Plot twist: He’s actually English, and he was just putting on an American accent in the beginning.

@JadranMalkovichActor

4 жыл бұрын

Haha perfect

@fordhamdonnington2738

4 жыл бұрын

Except this tutorial has no plot.

@tcindie

3 жыл бұрын

That's a Canadian accent in the beginning ;)

@angelinacrystalmip

3 жыл бұрын

Ah I see, btw may I ask ur opinion as a Brit guy about my Brit imitation? I'm Indonesian and I love this cool accent :D

@ChavvyCommunist

Жыл бұрын

Canadian

As an Englishman I'm extremely impressed with these accents. I think the professor could fool some Brits that he is a native.

@wendygilbert4997

9 жыл бұрын

My elocution lesson would have much more fun if he had been my tutor.

@ryanryan4097

9 жыл бұрын

Mark Lawrence Hah, he'll make you guys into a noob, being a Professor and all

@sebode87

9 жыл бұрын

Mark Lawrence Plot twist, he's actually British pretending to be American

@crimsonburn9886

9 жыл бұрын

***** He also mentions how to change up the tongue from "our Canadian tongue"

@sebode87

9 жыл бұрын

***** ah! what a fool I am!!

Oh my, I forgot he was American. Well done. Edit: he's Canadian

@OscarMarohn23

8 жыл бұрын

+Reese Labbe True, kudos, you're very observant

@OscarMarohn23

8 жыл бұрын

Reese Labbe​ Well Canadians are a more advanced species of American, the advancement comes with heightened intelligence and observational skills 

@raz0r7685

8 жыл бұрын

+Abel Salas Canadians are Americans: North Americans.

@OscarMarohn23

8 жыл бұрын

Ryan Shaver *deep inhalation* *deep exhalation*

@hyacinthdibley

8 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Shaver Yep Canadians are Americans....as are USAers and others geographically below the USA. As the Arrogant Worms might ask, how did one country take the name of an entire continent? lol

the way he switches between accents so quickly and seamlessly is so good wow

i am british and he does the accent perfectly!

@Long-HairedLuigi

9 жыл бұрын

I'll take your word for it as you're British and you know. ;) I'm American and, as much as I would love to learn a British accent, I'm terrified to try simply because I have absolutely no confidence in being able to do it, and the last thing I'd ever want to do is make anyone who happens to be British insulted by my accidentally sounding like a pretentious fool, lol!

@HarryHeath123

9 жыл бұрын

CaptainGoofysstash im sure no one would care, think of all the americans on british tv who do terrible british accents, you wouldnt be the first try not to do the traditional posh one or the cockney accent, it sounds terrible haha

@adammarshall4245

9 жыл бұрын

Well its not really ' the British accent '... I mean Britain has 4 country's all with there own accents and accents in those country's vary from city to city... The whole of britain doesn't have the upper class posh voice... There are so many accents

@HarryHeath123

9 жыл бұрын

Adam Marshall i know but that is a very good standard english accent, that you associate with the news etc.

@cody8907

7 жыл бұрын

Adam Marshall called a general accent

I'm British and it's really funny to see you slide from an American to a British person. Also fascinating is the fact that my feelings about you changed - when you were an American academic, I saw you as an ordinary, decent American: when you had a middle class British accent I thought you were an idiot: and when you had a British accent I thought you were more fun, real, saucy. Now I haven't got a clue who you are but I've learned allot about my own unconscious bias'! Great accents though - perfecto!

@zeroxox777

Жыл бұрын

Oops! Didn't notice you were Canadian

@Rick-the-Swift

5 ай бұрын

And here, ladies and gentlemen, we have a text book case of TMI😂 I agree though, it was fascinating to see the dude slide from a craggy toothed aristocrat to a craggy tooth pub brawler, then right back into a boring old Canadian😂 Man's got skills!👍👏

His accent is brilliant 👌

@chohsena627

6 жыл бұрын

But which one?

What a cool fucking guy.

Oh boy, you gotta love british ppl. Accent is cool, they speak very clear and let's not forget, they have one of the best and funny insults :D.

@dariuscyrus7356

9 жыл бұрын

American speak very clearly!!!

@sekibones8222

9 жыл бұрын

***** 落下的出豐u版凱撒y落後悔意見豐滿懷裡唔i㕞+.5`

@sekibones8222

9 жыл бұрын

.了n,√q冫吾池7 ?

