A new theory out of Victoria University in Melbourne suggests that the Australian accent is not (as previously thought) the product of blending dialects, but is actually the result of Australians continually getting shit-faced together.
In a recent poll by TimeOut, 11,000 people across the globe (from London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo and Beijing) were asked about their dating habits, preferences and the particularities of their home city's singles scene. One question had…
If you're from Philadelphia, your preferred non-Yuengling beverage is wooder. If you're from New York City, your greatest enemies are the bridge-and-tunnel crowd from Lawng Island. If you're from Los Angeles, you respond to people who hop on the 405 at rush hour with a pained "Whyy-ee?"
"You don't sound that Southern" is something I've heard a lot in my adult life, always meant as a compliment. It wasn't always so. I sounded super Southern until I realized what the rest of the country already knew: Sounding Southern means sounding dumb. I set out to eradicate it.
There's a debate going on over at the UK's Telegraph between two middle-to-upper class men about the trend of "dumbing down" your accent and inventing a backstory in order to claim more working class roots than the ones you actually have.
That Marion Cotillard is really something, isn’t she? Not only is she a really talented actress who’s more than willing to put up with nearly inarticulate line-readings from Christian Bale and Tom Hardy, she’s also willing to correct an actual Polish woman’s criticism of her Polish accent in the new James Gray…
Oh, Adele, you crazy gorgeous talent. Here we already thought that your singing voice was the peak of perfection, but now we're learning that your speaking voice is the most charming and cockney thing ever? Stop it. Just stop it — it's too much. Just kidding. Please keep saying "fank you" forever and forever because…
I hate when people tell me I sound like I'm from California, because I assume that's a nicer way of telling me that I sound like a Valley Girl. (I hail from Encino, and, when I was a teenager, I sounded like a Clueless extra. But I like to think that I've come a long way since then!)
Here's a heated clip from The Jeremy Kyle Show, a British chat show that works along the same lines as Maury or Jenny Jones. This episode features a couple arguing over infidelity accusations... we think. Do they offer a Rosetta Stone for incredibly thick Scottish accents?
Digging Dan Considine's improv video in which he gives a mini-world tour of accents.
Much has been made of Ryan Gosling's ever-changing accent, but in an appearance on MTV After Hours' "American Talk" segment, Gosling asserts that as a Canadian, every word that he says is in a Canadian accent. We also learn this tragic bit of information: Gosling is only interested in procreating with another Canuck,…
For a guy who grew up in Canada and later moved to Florida, we've never quite been able to pinpoint what, exactly, Ryan Gosling's accent is supposed to sound like. Obviously, it sounds generally like sex, but it always sounds slightly different. What gives?
The Early Show has uncovered the sexiest accent in the world. After displaying a shocking inability to place an accent, Maggie Rodriguez and Erica Hill reveal the winner, just in time for St. Patty's Day. [CBS]
James McAvoy, we're happy to report, is just as charming as you'd hope — yesterday Times Carpetbagger Melena Ryzik talked to him about his acting career, "the destructive force that is the backpacker," and the politics of silly accents.
