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Amy Walker has 24 different accents.

Where's the swiss-german accent?

(via a cup of jo)

May 21, 2008 in videos |

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I never feel as though you can do a Brooklyn accent unless you were born there. I wasn't born in the city, but live in Brooklyn and hear those "true" accents all the time. Too easy to spoof--too hard to master. To my ear, I think she's really amazing, though. Love the last one--like all the 1930's movies!

Posted by: Jennifer | May 22, 2008 at 10:04 AM

The Seattle Accent also sounded like western Canada and was perfect.

The Toronto accent was off though- I've lived in Toronto and it's more what people 'think' Torontonians sound like.

Posted by: Colleen | May 25, 2008 at 09:48 AM

Hmm, I was truly impressed until she hit America. Her diction is too crisp to be believable for most American accents and she hasn't quite nailed the American vowels (check the IPA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet). I'm a linguist though, thereby a tough customer.

Posted by: Lingua Franca | May 28, 2008 at 03:51 PM

You can quibble about the accuracy of a particular accent, but what she did was amazing. To switch that quickly, from one to the next, is incredibly impressive. Thanks for posting this!

Posted by: John Windsor | May 29, 2008 at 10:49 AM

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