Do i have accent?

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I don't need to open your site to answer, because I was a teacher of speech. Everybody has an accent, in somebody's point of view. There is always more than one form in any language that is spoken by more than a thousand people. This is a proved statistic. And if those thousands are spread over a wide area (say thousands of miles) there are even more accents. There are virtually countless factors that create accents: education, work, climate, geographic terrain, contact with foreigners, foreign trade, etc. The accent of the majority of speakers becomes accepted as the language, and the language of all the other speakers are called accents. Nothing wrong in this, unless the majority-speakers get snooty, and look down on the others. Quite often it is found that the 'accent' of the majority of speakers is not the oldest form of the language.
In a theatre that has enlightened people in charge, all accents are welcomed and are very precious. Unfortunately, the theatre has more than its share of bigots and so some accents are looked down upon as inferior. Two famous English actors, Sir Laurence Olivier and David Niven refused to play roles in the Englsih cockney dialect because they regarded that dialect (accent) as beneath them. The cockney accent originated in the heart of London, England. Clark Gable (Gone With The Wind) refused to play his character in a Southern American accent because he did not like the Southern accent. So? Do you have an accent? Yes. Anybody who even hints that your "accent" will hold back your career, is an idiot. This does not mean you should not become good at accents other than your own. The more accents you are proficient in in the theatre, the more you will be accepted by the bigots around you. Unfortunately, a lot of these bigots are in positions to hire or not hire you. So, play along. Speak any accent they want to hear for the role.

I didn't hear one, but you did spell first wrong in the opening. You are very pretty by the way :)

You're accent is very minimal... to be honest, what's more distracting is your phrasing and diction. You need to breathe and relax your diaphragm. Even though it's a cold read, you're phrasing is very broken up, which makes it very difficult to understand you. Annunciate and try to breathe on the punctuation.

Always, remember when working on classical and modern peices, that the punctuation is VERY important. It's like reading a musical score. It gives you an idea of the style of the play and also alot of insite to the type of character Mabel is.

I detect a slight Southern sound? It's nothing that cannot be worked on with a dialect coach. Don't worry, we all have accent issues!