Some wicked good impersonations!
When foreigners try to teach other foreigners how to speak like Americans — you know, to sound like winners — it’s enjoyable. If you’re American, you feel pretty skilled, because you can already do it.
There used to be a lot more of these types of videos on YouTube. I don’t know why they’re becoming scarcer and weirder. They’re probably not PC anymore for the “America is awful” crowd.
So here’s two.
In the first, sounds to my ears like the only things they aren’t real great at are Canadian accents. I’d definitely be fooled by the rest.
And they’re Irish actors, which makes it all the more remarkable.
Even Americans who live in the Northeast can’t get that Boston accent as right….
The second is designed to teach people how to talk like Rachel from “Friends.” It’s just eye candy.
I, and several others, were once highly entertained by a German barmaid at an Irish pub in Rome doing an impression of Americans trying to speak Italian. I suspect she’d been banished from her native country for being hilarious.
Am I the only one thinking “boobies” right now?
Not any more…
Never. I sat through that boring lecture. Guess why.
Do you ever stop thinking “boobies”?
Well I do sometimes think Tequila.
If you find a gal who’s thinking both, you’ve got it made.
It’s hard for me to recognize a Canadian accent. There’s this old Canadian fix-‘er-upper show (“Cabin” something; all the TVs are CRTs), and I can’t tell until they say “about.”