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| What would be a good general British one to start with? Is there a dialect that's used by the largest number of British people today? I'd like to learn one that's in use, so I hear that Standard British English (Received Pronunciation) would be a poor choice. I've heard strong Cockney, that seems pretty affected and uncommon, but what do I know. I've found dialect coach tapes on all kinds of British accents...Cockney, Liverpool, Yorkshire, Hampshire, Scottish, Welsh. Hmmm, what would/should James Bond speak, maybe I'll get cast as a spy one day? ;) Interesting article on accents: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...n-of-an-accent Some dialect tapes: http://www.paulmeier.com/ http://www.dialectaccentspecialists.com/learning.shtml http://www.dialectresource.com/ http://www.theatrebooks.com/accents_dialects/ http://www.stageplays.com/browse-no-...gi?group=voice |
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![]() I believe tdol would be the best person to respond to your question re: which dialect? As for James Bond, well, I could be mistaken, but, didn't one of the Bonds, if not the original Bond, have a Scottish accent? :wink: |
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| Thanks. Heh, yep, Sean Connery, the original Bond, had a Scottish accent, though the Bond character I don't think was written as a Scottish background. The more I've read now the more it sounds like RP would be the appropriate thing to learn...though perhaps in a few years Estuary might be the thing. |
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| I'd say Estuary English might be a good one- coming midway between RP and Cockney, though grammatically more towards RP, it is spreading all over the country, so for a standard accent, it might be a good choice. |
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| Hmmm, unfortunately I haven't found any Estuary dialect tapes yet. RP & Cockney though I have found. |
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