Victor the Linguist is imitating English accents
As a native speaker of GAE - he kind of has the rhythm, but he overpronounces his "r"s and certain other sounds (like the sounds in his version of GAE "standard", "talk", live" and "vegetables"). So yes, he sounds non-native to me, but obviously trying to make the effort.
The main give-away in his rendition of 'Standard British English' is that he has essentially taken his text, which was written in an American style, and pronounced it in a kind of Southeast England accent (although some of the vowel sounds sound more Northern). However, he has not modified his phrasing and sentence structure accordingly.
His American redneck is terrible. But since this is all in fun, it's nothing to get upset about.
As for his American redneck being terrible, I suppose it depends on how you define terrible. In the parts where he isn't slipping up, he manages to sound pretty good.
I do object to using "redneck" to describe a particular accent, though. "Redneck" describes a certain type of person, and rednecks can have different regional accents.
I had a correspondence once, with a woman from Oklahoma. She was very fond of 'redneck' jokes.
As for Victor's British accent, I thought it was very disappointing.
The big danger of copying other people's accents, is that you may well be accused of 'taking the mikey'.
Any chance of getting an audio-only version? I can't open the video.
<<Any chance of getting an audio-only version? I can't open the video.>>
I'm afraid it's impossible. Audio is needed.
<<The big danger of copying other people's accents, is that you may well be accused of 'taking the mikey'.>>
Forgive me, but what does "taking the mikey" mean?
<<Forgive me, but what does "taking the mikey" mean?>>
That means "taking the piss".
His standard British accent sounds like Steve Coogan's character Alan Partridge!
"I hate warm beer"
<<Forgive me, but what does "taking the mikey" mean?>>
I should have said: 'taking the micky' which basically means making fun of foreigners, in particular 'Irish people' or 'Micks'.
I 'laughed out loud' at Alan Partridge. I found worrying when my 'ex' girlfriend found him so funny.
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