I had heard that, too, about British actors being able to do a better
southern accent than non-southern American ones. Maybe because
southern accents originally derived from Britain?

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Jan 11, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Diane Ethridge wrote:

> Jane Seymour can do the "Southern Belle" accent perfectly but Sir
> Michael
> Caine as a Southerner?   Forget it!
>
> Diane
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Melinda Skinner" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Speech Patterns
>
>
>> I am embarrassed to say that my own daughter who is an actress can
>> fool any
>> Brit with her British accents but has lost her own Virginia accent
>> and now
>> a hard tiime doing a southern accent.  She was born and raised in
>> Richmond
>> (with a Scottish dad) but-- like many of her generation-- has a more
>> indistinguishable accent.  She once asked me to send a tape of my
>> mother
>> when she had an audition for a part that required a southern
>> voice.  I
>> couldn't believe that she was having such a hard time getting it
>> back.
>> On another note, when working with performers I have noticed that
>> British
>> actors can often do a southern accent better than non-southern
>> American
>> actors; and, conversely, southern actors have an easier time with
>> British
>> accents.  Interesting.
>>
>> --
>> Melinda C. P. Skinner
>> Writer and Wonderer
>>

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