Worst Regional Accents by actors

[RICHARD]

Remember,

THey are all "staahs"- Nothing more, nothing less.


I dislike the "so cal gal" accent. Real Cah lee Fuh nee Ah girls say "like" far more often.

[sirrahbed]

hmmmmm... BEST accents and WORST accents.....who can discern better than a native???

Wom -interesting that you mentioned Meryl Streep because I was thinking of her as I was reading threads and trying to recall examples of believable use accents by actors.

I recently saw the actor that plays the doctor on "House" and was really surprised to hear an accent!! I never suspected that he was not American

The accents that bug me the most are southern ones. This happens in westerns often when there is a supposedly Texas cowboy using slang and twang that sounds more like Kentucky or Tennessee. Recently I returned to Texas and it was so nice to once again hear that familiar sweet and subtle drawl Remember the movie "Steel Magnolias"? That was a mix of odd-to-my-ears assorted southern voices. I never heard anything similar when I lived in Louisiana. Maybe that is because I was in Shreveport rather than near Nawlins. But didn't that movie take place around Shreveport??

Hubby and I just talked about this topic and he recalls Denzel Washington's role in "For Queen and Country". Now Denzel is one of our very favorite actors but we still don't know if that accent was good or terrible. The role he plays is a British man who starts to hang out with some Irish criminals.

I also find it interesting to read the comments about the "Yankee" accents. I can't distinguish between New Yorkers,(and my mom was one) New Englanders, Jersey, Boston, etc. I tend to recognize accents from that part of the country but am not able to identify the specific area like those of you who are from up there Guess it is a subtle difference in dialects, also.

a little true story....my first day of school after my family relocated from Texas to New Hampshire....5th grade English class and the teacher was giving a spelling test. A word she listed was "ah-pot-mint". I did not recognize it but thought maybe it had to do with putting mint in a flowerpot Well, I misspelled "apartment" that day!

I think my ears are pretty sensitive to subtle regional differences because I have lived in so many places during my life. But, I never lived anywhere long enough to be "native" of anywhere. Military brats like me often are confused Accents are pretty fascinating aren't they

[Sevaede]

The accents that bug me the most are southern ones. This happens in westerns often when there is a supposedly Texas cowboy using slang and twang that sounds more like Kentucky or Tennessee. Recently I returned to Texas and it was so nice to once again hear that familiar sweet and subtle drawl Remember the movie "Steel Magnolias"? That was a mix of odd-to-my-ears assorted southern voices. I never heard anything similar when I lived in Louisiana. Maybe that is because I was in Shreveport rather than near Nawlins. But didn't that movie take place around Shreveport??

The southern ones bug me as well! Troy and I are constantly trying to figure out who is trying to pretend to be from where. He is constantly irritated with Paula Deen, saying, "She sounds like she's a yankee trying to sound like a Georgian!"

You were in Shreveport? We lived there (Troy, born and raised). I *think* there were scenes around S'port but the majority was filmed in Natchitoches.

[Jessika]

Silly Karen... don't you know that you no longer have to have "talent" to be big?? You just have to have a pretty face and be willing to do whatever is asked of you to do! Talent... what's that?

VERY FEW actors/actresses or musicians have talent anymore. Most of them got to where they are now because they knew someone in the industry that helped get their foot in the door.