I'm doing a play and I want to get it right. The character is supposed to speak with an "Estuary" accent. Any tips?
2007-08-05 14:00:18 · 10 answers · asked by The Doctor 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Think of Estuary English as "London middle-class and working-class English" this is not the same as Cockney.
If you not performing for a British audience, just take a Cockney accent and tone it down a bit. Most people won't be able to tell the difference.
Another option would be to think of Stan Laurel (Laurel & Hardy.) Although Stan Laural was born in Cumbria in NW England, most people will not be able to distinguish his accent from a SE English accent... Especally if it is a stage accent.
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2007-08-05 15:33:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Watch a lot of English TV shows or listen to the BBC. The English have different accents, just like we do in the US, so just make sure you get the correct one.
PS## It would be great if you could manage to get the accent correctly. An English accent is very cool!!
2007-08-05 14:03:47 · answer #2 · answered by Josie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm American and I love the British accent
2016-04-01 00:45:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Studying is the best way for mimicry, watch Frasier or BBC on the tele and you'll have a British dialect in no time
2007-08-05 14:03:37 · answer #4 · answered by MOLZ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this site pretty much has all the info you would ever need:
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t4227-0.htm
but the main thing is to just listen to british people talk, maybe one of your friends, or on tv, or even on youtube.
you can also try this site,
http://accent.gmu.edu/
i used it when I needed a russian accent.
2007-08-05 14:04:23 · answer #5 · answered by Cristina 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not that hard...it'll sound cheesy to the real McCoys by the way.
Just watch a Brit movie or w/e, and analyze the way they speak.
2007-08-05 14:03:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spit out the gum ! put a plumb in your mouth and try that !!
I am a Yorkshire man so I speak propper English , those southerners are really foreigners !!!
Cheers Pete
2007-08-05 14:49:01 · answer #7 · answered by Realist 2006 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are dialect coaches for just that purpose. Contact your local college theatre department to help you find a coach.
Here's one: http://www.thedialectcoach.com/
2007-08-05 14:02:48 · answer #8 · answered by WhatAmI? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
watch movies with that accent
or visit
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=practicing+a+british+accent&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
2007-08-05 14:03:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Talk like a gay person.
2007-08-05 14:03:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