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Thread #65481 Message #1082939
Posted By: YorkshireYankee
30-Dec-03 - 11:13 PM
Thread Name: Worst singing accent.
Subject: RE: Worst singing accent.
In UK it meads from the middle of the Atlantic - i.e a Brit trying (badly)to sound American.
Or vice-versa...
It can also refer to the accent that results when a Yank transplants to England (or vice-versa).
As a friend of mine (English fellow now a US resident) put it:
"Americans think I sound English; English people think I sound American."
In my own case, my American friends/family tell me I've picked up an English accent; my (English) husband assures me that this is most definitely NOT the case (although he does say that my Yank accent becomes much more pronounced when I'm talking on the phone to someone in the US).
I'd love to be able to "pass"... say more than a sentence or two without prompting the question "Where are you from?" (I keep practising the phrase "I'm a Yorkshire lass, me," but so far, it's a sure-fire way to get a laugh...!)
Cheers,
YY