@cooljunkproductions

9 жыл бұрын

ranker4 knobhead

@ranker4

9 жыл бұрын

***** Indeed, you clunge.

I happen to know David, he was a professor of mine. And I will say, firstly, that regardless of what people think of his accents in this video, he's an excellent teacher. I have seen many productions in which accents were required (Irish and English) that he was the vocal coach for and they were all excellent, not cartoony or stereotypical at all. And I have seen him do an Irish accent in a play and it was different than this. More natural, not so "Lucky Charms" ish.

his american is more american than americans'

@asid1992

8 жыл бұрын

+sethraptor True that...

@gabrielcox3167

7 жыл бұрын

Canadian.

@tigreblanco8415

7 жыл бұрын

He's a teacher :D

@analiesechristenson6075

7 жыл бұрын

sethraptor true

@loveLJ91

7 жыл бұрын

I thought it sounded a little funky ;) but then again I live in DC and I draw more similarities to Canadian accents than I do to a southern American drawl.

Wow. That was totally spot on. I grew up in a Southern English RP environment and I can tell you, if you need a dialect coach you wont get better than this. The telltale sign someone is faking RP is they overdo it and it sounds rather exaggerated, like C3PO. A native speaker will be able to hear that (and anyone who likes Star Wars probably). This guy is very good. Actually, Anthony Daniels who plays c3po is a good case study. He speaks RP in real life and exaggerated RP as C3PO.

For the love of god, do more!

@pooptasticsparkleunicornfo6825

8 жыл бұрын

love your profile picture XD

This guy has a better English accent then me

I'll be honest. I was definitely not expecting a Canadian to be able to pull off a convincing English accent. Growing up in England and having heard many people mimicking English accents, I've never heard as convincing an attempt as this before. let alone hear anyone describe the annunciation so effectively. Well done!

As a native Brit, he's definitely a pro at the accent. I cringe when I see most Americans/Canadians attempt an English accent - it goes a bit Oliver Twist via Australia! The ONLY word I even remotely thought sounded a bit off was 'heaven'. A bit too "hev-in". I hear it more as "hev-un". Otherwise, a pro.

@kafulu1742

5 жыл бұрын

That is probably because he is making more of a Shakespearean accent while saying that part, not the standard accent. If I recall correctly, English language went through a vowel change in recent centuries. Before that change the 'uh' sound in the second syllables of words like 'heaven' or 'evil' were pronounced like short 'ee' sounds.

@jilliank6379

4 жыл бұрын

Lisa S I’m playing Mrs. Sowerberry in Oliver so that’s why I’m here lol

@fiercedeity9955

4 жыл бұрын

@@kafulu1742 God, I hate Shakespeare

thanks quite a bit

2:49 that was the purest American voice I have ever heard and I live there

@swtor20

9 жыл бұрын

I know right! haha :)

@godbelow

9 жыл бұрын

Arianna Petersen Yeh maybe if you're making fun of George Bush , that accent works.

I’m honestly more impressed by his working class accent. I have never ever ever ever heard a North American nail it so accurately as he just did.

@noxious89123

Жыл бұрын

More cockney that "working class" imo. But then again, if you drive an hour in any direction on our little island, the dialect changes substantially.

For everyone saying he is American, he is Canadian.

@bryandelahoz6063

6 жыл бұрын

Still American :3

@gosick442

6 жыл бұрын

Bryan De la Hoz Not really

@bryandelahoz6063

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, really? Then, what? (He is American, though, I just want to see which far-fetched argument you will use)

@gosick442

6 жыл бұрын

Bryan De la Hoz He's not American, he's Canadian. Don't know why you're trying so hard to make an argument about this.

@bryandelahoz6063

6 жыл бұрын

Because there are two things that I despise. One is blatant stupidity and the other one is smugness. It's both smug and blatantly stupid to say that he's not American when Canada is in... oh, surprise! It's in America...¬¬. People from the US are not the only Americans there are. But well, who am I to judge, ultimately?

2:05 "you take a hard candy, you put it in the back of your tongue.." and YOU CHOKE"😳🙊

@philaeew4866

6 жыл бұрын

gotta keep your tongue flat then, mate...

@brianemmanuel9353

4 жыл бұрын

😂 crazy

@ziximen7289

4 жыл бұрын

Is it a must to put a hard candy in the back of my tongue when it come to speaking British English?

I love the British accent !

I'm from just outside London, speak with a cockney accent, but often change it to RP (received pronunciation) when meeting important clients, his upper / middle class accent is spot on.

@edithbannerman4

7 ай бұрын

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

@davidhunt6519

7 ай бұрын

@@edithbannerman4 spiffing

@edithbannerman4

7 ай бұрын

@@davidhunt6519 lol that’s good to hear, hope you’re enjoying your day? Where you located?

@davidhunt6519

7 ай бұрын

@@edithbannerman4 you know London ?

