She definitely needs elocution lessons if you listen to her current advert. "It's like wa-er on my lips" and "a splash of shii" which creases us up because it sounds like "a splash of shi*e".
She doesn't have to lose her accent to speak well.
This is probably the result of not being all lardy daah, or, well spoken.
She definitely needs elocution lessons if you listen to her current advert. "It's like wa-er on my lips" and "a splash of shii" which creases us up because it sounds like "a splash of shi*e".
She doesn't have to lose her accent to speak well.
She speaks much better English than Ray Winstone and he has become one of the UK's biggest actors. I recently saw an interview with Winstone and I couldn't believe an actor had such poor spoken grammar. It seems to be OK to speak badly if you're from London (EastEnders is another example) but not if you're from further north.
I really like her accent, it's softened a lot since she was first on Popstars but still has a thick twang. Sure some of her pronunciation is still quite regional (e.g. saying water without the letter t!) but her diction is pretty good. Would hate it more if she toned it down so much it becomes an unidentifiable general Northern burr.
She speaks much better English than Ray Winstone and he has become one of the UK's biggest actors. I recently saw an interview with Winstone and I couldn't believe an actor had such poor spoken grammar. It seems to be OK to speak badly if you're from London (EastEnders is another example) but not if you're from further north.
Neither of them need to have great grammar but clear diction IS required. Winstone reads other people's words, he's not a writer. Same as Cheryl doing an advert - but the fact that one of her lines in her current advert is, IMHO, open to an unfortunate but hilarious misinterpretation purely because of her pronunciation proves she should polish her skills.
Nothing to do with being "posh", just being understood.
She speaks much better English than Ray Winstone and he has become one of the UK's biggest actors. I recently saw an interview with Winstone and I couldn't believe an actor had such poor spoken grammar. It seems to be OK to speak badly if you're from London (EastEnders is another example) but not if you're from further north.
Cheryl's what I class as a well spoken Geordie in that interview. Her 'o' in words are sounding different. They aren't flat any more. Also, saying 'I' instead of 'a'. Saying me instead of 'urz'. Still, I suppose you'd have to clean up the way you talk for television. If they took someone from here whose speech hadn't been changed, you'd likely need a translator.
The way she punched her fist when chosen to be in 'Girls Aloud' way back in 2002 told you all you need to know about 'Miss Tweedy'.:rolleyes:
You can't polish a.........:sleep:
No problems with her talking, it gives everyone character. If we all went around talking like the Queen or DoE it would be boring or artificial. At least shes not hiding her roots.
She speaks much better English than Ray Winstone and he has become one of the UK's biggest actors. I recently saw an interview with Winstone and I couldn't believe an actor had such poor spoken grammar. It seems to be OK to speak badly if you're from London (EastEnders is another example) but not if you're from further north.
You're joking right? People with London and South East accents get bashed all the time for being 'common'. It seems all regional accents are fine except for London ones in many peoples eyes. Especially when anyone from Brighton up to Milton Keynes is called a 'cockney' as an insult
You're joking right? People with London and South East accents get bashed all the time for being 'common'. It seems all regional accents are fine except for London ones in many peoples eyes. Especially when anyone from Brighton up to Milton Keynes is called a 'cockney' as an insult
I'm guilty of this, there's a couple I know that moved from Brighton to be near their Grandchildren, the husband has a strong accent, I assumed he was a Londoner but he was born in Brighton. I've also met people from Harrow that had no strong accent, I assumed everyone from London sounded more or less the same
About 40 years ago I went to stay with my grandparents for a fortnight down on the Isle of Sheppey, I had immense difficulty in understanding the locals. Spent my time counting potholes and wondering about that ship off Sheerness.
I'm guilty of this, there's a couple I know that moved from Brighton to be near their Grandchildren, the husband has a strong accent, I assumed he was a Londoner but he was born in Brighton. I've also met people from Harrow that had no strong accent, I assumed everyone from London sounded more or less the same
Tbh, they probably do sound the same to non Londoners but we can tell the difference in accent between people who live a few miles apart.
