LOL Can you do an accent?

A bit random, but some of the people I work with have been chatting in different accents for a bit of fun. So far we have the classics:

Scottish, welsh, Irish, the good old Brummy, Liverpuddly, Cockney

Then it has developed into Geordie, quoting Byker Grove, "Ah Jeff" "Spuggy!"

Jamacian. and then it came to a difficult one, can you do a Jamacian/Geordie accent???

We have tried this and its either or, there is no inbetween.

Strange that.

 

haha, that reminds me of the bit in Big Bang Theory when Howard pretends to be Raj on the phone.

 

strong south african always cracks me up.

 

I can do a perfect American accent but only when I'm sober.

 

Actually, even though I am danish, I have a hard time producing that proper "danglish" accent. My english mostly sounds like some sort of Atlantic accent. Mix of british and american.

 

How about Dudley? Best accent ever!

 

Not intentionally when forced, but apparently sometimes I slip into a Irish accent which is convincing...

 

Most people who try to do a Welsh accent usually end up sounding like a cockney Pakistani.

 

I can do quite a few, but not many of the ones I'd really like to.

I can do a pretty passable French (speaking french too), German, Yorkshire, Swedish/Norge, Highland Scottish, Glaswegian, Jamaican.

Can't do Scouse, Geordie, Brummie or Welsh though; can't do SA or non-whimsical Irish either.

Out of the ones I can't do I'd love to be able to do South African, it sounds awesome.

 

In my youth, I had what I called a "transparent" accent. ie. I could mimic anyone talking to me for more than a couple of minutes.

In high school German, my teacher swore blind I was from Cologne (I think that's where the language tapes the school used came from).
In my first job, a guy from Belfast started. Within 30 minutes I could understand him perfectly, but no-one else could understand me!

As Flibblebot says above, A Welsh "Valleys" accent is very tricky, you have to really concentrate or it just degenerates into Apu from the Simpsons.

<Apu>Thank you, come again! </Apu>

 

Make like Wallace - stretch your lips wide in a sort of smile, then try 'a Sith Efrikan eksn't'.

 

I do an amazing geordie accent

 

I can do Indian (no ****! )
British
American
German (sometimes exaggerated)
Russian (sometimes exaggerated)
Pirate

I remember my first week at university, nearly every one I met was asking me if I was British. I don't think people realize that a few Indians also speak English

 

Try saying beercan without sounding like a Jamaican saying bacon.

 

I can do a pretty good 7-11/Dell Technical Support accent.

 

I can do a pretty good Irish accent, scouse, geordie, russian and dutch one. That's about it

 

I understand my father did that, though he did it completely unintentionally, and got in some hot water on occasion.

I can do a few accents but have always struggled with Scottish. Recently I've been having trouble with my Russian which I haven't had before, instead sounding like a Godfather-esque Marlon Brando. I'm also completely unable to say Pendine - as in the Welsh town/Pendine Sands without sounding like an Irishman saying "pin down".

 

The slower I say it the more stoned I sound. Thanks!

 

I can't hold accents at all... I've tried it and gone between british, southern, australian, and even GERMAN in the same sentence.

 

Transparent accent, though I'm often accused of being South African, but as a bonus I can do almost any voice I want (even having conversations with myself for comedic effect...)