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There's also the French accent vs the French Canadian one. I can't recall how many time in american movies they hire French actors from Europe to play French Canadian. It's soooo not the same language and accent!
Having lived in the South Eastern United States all my life, I can tell you with confidence that when a Southern accent is done wrong, it is done *very* wrong. As for which is hardest for me to master, South African is definitely the one I have the hardest time with, and the one I hear get butchered most often.
Antarctican is a hard one for me, especially with those cold undertones in the pitch of your vocal cords. Tried numerous times but my voice breaks like iceberg every time.
The weirdest thing for me is that I can do partial Irish and Scottish accents, though the thing with those is I have to be at the right moment to pull it off. If I just think of doing it it doesn't work well, yet if it happens out of the blue then that's a different story for me
@@jonscreen7698 I skipped that one bcuz of the subject matter but I recall "A Dingo Ate My Baby" becoming a saying for awhile & was even quoted by Elaine on "Seinfeld".😅 Ok,one accent she didn't get right out of how many? Still a pretty good track record Imo! 👍
the South African accent is actually a little bit of a mix between British and Australian for the most part. the SAFFA accent is slightly "less melodic" than the Aussie accent, but carries the same relaxed vibe. While the general Saffa accent is influenced by all 11 Official Languages, several of the languages have a much more prominent role in shaping the South African English accent; nl Afrikaans, Tswana and Zulu. Andy Serkis did a fantastic job doing what sounded like a soft Afrikaner-accent, he had me convinced, and I am an Afrikaans speaker, btw they did actually film his Avengers scenes in Johannesburg, so he likely had an accent coach on set. One sound that is uniquely South African is the "Brey". This affects a small group of Afrikaans-speakers involving the letter "R". Afrikaans people tend to produce a "trill" sound when pronouncing an "r". This involves the tip of the tongue flapping rapidly up against the front section (right behind the incisors) of the upper palate in your mouth. People who brey cannot produce that "trill" sound properly, so the trilling sound is more focused in the back of the mouth, specifically at the uvula and is very similar to the "gutteral g" sound Afrikaans people also use. For people who want to learn how to brey, just lift the back of your tongue when your about to say an "r"'.
I live in Southeastern Ohio, so doing a Southern accent kind of comes naturally to me. I also learned how to do British and Cockney accents from watching "My Fair Lady". The accents that are really hard for me to do are Finnish (I played such a character in a play about 18 years ago, and it sounded more Swedish than Finnish) and Russian.
as you said right off the bat, there is no "Southern" US accent. there are a dozen of them at least which sound totally different. not as bad as Norwegian dialects, which don't even spell things the same in a territory much smaller than the South. nic cage has to be the worst though at all of them
The rare times a foreign actor has attempted the New Zealand accent it has mostly been butchered. For example, Elizabeth Moss in Top of the Lake. Anthony Hopkins came close.
If I were living in a place it would be a lot easier to pick up the accent, I have a good ear for them. Catriona Balfe has a wonderful English accent for someone born in Ireland and Sam Heughan has occasional slight trouble even though he grew up in Scotland.
How did Australian not make the list? I've yet to hear a non-Aussie actor do it convincingly. Even Meryl Streep butchered it in A Cry in the Dark. If she can't do it well, what hope do the rest of them have?
Australian didn’t make it because they incorrectly believe they can successfully pull off a convincing Australian accent. The result is we are then left cringing at the attempt
Urban Cowboy is a great movie. I love Conair Nicholas Cage is an amazing actor. Braveheart is a very good movie the best ever. Mary Poppins is a classic. I love watching videos like this keep up the good work.
I'm from Sweden so English is not a first language. Listening to the different dialects in America I can hardly hear the difference. Some of course, but not that many. But when someone is going to portray a person from a country they clearly is not from, that can be quite amusing. In dr. Quinn for example they have Swedish immigrants played by Americans. They even "speak" Swedish. Some words are ok, others are like "what are they saying". Like the effort of trying though 👍😊
Jamaican is tough! There is a completely different way of making sound than a general American accent. People can fake it well enough so that people know what they’re doing, but that “authentic” accent is challenging to duplicate.
