You look like you're about to go bowling

@alejandrohernandez3767

6 жыл бұрын

Tony Dupre he looks like hes in flavortown

@taylorrose8361

6 жыл бұрын

Tony Dupre IM DYING THIS IS T H E BEST COMMENT

@QueenBee-gx4rp

6 жыл бұрын

He looks just plain awful!

@Kenobiii

6 жыл бұрын

obviously you're not a golfer

@solijss9059

6 жыл бұрын

Lol u r right

If you notice they also spoke very fast because film was expensive. Get those lines out quick and don't make mistakes or you hurt the budget

@Pehmokettu

4 жыл бұрын

Also the actors talk very loudly, nearly shouting. That is because they did not have good microphones.

@rustheisenberg

4 жыл бұрын

I always noticed that too, it was like they were just waiting for someone to finish their line so they could say theirs.

@maria32143

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, I swear I noticed that on Citizen Kane!! The talk very fast, to the point that it's annoying! (For me)

@jph595

4 жыл бұрын

To compare with today's films, we tend to drag out scenes for extra dramatic effect. Not really what one would actually do in a certain situation.

@lovesgibson

4 жыл бұрын

And yet there were movies like Birth of a Nation which came out in 1915 and was 3 hours long lol

"Heck yeah, drop that bass!" 1940's radio: *silence*

@alicialuna1246

4 жыл бұрын

This is the funniest comment in this comments section. Underrated

@bluebird5173

4 жыл бұрын

I don't get it. Can someone explain the joke to my dumb ass?

@CytotoxinK

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluebird5173 Most old radios and audio recording equipment could only register and play back mid-to-high pitched sound. Something low and bassy wouldn't get through.

@bluebird5173

4 жыл бұрын

@@CytotoxinK Thank you for the explanation!

@SSKMusicBeats

4 жыл бұрын

This is UNDERRATED 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

This has literally bothered me since I was in middle school. It was straight up disturbing. I thought it was just how old microphones made everyone sound and I just couldn't pick it out irl.

@richardwebb2348

4 жыл бұрын

Prometheus - what is the purpose of 'literally' in your sentence?

@AmeshaSpentaArmaiti

4 жыл бұрын

@@richardwebb2348 the age-old tradition of dramatic effect, friend. It's for emphasis.

@sixelakeller5377

4 жыл бұрын

Prometheus Is Cold i don’t see how it’s disturbing though..

@AmeshaSpentaArmaiti

4 жыл бұрын

@@sixelakeller5377 I lost a lot of mental energy thinking too hard about it. that counts as disturbing to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@victoriataylor2965

4 жыл бұрын

Richard Webb i think it was meant as emphasis on the fact that they had been bothered by the accent since they were in middle school (u can infer that it was probably a long time ago)

I just thought everyone talked like that back then.

@scenepunk09

7 жыл бұрын

Meta Mystery dude I've been looking into conspiracy theories lately so I don't even know lol

@MusicalMissCapri

7 жыл бұрын

I have often wondered why the difference between the old recordings and the way we talk now. This explains it. Partly. It's not just the slight differences in pronunciation, but the inflections are completely different, too. Compared to today's speech, this old movie/radio speech sounds really stilted.

@truthtodeafears

7 жыл бұрын

Conspiracies or conspiracy theories?

@scenepunk09

7 жыл бұрын

soundofone isn't it both the same thing?

@camilocuesta

7 жыл бұрын

I too think everyone talked like that back then. It is farfetched to pretend that all these people learned so well an accent all at the same time. I come from a spanish speaking country and there too, people talked weird spanish in old movies. I was just the way peopel talked at that time

The trick to nailing this accent is to say "see" after, well everything

@trppstar

4 жыл бұрын

The see trick see to see nailing see this see accent see is see to see say see "see" see after see well, see everything see

@charliedawson4877

4 жыл бұрын

I see see

@craigkdillon

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds swell.

@fasteddie7772

4 жыл бұрын

The "see" wasn't Trans/Mid Atlantic. That was more in the gangster pictues. Edward G. Robinson and the like. "Myeah! Not gonna get me, copper! Myeah, see???" kzread.info/dash/bejne/d5hl0cigoJO_aaw.html Then there was the "Sayyyy! What's the big idea!" (also not Trans/Mid Atlantic). kzread.info/dash/bejne/hopl1sSEpMXVkdo.html There was more than one prevalent accent.

@ihatelongnames.3385

4 жыл бұрын

Who Dat Dude? S O U K A

I remember when my Grandparents (born late 1800's, early 1900's) would sometimes use the word "why" at the beginning of a sentence. For example, if I asked them what it was like in the old days on the farm they might say, "why, we didn't have electricity and used wagons". I noticed this in old movies from the 1930's and 1940's as well.

