Easiest English accent to fake

Hito   Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:26 pm GMT
What is the easiest dialect of British English for an American to fake, that would be convincing to Brits?
Lazar   Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:25 pm GMT
At least in my case, I think a moderate/modern RP accent would be the easiest to do, since it's phonologically the closest to my own Massachusetts accent.

General note to all Americans trying to do an English accent:

Please, please, please make sure you distinguish words like "Mary~merry~marry", and "serious~Sirius", and "worry~whirry", otherwise your accent is going to sound *massively* fake. ;-)
Eve   Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:32 am GMT
Yale-educated, Connecticut-born George W. Bush does an excellent job of faking a Texas drawl (at least as far as the outside world is concerned). Of course, an East Texas accent (think Lady Bird Johnson) is different than a West Texas one.
Rocio   Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:54 pm GMT
I think thereĀ“s not a single dialect easy to fake! They all sound - in different ways of course- unique. RP sounds very classy, Cockney sounds great, strong northern accents have a lot of personality...wish I was there just to learn more about them!