@edithbannerman4

7 ай бұрын

@@davidhunt6519 yeah I’m now living in Ohio, USA

Damn, you're very good at this.

He is THE MAN. Astonishing control

Standard English is called RP or received pronunciation. He was doing a cockney accent when he said working class, BUT there are hundreds of British accents/dialects.

I have spoken English all my life, but have had a slight speech problem this helped me. Thank you

Thank you professor. I have a job that requires a constant improvement of speaking skills and confidence and i know this is going to help me a lot.

I'm from London and I have to say he nailed it! How does he make his accent sound 100%?!

incredible skill. its interesting how the shape of the differen't accents' mouths affect a groups' general appearance and personality

That was incredibly delightful and informative. Just wonderful. Thank you Professor.

I absolutely love your energy, your presence is brilliant

0:48 - Seems like Michael Caine sits way back in his chair, you sounded just like him lol!

@mindtrapped9934

5 жыл бұрын

Oboro Clam Chowder yea hes proper cockney

Fabulous teacher!

Wow! Great tutorial! He's got it spot on! Brilliant!

This is fantastic. The syllables are so on point and something I had never realized.

@edithbannerman4

7 ай бұрын

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

Brilliant!

Fantastic! I'm playing Shakespeare himself in a small stage production in a few months and I'm nervous about getting it to sound convincing!

I could listen to this forever...

Wow this was amazing! I'm from London and this was spot on

Haha this guy must be a handful in real life but as a teacher he's very good and charming!

this man is brillant

Wow, that was incredible. I want to be able to do all of that. The voice can be such an instrument. Thank you for sharing!

The professor is just amazing!

This is great and amusing to what from a British point of view

He was great!!!!!!!!!Im British and I could not even tell

Excellent and very practical. Wish Prof. David Ley had his own KZread channel with more tutorials!

what an amazing prof!

Im nor British or American but one thing I realized that British uses more complex vocabulary when they are speaking.

@lilytw2296

9 жыл бұрын

Depends on the person, not the language or nationality.

@M0vingtargetz98

9 жыл бұрын

Valerie Lopez no he/she is right. We genuinely do. Much more pronounced even the cockney working class accents mate

@lilytw2296

9 жыл бұрын

M0vingtargetz98 Proficiency in a language's terminology is not actuated by one's citizenship of a certain country. like we all totes speak english yh?? so like theres wayyy diff reasons sum1 will b gud @ talkin in that language. Maybe it's education-based, or different types of influences, but either way, labeling yourself "British" will not instantly make you highly-literate, and labeling yourself "American" will not instantly make you illiterate.

@kurosenpai

9 жыл бұрын

Valerie Lopez​ I know what you mean, I'm nor British or American but this is what I observe from meeting with one and watching movies of both sides movies like the imitation game. Even when cursing, humor/doing comedy or praising other people, British tends to make it more complex. I have an uncle that is British, married to my auntie. Please don't say it makes you literate or illiterate If you are either one because I never meant it that way. Lots of genius from both countries and maybe American like to keep it simple with their words?

@lilytw2296

9 жыл бұрын

Kuro Senpai If you want to stereotype two groups, go ahead. You're making assumptions based on general stereotypes and a few experiences.

wow. what an unnoticeable transition :O

This video is the most useful one that I've ever seen so far! thanks a lot!

I enjoyed every second of his speech. It's nice to listen people with British accent after all. But god this man is amaizing!

I join the throng of impressed brits. Do Yorkshire next!

Im british..I do not know what I am doing here...god its that part of youtube again :s

@neurodivtries4101

7 жыл бұрын

Mahfuz Sheikh You are muslim not British.

@mahfuj_sheikh

7 жыл бұрын

Gaurav Rai You are hindu not an Indian? LOL wtf is wrong with you dude? I cant be british because of what, my name? I'm in no means an englishman I agree, but a proud 3rd generation British Citezen I can certainly confirm..what you want my NI Number?

@pravinda333

6 жыл бұрын

Keep going; it's not weird enough yet.

@2612Izzy

4 жыл бұрын

@@mahfuj_sheikh oh what a English lord

one of the best guide EVER!! u are the best

This dude is amazing. Well done.

There isn't a 'British accent'. There are recognizable Irish, English, Scottish and Welsh accents (but even these have a large degree of variance within them).The accent he is portraying is a Southern English variant ( Received Pronunciation). And, actually, he is very, very good. I doubt most English people would think he wasn't English.

@Dendarang

8 жыл бұрын

+aucourant RP English is considered standard English dialect, though. So it can be considered standard English in the same sense that Hochdeutsch is standard German dialect. It's also the dialect thought to school children across the world; the reason more people don't speak it properly is mostly that most people suck at adopting dialects beyond their native one.

