John Barrowman
There's a programme on the television at the moment called "Small Animal Hospital" (they've just operated on a horse, so I'm not really sure what constitutes a small animal these days), which is filmed in Glasgow. It's hosted by everyone's favourite British American hammy actor, John Barrowman.
Now, I know he's Scottish by birth, but he only spent the first 8 years of his life there. He always used to have an American or at least mid Atlantic accent. But he keeps breaking into a Weegie accent, sometimes quite strong. Is that affected, or do people really keep their accents from early childhood?
Now, I know he's Scottish by birth, but he only spent the first 8 years of his life there. He always used to have an American or at least mid Atlantic accent. But he keeps breaking into a Weegie accent, sometimes quite strong. Is that affected, or do people really keep their accents from early childhood?
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Brits who go to Hollywood pick up annoying American twangs to their voices quite quickly - was it a Girls Aloud member who had a particularly bad one. Would think it would be easy to regain your original accent when amongst your own people.
Yeah. His family have very Scottish accents.....well, because they are! It's not an affectation.
Very fond of the lad because of a number of stories I've heard from fellow Cardiffians who bumped into him over the years when he was living here. All saying how lovely and unstarry he was. A colleague of mine came back from a trip to M & S where she'd done an inadvertent double take after seeing him out shopping, and was still a bit wobbly because he'd clocked it and given her a lovely warm smile. She knew she wasn't in with a chance, mind!
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1630088
I posted this in the trivial things that annoy you thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sArFksxhV-0
Snap.My mum came from the Western Isles and her accent changed whenever she went 'home'.:D
I like JB and think he is a good guy..........so
Bloody hell. I've never heard him speak with a Scottish accent as strong as that before. It's always been nearly American.
Actually he is an actor who also does musical threate
ABBA sounded very Swedish when they spoke... we're talking about Barrowman's speaking voice here.
It's most amusing watching him lapse into Scottish brogue and then whip his proverbials back off to do the slick North American thing when it suits.
I do like him though. I remember him once lying flat on the floor to try and stare up the female presenter's trouser leg on some kids show. It was so slapstick it hurt.
http://newsworldtoday.org/pics/me/itv_celebs_4_281111/john-barrowman-outside-the-itv-studios-london_3630819.jpg
I didn't think Karaoke singers did Sondheim on Broadway
So true. Saw him twice in 'Sunset Boulevard' and in concert. He puts everything into a performance and works hard.
I visited Florida last year. One of the theme parks had a girl on the gate that recognised our regional British accents and we chatted briefly about Brits abroad. On being asked why she had a strong American accent after only 6 months or so out there she told us that the Americans struggle to understand even a mild English regional accent and she adapted her accent to a US one because it was less hassle.
Yes, the Americans truly are that rubbish at acknowledging accents other than American. Cheryl Cole-Verninizedz was not kidding.