Celebrities who put on a fake their accent 24/7

Hang on Now

Russel Brand & David Norris are the two who come to mind. Maybe they've faked their accents for so long, that they actually sound that way now.

I'm not quite sure what Russell Brand does, but I think it's that he exaggerates the accent, and raises the pitch of his voice. He does it in such a way, as if to give the impression that he's making a unique point about something... he always thinks he has an angle!

368100

John barrowman.....Scottish or U.S. ....grew up in Scotland so accent is fake. Comes out with some BS that he auto reverts to Scottish accent when talking to his family...he just uses whichever will be of more benefit to him at any time

splinter65

I don’t think D Norris’s accent is fake but Clare Daly went to a boarding school but gets clean away with her mock “howaya” tripe.
Graham Norton’s accent is totally unrealistic too.
Bono’s midatlantic twang is like everything else about U2, totally fake.

donegaLroad

Kenneth Branagh, born and bred in Belfast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwzKgB6n2lw

tupenny

donegaLroad wrote: »

Kenneth Branagh, born and bred in Belfast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwzKgB6n2lw

Ffs. Winner here

tupenny

Saoirse Ronan also

Richard Hillman

Lewis Hamilton
Andrew "Beef" Johnston

Both true blue American's.....from England.

BrianBoru00

tupenny wrote: »

Saoirse Ronan also

Sairse Ronan talks like a bogger. I can't fathom why people think she would fake that kind of an accent.

I know people who went on a J1 to the states and came back sounding like the kardashians.

I'm taking the Noel Gallagher stance on Bono

dok_golf

pierce brosnan

dok_golf

graeme mc dowell

PeterParker957

dok_golf wrote: »

graeme mc dowell

Not fake. He went to university in the US.

Victor

Just about every actor ...

Arghus

368100 wrote: »

John barrowman.....Scottish or U.S. ....grew up in Scotland so accent is fake. Comes out with some BS that he auto reverts to Scottish accent when talking to his family...he just uses whichever will be of more benefit to him at any time

He lived in Scotland until he was eight and then his family moved The States.

Mysterypunter

Danny Dyer

368100

Arghus wrote: »

He lived in Scotland until he was eight and then his family moved The States.

So?

Riddle101

I'd say some celebrities are encouraged to exaggerate their accents so they can be more appealing when on screen. On the other hand, maybe it's an acting thing. If you've trained as an actor and did voice lessons or theatre work then the actors are probably just used to talking in a certain style and they just adopted it for themselves.

An Ri rua

splinter65 wrote:

I don’t think D Norris’s accent is fake but Clare Daly went to a boarding school but gets clean away with her mock “howaya†tripe. Graham Norton’s accent is totally unrealistic too. Bono’s midatlantic twang is like everything else about U2, totally fake.

Bang on about David Norris and Clare Daly.

Arghus

368100 wrote: »

So?

You can hardly say he grew up in Scotland, when most of his formative years were spent somewhere else. I know people who lived in England until they were twelve or thirteen, but who speak now as adults with an Irish accent.

368100

Arghus wrote: »

You can hardly say he grew up in Scotland, when most of his formative years were spent somewhere else. I know people who lived in England until they were twelve or thirteen, but who speak now as adults with an Irish accent.

And as an opposite I know people who lived in England until 8 or 9 who moved here and still have an English accent.

Topic is fake accents....have you ever heard him switch from one to the other as easily as clicking his fIngers?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/audio/2008/jul/14/john.barrowman.alice.wignall

He basically admits the US accent is fake in this

Don Kiddick

donegaLroad wrote: »

Kenneth Branagh, born and bred in Belfast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwzKgB6n2lw

Born yes...bred no...moved to England at the age of 8 or 9

rightyabe

Nadine Coyle..

Grayson

I grew up in westmeath. I sound nothing like a local. It's not put on, it's just my accent. It's quite possible that people like Graham Norton are the same.

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BrianBoru00 wrote: »

Sairse Ronan talks like a bogger. I can't fathom why people think she would fake that kind of an accent.

