How could an American fake a Russian accent?

Answer 1

It's not hard at all, if you have the talent for faking accents in the first place. I do it ALL THE TIME! And the fact that my wife is Russian makes me do it all the time, just to get on her nerves. Try reaching deep in \your throat, tightening just a little bit and pretend you are Count Dracula. All R are going to be rolled, not a lot, just a simple er-r. You is said like Ju (jew). Its a slower spoken language, because you have to think from a russian point of view, anyone maintaining an accent , means English isn't their first language, so speakin the english language slower gives it a more realistic effect.
The =Zee
You= Joo
anything ending in ING, just leave ING off
unless it really wouldn't make sense
like "Why are you always messing with me?"
would sound like "Why jou always mess wit me??
sometimes mess it up a lot
(Why jou are mess always wit me)
Listen to Dracula in your head.....say things like him, but slow....and deep...
Listen to the COUNT on Seasame Street and learn to COUNT like him....you'll pick it up evetually

Answer 2

It can be arguably the most difficult accent to really master due to the sheer size of Russia. People in Moscow will have a slight different accent than say people in Vladivostock. It has quite a few "hard sounds" that come from the back of your throat that most native English speakers have a difficult time with. The way i learned when I lived there was by, oddly enough, listening to the radio and music. Then when i found a song I liked, I listened to the music over and over again and eventually started to be able to imitate how the singers were singing the lyrics.

Even though I might not of know what they were saying, the fact that I could mimic the sounds made actually learning the language all that easier. A lot of Russian requires you to have some time of accent to say most of the words correctly. Check out some of the streaming radio channels on the web (I know there used to be silver rain and radio moscow for most pop music) Just let it play in the background while you're working on the computer and it will start to seep into your brain. Of course the best way is to just hang around native speakers and it WILL rub off on you.

Answer 3

My advice? Never "fake" an accent. If you need to perform with a convincing Russian dialect, there are numerous books/tapes/CDs designed specifically for the purpose. Run an internet search for the series of dialect tapes called "Acting with an Accent;" they're very good.

Answer 4

The same way a Russian fakes an American accent.......

Answer 5

Hard to imagine it could be done convincingly, but it can. In the war my great uncle was a Cornish man, working as a British spy in Russia then later for the new Reich, he had to convince people he was both Russian and German - so it can be done! But you have to have a gift.

Answer 6

Practice.

Answer 7

This is possible.Mimicry artists do that.If you are serious contact some mimicry artists.If you want to learn it yourself vyou can do with the help CD or tape recorder and player.

Answer 8

Very carefully

Answer 9

practice

Answer 10

Very badly.