What is the deal with Gillian Andersons accent?
603954
well for a person who has been around like gillian anderson being born in chicago, then moved to puerto rico, educated in england and go back again to the states, she would definitely have an accent!
1094123
I'm in my 50s and this sort of inflection was rarely heard before maybe the mid 1980s. Until then, it was pretty much associated with "Valley Girl" speaking style. And yeah, it's confusing and annoying. I find myself constantly asking "Was that a question or a statement?"
433944
Well as there are several different British accents, it's difficult to answer that. The stereotypical English accent(Queen's English) is annoying. That's the one that sounds like they've got a stick up their butt and who seem to talk down to people. But, being English, I can't say I'm too incensed with any of the British accents. I like some Irish accents though!(scottish accents are horrible!)
109554
I am an avid theatre arts performer, and while taking performance classes there were quite a few individuals with accents. One in particular was a girl from russia, while in the class I seen her accent decrease dramatically. The reason the class helped her is because before we start our lessons we would do tongue twisters, while keeping our diction (which means that you have to speak as clearly as possible without dropping off the end of any words or smushing the words together). Try some of these tongue twisters:\nThe blue black bug bit the big brown bear, and the big brown bear bled blood.\n\nYou know New York you need New York, you know you need unique New York.\n\nRed leather yellow leather, blue black metal copper kettle\n\nChrysanthimum Geranium Alluminum Linoleum-x3\n\nSay them as clearly as possible, and find new ones regularly. If you start to say them with ease then it will no longer help you to lose the accent. I also have a friend that was born in England, and theatre classes have helped him a great deal as well also because of the tongue twisters. He also said that he would read the dictionary out loud. I hope I could help! Thanks for the 2 points!
622812
ahhh.... no.... sorry. I don't really like her voice. For some reason I find her very nassal, and sometimes her voice goes right up my backbone. BUT, everyone has their different tastes and opinions! There's nothing wrong with liking her. "Different strokes for different folks!"
940192
I think she dosent try to be ignorant but comes across as ignorant of other peoples cultures. She always compares herself to them saying "no, see in my house I would let them microwave something and dinners done." I think she is a little dramatic and too animated at times too. She comes across fake. Sometimes you can tell the people shes talking to are a little annoyed. They probly talk bad about her in their language because she dosent understand them. If they had a different host, the show would be perfect.
1119839
Nope, not at all. Everyone likes a little mystery...and an accent is one more "mystery" we seem to be attracted to.\n\nI happen to think the South African accent is the most beautiful in the world...followed by Ukrainian. Why??? Who knows!!
893942
wow someone just said American accents are sexy?  Which ones?  I live here and can't say the same thing\n\nThere are about 12 in the Northeast I find them all annoying.\nThe South sounds like two steps shy of cocky, Mobile Rural/Alabama talks through their nose.  I might see The Texan accent attractive, mostly because its so free spirit....but I swear if I hear "that boy ain't right" one more time...I will lose it.Midwest all talk like cheesehead Fargo children, and the California/Washington Pacific Coast are accentless part of their charm.  I have yet to ever hear an Alaskan accent.\n\nSo which ones are sexy?
623610
no, not the same accent, nor the same words
582973
That would be Hugo Sánchez.  Others appear to have beaten me to the punch, so perhaps the accent will give me a boost! :-D
710207
Some people's accents are very malleable.  These people are usually great language learners and very good mimics.  Actors, for example.
228218
I'm not from England, I'm Irish, but I'd say some American accents sound lovely and some sound horrible.  There are lots of different American accents, just as there are lots of English accents, some nice and some not so nice.  I don't really think it's always the accent we like or dislike, it's other features of the person's speech.  For example, I personally can't bear listening to people with a strong nasal tone to their voice and I switch off when someone speaks too loudly.  I've read some research that says accents that feature stronger nasal tones are perceived negatively - in the UK, this is often described as a feature of the Birmingham accent (in the English midlands), the Australian accent, and the accent in some parts of New York and New Jersey (like Chandler Bing's early girlfriend in Friends).  My own accent - Northern Irish - is definitely NOT considered a 'cool' accent, so I'll sit here in my little glass house and make sure I throw no stones ;-)
611912
English with one heck of an accent.
1028714
He's pretty hot for an older man....and that accent is just absolutely beautiful!\n\nI saw him in Take the Lead and it was awesome!
1029429
Yeah, its hard to understand what the teacher is saying when their accents are so thick. And then whats the point of me being there when I can't understand what he/she is saying even when they're just calling roll?
56069
Although there are many different American accents (Boston, Southern, Western, Broklyn, etc.) it almost seems like all professional radio announcers were raised in the same town (Radio City, USA?) and have no pronounced accents.  You can hear this if you drive cross-country and tune in local radio stations where the news announcers will sound different than the locals (say local ministers on Sunday morning).\n\nI would suggest using a tape recorder to record perhaps a US news broadcast then repeat what you hear into a tape recorder and compare your accent with the newsperson's accent.  Try different broadcasters.  Pretend you are in a play where you must act the part of the broadcaster and check for details.  It may be easy or difficult depending on how strong your own accent is and how good you are at mimicking others.  In the early days of radio the main actors in a radio play had to also do other voices such as a New York cop or an Irish washer woman, etc. to add "realism" to the play.  You can do the same.  Good luck.
679183
All of the following is what I have observed and from my perspective only (generic US accent).  It is oversimplified in order to be something I can type!\n\nNon-American English-speaking accents...  If every sentence ends with an "eh?" they're from Canada.  If they say "Ya" for yes, they're from South Africa.  If all the vowels are "wrong" (from an American perspective), they're speaking "stryne" (that's "Australian" all in one syllable).\n\nAmerican accents...  If they drop final "r"s and say "New Yawk", they're from New Yawk.  If they drop final "r"s and say "Baaaaahston", they're from Boston.  If they talk very slowly, they're from the Deep South.  If they say "ayyy" instead of short, they're from Northern New England (Maine, etc.).  If none of the above, they could be from almost any other part of the US; much of the country has only very slight variations on accent.  (There are a few regional accents I'm less familiar with; this is not an all-inclusive list.)\n\nForeign accents...  If "d" in the middle of a word sounds like "th" as in "this" and they add an "ay" to the beginning of words that begin with an "s" and another consonant, then they're from a Spanish-speaking country.  If every vowel before an "n" sounds nasal and they accent the last syllable most of the time, they're probably French-speaking.  If vowels like "o" and "u" sound like "wo" and "woo" or vowels like "ee" and "ay" sound like "yee" and "yay", they're probably Russian.  If they accent the first syllable, they are Hungarian or Finnish.  If it sounds like they're singing, they are Norwegian or Swedish.  If final "d" sounds like a "t" (and "v" becomes "f", etc.), but they don't change the vowels (as for Russian above), they are probably German.  If they pronounce "p" like "b", they are probably from an Arabic-speaking country.  If they confuse "r" and "l" they may be Chinese or Japanese.  If they speak English *really* well but with a slight German-style accent, they are probably from the Netherlands or Denmark.  If they have a strong rhythm when speaking and sometimes stick extra vowels on the ends of words ending with a consonant, they're Italian.\n\nThat's all I can think of offhand.