I'm not trying to offend anyone.
I just have a question for whoever knows... I've heard the accent that the lead girl speaks in in several movies. Is that a regional accent or a kind of "white trash" way of talking? Every character I've heard talk like that fits the description.
Is that Jodie Whittaker's normal way of speaking? Sorry, I'm American. I can understand the regional/class-related accents and dialects over here, not so much in any foreign countries.
i think its yorkshire
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Sounds more Leeds than simply Yorkshire.
I wouldn't call it white trash at all. It's a distinctly Northern accent, and I think Ian's reference to her as provincial probably better describes how the accent colors her character.
For us in the U.S., it would be more like if a North Carolinian moved in with her uncle in Brooklyn -- Fish out of water circumstances. That's what drives Ian's initial joy at her coming to London -- he thinks she's a country girl who will cook and clean for him in the big city.
Jodie Whittaker was born in Yorkshire, so it follows that it is a Yorkshire accent, however I spent some time there recently and it occurred to me that there were definitely class associated variations of this regional accent. The accent her character uses is almost identical to that of "Bubble"(Jane Horrocks) in Absolutely Fabulous, and she is working class or "common", which would correspond to your concept of "white trash". I'm an Australian, born in the south of England a long way from Yorkshire, so although I have an ear for some English regions, it would be helpful to hear from a genuine native.
shareI wouldn't say that anyone in Britain could be labelled "white trash" we don't live in trailers over here so the social class system doesn't transfer that simply. There is a massive gap between the rich and poor in the US, and I acknowledge that disparities exist in Britain, but to a far lesser degree.
As far as accents go, someone's wealth or level of education cannot always be determined by their accent however, many people who attend public school (private school) will often speak with an accent which is closer to or is Received Pronunciation than those who attend state school. There are exceptions, of course not everyone who is well educated will speak the Queen's English and accents vary greatly in the UK (much more so than in America which one migh find surprising given the fairly small size of the country, but an accent in one town can be unmistakeably different to the accent of another nearby town, even to the untrained ear.
In short there is much more of a distincion between regional accents than class related accents nowadays although some differences still remain as per my example above.
maybe not around your turf chappie but they do exist in old England.
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The accent itself was identified pretty well here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489327/board/thread/70255295?d=75264078&p=1#75264078
Jodie was born in Huddersfield, but comes from a little village called Skelmanthorpe, 7 miles away from Huddersfield. The reason I know this is because I was in the same class as her older brother Christian, at a school called St Aidens in the mid-late 80s. She's a really lovely girl and we are all very proud of her in Shat (local term for Skelmanthorpe). Keep up the good work Jodie
shareAs an aside, Peter O'Toole was raised in Leeds (Yorkshire)!
shareWell it's 'normal' in the sense that that's how most northern working class/lower middle class people speak. It's not really a 'white trash' way of talking as I've heard people from all sorts of social groups up north talk with accents that strong, though in general the higher up the social scale you go the milder and more 'southern' the accent becomes.
It all gets confused though because a lot of people emphasise their regional or working class accents in order to appear more fashionable and 'authentic'.
Even TRH Princes William and Harry speak in a slightly affected 'mockney' accent - compare the way they speak to say, how HM the Queen or HRH Prince Charles speak.
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It's a Northern accent. Jodie Whittaker is from Yorkshire. She gave a very good performance here and her trademark diction suited her rough, uneducated character. It can be a huge distraction in other roles, however. I know that for a fact as I saw her playing Antigone at the National Theatre in London last year.
She was all like: "The blue-d of my braw-ders has been shed"!
As you can probably imagine, it didn't do the play any good.
You're American?
Really? Who would've guessed.