@zanderwohl

7 жыл бұрын

There isn't an American one, either, but his was pretty good at getting the jist of it, if you contrast from the accents of English-speakers from other countries.

@AkiraAlexisSoyra

6 жыл бұрын

aucourant ehh

@Ynysmydwr

5 жыл бұрын

@@Dendarang: Received Pronunciation (RP) is not a dialect; it is an accent. The dialect of those who use it is Standard English, but by no means all speakers of Standard English use RP; in fact, most don't.

@cianoc8211

5 жыл бұрын

Ireland isn’t in Britain. That’s like lumping a US or Canadian or Australian dialect in with England/Scotland/Wales

I wanna see him do a wolverhampton accent lol!

Oh that was so much fun! Gotto try these tips.

Lovely. This video is a treat. Thank you very much.

As an English person, I'd have to say that if I jist heard those voices out of context, I would think 'Hey, that American man is quite good at doing English accents'.

@FloofFlan

9 жыл бұрын

Alberta's actually in Canada, haha. That's why there's that 'southern' United States accent thrown in there, since the United States also speak English. Pretty interesting how similar some Canadian dialects can sound like a dialect from the United States.

Ps, at the end of the day he ends up sounding more English than I do. Fair play.

i can listen this forever

Fascinating! Much more please.

Kind of weird but you sound exactly like my pop and you look like him too! Lol

@itssaizo

8 жыл бұрын

I think u just found him *

@raunakmuz

8 жыл бұрын

i think you found ur sister there. (peace)

This is great, thank you! I'm in the process of learning to sing in an upper class English accent. Not easy with the vowels being held out so long on certain notes.

Blowing my mind, do want more!

I could listen to this guy for hours

Being a working class brit, i can now infiltrate Conservative party's sex parties :D

@RW-kp3wr

7 жыл бұрын

Keep shoveling your coal. Gross.

@1BalBal1

7 жыл бұрын

Matt Peopleson ROFL!!!!!!!!!

That was very informative, thank you. You've definitely helped me improve my British accent. Sometimes I like to speak in different accents to people when I'm on vacation for fun/practice. It's interesting to see how differently people react to you depending on what accent you have. I find that people are more likely to trust someone with an upper class British accent than, let's say, my standard Western American accent.. and man, is it funny to see how people react to a white guy having a Japanese or East Indian accent haha. It's all in fun. I do accents rather well, actually. ;)

@AkiraAlexisSoyra

6 жыл бұрын

Adrian D Yaasss.

Makes me smile

I'm Stunned!

MARRY ME.

Who is American and learning British accent ?

@Wuhappen

6 жыл бұрын

Me!!

First impression: totally amazing! I want to know more!

I Love listening to his voice

The whole point of speech is to communicate with other people. That is the reason that BBC English was introduced, it could be understood even when radio reception was bad. As the population age and their hearing gets worse, clear speech will become more important. Glottal stops, bad grammar and shouting won't cut it. Personally speaking, being partially deaf, if you can't talk to me in good English don't bother, having to repeat everything wastes your time and mine.

I came here just to find out if he's getting it right. It's only when he's concentrating fully, such as at 1:00 minute, that he sounds convincingly English. For the rest, I think he's speaking in a manner which sounds English to the American audience this is for. To be fair, when he gets it right, it is absolutely right.

@Scede

9 жыл бұрын

Well, you can hear that he is a drama teacher. It sounds a bit like someone playing in a Shakespearean play instead of someone talking in a "standard British accent" which, by the way, doesn't exist. Nontheless, he's doing a good job.

@cloerenjackson3699

9 жыл бұрын

Nicolas Annen I don't about "doesn't exist". Standardised English is English which reveals no regional variation. In Universities too, the Received Pronunciation was a teachable standard of English learned in first class educational institutions. With that in mind there is also "U" and "Non-U", a way of identifying vocabulary only used by the aristocratic class. The combination of the two will give you a good view of standardised English often known as BBC English. Richard Dawkins is a well known example of the style. In short, the English as spoken and used by first class newsreaders in England is almost always what is thought of as standardised English, so, if you're still unsure, switch to the BBC and watch the news. Both their neutral intonation and choice of vocabulary is standard English.

@cloerenjackson3699

9 жыл бұрын

Pierre Menard Well... How would I know he was an American except for his accent? I had thought this myself, but how would that explain how it only sounds English to me when he is concentrating the hardest? If I were so coloured wouldn't I think all of it sounded American?

