English do seem to maintain their accents, it seems to be almost like a "base code"... Look at Hugh Laurie, or John Barrowman (Scottish) who can turn it on and off on a dime. Like A.P. I don't believe I've met a U.K. born individual who has adapted to a American accent full-time.
I once knew someone from the states who lived in the U.K. for only four years and you would have never known she hadn't lived there her whole life. (at least from a American perspective.)
Me I grew up in Ohio, moved to NC, took standard dialect voice training here to correct the NC accent, then moved to California, got cast in a role that required me to use a southern accent, then moved back here.
Shannon say my "normal mode" is a standard dialect with a "valley" twinge. She says she rarely hears the southern. Which is mainly because every time I hit a word wrong I self-correct by hearing my voice coach in my head saying it's "TOUR!!!!" not "tuuuuurrrrrrrr".
William Killick: You have a raindrop running down your cheek, just like a tear.
October 7th, 2009, 10:00 am