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Accent

posted 19 years ago by musicfan54
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I really admire Jennifer's talents as an actress. I am a bit confused, however, about her actual accent. I know that she has lived in England and in the U.S. during her lifetime but her accent in two different interviews I have seen her in are on opposite ends of the spectrum.

Here she is on the BBC4 Woman's Hour. Her accent is very definitely American.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/ram/2005_25_fri_01.ram

And here she is in an American Theater Wing Seminar. Her accent is very definitely British.

http://real.cuny.tv/ramgen/atw/atw288/atw288.rm?usehostname

Clearly, in one of these interviews, she is putting on an accent that is not her "real" accent. So, which is her "real" accent and why do you think she talked in one of these interviews in an accent that wasn't natural to her? I thought this quite odd, really.

[–] kasforums 18 years ago

Yes but the point is that when Americans speak of being British or a British accent they actually mean English, hence the annoyment factor. I've yet to hear them remark on Sean Connery's distinctive British accent. If you're as Welsh as your nick suggests I would think you'd be glad of the discretion.