@torrent9666

3 жыл бұрын

Alastor: Why, I haven't been that entertained since the stock market crash of 1929!

@woody5476

Жыл бұрын

I haven't thought about that in a long time. My grandparents did the same thing.

@andrewstamford1988

Жыл бұрын

Now it's likely to be "so" or "like" or the most irritating of all... "actually".

@patrick7381

Жыл бұрын

“Why,” “you know” “like” were really common but just in different generations

@janetownley

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewstamford1988 But “actually” has always been used specifically as a *correction*. Nobody ever answered “What was it like in your day, Grandpa?” with “Actually we used horse-drawn wagons.”

Mid-Atlantic is actually still commonly requested for Engiish voice-overs in Europe. Clients think that by using an accent that can’t be located, they can use one version of their TVC or Internet ad in all English-speaking markets and don’t have to record separate versions for UK, US, AUS etc. It usually results in a voice-over that sounds weird for all markets, but clients still keep demanding it, and voice talent offer it.

People in old movies don't talk weird, people NOW talk weird see?!

@msrcoldrooms8754

4 жыл бұрын

Adam Charlton 😂😂😂 WHATAYA TALKING ABOUT??WHY I OUGHTA...😂😂

@stupidazzo5404

4 жыл бұрын

Hell fucking yeah mfkers be talkin hella weird now ya heard?

@PRHILL9696

4 жыл бұрын

People now are weird!

@MinestroneOfSound

4 жыл бұрын

Msr Coldrooms Adam Charlton Say, you’re a couple o wise guys huh?!

@misha2197

4 жыл бұрын

Lol!

My husband talks like this all the time, just to entertain himself!

@benadams3569

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, I break out into "old timey movie character voice" It's also just to entertain myself lol

@zazuzazz5419

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes. I, myself am straining at the bit to drive to Monte Cahlow.

@Tore_Lund

4 жыл бұрын

Does he have a KZread channel?

@ZenShen1111

4 жыл бұрын

Mine does, too. “Now, see here, you mug!”

@chemistryguy

4 жыл бұрын

You lucky sonovagun!

One thing my Dad has always complained about these old movies is that they usually seem to speak so fast it's hard to keep track. And now it's gone the other way, where a lot of movies - usually dramas - will have the dialogue be so low and soft he can barely hear them.

@JRspeaking

Жыл бұрын

Ugh! Yes! Or the background music is so loud that you can't hear the voices over it.

@jagotato

4 ай бұрын

As a none native English speaker I thought this was a problem with my hearing, I thought it was my problem, good to know that native speakers struggle with this too

Maybe the speed or the accent was acted, but I never have had trouble understanding old movies because they were recorded in a way that was clearer and sharper than many films or television series now, which are so muddy and bass heavy. I also like films from the 30s and 40s, among other reasons, because they remind me of my late father, born in 1912. He didn’t speak with a Mid-Atlantic accent, or especially fast, but he did use a lot of slang and expressions that I hear in 30s movies. It’s a delight whenever I hear a character in an old film suddenly use slang I remember from my dad.

@LordVex47

6 ай бұрын

No one said it was difficult to understand, just weird, and never real in the first place

I remember seeing bloopers from a movie in the 30s. An actor messed up his lines, so he laughed and spoke to everyone in what sounded like our modern American accent. Watching that clip blew my freaking mind.

@Psichotica7

8 жыл бұрын

+Commander_Ninja Oh dear God please remember the name of that clip!! I too also thought everyone spoke like that until watching this video. I kind of feel cheated :-/

@king_big_pp

8 жыл бұрын

Clint Flicker That's the one! I was racking my brain trying to remember. Thanks!

@clintflicker7682

8 жыл бұрын

Commander_Ninja i spent the last 20 minutes going through cracked videos and nope. can't find it. AHHHHH!!

@king_big_pp

8 жыл бұрын

Clint Flicker 6 Historic Events That Were Nothing Like You Picture Them - The Spit Take. Its up on youtube and its at about the 5:30 mark

@clintflicker7682

8 жыл бұрын

Commander_Ninja boom!!

Hit that 't' like it stole something

@BrainStuffShow

8 жыл бұрын

+Phoenix Wiseman Ben Bowlin wrote this script, and we suspect that line will go down in history as the most Bowlin of all Bowlin writing.

@MusicalMissCapri

7 жыл бұрын

Hehe.

@lefunk22

6 жыл бұрын

Stop it! Stop it!!! I'm going to organise a worldwide protest movement in support of tolerance and non-violence toward the letter 'T'...

