I can slip into a southern accent (U.S.) at a moment's notice and stay there. But my father is from the south and his speech patterns are latent in me. I can do a couple British accents to tell a joke that has a British speaker as part of the

"Anyway, it's true that when people are telling a joke in the U.S., and they want the person to be stupid, they are likely to use a Southern accent. In England, do you pretend to have a Yorkshire or Liverpool or somethine like that accent for the

Anonymous wrote: Actually, we do get made fun of. I'm from Maine.........and I don't know if any of you have heard a Maine accent.............but it's very different. And when people from out of state hear us talk.........they look down on

I think most people would mind, even if it were 'playful' so no, I wouldn't advise making fun of people's accents unless you know them very well and are sure they won't be hurt by your joke.

No actually I wouldn't say she speaks very clearly. Some of the extreme RP pronounciation is quite odd. It is so clipped that some words are hard to understand. If you think it is beautiful, that's fine. But this accent is the butt of many

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Tallulah Tam wrote: I feel that Alan Jay Lerner was not so concerned about his own grammar when he wrote the song, he insults the intelligence of the audience by using the word "hung" incorrectly, especially when putting the words into the mouth

Because 'us are country yokels' is something you can imagine a country yokel saying. The joke against them is that they are considered stupid people. That is really what this whole clip about - is the kid perceived by others in a negative way

Nona The Brit wrote: I'm not sure about the hum/heem, it sounds to me as though he is saying a word as there isn't a hummy sort of hesitation, but it might be. I'm not sure, I think you are probably right as you would say we are country

I'm not sure about the hum/heem, it sounds to me as though he is saying a word as there isn't a hummy sort of hesitation, but it might be. I'm not sure, I think you are probably right as you would say we are country yokels not us are country