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What's the newscaster's accent? It sounds vaguely UK / Commonwealth ish but like nothing I recognize

kzrdude 3y ago
I had the same question, curiosity got the better of me and I think it's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Church - British born Australian living in the US
js2 3y ago
Sounds Australian to my American ears. Words like "burned" and "acres" are giveaways to me. What threw you off?
- hnbad 3y ago
  It sounds like an exaggerated attempt at a British accent to my European ears. CNN being American made this even weirder as she doesn't sound like an American doing that. Someone linked the Wikipedia article for Rosemary Church (if that's who she is) stating she was born in Northern Ireland, grew up in England and Australia and has since been based in the US. Given this biography, it feels like her accent is not entirely organic. I've seen people (especially "citizen journalists") adopt chiefly British accents to appear more sophisticated (I guess?) and this does sound a bit like that to me. She likely has a bit of an accent organically but might have learned to lean into it for her credibility as an "international correspondent" (much like people born in the Southern US would hide their drawl). For comparison, these two are a good example for what I would clearly identify as what an Australian news anchor would sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMRdH90MDTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMRdH90MDTY This is what I would clearly identify as what a more typical British news anchor would sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPNh6NBhQM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPNh6NBhQM
  - js2 3y ago
    > I've seen people (especially "citizen journalists") adopt chiefly British accents to appear more sophisticated. That has a long history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent
- senectus1 3y ago
  nah definitely an Aussie https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/rosemary-church-profile#about https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/rosemary-church-profile#abo...
  - defrost 3y ago
    Yep, Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Church lived in London until her family moved to Australia when she was 8 years old. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Australian National University in Canberra and has completed graduate studies in media and law at the University of Canberra. like 25% of all Australians, born elsewhere :)
senectus1 3y ago
yeah she's aussie :-) Rosemary Church https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/rosemary-church-profile#about https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/rosemary-church-profile#abo...

I had the same question, curiosity got the better of me and I think it's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Church - British born Australian living in the US

js2 3y ago

Sounds Australian to my American ears. Words like "burned" and "acres" are giveaways to me. What threw you off?

hnbad 3y ago
It sounds like an exaggerated attempt at a British accent to my European ears. CNN being American made this even weirder as she doesn't sound like an American doing that. Someone linked the Wikipedia article for Rosemary Church (if that's who she is) stating she was born in Northern Ireland, grew up in England and Australia and has since been based in the US. Given this biography, it feels like her accent is not entirely organic. I've seen people (especially "citizen journalists") adopt chiefly British accents to appear more sophisticated (I guess?) and this does sound a bit like that to me. She likely has a bit of an accent organically but might have learned to lean into it for her credibility as an "international correspondent" (much like people born in the Southern US would hide their drawl). For comparison, these two are a good example for what I would clearly identify as what an Australian news anchor would sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMRdH90MDTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMRdH90MDTY This is what I would clearly identify as what a more typical British news anchor would sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPNh6NBhQM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPNh6NBhQM
- js2 3y ago
  > I've seen people (especially "citizen journalists") adopt chiefly British accents to appear more sophisticated. That has a long history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent
senectus1 3y ago
nah definitely an Aussie https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/rosemary-church-profile#about https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/rosemary-church-profile#abo...
- defrost 3y ago
  Yep, Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Church lived in London until her family moved to Australia when she was 8 years old. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Australian National University in Canberra and has completed graduate studies in media and law at the University of Canberra. like 25% of all Australians, born elsewhere :)

senectus1 3y ago

yeah she's aussie :-) Rosemary Church https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/rosemary-church-profile#about https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/rosemary-church-profile#abo...