@kennyscivally2158

6 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna hit that T and A

@ldive

5 жыл бұрын

*T-pose intensifies*

I always thought the accent sounded cool, particularly when it was spoken with a deep voice

His Girl Friday is a great movie. Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell were so good together. Amazing writing where the dialog is concerned. The very definition of "witty repartee". So many fantastic movies were made in the Forties.

@ricardocantoral7672

11 ай бұрын

Directed by the great Howard Hawks. He could flourish in any genre.

2108 ： Why Do People In Old Internet Talk Weird?

@ilovebeinagirl

5 жыл бұрын

More like "why were people on Old Internet such poor spellers and so poor at grammar"

@ThePowerpointMaster

5 жыл бұрын

@ilovebeinagirl Your reply is funny, because it lacks grammar and punctuation.

@steelyspielbergo

5 жыл бұрын

epic lowkey savage comment

@paxe.j.1723

5 жыл бұрын

2108: what did 'savage' and 'lowkey' imply in the old internet?

@philmemoi3078

5 жыл бұрын

Because OP is a bunch of twigs, obviously.

*NOW, YOU LISTEN HERE SEEEEEE!*

@leedent4105

6 жыл бұрын

Magnus McCloud *I'M GONNA GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS CASE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT*

@lefunk22

6 жыл бұрын

"WHYYYY, I OUGHTA... !!!".

@ROGER2095

6 жыл бұрын

Say! Pipe down, Sister!

@MasterZebulin

6 жыл бұрын

Magnus McCloud *Hey, pal! Ya wanna me ta introduce ya to my Tommy!? Shut yer trap!*

@hashtag415

6 жыл бұрын

I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know.

I think the first time I "noticed" this accent was as a kid watching Father Knows Best. Jane Wyatt, who played Margaret Anderson, always spoke with a Mid-Atlantic accent.

@mikemprov1303

Жыл бұрын

Right. And I always wondered how no one else in the family had that weird accent.

This kind of dialect can be heard on the sitcom “Frasier.” Although the brother characters, Frasier and Niels, were born and raised in Seattle, they obtained their trans-Atlantic accents from the mother and during their years in eastern universities. Next time if you watch Frasier listen intently to him when he’s talking to his father about something really serious - he loses his pompous accent and speaks with a soft “normal” American dialect. It’s fun to catch those moments when he’s being sincere and not so showy. I love that sitcom!👍

This still doesn't explain why they spoke 100 miles an hour

@theaccursedj.e.2723

6 жыл бұрын

richardtheconquerer the actual cocaine in coca cola

@FelonyVideos

6 жыл бұрын

Playback at 75% speed to hear the original speed. Old film was 24 frames per second, but we play them today at 30 fps.

@snugbug5067

6 жыл бұрын

richardtheconquerer I've lived in various places. And where I live now has a speech/style speed which is so slow and unnessacarily over pronounced on each syllable. Just about incorrectly with enunciation too, by comparison to where I'm originally from. Good examples are talk shows. People where I'm originally from speak fast and cover ground comprehensively 5x ? Or so. I think speech styles depends on the region very greatly. I also think Hollywood taught their a string actors how to and how not to talk to correct their individual styles for film sake. It was a snooty thing.

@AndyZach

6 жыл бұрын

Good point, but 70% my friend. .7 X 30=24.

@FelonyVideos

6 жыл бұрын

Forgiven Sinner - true, but KZread doesn't have that option. Only 25, 50, and 75 percent for slower. 125, 150, and 200 percent for faster.

Carrie Fisher used the accent as Princess Leia in the first Star Wars movie.

4 жыл бұрын

I think this is a trope in a lot of sci fi and fantasy. Kind of a half-way effort in a middle earth olde English type accent.

@JudgeJulieLit

4 жыл бұрын

@ And perhaps channeling the accent of characters in the 1930s Flash Gordon film(s).

@zazuzazz5419

4 жыл бұрын

Yes... but only a little. As Carrie herself humorously observed, she wafted in and out of it.

@DJ_Force

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think that was intentional. I believe she once commented that when she tried to sound serious, she inadvertently sounded somewhat british. This was, I believe, a happy accident as the Empire was portrayed with British accents, so British was the "accent of government". The idea was that the Empire were Nazis (and, by extension, European) and the rebels were American.

@jasonmeadows8510

4 жыл бұрын

It was a result of Carrie's amateurishness as an actress. Carrie only used that accent during the scene with Grand Moff Tarkin, played by Peter Cushing (a Britishman). Cushing had a posh British accent, so Carrie, unintentionally or not, adopted a similar accent. Carrie doesn't use that accent during any other scene in the film.