@cloerenjackson3699

9 жыл бұрын

Pierre Menard I didn't claim to be able to tell the difference between American and Canadian accents. So how is making that mistake a rub?

You are really really amazing.... and he actually ends with "have some fun"

Incredible how he just slips effortlessly into different dialects.

Im British. Barely anyone sounds like this. We all sound quite rough tbh

@BreenyLee

8 жыл бұрын

+Saba speak for yourself loool

@zombieslayer67

8 жыл бұрын

I'm British and it sounds excellent

@RedReignGaming

8 жыл бұрын

+Saba Well, of course. this is an upper class english accent - the stereotypical accent to non-brits. I'm British but I've lived in the states for years, and whenever someone goes to imitate a "Brit" accent, they always go for the upper class dialect. Rarely ever do they try to imitate how most Englishmen speak. That said, this professor does a great job at the upper class dialect.

@Jabogers

8 жыл бұрын

+Saba He does specifically mention that he was going for the upper class dialect. He even shows the difference between an upper class and working class dialect near the beginning. EDIT: Or accent, as the case may be.

@moragmackay3597

6 жыл бұрын

Saba Hey, speak for yourself. You need to get out more from your rough roots then, and expand your social circles. No one is my family is 'rough', nor are the people with whom I associate.

This guy could totally abuse this power to pick up american women... hahaha with great power comes great responsibility... lol

@elizabethbert5854

7 жыл бұрын

William Nicklin lol

@angelofembers8271

6 жыл бұрын

Why would ANYONE want an american woman ? Yikes !

@flyingpenandpaper6119

5 жыл бұрын

@@angelofembers8271 OOF

@Aelonius2

5 жыл бұрын

@@angelofembers8271 He was referring to women, not those heavy cows grazing in the local community barn

@JonathanAllen0379

5 жыл бұрын

​@@PasscodeAdvance : Take your agenda and shove it up your ass, snowflake. And WTF is up with this idiotic 'cis' horseshit anyway? 'Cis' is the dumbest-sounding word ever invented to differentiate between actual men and women, versus mentally-ill fakers enabled and emboldened by societally-sanctioned delusion. Triggered much now? Too bad, deal with it.

I love this professor

I am British, you're accent is fantastic, I am here to as my French friend wants pronunciation videos, I will send this to him, great content!

Very easy, oh yeah, I am British...

You'd think a professor would know the difference between an accent and a dialect.

Very Enjoyable and Easy to Listen.

Thank you so much! this will help me allot in my Music Theater program here in Windsor!

don't know why but he looks like Michael Jackson

@itocc5811

9 жыл бұрын

I can't see how you came to that conclusion mate. Lol

@Existantia

9 жыл бұрын

omg yes!

I learned Brits English from Stewie Griffin >.

@Muscles_McGee

4 жыл бұрын

wot the duce??

GENIUS I swear

oh my god! I absolutely loved him

'Proper' and 'upper class' are not synonymous.

@MrJon1138

7 жыл бұрын

How do you figure? Upper class, educated people usually speak proper English, whether that's proper American English or proper British English. BOTH sound actually correct, rather than uneducated, half-way slurred English that comes from the South, sometimes New York, and lower class British people.

@gosick442

6 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Bowen That last part was very ignorant of yo u to say, as there are well-educated folks in the South.

@6663000

6 жыл бұрын

Sure they are.

I'm British why do people want a British accent so badly? lol

@dreamslove1184

6 жыл бұрын

Mas A Because actors need it.He is a drama teacher.

Simply fantastic!!!

This is really impressive. I learned something here, thanks for sharing.

I bet he couldn't do a Scouse accent?

@stephen-truthseeker

8 жыл бұрын

And where are you from?

@Poxik91

8 жыл бұрын

+Stephen Bamber 3:25? isn't it Scouse?

@vw8232

8 жыл бұрын

+Zielone Trampki that is Scottish

Ok, I'm English and the Queen, probably, only actually talks like that. So if you're not English and you think that's how we speak all the time, well it's not.

@sydneyfarwell945

9 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of accent meant to be used in shows, making it a "larger" accent so it sounds more realistic to those in the audience.

@Long-HairedLuigi

9 жыл бұрын

@Emily Rhodes Lol, I'm American and upon watching this video I guessed that that was probably the case. ;)

@charlotteconnell21

9 жыл бұрын

I'm English and I speak like this....It depends where in England you come from.

@gennamartin9904

9 жыл бұрын

Did you listen to him at all? This is upper class..

@emilyrhodes7063

8 жыл бұрын

+FichDichInDemArsch I'm from Lincolnshire, there are loads of different accents not just one

David Ley is awesome!

A person from Yorkshire, I love that accent!!!