Which of these readings are in British English?

[thincat]

Hello everybody! I am now listening to the audiobooks of Emma from LibriVox. I find that there are several versions of it. As I am currently learning British English and would like to catch up with the accent, I would like to know if anybody can help me to discern the accents of these three speakers and tell me which one of them is with British accent.

Here are the links: LibriVox » Emma, by Jane Austen (solo)
LibriVox » Emma (version 3) by Jane Austen
LibriVox » Emma (version5) by Jane Austen

If I am right, Elizabeth Klett should be speaking in British English, but I am sure about that.

Thank you very much!

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

NOT A TEACHER

None of them speak with a British accent. Elizabeth Klett speaks with an American accent. I don't know where Sherry Crowther is from, but she sounds Canadian. Moira Fogarty also sounds Canadian.

 

[bhaisahab]

They all sound North American to me.

 

[emsr2d2]

I Googled the three readers and found the following:

Elizabeth Klett's writing in her personal page/blog suggests she is American or Canadian - she uses "mom" and one of her hobbies is quilting.

Moira Fogarty - interestingly, on her own profile page she writes "

My voice is full, deep, round, clear and well-inflected with no heavy accent. My diction and enunciation are as close to pristine BBC Newscaster English as you can get without a British accent" (my italics). She also describes herself as a native speaker of English (British), English (North American) and English (Other).

I couldn't find any biographical info on Sherry Crowther.


PS - Sorry about the usual formatting problem with the cut-and-paste bit.



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[SoothingDave]

She sounds exactly like the BBC, except for the British bit. LOL

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

PS - Sorry about the usual formatting problem with the cut-and-paste bit.
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There is a way around this problem. If you copy your text into Notepad and then copy and paste it from Notepad into this text message thingy (I don't know what to call this :-D) then your text will automatically appear in the default typeface. I've had this problem in the past and this is my way around it ;-)

 

[emsr2d2]

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There is a way around this problem. If you copy your text into Notepad and then copy and paste it from Notepad into this text message thingy (I don't know what to call this :-D) then your text will automatically appear in the default typeface. I've had this problem in the past and this is my way around it ;-)

No Notepad on a Mac! I'll try TextEdit. Thanks.

 

[thincat]

As far as I know, Elizabeth Klett is American. However, interestingly, sometimes I find comments like this: "

Elizabeth Klett gives us a wonderful, professional quality reading of this classic. Happy to report that her British accent is very creditable, even to the ears of a native speaker. Brava! (The BookWorm, Manchester, UK)" ​

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - Books Should Be Free
or "Elizabeth Klett

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(US, but amazing British English accent )" Other British Readers on LibriVox « RuthieG's CataBlog
As a native speaker of British English, how does her accent actually sound to you? Is it true that she is reading with a British accent in her audiobooks of Emma and Jane Eyre?

Thank you very much!

 

[bhaisahab]

As far as I know, Elizabeth Klett is American. However, interestingly, sometimes I find comments like this: "

Elizabeth Klett gives us a wonderful, professional quality reading of this classic. Happy to report that her British accent is very creditable, even to the ears of a native speaker. Brava! (The BookWorm, Manchester, UK)" ​

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - Books Should Be Free
or "Elizabeth Klett(US, but amazing British English accent )" Other British Readers on LibriVox « RuthieG's CataBlog
As a native speaker of British English, how does her accent actually sound to you? Is it true that she is reading with a British accent in her audiobooks of Emma and Jane Eyre?

Thank you very much!

No, she has a North American accent.

 

[thincat]

I Googled the three readers and found the following:

Elizabeth Klett's writing in her personal page/blog suggests she is American or Canadian - she uses "mom" and one of her hobbies is quilting.

Moira Fogarty - interestingly, on her own profile page she writes "

My voice is full, deep, round, clear and well-inflected with no heavy accent. My diction and enunciation are as close to pristine BBC Newscaster English as you can get without a British accent" (my italics). She also describes herself as a native speaker of English (British), English (North American) and English (Other).

I couldn't find any biographical info on Sherry Crowther.


PS - Sorry about the usual formatting problem with the cut-and-paste bit.



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Thank you for your reply.
As far as I know, Elizabeth Klett is American. However, interestingly, sometimes I find comments like: “Elizabeth Klett gives us a wonderful, professional quality reading of this classic. Happy to report that her British accent is very creditable, even to the ears of a native speaker. Brava! (The BookWorm, Manchester,UK)Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - Books Should Be Free and “Elizabeth Klett (US, but amazing British English accent)” Other British Readers on LibriVox « RuthieG's CataBlog

As a native speaker of British English, how does her accent sound to you? Is it true that she reads with a British accent in both of her audiobooks, Emma and Jane Eyre?

Thank you very much!

 

[thincat]

No, she has a North American accent.

I see. Thank you!

 

[Rover_KE]

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There is a way around this problem. If you copy your text into Notepad and then copy and paste it from Notepad into this text message thingy (I don't know what to call this :-D) then your text will automatically appear in the default typeface. I've had this problem in the past and this is my way around it ;-)

Yes—that works! Thanks for bringing that to our attention, CS.:up:

Rover