I'm *constantly* amazed with some Brits being able to pull off even super region-specific American accents. Idris Elba absolutely *nailing* a Bal'more accent in The Wire to the point that I fully believed he was born and raised in Baltimore is one, Dominic West is another for the same show; West and Hugh Laurie pulling off believable American accents so well on shows where their characters had to put on *terrible,* over-the-top Cockney accents was even more impressive. Tom Holland is another one who fooled me long enough to where I was wondering why in the hell he was speaking in an English accent while doing press for Captain America: Civil War; thought maybe he was putting it on for a current role he was playing, but when everyone else was commenting that he fooled them too, that's when I finally Googled him and found out he was born and raised in the Greater London area. As an American, it's almost embarrassing that almost *none* of our actors, even the greats, can believably pull off an English accent; Alan Tudyk is about the only American actor I consistently see people form the UK say pulls off a believable English accent in A Knight's Tale and Death at a Funeral.
I'm from Edinburgh and I can say there is a drastic difference in accent in the city, based mostly on the social class of the person. I know it sounds pretty horrible but in most cases, it's true. the working classes tend to have a very strong accent using a lot of east coast slang and native Edinburgh-Scots, rolling their "r's" a lot, with their words being strung together very quickly - but the middle-upper classes tend to speak very properly with much less rolling of their "r's". generally speaking, they'll say next to no slang and speak very little Scots. they also speak far slower with much more pronunciation of their words. a lot of the middle-upper classes' accents can have a sort of English twang to them. contrary to popular belief, "dinnae" and "ken" are east coast words and ARE NOT used in Glasgow. you will be looked at strangely if you use them on the west coast.
I'm sure that's the case since it's the same thing with dialects in general. That's why it's so hard in sociolinguistics to differentiate between dialects and sociolects. Also, it depends on the situation. The less formal the situation, the more pronounced the dialect. If you feel like being particularly nerdy about it, Peter Trudgill did a study in Norwich of the social differenciation of English there. An example would be saying walkin or walking. But I think I know might be boring you slightly ;)
you're absolutely right. my dialect goes from my native working-class edinburgh speech to a more formal and well spoken one when i speak to a tourist, for example... when talking to friends and family, it would just feel wrong to speak english properly
Philip Wilson Cool! But I would be careful with saying that RP English (or whatever) is more proper. I might be quite partial to the Glasgow accent (sorry) but the Edinburgh one is still way more intriguing than "proper English". But that might be because it has lost its novely or whatever. Anyway, if (when) I visit Edinburgh, I would expect to hear the dialect and that would be the highlight of my trip there (providing that I can understand what is being said)..
I usually try to avoid laughter during such things -- absolute hell for a guy's confidence -- but now I'm kinda curious if I could "achieve" with him narrating some nasty hardcore porn.
It's not bad, bathroom involves pronouncing short As the way they are typically pronounced in American English, fully pronouncing Rs and the -oom part is also important to become familiar with.
I'm Scottish and I'm not entirely sure myself. But Scottish slang can differ from town to town. For example a slang word where I'm from for a guy/boy is 'loon' but you call someone in a town a few miles away a 'loon' it's offensive and would most likely result in that person being beat up.
Ha! I like the technique! :D Simon! Can I audition for whatever film you're working on next? I'm trying to go with the whole "If you don't ask you don't get!" "There's no harm in asking!" thing :P
Okay, firstly, there is no "Scottish accent" that can be perfected, which one? There are MORE varieties in accent and dialect (if you include Scots as a dialect of English, even though it's not) within Scotland than England. Also Simon pegg obviously hasn't been to Scotland. Alice was imitating a person from the general west coast area (Glasgow, ayeshire etc) since there was a "scoop and rise" intonation with stretched out vowels. You will not find anyone from the "east" that speaks like that, especially edinburgh , unless they are outsiders/students. Just here deliver correct information.
God I love the aggressive expression his face acquires the second he becomes Glaswegian.
Boy thats a good lookin classy blonde and a good actress.
Alice Eve's American is crazy good. She did a bit of it in an interview.
I'm *constantly* amazed with some Brits being able to pull off even super region-specific American accents. Idris Elba absolutely *nailing* a Bal'more accent in The Wire to the point that I fully believed he was born and raised in Baltimore is one, Dominic West is another for the same show; West and Hugh Laurie pulling off believable American accents so well on shows where their characters had to put on *terrible,* over-the-top Cockney accents was even more impressive. Tom Holland is another one who fooled me long enough to where I was wondering why in the hell he was speaking in an English accent while doing press for Captain America: Civil War; thought maybe he was putting it on for a current role he was playing, but when everyone else was commenting that he fooled them too, that's when I finally Googled him and found out he was born and raised in the Greater London area.
As an American, it's almost embarrassing that almost *none* of our actors, even the greats, can believably pull off an English accent; Alan Tudyk is about the only American actor I consistently see people form the UK say pulls off a believable English accent in A Knight's Tale and Death at a Funeral.
