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Enlighten me, what's the the British accent popular in movies like Football Factory, Human Traffic etc. which I find cool; while every Brit I've met in my life

by zalew 16y ago

Enlighten me, what's the the British accent popular in movies like Football Factory, Human Traffic etc. which I find cool; while every Brit I've met in my life had this 'royal' accent I personally don't find understandable (sorry, no offence)? Actors of international-targetted movies use some other accent for a certain effect? Also, once I've met a guy AFAIR south London or sth, he spoke that his wife told me even most of Brits don't get him (it was an accent, not just that he was mumbling).

ErrantX 16y ago
Enlighten me, what's the the British accent popular in movies like Football Factory, Human Traffic etc. which I find cool They will be London accents; of which there is quite a broad range anyway. It can be a pretty strong accent. * while every Brit I've met in my life had this 'royal' accent I personally don't find understandable* Queens English should be pretty understandable; so it might not be what you've heard (the whole point of it is precise pronunciation and erudition). "Normal" baseline English can vary quite a lot; down in the south they tend to clip words (my mother does this) and, if speaking quickly, it can be hard to follow. We also have a tendancy to mumble :)
- zalew 16y ago
  Once I was on a trip and landed with a British family in one car, couldn't understand a word, it was sth like (hard to write it) "Ncaaaw, intt!" and took me 2 times repeat and focusing hard to get it was "Nice car, isn't it?". And the whole family was talking like that all the time. It wasn't any Scottish (this one I recognize). I have no problem understanding and talking to most Brits, Americans, Canadians, but sometimes you (Brits) really surprise me :D
  - ErrantX 16y ago
    Yeh, that's certainly not a common British accent or dialect. I can't place it exactly but it sounds like a London or non-posh southern accent.
isleyaardvark 16y ago
"Cockney" is a good term to search for. It's a London accent you'll hear in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Michael Caine has a Cockney accent.

by zalew 16y ago

ErrantX 16y ago

Enlighten me, what's the the British accent popular in movies like Football Factory, Human Traffic etc. which I find cool They will be London accents; of which there is quite a broad range anyway. It can be a pretty strong accent. * while every Brit I've met in my life had this 'royal' accent I personally don't find understandable* Queens English should be pretty understandable; so it might not be what you've heard (the whole point of it is precise pronunciation and erudition). "Normal" baseline English can vary quite a lot; down in the south they tend to clip words (my mother does this) and, if speaking quickly, it can be hard to follow. We also have a tendancy to mumble :)

zalew 16y ago
Once I was on a trip and landed with a British family in one car, couldn't understand a word, it was sth like (hard to write it) "Ncaaaw, intt!" and took me 2 times repeat and focusing hard to get it was "Nice car, isn't it?". And the whole family was talking like that all the time. It wasn't any Scottish (this one I recognize). I have no problem understanding and talking to most Brits, Americans, Canadians, but sometimes you (Brits) really surprise me :D
- ErrantX 16y ago
  Yeh, that's certainly not a common British accent or dialect. I can't place it exactly but it sounds like a London or non-posh southern accent.

isleyaardvark 16y ago

"Cockney" is a good term to search for. It's a London accent you'll hear in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Michael Caine has a Cockney accent.