Have a question about British accent.

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"No."

MrP

I'm sorry but you've got it all wrong, lol! When British artists talk they sound British and when they sing they sound British! When American artists talk they sound American (usually), but when American artists sing they usually sound British! LoL! I've always thought that was really weird, being English myself, I mean most American's have quite a pronounced accent, don't they?

Oh, and I mean the bog standard metropolitan accent that some of us Brits have, not like, Scouse or Cornish, or anything like that. Sort of how Hugh Grant speaks, the metropolitan accent, ennit?

Unless... it's country music, and then it's anyones guess

I wouldn't say that I particularly have an accent. Not like they do on Corri or Eastenders, or even Emmerdale.
Say, you can aquire an accent can't you? My mate moved to Yorkshire 2 years ago, and whereas before she spoke in a central metropolitan sort of way, now you should hear her, I creased up laughing the other day, she's aquired a very pronounced Yorkish accent which was very startling and totally unexpected.

And Matt I know exactly what a Leicester accent is, lol, live in near Northampton.

When I came to live in the States I joined a singing group. Not a band, more a choral society. I was told when we were singing Shenandoah not to sing "water" with an English accent, it was meant to be sung with an American pronunciation where the "a" in water rhymes more with our English pronunciation of pa and ma. Strangely, in both the American and English dictionary it gives the pronunciation as waw-ter. but their version comes out very differently. The American language does not possess the vowel sounds of the English version of watch or water.  I think if you listen carefully you will hear the American accent when they are singing.

Incidentally, I think you DO have an accent! The way you say "Corri" and "mate" I can almost hear it.

Another aside………..

Hugh Grant does not normally speak in the voice he is now using for interviews. “Innit, dunnit, gerrit.” that is a phony accent he seems to be trying to cultivate and finds it as difficult to maintain as someone putting on a “posh” accent such as Mrs Bucket.

Hello,

can anyone help me I must do an English presentation about bImingham and I say some thing about the Brummie accent !

 I need a listening example do anyone know a site with a soundfile with the brummie accent