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    Quote Originally Posted by Starhunter451 View Post
    The only thing that is celtic about him is his hair. Maybe. The accent needs work. I don't have one, but I can hear one thatis correct. Where was that recorded at?
    The guy is English, so while his highland dress skills need a lot of work, I think the accent is as good as it's gonna get.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zardoz View Post
    The guy is English, so while his highland dress skills need a lot of work, I think the accent is as good as it's gonna get.
    I watched a few of his other videos. Turns out, he was raised by British parents on the continent for many years and learned English at an American school. As such he had a generic non-regional American accent until a few years back. When his English classmates made fun of him, he decided to learn "received pronunciation" and studied Christopher Fry's diction.

    I think his dad is actually Scottish. I'd say he's not a bad lad on the whole after watching his vids, just stubborn due to the hubris of youth and the recipient of some bad advice at a kilt hire shop...

    It is a shame that it's a "how to" video though!
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    I would be a bit RP myself. A guy in Glasgow once said I didn't actually have an accent.
    He does seem a nice enough lad - if he has just sat his A levels he is only about 18.

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    I get the impression that RP is somewhat looked down upon generally these days. I have always liked the sound of it, personally.
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    RP I think was an imposition of broadcasters like the BBC many years ago, and regional accents (with the exception of Scottish) were not permitted. That has all gone and good thing too.

    I think accents are largely formed in one's early childhood and one should be not trying to change them in my view. You are trying to deny who you are and where you came from, and why should you want to, unless you are an actor preparing for a role.
    In fact RP actors seem to make a good living as Hollywood baddies (Rickman, McGoohan, Hurt, Oldman, Cumberbatch etc etc)

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    Ah! Gotcha. Thank you for the info, John. I did not know that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by John_Carrick View Post
    RP I think was an imposition of broadcasters like the BBC many years ago, and regional accents (with the exception of Scottish) were not permitted. That has all gone and good thing too.

    I think accents are largely formed in one's early childhood and one should be not trying to change them in my view. You are trying to deny who you are and where you came from, and why should you want to, unless you are an actor preparing for a role.
    In fact RP actors seem to make a good living as Hollywood baddies (Rickman, McGoohan, Hurt, Oldman, Cumberbatch etc etc)
    Speaking of accents...I know a German woman whose parents immigrated to New Hampshire when she was 10 or 11. Her accent is pure New England. According to her, early teen age is the make or break point. On a somewhat humorous note, I know a German gentleman who settled in New York City (Brooklyn) as a teenager, early enough to have entered the US Army some months before the end of WWII. He speaks Brooklyn English, with a thick German accent, which was almost unintelligible. I would have to say for him to slow down and speak American!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BBNC View Post
    speak American!
    I always found that to be such a funny expression...
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