I'm from South London and my best mate is from East and, to me, we sound completely different but maybe to others we sound identical.
Mind you, I think all people from Lancashire/Yorkshire sound the same so I'm probably just as guilty.
She definitely needs elocution lessons if you listen to her current advert. "It's like wa-er on my lips" and "a splash of shii" which creases us up because it sounds like "a splash of shi*e".
She doesn't have to lose her accent to speak well.
She probably has had lessons to try and crack the states, it hasn't worked though.
I happen to like her northen voice.
It's hard to understand but she's atleast real.
She doesn't write her own songs, she doesn't sing them live, she is auto tuned in the studio recordings (that's if they even bother, I would just get a ghost singer in, like Boney M did), she has never worked for her fame other than a quick competition that is seen as producing low quality disposable pop music to masses of morons.
So her accent is about the only "real" thing about her, everything else is a finely crafted media ****, and thats it. I wish she would take "learning to understand my place in the world" lessons and **** off back to the cave she spawned from.
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This is probably the result of not being all lardy daah, or, well spoken.
I think you'll find it is "Hey there Georgie Girl"
Not a fan of Cheryls by any stretch of the imagination but no way does she need to change her accent
Poetic license.
Just seen this interview with her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRoEwfXPZ_g
She speaks much better English than Ray Winstone and he has become one of the UK's biggest actors. I recently saw an interview with Winstone and I couldn't believe an actor had such poor spoken grammar. It seems to be OK to speak badly if you're from London (EastEnders is another example) but not if you're from further north.
Neither of them need to have great grammar but clear diction IS required. Winstone reads other people's words, he's not a writer. Same as Cheryl doing an advert - but the fact that one of her lines in her current advert is, IMHO, open to an unfortunate but hilarious misinterpretation purely because of her pronunciation proves she should polish her skills.
Nothing to do with being "posh", just being understood.
Cheryl's what I class as a well spoken Geordie in that interview. Her 'o' in words are sounding different. They aren't flat any more. Also, saying 'I' instead of 'a'. Saying me instead of 'urz'. Still, I suppose you'd have to clean up the way you talk for television. If they took someone from here whose speech hadn't been changed, you'd likely need a translator.
You can't polish a.........:sleep:
It's hard to understand but she's atleast real.
Tis her singing.
Might be something in paying her not to sing.
You're joking right? People with London and South East accents get bashed all the time for being 'common'. It seems all regional accents are fine except for London ones in many peoples eyes. Especially when anyone from Brighton up to Milton Keynes is called a 'cockney' as an insult
Someone needs lessons...
I'm guilty of this, there's a couple I know that moved from Brighton to be near their Grandchildren, the husband has a strong accent, I assumed he was a Londoner but he was born in Brighton. I've also met people from Harrow that had no strong accent, I assumed everyone from London sounded more or less the same
About 40 years ago I went to stay with my grandparents for a fortnight down on the Isle of Sheppey, I had immense difficulty in understanding the locals. Spent my time counting potholes and wondering about that ship off Sheerness.
Tbh, they probably do sound the same to non Londoners but we can tell the difference in accent between people who live a few miles apart.
I'm from South London and my best mate is from East and, to me, we sound completely different but maybe to others we sound identical.
Mind you, I think all people from Lancashire/Yorkshire sound the same so I'm probably just as guilty.
I concur had elocution lessons.
She probably has had lessons to try and crack the states, it hasn't worked though.
Ignorant in the sense that because the OP can't understand her she should have lessons to fix it. How about...listen a little more carefully!
She doesn't write her own songs, she doesn't sing them live, she is auto tuned in the studio recordings (that's if they even bother, I would just get a ghost singer in, like Boney M did), she has never worked for her fame other than a quick competition that is seen as producing low quality disposable pop music to masses of morons.
So her accent is about the only "real" thing about her, everything else is a finely crafted media ****, and thats it. I wish she would take "learning to understand my place in the world" lessons and **** off back to the cave she spawned from.