Steph McGovern reveals BBC colleagues assumed she’d had a ‘hard life’ becaue of her Northern accent and saw her as ‘dead tough’ – but insists it created more opportunities Steph McGovern from Middlesborough, appeared on the Fortunately podcast Presenter said colleagues underestimated her abilities when she joined the BBC They assumed she had a difficult … Read more
Prince George has picked up the Estuary accent of Ricky Gervais and Jamie Oliver, speech experts have claimed, after he was featured in a video with Sir David Attenborough. The Duke of Cambridge’s eldest son was heard speaking on Saturday when he and his siblings Charlotte, five, and Louis, two, quizzed Sir David about nature in a … Read more
Meet the medical student, 21, who has captured the attention of MILLIONS on TikTok with his video singing in five different accents – and why he put off pursuing a career in music Medical student Ricky Rosen has gone viral with an accent singing challenge The 21-year-old, from Sydney, has more than 330,000 fans on TikTok … Read more
Tammin Sursok sports a VERY thick American accent as she discusses homeschooling her children amid the COVID-19 pandemic during The Morning Show appearance By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:25 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 02:25 BST, 8 September 2020 It has been fourteen years since she relocated from Australia to the … Read more
Bette Midler says she was ‘wrong’ to mock Melania Trump in social media posts she shared while watching the Republican National Convention. On Thursday night, the award-winning performer, 74, sparked a furore by poking fun at the First Lady’s accent as she addressed the nation in a televised speech. ‘Oh, God. She still can’t speak … Read more
The Queen’s English is named the UK’s most attractive accent due to its association with ‘intelligence and charm’ – but the Cornish accent proved to be the biggest turn-off The Queen’s English has been named the most attractive accent in the UK Cornish was rated the least attractive, although it was associated with humour Spanish … Read more
Saffron Barker gets called out by fans for her awkward use of French after mispronouncing fashion brand Comme des Garçons By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 02:23 BST, 3 August 2020 | Updated: 02:23 BST, 3 August 2020 She has acquired plenty of skills as a Youtube star and Strictly Come Dancing contestant. But Saffron … Read more
Keanu Reeves during a virtual Constantine panel revealed that he never considered going blonde or taking on a British accent for the title role of the 2005 movie. The 55-year-old actor participated in a reunion panel with Constantine director Francis Lawrence, 49, and producer Akiva Goldsman, 58, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the supernatural … Read more
Welsh and Scouse are the British accents that Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant struggle to understand the most — but users from London and Lincoln rarely have any problems Researchers got people to record themselves commanding their devices They counted Google searches about being misunderstood by smart speakers Together, this data was used to rank … Read more
Jodie Comer has revealed that she’d planned to shed her Liverpudlian accent early on in her career – until actor Stephen Graham urged her to keep it. The 27-year-old actress, who has won acclaim and accolades for her role in Killing Eve, has admitted that she believed her accent had no place in the acting … Read more