He's used so many different accents in his movies: The Fighter and the Machinist comes to mind (and Batman if you count Batman as an accent LOL)

I never knew Colin Ferrel had one too until I saw him on Jay Leno where they had to beep everything he said years ago.
 
I do notice Nicole Kidman's accent showing through in her American characters, but again, it doesn't bother me. Like other people said, there are so many different accents in America that you just let it blow over. Also, I find that Johnny Depp has a sort of European sounding tone to his voice, even though he and his accent are in fact American, and it's a nice sound. So if Europeans or Australians don't hide their accent perfectly, it isn't really annoying, it may even be more pleasant.
 
RocksteadyDotNet said:
With the exception of Sarah from Chuck, I can instantly tell when someone is faking an American accent, and it just takes me out of the show.
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It's funny, because to me, her american accent is a bit off. She messes up the R's.

But then again, I knew she was australian anyway, so that probably was in my mind.

On topic though, no it doesn't bother me. A majority of the time, I never even notice that the actors were british (or australian), and usually I'm surprised when I find that they are.
 
Usually doesn't bother me because as long as it doesn't sound distinctly British or Aussie then it could be from tons of places in the US.

What I hate are horribly done southern accents. I probably notice this more living in the south.
 
zinfamous said:
The "official" American accent of broadcast news is the midwestern Ohio/Indiana/IL accent. Not sure if that's exactly right, but it's some midwestern accent from around there that any anchor is required to use if they want to broadcast for any news station. local as well.

Though you'll still find some anchors launching into some regional dialect from time to time.

:sneaky:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qB6DWWUPXY
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Hey, someone from other than the neutral-accent land actually got it right! Go you!

I'm from NW Ohio, and have always said the neutral-accent for American TV is the way we talk here.

I'd say your definition is probably the best loosely-categorized one to sum it all up. There are so many pockets across our region where there is a definitive accent, but then again, sometimes it might be hard to pick up unless you're from the region.

Southern Ohio, however, especially the rural folk, definitely have a strong accent that anyone should be able to pick up.
Not only do the rural Southern Ohio folks typically annoy me to rage and/or tears, their accent only makes it all worse.

Worse, my one roommate during school was basically the stereotype of rural S. Ohio. Had the accent and was a hardcore bible-thumper, and had all the mannerisms and signs of a [book-smart] hick. Oh, that one was quite interesting.
 
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