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re: Actor that surprised you the most he was British.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 7:36 am to John McClane
Posted on 5/7/14 at 7:36 am to John McClane
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I was going to post that about Kiefer
Like John Mahoney, Kiefer moved to the states at a young age. 4 to be exact. Mahoney was in his teens.
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Posted on 5/7/14 at 7:41 am to BOSCEAUX
My name's Norm. I'm I'ma pizzas delivery guy
Posted on 5/7/14 at 7:42 am to TotesMcGotes
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Henry Cavill
He's from Jersey. Granted, not New Jersey, just Jersey. Closer to France, but still a British Crown Dependency thingy.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 7:57 am to BOSCEAUX
Sam Palladio. Plays Gunner on Nashville. Just found out he was from UK.
can we add other countries?
The mentalist guy didn't realize until a few seasons in that he was an Aussie.
can we add other countries?
The mentalist guy didn't realize until a few seasons in that he was an Aussie.
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 8:01 am
Posted on 5/7/14 at 8:58 am to elprez00
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No bs: Cary Elwes.
I mean, hot shots, days of thunder, liar liar he does a spot on accent. It's pretty muffled in Princess Bride. I always thought the quip in Men in Tights was just him being ironic while bashing Costner.
He was on the episode of Seinfeld where him and his girlfriend (Debra Messing) broke up and Jerry and Elaine pounce on them. He had the worst accent in that episode and goes back and forth between a slight British accent and shoddy attempt at a New York accent.
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 8:59 am
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:06 am to Feral
Russell Brand
Posted on 5/7/14 at 10:19 am to Carson123987
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it's funny because we can't recognize it, but if we would go to GB and tried talking with an accent, we'd get laughed out of hte country
For one, these guys are professional actors, its not only their job to get the accent down, they are also accustomed to as part of their skill set. Second, with just a bit of practice, most Americans could get the accent down. I know I could.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 10:27 am to OceanMan
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For one, these guys are professional actors, its not only their job to get the accent down, they are also accustomed to as part of their skill set. Second, with just a bit of practice, most Americans could get the accent down. I know I could.
Immerse yourself in an area for a while and be open to changing your speech pattern and you will find yourself able to speak in that dialect relatively quickly. In speaking with 2 Scots for a period of maybe half an hour, I subconsciously slipped into a Scottish accent. It freaked them the frick out.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 10:33 am to LoveThatMoney
After a month of living with a dude from Thibodeaux in college I was saying axe instead of ask.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 10:38 am to BOSCEAUX
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After a month of living with a dude from Thibodeaux in college I was saying axe instead of ask.
Yeah. I had to consciously keep myself from slipping into a Southern dialect pattern after moving to Baton Rouge from St. Louis. Thankfully, Baton Rouge has a pretty neutral accent. I'm sure if I went to Alabama or something, things would have been more difficult. The only idiom I picked up was "y'all" which replaced "you guys."
Posted on 5/7/14 at 11:03 am to BOSCEAUX
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After a month of living with a dude from Thibodeaux in college I was saying axe instead of ask.
A buddy I shared a cubicle space with at my old job used to have phone calls every day with a field rep in New England. After a few months, he unintentionally spoke in a deep Boston accent when he'd talk to this guy on the phone.
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 11:03 am
Posted on 5/7/14 at 11:26 am to BOSCEAUX
Robert duvall
Posted on 5/7/14 at 11:38 am to BOSCEAUX
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Thibodaux
Posted on 5/7/14 at 12:24 pm to OceanMan
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most Americans could get the accent down. I know I could.
Yep, a friend from Baton Rouge moved to London a good while back. Within a couple of years he was speaking with a very thick British accent (upper class). It's weird to talk with him now. We are all language chameleons to some extent. I've embarrassed myself a few times by throwing out Cajun or Minnesota or Canadian accents without intending to.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 12:39 pm to Tiger Ryno
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Robert duvall
Do not blaspheme, sir!
Posted on 5/7/14 at 12:49 pm to BOSCEAUX
Not British, but Hugh Jackman.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:03 pm to GetCocky11
Big Chief Lambreaux from Treme...Clarke Peters...was born and lived in US but has a strong british accent due to residency in London where his wife and son live i was stunned
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:07 pm to LoveThatMoney
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Yeah. I had to consciously keep myself from slipping into a Southern dialect pattern
My fiance went to grad school in Birmingham, and when she speaks to any of them now, the word 'like' turns into a 2 syllable word.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:09 pm to Feral
That family guy clip
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