Instead of having four different American accents on the list, you should have dived more into other accents around the world. I think Danish should have been on the list. Unless actually diving into learning the language, others won't understand how difficult it actually is. Especially with the accent, which tends to differentiate from city to city. And for some reason, Hollywood in the past seem to think that the Danish accent is close to Russian, seeing as many Danish actors have been cast in Russian roles. In reality, they are not even the slightest similar.
american accents outside NYC are generally difficultthe moviemakers can't even make the difference between New York and New Jersey or NYC and upstate NY for that matter
If South African wasn’t number 1, I was gonna unsubscribe. I can’t even begin to explain to you how wrong people get the accent. Ryan Philipe also does a good one in the bang bang club
African accents are butchered in American movies and it's done so badly that it has become irritating. They forget that Africa is a large continent and has various countries and each country has not less than 100+ dialects and languages. Hollywood should do better.
Why are British and Scottish separated on this list. You know Scotland is British don’t you? Also cockney?!?! And do you know how many British accents there are ?!?!
There is no such thing as a British accent. You mean educated southern English. Wales, N Ireland and Scotland are also part of the UK. But you’ll call them Irish, Welsh and Scottish. Not to mention, dialects change across the UK, but particularly England, literally every 20 miles. You travel 30 mins and a word will mean something entirely different to the people who live there. So enough of this “British accent” crap. You mean educated southern. And we don’t all bloody sound like that. 😒
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There's also the French accent vs the French Canadian one. I can't recall how many time in american movies they hire French actors from Europe to play French Canadian. It's soooo not the same language and accent!
Having lived in the South Eastern United States all my life, I can tell you with confidence that when a Southern accent is done wrong, it is done *very* wrong. As for which is hardest for me to master, South African is definitely the one I have the hardest time with, and the one I hear get butchered most often.
Agreed, many actors almost never get the twang or region quiet right.
I will agree, Irish, Scottish, and Cockney are hard to master, but I also think that German is a difficult one to master
Do not get me started on a standard German accent, I do not want actors sounding like Nazis
Antarctican is a hard one for me, especially with those cold undertones in the pitch of your vocal cords. Tried numerous times but my voice breaks like iceberg every time.
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Well…it’s never easy to get any accent correct. You can’t master them .
The weirdest thing for me is that I can do partial Irish and Scottish accents, though the thing with those is I have to be at the right moment to pull it off. If I just think of doing it it doesn't work well, yet if it happens out of the blue then that's a different story for me
I love that the clips of the accents done bad are mostly Nic Cage 😂
Nic Cage is still a legend
Brooklyn and Australian are two accents that I can’t master.
Same.
Where are you from?
@@mattruffin8643 I’m from the west coast of the USA.
I'm from the west coast as well but my parents were from Brooklyn so I find doing that accent pretty easy..
Come visit Brooklyn. You’ll pick it up in no time.
Ewan mcgregor's Scottish accent 🥰🥰🥰
James Doohan fooled us for years with his Scottish accent as the original Scottie in Star Trek
Besides Meryl Streep,I've been watching Tracey Ullman & she nails every accent perfectly 👌
Erhmmm did you hear Meryl's Australian accent in "A Cry In The Dark"?