I know people who went on a J1 to the states and came back sounding like the kardashians.

I'm taking the Noel Gallagher stance on Bono

Her accent is north side dub.

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368100 wrote: »

So?

So then his accent changed.


David Norris speaks like an upper class Irish Protestant. Norton’s accent is Irish Protestant too. Saoirse Ronan is a dub accent. Branagh went to school in England from age 9 and received RP training. RP is the name of the elite English accent.

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368100 wrote: »

And as an opposite I know people who lived in England until 8 or 9 who moved here and still have an English accent.

Topic is fake accents....have you ever heard him switch from one to the other as easily as clicking his fIngers?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/audio/2008/jul/14/john.barrowman.alice.wignall

He basically admits the US accent is fake in this

The English accent is harder to shake. In general if you move as a child you will change your accent.

Barrow man isn’t faking either accent. His natural accent is the American accent

Sonics2k

368100 wrote: »

And as an opposite I know people who lived in England until 8 or 9 who moved here and still have an English accent.

Topic is fake accents....have you ever heard him switch from one to the other as easily as clicking his fIngers?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/audio/2008/jul/14/john.barrowman.alice.wignall

He basically admits the US accent is fake in this

Nah, I moved to Ireland from England in 1993 and I have no trace of an English accent.

Accents are really weird how they work. One of my parents lived in England until she was about 8 and the rest in Scotland until her 20's and then moved to Ireland. She sounds really really English.

mr_edge_to_you

Saoirse Ronan’s accent switches between bogger and northsider according to phase of the moon.

Minderbinder

When you move to another country and they don’t understand you, do you expect them to change?

Not saying it excuses everyone but I think it’s very understandable that someone moving from Scotland or Ireland to America will have to adapt in order to be understood.

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mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

Saoirse Ronan’s accent switches between bogger and northsider according to phase of the moon.

Why would somebody fake that. Wonder if she grew up in co Carlow and Howth or something.

Achasanai

server down wrote: »

So then his accent changed.


David Norris speaks like an upper class Irish Protestant. Norton’s accent is Irish Protestant too. Saoirse Ronan is a dub accent. Branagh went to school in England from age 9 and received RP training. RP is the name of the elite English accent.

Is the Irish Protestant accent uniform throughout Ireland? Does an Irish Protestant in Cork have the same one as those in Mayo?

KellyXX

Minderbinder wrote: »

When you move to another country and they don’t understand you, do you expect them to change?

Not saying it excuses everyone but I think it’s very understandable that someone moving from Scotland or Ireland to America will have to adapt in order to be understood.

A million times this.
Try asking for a mountain dew in a shop in the states and see how long it takes you to change your accent.

Don Kiddick

One of my faves is Sam Neill, born in Tyrone, lived there until he was 7...but cannot do an Irish accent to save his life!.
It's all about the environment you grow up in, not the geographical location itself.

quintana76

Joe Duffy. Hasn't lived anywhere near Ballyfermot for over 30 years. The accent could just be part of his ordinary Joe image. Just saying that daily exposure to RTE luvvies and long term residence in Clontarf could have had some effect in private.

badabing106

Maura derrane has lost her lovely innismore brogue. Daithi o Shea is still representing though

ziggy

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MilesMorales1

Some girl I knew in school claimed she was born and raised in Kerry, then moved to Dublin when she was 14, so spent her whole life in Ireland, yet spoke with a broad American accent like one of the Kardashians and always said she didn't know where it came from, used to drive me insane.

razorblunt

Minderbinder wrote: »

When you move to another country and they don’t understand you, do you expect them to change?

Not saying it excuses everyone but I think it’s very understandable that someone moving from Scotland or Ireland to America will have to adapt in order to be understood.

It depends though on how strong your original accent is. Scots and Irish tend to be hard to shake but what happens is you'd have to slow down and pronounce words better and naturally gravitate towards the local accent by accident or habit.


Germans and Dutch ten to always pick up the local accent I find.

Dakota Dan

razorblunt wrote: »

It depends though on how strong your original accent is. Scots and Irish tend to be hard to shake but what happens is you'd have to slow down and pronounce words better and naturally gravitate towards the local accent by accident or habit.