I'm from Edinburgh and I can say there is a drastic difference in accent in the city, based mostly on the social class of the person. I know it sounds pretty horrible but in most cases, it's true. the working classes tend to have a very strong accent using a lot of east coast slang and native Edinburgh-Scots, rolling their "r's" a lot, with their words being strung together very quickly - but the middle-upper classes tend to speak very properly with much less rolling of their "r's". generally speaking, they'll say next to no slang and speak very little Scots. they also speak far slower with much more pronunciation of their words. a lot of the middle-upper classes' accents can have a sort of English twang to them. contrary to popular belief, "dinnae" and "ken" are east coast words and ARE NOT used in Glasgow. you will be looked at strangely if you use them on the west coast.
I'm sure that's the case since it's the same thing with dialects in general. That's why it's so hard in sociolinguistics to differentiate between dialects and sociolects. Also, it depends on the situation. The less formal the situation, the more pronounced the dialect. If you feel like being particularly nerdy about it, Peter Trudgill did a study in Norwich of the social differenciation of English there. An example would be saying walkin or walking. But I think I know might be boring you slightly ;)
you're absolutely right. my dialect goes from my native working-class edinburgh speech to a more formal and well spoken one when i speak to a tourist, for example... when talking to friends and family, it would just feel wrong to speak english properly
Philip Wilson Cool! But I would be careful with saying that RP English (or whatever) is more proper. I might be quite partial to the Glasgow accent (sorry) but the Edinburgh one is still way more intriguing than "proper English". But that might be because it has lost its novely or whatever. Anyway, if (when) I visit Edinburgh, I would expect to hear the dialect and that would be the highlight of my trip there (providing that I can understand what is being said)..
Simon Pegg could read the shopping list and still make it interesting. #pornvoice #pornaccent
I usually try to avoid laughter during such things -- absolute hell for a guy's confidence -- but now I'm kinda curious if I could "achieve" with him narrating some nasty hardcore porn.
I love SIMON PEGG.
I love her. So much.
How to sound like your from Glasgow: start every sentence with the word "fuckin"
Alice eve is so beautiful
It's not bad, bathroom involves pronouncing short As the way they are typically pronounced in American English, fully pronouncing Rs and the -oom part is also important to become familiar with.
I'm Scottish and I'm not entirely sure myself. But Scottish slang can differ from town to town. For example a slang word where I'm from for a guy/boy is 'loon' but you call someone in a town a few miles away a 'loon' it's offensive and would most likely result in that person being beat up.
"sheer elastic"
No idea why that's what they said but that's what it sounded like.
that IS what they said lol
I like Simon Pegg
Ha! I like the technique! :D Simon! Can I audition for whatever film you're working on next? I'm trying to go with the whole "If you don't ask you don't get!" "There's no harm in asking!" thing :P
He picked it up straight away
Alice Eve moved to America when she was a young girl. She probably had to ask her elementary school teacher "May I go to the bathroom"...quite a bit.
I was expecting Khan to ask to go to the bathroom.
I love this!
Mine for a British accent was always " 'ello my name is Penelope" how and why I'm not really sure.
They key question is will Simon be in Star Wars Episode VII?
mine for Scottish was ' that was a great film'
Fulum
im nto british enough to know what the scottish weigh in phrase is so can somebody do the transltae and i will love u forever
Hughie
what was the scottish key word that she said?
Sheer Elastic
He's actually no fuckin bad at the Scottish accent like
It opens the bathroom door
What is that phrase?
Some people on here have a very weird idea of a Scottish accent.
"Bathroom", not what I would have picked for America in a nutshell.
You can go to the bathroom...if you buy something!
shame she didn't pulled that off on craig ;)
What is that thing she says to "get into Scottish"?!
sheer elastic
Yes, as C3PO, did you not see the trailer? /watch?v=z5W8EBHNsLc
Mine for irish is " top of the morning to ya"
Thats nothing like a weegie accent 😂
Conor Kerr He's married to a Glaswegian woman.
Simon Pegg hardly 'perfected' the Scottish accent in Star Trek.
+Alan Donnet He didn't need to> He only needed to perfect James Doohan's Scottish accent.
the way they beat khan made very little sense actually... it was entirely luck haha
They're both pish at it
Okay, firstly, there is no "Scottish accent" that can be perfected, which one? There are MORE varieties in accent and dialect (if you include Scots as a dialect of English, even though it's not) within Scotland than England.
Also Simon pegg obviously hasn't been to Scotland. Alice was imitating a person from the general west coast area (Glasgow, ayeshire etc) since there was a "scoop and rise" intonation with stretched out vowels. You will not find anyone from the "east" that speaks like that, especially edinburgh , unless they are outsiders/students.
Just here deliver correct information.
Pretty much like saying someone who has a Geordie accent sounds like they are from Cornwall, or east Anglia, or London. Ridiculous
Lol, my mistake...Simon is MARRIED to a glaswegian (someone from Glasgow), therefore he was probably imitating his wife.
He actually fully admits that his wife was his inspiration for the accent.
Rajamitaj She was definitely doing an East Coast accent. Stop thinking you're an authority on Scottish accents lol.
fulla shite...