Lena Dunham's pilot for the new HBO series Girls sounds really interesting. As soon as I read it I knew the part of the girl with the faux British accent would be played by Jemima Kirke because of her part in Tiny Furniture.
Mumblecore for the masses, could be amazing.
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shareThere's a girl with a faux British accent in Damsels In Distress as well. Maybe it's the In Thing for 2012.
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I should warn you -- he's a Fourierist.
What are you talking about? She's a Brit and she's playing a Brit on the show.
So you want me to throw away my "wad"?- Rooney Mara
Born in Britain does not necessarily mean that she has an English accent. Also the accent she uses is far from any accent in Britain. Here's a Southern accent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw8FdJmV6NI The term British accent is far to broad as Irish and Scottish will be incoherent to most foreigners.
shareIf there's no such thing as a "British accent" then there's no such thing as a "southern accent" either, unless you think Essex and Dorset sound the same. Not to mention the hundred or so different accents bouncing about the Greater London area. I think what is meant by a British accent is any accent that is British including Scottish, welsh, Brummie, Scouse and anything else you can think of under the same umbrella.
Nonetheless, it's true that Jemima grew up in NYC, so despite being a British citizen her true accent is most likely an American one.
What if a squirrel wants a sausage?
There is a clear divide as the Southern accent uses a broad 'a'. Either way why chat horlocks? If you're going to try prove someone wrong at least know your stuff. I really hope you're not British. Americans have conjured up some poxy faux-accent and labeled it British.
shareThere is a clear divide as the Southern accent uses a broad 'a'. There's that and many other differences that are clear and not so clear. And surely you mean the southern accents?Either way why chat horlocks? I never chat Horlocks.
What's a horlock?
If you're going to try prove someone wrong at least know your stuff. Prove somebody wrong about what? What stuff don't I know (other than what a Horlock is)? I was simply saying it's a little hypocritical to bemoan the mention of a British accent due to the diversity of British accents whilst simultaneously saying "this is a southern accent" and ignoring the diversity of southern British accents. Either both complaints are childish and needless nitpicks or none of them are.I really hope you're not British. Um... Okay. Why?
Americans have conjured up some poxy faux-accent and labeled it British. I'm not convinced. Would Fraiser's Daphne Moon not be described by an American as having a British accent despite her mancunian efforts? Cat Deely with her diluted but definitely not "southern" accent with her midlands vowels?
Why do people get so angry about this stuff? It's not as if Americans don't know that there are different accents in the UK. If I referred to someone having an American accent and got slapped down by someone from the US telling me there was no such thing I would just think they were being a dick. I know that someone from Memphis doesn't sound like someone from Rhode Island, but they still both have American accents.
What if a squirrel wants a sausage?
I can't comprehend what you're babbling about? I've said the S.accents use a broad 'a'.
You say you never chat something, then admit you don't know what that something is... So how do you know you don't?
I'm from Liverpool, people outside the UK have asked what country I'm from as my regional accent is vastly different than the typical 'British accent' they're accustomed to.
People don't get angry, they get annoyed because it is disrespectful.