British People Attempt Their Best American Accent. Now We Know What They Think Of Us!

Ben_Reilly wrote:Some of them were really good, but I was surprised nobody attempted a New York/New Jersey accent -- always thought that was one of the more well-known accents.

Here's some Americans trying Brit accents:



Americans (pretty much mangling) Aussie accents:

Ben_Reilly wrote:Some of them were really good, but I was surprised nobody attempted a New York/New Jersey accent -- always thought that was one of the more well-known accents.

Here's some Americans trying Brit accents:



Americans (pretty much mangling) Aussie accents:

eddie wrote:My four year old daughter was a really funny American accent lol
At this age alot of girls (and boys) watch Disney films and programmes so inevitably speak like that when they play. It's hilarious and I like listening to her play.

A mothe recently said to me "Oh! Why is your daughter playing and talking like that? Shouldn't you encourage her to play in an English accent?"

I was like "Pardon???? She's PLAYING! That's the point of playing! And besides I love it!"

Stupid woman.

Ben_Reilly wrote:Some of them were really good, but I was surprised nobody attempted a New York/New Jersey accent -- always thought that was one of the more well-known accents.

Here's some Americans trying Brit accents:



Americans (pretty much mangling) Aussie accents:

Didge wrote:


http://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-videos/4015/British-People-Attempt-Their-Best-American-Accent-Now-We-Know-What-They-Think-Of-Us-

Didge wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:Some of them were really good, but I was surprised nobody attempted a New York/New Jersey accent -- always thought that was one of the more well-known accents.

Here's some Americans trying Brit accents:



Americans (pretty much mangling) Aussie accents:

To be honest Ben, people are going off a bog standard accent for all 3, with the British with emphasis on posh English, though there is a vast amount of accents in the UK, as there is in the US.  So I think many would fail badly on given regional accents lol
Thanks for posting up the equivalency for the US trying

I found this interesting about the American English:



"Studies on historical usage of English in the United States and the United Kingdom suggest that spoken American English did not simply evolve from period British English, but rather retained many archaic features contemporary British English has since lost.Most North American speech is rhotic, because in the 17th century, when English was brought to the Americas, most English in England was rhotic. Rhoticity has been further supported by the influences of Hiberno-English, West Country English and Scottish English. In most varieties of North American English, the sound corresponding to the letter r is a postalveolar approximant [ɹ̠] or retroflex approximant [ɻ] rather than a trill or tap (as often heard, for example, in the English accents of Scotland or India). A unique "bunched tongue" variant of the approximant r sound is also associated with the United States, and seems particularly noticeable in the Midwest and South.["