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Position:Home>Theater & Acting> Any tips on talking with a northern english accent?Question: Any tips on talking with a northern english accent!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I can't remember what Northern English sounds like, but the most common theatrical English accents seem to fall into: - Cockney (think "My Fair Lady", or Michael Caine) - BBC / high class English (see below)!. A lot of the accents in the Harry Potter movies, especially the snooty ones, are like this!. - Sussex / Cornish -- thick, almost soupy, lots of weird phrases!.!.!. think about the Redwall novels!. - Scottish -- a thing unto itself!. Think Craig Ferguson or Sean Connery!. - Irish -- also a thing unto itself!. Think Cranberries, and to a lesser degree, Bono!. Liverpool area -- think Beatles!. For BBC English 1!. Soft R's!. Any word with an "er" sound should have the "er" replaced with "eh"!. First --> Fust!. There--> Theuh!. 2!. Pronounce your consonants clearly!. 3!. A lot of it is mannerisms!. Collective nouns are plural in British English, singular in American English!. The Brits sometimes say "one does such-and-such" rather than "you do such-and-such"!. And so on!. I know I have probably sold short an entire country with this summary!.!.!. sorry, I'm a bloody Yank and can't help myself!. Hope this helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The vowels are very Broad!.!.!. Try watching the movies Billy Elliot, The Full Monty!.!.!. or look up clips of the British soap opera "Coronation Street" on YouTube!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |