English accents on TV
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English accents on TV
What do they call the English accent that the Top Gear gang and Matt Frei use on their programs? And on a program like....the Inbetweeners or Skins the accent sounds different but I don't know which one it is. I'm trying to learn to e able to pinpoint where an accent comes from an England but I'm still relatively new to it. And Johnathan Ross's?
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Re: English accents on TV
What do they call the English accent that the Top Gear gang and Matt Frei use on their programs? And on a program like....the Inbetweeners or Skins the accent sounds different but I don't know which one it is. I'm trying to learn to e able to pinpoint where an accent comes from an England but I'm still relatively new to it. And Johnathan Ross's?
The Inbetweeners (possibly the funniest show I've EVER seen) is set in London, and Skins is in the South West in Bristol. However the accents in them aren't particularly strong for those areas.
Onto Top Gear - Jeremy Clarkson is from Yorkshire and keeps a bit of his accent, James May is from Bristol (as per Skins) and Richard Hammond is from the midlands somewhere I think.
Jonathan Ross (thankfully soon to be ex-BBC!) is from London, but you probably want to ignore everything that comes form his mouth! I'm not a fan of his!
#3
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I think Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond are vaguely Brummie. James May sounds a bit "posh northern". No idea about Inbetweeners or Skins (never watched either). Jonathan Ross sounds a bit London-ish but I've no idea where he comes from originally.
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I would give up now chrisfromusa, the Brits seem to have a problem too.
#10
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How about
Benny Hill?
Hugh Grant?
Emma Watson?
That girl from Titanic?
That one guy who played a Yank in Band of Brothers?
Benny Hill?
Hugh Grant?
Emma Watson?
That girl from Titanic?
That one guy who played a Yank in Band of Brothers?
#12
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for some reason my Mrs has always found it hilarious whenever she hears Steven Gerrard speak on telly
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hahaha, yes, you have to really concentrate when he speaks. Jaime Carragher is even worse. I'm not even sure that guy is speaking English sometimes!!
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SWMBO says that she honestly has trouble understanding my brothers when they talk, on account of their geordie accents have stayed much broader than my, well travelled and much mellowed version.