Because that was horrendous 😂
@@jonscreen7698 I skipped that one bcuz of the subject matter but I recall "A Dingo Ate My Baby" becoming a saying for awhile & was even quoted by Elaine on "Seinfeld".😅 Ok,one accent she didn't get right out of how many? Still a pretty good track record Imo! 👍
the South African accent is actually a little bit of a mix between British and Australian for the most part. the SAFFA accent is slightly "less melodic" than the Aussie accent, but carries the same relaxed vibe. While the general Saffa accent is influenced by all 11 Official Languages, several of the languages have a much more prominent role in shaping the South African English accent; nl Afrikaans, Tswana and Zulu. Andy Serkis did a fantastic job doing what sounded like a soft Afrikaner-accent, he had me convinced, and I am an Afrikaans speaker, btw they did actually film his Avengers scenes in Johannesburg, so he likely had an accent coach on set. One sound that is uniquely South African is the "Brey". This affects a small group of Afrikaans-speakers involving the letter "R". Afrikaans people tend to produce a "trill" sound when pronouncing an "r". This involves the tip of the tongue flapping rapidly up against the front section (right behind the incisors) of the upper palate in your mouth. People who brey cannot produce that "trill" sound properly, so the trilling sound is more focused in the back of the mouth, specifically at the uvula and is very similar to the "gutteral g" sound Afrikaans people also use. For people who want to learn how to brey, just lift the back of your tongue when your about to say an "r"'.
As much as I love British actors, as an American, I doubt could ever do a British or English accent.
I live in Southeastern Ohio, so doing a Southern accent kind of comes naturally to me. I also learned how to do British and Cockney accents from watching "My Fair Lady".
The accents that are really hard for me to do are Finnish (I played such a character in a play about 18 years ago, and it sounded more Swedish than Finnish) and Russian.
as you said right off the bat, there is no "Southern" US accent. there are a dozen of them at least which sound totally different. not as bad as Norwegian dialects, which don't even spell things the same in a territory much smaller than the South. nic cage has to be the worst though at all of them
Put the bunny back in the box.
I can’t believe half of these weren’t Benedict Cumberbatch’s attempts at Southern, Boston, and general American 😂😂😂😂
The rare times a foreign actor has attempted the New Zealand accent it has mostly been butchered. For example, Elizabeth Moss in Top of the Lake. Anthony Hopkins came close.
4:07 you also get that with a lot of Australian actors doing American accents for movies
If I were living in a place it would be a lot easier to pick up the accent, I have a good ear for them. Catriona Balfe has a wonderful English accent for someone born in Ireland and Sam Heughan has occasional slight trouble even though he grew up in Scotland.
How did Australian not make the list? I've yet to hear a non-Aussie actor do it convincingly. Even Meryl Streep butchered it in A Cry in the Dark. If she can't do it well, what hope do the rest of them have?
So true Katrina 💙 🇦🇺
Kate winslet nails the Aussie acct
Australian didn’t make it because they incorrectly believe they can successfully pull off a convincing Australian accent. The result is we are then left cringing at the attempt
A lot of actors can butcher an Australian accent.
@MsMojo Are you gonna upload that "Top 20 Disney Channel Villains" list or not?
Trevor Noah for the model South African accent. Loved his early stand-up when he imitated politicians from his country.
Ouch! That hurts!
Can you do top 10 episodes of the Netflix series Trolls The Beat Goes On?
Do a Top 10 Animated Friend Groups!
British and Italian Accent ❤
They should just hire actors who were born with that specific accent
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Well, what would be the fun of that? We'd have no House.
I think Derrick O'Connor hit the mark, with his South African accent, in Lethal Weapon 2.
Does anyone else mimic the person they're talking to accent? Even though they don't mean to.
What about Australian???
tv and movies NEVER get any of the west indian accents correct.
NOT ONE
Can we have an update featuring more non-British and non-American accents? (Like Spanish, Russian, German, French, etc.)
Cuban Accents Are My Weakness I Sound Like a discount Vic Palmero from George Lopez If only you can hear It
I'm Australian so I already have the Aussie accent but I can also do; Italian, British, Irish and Scottish. I'm half Scottish
Can you do top 10 moments from the Netflix series Voltron Legendary Defender?
I haven't heard of anyone nailing the New Orleans accent, especially when New Orleans have multiple accents.
Urban Cowboy is a great movie. I love Conair Nicholas Cage is an amazing actor. Braveheart is a very good movie the best ever. Mary Poppins is a classic. I love watching videos like this keep up the good work.
I still find South African one of the hardest accents to master
West Indian accents are never done right
What about Cajun? Hardly anyone can pull off that accent.