Germans and Dutch ten to always pick up the local accent I find.

Plenty fake accents in Ireland that most only picked up in secondary school.

Ralf and Florian

Shane McGowans missus Victoria Mary Clarke. She was born in West Cork and speaks with with what sounds like a middle class English accent.

longshanks

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Shane McGowans missus Victoria Mary Clarke. She was born in West Cork and speaks with with what sounds like a middle class English accent.

Lots of that carry on in West Cork, tis a strange place.

King George VI

razorblunt wrote: »

It depends though on how strong your original accent is. Scots and Irish tend to be hard to shake but what happens is you'd have to slow down and pronounce words better and naturally gravitate towards the local accent by accident or habit.

Ugh, my sister moved to NZ a few years ago and now has the worst accent known to humankind. It's barely even an Irish accent anymore, she draws out her words and does the raised pitch thing at the end of every sentence as if she's constantly asking a question, as is typical of Australia and NZ. Sounds disgusting.

razorblunt wrote: »

Germans and Dutch ten to always pick up the local accent I find.

True, my Dutch housemate has lived here for a few years and every second word out of her mouth has an Irish twang to it.

alta stare

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Some girl I knew in school claimed she was born and raised in Kerry, then moved to Dublin when she was 14, so spent her whole life in Ireland, yet spoke with a broad American accent like one of the Kardashians and always said she didn't know where it came from, used to drive me insane.

This may seem daft but maybe she is on the Autism spectrum. Speaking in an accent like that for no apparent reason is one of the known effects of Autism. I know someone who speaks in a strong American accent, never been to America, never met an American and is from a place where the local accent is pretty obvious to anyone outside of the area. When she was diagnosed it was mentioned as being one part of the Autism. She cannot for love nor money put on an Irish accent its American all the way.

padd b1975

The Healy-Raes.

Breaston Plants

Can't believe nobody has mentioned yer wan Miriam O ' Callaghan yet, possibly the most put on accent on television. Hilarious.

PeterParker957

longshanks wrote: »

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Shane McGowans missus Victoria Mary Clarke. She was born in West Cork and speaks with with what sounds like a middle class English accent.

Lots of that carry on in West Cork, tis a strange place.

I've a bunch of cousins in West Cork and can vouch. Very odd !!!!

HalloweenJack

Who decides if their accents are fake or not? How do we know they aren't just talking the way that comes naturally to them?

A lot of the names I've seen mentioned so far seem to be people who were born in one place but have spent a considerable amount of time in another place with a vastly different accent and have caught it. So what? Is there any clear evidence that these people are faking it?

elperello

Mysterypunter wrote: »

Danny Dyer

Diamond geezer.

Dr Crayfish

I wouldn't say any of the people are actually faking a bloody accent it's just how they ended up speaking. Graham Norton for example just has a posh countryside D4 living in London for years I don't want to sound too Irish accent. I had a number of jobs abroad where I dealt with customers on the phone an awful lot and it's easier sometimes to just speak clearer and try not to pronounce words in my native North Dub accent too heavily as sometimes they don't know what you're saying. If I had kept working abroad for years and years I'd prob have a different accent as to how it is now.
Also Irish people who went into acting are always going to have fecked up accents from pretending to be other people etc.

Yamanoto

Kenneth Branagh apparently acquired Received Pronunciation to avoid bullying at school, when he moved to England in his youth. I'd imagine his training at RADA & involvement with RSC also had quite an influence on how he sounds today. It's unlikely you could have played Hamlet in an RSC production sounding like Frank Carson.

ligerdub

Donna Air - Wy aya man!

Yamanoto

Breaston Plants wrote: »

Can't believe nobody has mentioned yer wan Miriam O ' Callaghan yet, possibly the most put on accent on television. Hilarious.

It's not put on.

She attended Alexandra College (as did Rachel Allen) & it's alumni carry with them this bizarre bastardisation of the southside accent, that allows you to pinpoint the secondary school they attended.