What is harder, a British person faking an American accent or an American faking a British accent?

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WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

That’s a good question. I feel like I can do some variations of British accents pretty easily. Standard “BBC” English, like the generic accent, that’s pretty easy, maybe just since I’ve always heard them since I was little on TV and in movies. Cockney accents are pretty easy for me too, for the same reason. Not sure I’d fool any natives, and I wouldn’t know the particular slang of the dialect, but I can reasonably imitate it.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/X1_CdSa3PpY

Other British accents are tough. I went down a YouTube rabbit hole after watching Ted Lasso, and I found all these different videos about particular regional accents. I’m not as used to those, and most of them are from Northern England, and they seem to say their “a” sounds differently than down south around London.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/6ffIOaj-Gdg

(Editor’s Note: the Manchester girl does it for me😍)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/0C1jbnBB6nc https://www.youtube.com/embed/R_C4PDSfQJA

I can’t really say how hard it is for Brits to do American accents though. I always wonder how we sound to other people, since it just sounds normal to us. I remember there was a British girl playing an American in the old movie Mallrats, and she was pretty good, but I wasn’t totally shocked when I found out she was putting on the accent. After I knew, I did notice one part where she slips a little, at around 1:45 and she says “T. S., I “CAHN’T” go!”

https://www.youtube.com/embed/WRAdTESYXXE

Trying to think of some other examples of Brits playing Americans but I’m drawing a blank.

Levin · Accepted Answer

Americans can't do an English accent for the life of them. I think my yank accent is pretty on point.

AnnaTumbles · Accepted Answer

I have a British accent , probably because I hang out with many Britishers around my area , and its kinda easy to fake an American accent , at least by me haha , i dont know about the other way round , tho.

dustybiker · Accepted Answer

British are better at faking an American accent. Anyone can speak American.. it’s a melting pot.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Maybe this skit will help:

Bratsondanielle · Answer

I say bullocks to both. Let's goooaa to the fuuukin pub and have a pint

Cubus · Answer

I assume by "British" you mean "English" A British person faking an American accent. Faking a English accent is easy. Just don't pronounce "r" :)

jshm2 · Answer

Only Americans have accents. We British speak proper English.

kao118 · Answer

Having been both, I will say it is likely the American British. They honestly can’t,

NamerOfStars · Answer

I'd guess the latter. British people hear American accents (well, one of them) all the time; we only hear received pronunciation, and that inconsistently.

AviatorTom · Answer

Neither one is very good, but it's probably easier for a Brit to fake an American accent than the other way round.

NathanDavis · Answer

"wotah"  there...

Freyke · Answer

A British person with one of those nasty dialects trying to copy the American accent, I would love to see that.

htmndg183 · Answer

As a British person, i don't think i can pull off American accents without struggles or my British twang coming in between it.

Akelley_293 · Answer

British faking an American accent

maximumpower · Answer

Both are equally obnoxious.

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