I'm from Sweden so English is not a first language. Listening to the different dialects in America I can hardly hear the difference. Some of course, but not that many. But when someone is going to portray a person from a country they clearly is not from, that can be quite amusing. In dr. Quinn for example they have Swedish immigrants played by Americans. They even "speak" Swedish. Some words are ok, others are like "what are they saying". Like the effort of trying though 👍😊
Appalachian accents are damn near impossible to imitate.
Accents I sorta have:
- Deep South';
- Scottish;
- British;
- Australian;
🇫🇮 Patrick Star watching: Finland!!!!!!
Which accent do you think is easy to master?
My family, former acting teacher and my brother's girlfriend say I do a good British accent.
I can’t do an Irish accent! I don’t know why, I can do Scottish just fine, but Irish is such a challenge.
We got about 4 different accents from Texas alone lol
How the FUCK did Australian not make the list?! Literally every non-Aussie who attempts it butchers it 🥲
I think doing an Austrian accent is simple. Anyone who does an Arnold Schwarzenegger impression more than once would probably agree.
What are the easiest accents to do? French, spanish or maybe....russian?
Awesome. For once South Africans get the top spot on a WatchMojo/MsMojo list.
I find British the easiest to imitate. German and Russian are the hardest to do. Scottish and Irish are the hardest to understand.
Jamaican accents
Cool runnings🤔
Jamaican is tough! There is a completely different way of making sound than a general American accent. People can fake it well enough so that people know what they’re doing, but that “authentic” accent is challenging to duplicate.
There is a RUclips show where someone analyzes Bradd Pitt's Jamaican accent in Meet Joe Black. Very interesting.
Or How Stella got her Groove Back 🤦🏾♀️
Instead of having four different American accents on the list, you should have dived more into other accents around the world. I think Danish should have been on the list. Unless actually diving into learning the language, others won't understand how difficult it actually is. Especially with the accent, which tends to differentiate from city to city. And for some reason, Hollywood in the past seem to think that the Danish accent is close to Russian, seeing as many Danish actors have been cast in Russian roles. In reality, they are not even the slightest similar.
american accents outside NYC are generally difficultthe moviemakers can't even make the difference between New York and New Jersey or NYC and upstate NY for that matter
If South African wasn’t number 1, I was gonna unsubscribe. I can’t even begin to explain to you how wrong people get the accent.
Ryan Philipe also does a good one in the bang bang club
The hardest accent in my opinion is the Boston accent.
i'll say that the Australian accent is another hard one for people to get right it just sound cringy when ever i hear someone tries the Aussie accent
Colombian is hard
Where was the Aussie accent as people mess it up and they end up sounding British and American at the same time??
Why do people think Jared Leto is talented, I've seen him in nothing to suggest it.
by far the worst accent was tony montana's! couldn't watch more than 5 mins of that movie
African accents are butchered in American movies and it's done so badly that it has become irritating. They forget that Africa is a large continent and has various countries and each country has not less than 100+ dialects and languages. Hollywood should do better.
Why are British and Scottish separated on this list. You know Scotland is British don’t you? Also cockney?!?! And do you know how many British accents there are ?!?!
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I wonder how Serbian accents sound? 🤔
Umm.. you’ve listed like 5 different types of American accents but didn’t even mention the Australian accent.. WTF??
British? So english, irish scottish and welsh then? Why do americans always say british when they mean english? Any americans care to explain?
Tom Hardy cannot do american!
All I have to say is: Russian.
You're welcome.
Mi fanno troppo ridere gli italoamericani
There is no such thing as a British accent. You mean educated southern English. Wales, N Ireland and Scotland are also part of the UK. But you’ll call them Irish, Welsh and Scottish. Not to mention, dialects change across the UK, but particularly England, literally every 20 miles. You travel 30 mins and a word will mean something entirely different to the people who live there.
So enough of this “British accent” crap. You mean educated southern. And we don’t all bloody sound like that. 😒
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I don't mind Chris Pratt not having an Italian accent, but can he do an accent?🪠🍝