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Learning to Speak Like An American - The Art of Dialogue Coaching
Phillip Dampier:
A British citizen learns to speak like an American.
TOoP/Bruce:
Learn Mancunian English (Manchester) in 10 minutes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/features/2002/11/07/manc.ram
:D
Ellemeno:
That was very interesting. I've thought before that that would be a very cool thing to do, help people learn new accents. Heath has been using the same coach for several movies now.
Bruce, Mancunian sounds pretty challenging. :)
MaineWriter:
More on the same topic...this was on NPR a few years ago but I remembered it because I thought it was interesting.
A class called "Playing the American" at UCLA aims to help actors from abroad to capture the American type. Mastering the accent is a challenge in itself. The teacher of the class and two students discuss what it means to "act American."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4716864
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on November 18, 2007, 10:06:05 am ---More on the same topic...this was on NPR a few years ago but I remembered it because I thought it was interesting.
A class called "Playing the American" at UCLA aims to help actors from abroad to capture the American type. Mastering the accent is a challenge in itself. The teacher of the class and two students discuss what it means to "act American."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4716864
--- End quote ---
I probably need this myself as occasionally my "Universal Translator" fails to adequately translate my "Texan" into clear "American".......just kidding.
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