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 ------- 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 >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html