Fantasy books and films are a massive hit with both readers and spectators. Although the tales occur in a fictional realm, the characters always speak with British accents instead of American accents.
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Why Americans Are Obsessed With These Accents
From the British villain to the Southern sweetheart, certain accents have become cultural icons in American entertainment.
It's a tale as old as time: British actors crossing the pond to be cast in big-time American movies and television shows. Which means speaking in an American accent for months—sometimes even years—at ...
Grammar expert June Casagrande was recently surprised to learn she is a British citizen, thanks to her father. She took a ...
American parents are noticing their little ones adopting British accents after watching Peppa Pig, a popular children's TV show about a female pig and her animal friends. All of the characters in the ...
Nearly a third of Americans think they could pass as British, based on their knowledge of UK culture
While 27% feel somewhat confident they can nail the British accent, 26% admitted they regularly struggle to understand it, according to a new survey of 2,000 Americans. Former U.S. tennis player and ...
Fans like us rejoiced at today's news that British actor David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor Who, would reprise his role in the ITV series Broadchurch for Fox's American remake. Then we read a little ...
Josh O’ Connor has been waiting for a long time to make The History of Sound with Paul Mescal. The Crown actor looked back on ...
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Why Sex Education Feels So British and So American at the Same Time
It has British accents but American lockers, English hills yet U.S.-style pep rallies. The world of Sex Education exists in a place that doesn’t quite exist at all.
The rock bands on this list are all British, but they all sound American. While no one will confuse Gavin Rossdale, Joe Elliott, or Mick Jagger with a Yankee, they each front groups with a distinctly ...
Believe it or not, the guy playing the very American Ned Sampson on The Paper is not American at all. Actor Domhnall Gleeson portrays the Peacock series' new Editor-in-Chief, a Midwestern guy who just ...
American parents are noticing their children have adopted British accents after watching "Peppa Pig," a popular animated TV show about a female pig and her animal friends. All of the characters in the ...
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