VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

Philip Banks · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:54 am Post subject: A whole bunch o' British

In the hope of helping all those who would like to learn but are unfamiliar with the British accent. Here it is .....

The Cornish Devonshire Somerset Bristolian West Midlands East Midlands Liverpudlian Mancunian London yorkshire Northern Ireland Southern Ireland Welsh Urban and Welsh rural British accent.

http://thecorporatevoice.com/british.mp3

Bruce · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:11 am Post subject:

Proves once again G.B. Shaw's statement that Britain and America are two countries separated by the same language...but my God, there have to be Brits who don't understand other Brits with such vastly different dialects.

Bruce

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We-e-e-e-ell, as a Mancunian, I can say with confidence that Banksey's Mancunian is actually Salfordian, which is 2 miles west of Manchester! Smile

Philip Banks · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject:

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What I wouldn't give for Yates's Blob right now!
It's being quite a day.

(A Yates's blob is sweet white Australian wine with hot water, sugar and lemon - a real warmer... or something ;^) )

audio'connell · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:18 pm Post subject:

Well now, very creative....alas I couldn't help thinking that a certain announcer had a slightly slower week than normal so he came up with a linguistic ideer!
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Philip Banks · Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:15 am Post subject:

Nothing written in the diary at all. The twin giant spectres of poverty and lack stalk around Cathcart St like two giant stalking things.

dhouston67 · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:48 pm Post subject:

I'm hesitant to weigh in, since my 'Southern English' accent seemed to come from East Midlands....and I've never been to either!

I am curious about one particular regional dialect at the moment, however: I've been asked to do something of a Patrick Stewart impression, in his VO style as opposed to Capt. Picard. I understand that he's from Yorkshire, but even his conversational voice sounds nothing like Banksey's example (or any other Yorkshire example I've heard.)

Just asking out of curiosity more than anything, as I'm simply going to do my best approximation of Stewart's "Crestor" reads.
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Philip Banks · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:27 pm Post subject:

Patrick Stewart speak professionally in so-called received pronunciation, classic BBC English if you like. Amongst family and friends he is said to loosen up and his native Yorkshire accent comes through.

My best attempt for comparison....

http://thecorporatevoice.com/stewartsouthandnorth.mp3

Just out of interest my father was a Yorkshireman, was born and grew up in Leeds. My mother was a somerset lass although has no west country accent, VERY RP (received pronunciation).

dhouston67 · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject:

Nicely done, Banksey. For myself, I'm glad I'm asked only to do the "BBC" style read instead of the Yorkshire, as the former is far easier for me to approximate than the latter.

For what it's worth, that first mp3 is going into my reference files. Smile

I have a hard time separating some of them, although I can pick out Liverpool, London and the Irish voices easily.

All this, no doubt, probably underscores the need for bona fide dialect coaching on my part...
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Christopher French · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject:

This is going to sound dumb, but I never knew there were THAT many dialects in England, but then again, it's just like American English. Funny thing about the English accent though, I had a Spanish teacher in High School who was from England. She spoke Spanish with an English accent. It was pretty neat. I love doing English accents but I'm not sure exactly how well I do them. When I get a demo up, would anyone care to critique it?

Chris
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Bailey · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:03 pm Post subject:

Philip Banks · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:49 am Post subject:

This is a whole bunch of American. Why use a British English voice over from Portgordon in Scotland to be the main voice when then didn't want my natural accent? It will remain one of life's mysteries.......

http://thecorporatevoice.com/buckeye.mp3

I know the FVO at the end is Amy Delaney but no idea as to the identities of the rest.

Hart · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:04 am Post subject:

That's very strange man. I guess they wanted your "authority." Nice work.

And I can get to see the MUDHENS!!!! On TV! I'll call right now!

thecorporatevoice.com Now that's a website name.

One of my best friends has http://www.thebritishvoice.com I thought that one was good too.

Philip Banks · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:14 am Post subject: