Do you accent?

[fortryllelsestudios]

My friends son sounds just like John Lennon..  Its hilarous.

[DonaCatalina]

I do an accent about 75% of the time, most especially around cast. I'd like to see more people attempt role playing and using an accent. I think it can be a lot of fun and add to the illusion of being a different person.

[Mairte]

Sigh. I dont, I couldnt do an accent to save my life probably...

[lys1022]

Sigh. I dont, I couldnt do an accent to save my life probably...

Let me know if you visit Scarby and I promise you that within 30 minutes at a table, I can get you into some kind of an accent.

[Lady Kett]

If I'm around an accent for a few days straight I will start to pick it up. Not necessarily well, mind you! I  spent two days in Canada and came back with a lot of "Dontcha know, eh?" in my conversation. The waitress at our local hangout said I sounded like Sarah Palin, LOL. I need to go up for a week at the end of the month so there's no telling what I'll come back with!

But BFA...not so much. It's not so constant that I can pick it up. I wish I could tho!

[Lady Rebecca]

What does BFA stand for?

[Lady Kett]

Basic Faire Accent...I think...rudimentary Olde English for Faire, as I understand it anyway.

[Mairte]

lys1022, its a deal! Hopefully someday I will make it to Scarby.

[McGuinness]

From my experience, a lot of people who say "I cant do an accent, I sound silly" just haven't pushed themselves far enough. To some extent, you have to sound silly before you can sound good - it doesn't just happen. Its like quitting learning to walk the first time you fall down. There are basic changes from our English to any English-with-an-accent that you just need to practice until they become second nature. I was British Country, then Irish, then British Upper Class before I became a Swede on cast last year and I was definitely heavy on the Swedish Chef dialect while I was teaching myself that dialect - it still comes out when I'm trying to figure out how to say something!

Just keep practicing if you want to use a dialect or accent, it'll come. Vocabulary changes alone help, but those need practice too so they come out instead of the modern words or phrases.

[crashbot]

I was born in Ireland, grew up there until I was 6, and spent every summer there until I was 17 and have no accent whatsoever and cannot fake one to save my life. I can pick a fake out in less than a second though, lol.

I do a decent German, but sometimes ends up sounding a bit  "Sprockets", if anyone remembers that.

[crazyrennie]

I miss Sprockets
I normally do an Irish accent(county Cork from what my mum said).

[BagPipeBabe]

Sigh. I dont, I couldnt do an accent to save my life probably...

Let me know if you visit Scarby and I promise you that within 30 minutes at a table, I can get you into some kind of an accent.

Hey! I will take you up on that. If it's ok??

[lys1022]

Hey! I will take you up on that. If it's ok??

You are totally on.  Though if you want a Scots, we'll have to have my hubby there.  He does a much better job with that than I do.   

[BagPipeBabe]

Hey! I will take you up on that. If it's ok??

You are totally on.  Though if you want a Scots, we'll have to have my hubby there.  He does a much better job with that than I do.   

I would be happy with a BFA.

[Lady Deborah]

I may have a slight unfair advantage, having close British family, but I actually give more credit to Monty Python, Are You Being Served, BlackAdder, etc.  Listen, repeat, listen, repeat.