The BBC manages to capture the tone perfectly sometimes.
It has been suggested Cheryl Cole is taking speaking lessons ahead of her appearance on the US version of the X Factor, with a focus on vowel pronunciation and vocabulary. The same accent that has made Tyneside a magnet for call centres may not translate perfectly across the Atlantic.
Will Cheryl Cole's Newcastle accent work in America?
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She's just be another pretty face on american TV if she does change. I think american TV executives underestimate their audience - americans do have accents and distinct dialects amongst themselves so why should they not be able to understand they speak a variation called of the language called american english whereas cheryl speaks proper english with a geordie accent and can pronounce the letter R properly?
She might start a new trend of calling everybody pet and getting bevied on newcastle brown she will remember her roots. You modify your accent when you go abroad anyway. Geordies are like scots they need to slow down the speech pattern so the slower mental acuity of the souitherner can keep up. It's the same with americans slow down and keep the words simple and wait for them to understand.
She might start a new trend of calling everybody pet and getting bevied on newcastle brown she will remember her roots. You modify your accent when you go abroad anyway. Geordies are like scots they need to slow down the speech pattern so the slower mental acuity of the souitherner can keep up. It's the same with americans slow down and keep the words simple and wait for them to understand.
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Just goes to show how fickle the world of showbiz really is if someone who can already speak english has to have lessons to sound more 'tv-friendly'.
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kayostar;1354984 wrote: Just goes to show how fickle the world of showbiz really is if someone who can already speak english has to have lessons to sound more 'tv-friendly'.
Not as bad as it used to be at least british TV accepts people with regional accents now there used to be areal prejudice against the. On the other hand most people will modify their accent in order to be understood by others - not to do so in IMO is insulting to those you are trying to communicate with just as it's rude for someone to tell you you talk funny.
In scotland we get these pillocks who insist in speaking lowland scots or broad scots to everybody, they really **** me off it's both arrogant and ignorant.
Not as bad as it used to be at least british TV accepts people with regional accents now there used to be areal prejudice against the. On the other hand most people will modify their accent in order to be understood by others - not to do so in IMO is insulting to those you are trying to communicate with just as it's rude for someone to tell you you talk funny.
In scotland we get these pillocks who insist in speaking lowland scots or broad scots to everybody, they really **** me off it's both arrogant and ignorant.
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I get your point actually. It just puzzles me to think that she needs coaching to improve her accent. Surely it's not that hard to tune your voice to a more understandable form of english dialect.
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kayostar;1355009 wrote: I get your point actually. It just puzzles me to think that she needs coaching to improve her accent. Surely it's not that hard to tune your voice to a more understandable form of english dialect.
Geordie, though?
Try it. There are those in England who've still not managed after decades of unremitting effort.
Divn't mind my clarting.
Geordie, though?
Try it. There are those in England who've still not managed after decades of unremitting effort.
Divn't mind my clarting.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.