I know, I know. Another blog about accents. I searched MyEC and found 52 (or was it 58?) pages related to the keyword 'accent'. Honestly, I did not check them out. Why? I have my reasons, so don't ask! Here are a bunch of different types of accents that fictional characters could be recognized by them:
Slur: an act of speaking indistinctly so that sounds or words run into one another or a tendency to speak in such a way, esp. when someone is tired or drunk
Barney Gumble, well, the belly beer says it all.
Talk posh: to speak in an upper-class way
King George VI
Drawl: a slow way of speaking, with long vowel sounds
Forrest Gump
and the last but not least,
Brogue: a marked accent, esp. Irish or Scottish
Montgomery Scott
If you have any other suggestions in your mind, please feel free to share!
Comments
'tarzanish accent'....Hmm. You never cease to amaze me. :)
Happy to help, dear noona^ . Thanks for droppin' by. =D
Dear A738, I listen to ted speeches and most of them speak very beautifully. like this guy
https://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_...
Dear Mary, I love her accent too. She always makes me laugh.
" How do you say 'rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr'?"
" A helicopter."
Poor girl. She totally lost it when they were making fun of her accent.
Ha!
Thanks for your video.
Now, about your 'theory'; I think you're exactly right. The important thing is the art of communication, no matter what kind of accent you have.
I like the accent of the character that Sofia Vergara plays in 'Modern Family'. It's so funny! Her english is fluid but her pronunciation is a mess... Just like mine hahaha
I've my own theory about accents. It's long to explain here, but I can summarize it like this:
- Improve your pronunciation = Cool.
- To get obsessed trying to get an specific 'english native' accent (UK, US, Aussie...) = Stupid.
Cool topic btw.