I had always had the theory that it was a bunch of silent movie actors who went to the same dialect coach when switching to talkies. Thank you for the information! My son and I crack each other up holding conversations in this dialect.

Brings back many happy memories of watching the dirigible racing in my youth.

@starababa1985

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you brought your pillow.

Fraiser was one of the last pop culture characters to use the mid Atlantic accent.

@paulh7589

4 жыл бұрын

Kelsey Grammar (or however you spell his name) is easily understood. When it comes to the English language isn't that why we have language in the first place? So we can communicate? Other commenters found it pretentious. I don't understand that rationale.

@frankciccarelli4000

4 жыл бұрын

Major Winchester on MASH was a classic case. Couldn't stand to listen to him.

@JudgeJulieLit

4 жыл бұрын

And Fraisier's brother Miles, also of the college educated professional class. Yet actor John Mahoney, who played their retired policeman father Martin Crane, spoke a more plebeian American English.

@johneyon5257

4 жыл бұрын

@@JudgeJulieLit which was weird since Mahoney was actually from england - altho he sounded the most american in that family

@LDLeDay

4 жыл бұрын

@@JudgeJulieLit *Niles

Another reason why they sounded strange is because, back then, movie actors were also stage actors. You have to project your voice, and exaggerate pronunciation to even be understood. also I remember hearing my dad being interviewed on an AM news show back in the mid 60''s... I was shocked how different his voice sounded. Tinny nasal sounding voice... nothing like his normal voice.

@stephenpowstinger733

4 жыл бұрын

They could use a lesson in speaking clearly today. I find some of the actors in new movies hard to understand.

@MrMorjo

4 жыл бұрын

Audio quality obviously wasn't as clear back then. Even in Australia people being interviewed back then sounded a lot more upper class than they would now.

@50zcarsman

4 жыл бұрын

I used to record my voice on our old early-'70s Panasonic home cassette recorder, and the playback sounded nothing like what had gone in. Too little bass response, just as he said.

@azarisLP

4 жыл бұрын

Back then, movie actors were actors instead of pop stars and supermodels.

@BenJohnson0531

4 жыл бұрын

50zcarsman that’s because what you hear coming out of your mouth sounds nothing like what you’re actually projecting. Partially due to the recording equipment, but mostly due to hearing how you sound from a different perspective.

Very good review! :-D Loved the fact that you swapped the accents yourself too. I love the Transatlantic accent. It is largely a good combination of American sweetness and classic stiff upper lip British. Oliver Hardy (Laurel and Hardy) used to speak with a Transatlantic accent. :-)

This reinforced another video I saw that people talked in a higher tone to help record their voices better in the early days of talkies. Very fascinating. Subscribed

"Hit that "T" like it STOLE something!" Love it!

@ramonadeclou1030

4 жыл бұрын

You guys hit the R like it stole something .

@marinprados1648

4 жыл бұрын

Remember where you came from 🤫🇬🇧

ALRIGHT. IT WAS ME... ME, I TELL YA! AND I'D DO IT AGAIN, YA HEAR!

@JoelHernandez-yl6yw

4 жыл бұрын

J T G lol nice!

@lapinchechismosa

4 жыл бұрын

Ha!!!

@laurelharris8519

4 жыл бұрын

...ya heah!

@jaidev777

4 жыл бұрын

*obligatory: holds woman harshly by her upper arm while holding a tiny gun in my other hand and keeping it pointed at her*

@johnnycto7576

4 жыл бұрын

Heah, heah!

That was fantastic my good man. Quick, concise, and entertaining. BULLY!!!

Recently I've watched the first series of Star Trek (again 😀) and there you can hear and see.. the theatre stage just filmed and turned into a movie. For me a part of it's charm 😍

@LythaWausW

Жыл бұрын

I rewatched it too recently and all the women had what I call "submissive voice" - ugh. Except for nurse Chapel!

I really love that "old-timey" accent in movies. I mean, it's actually quite pleasant to hear.

Mid-Atlantic accent - is that what people living in the middle of the ocean speak?

@dixienormous9845

7 жыл бұрын

Ha.

@mysillyusername

7 жыл бұрын

that's the working theory, yeah.

@EmperorCrimson

7 жыл бұрын

Rapture City accent

@TheInkPitOx

7 жыл бұрын

Doesn't Mid-Atlantic mean Maryland?

@politure

7 жыл бұрын

CheesyTV It goes 'glub glub glub'

A three minute videos that goes to the point, it covers important matters and is very concise. He even mixed his accents and give examples. I think I came.

Also dialogues in those movies were top-notch. No wasted words but memorable lines and catch phrases.

I wish we still spoke like this, it has a certain charm and class to it.

@cirenrose

6 жыл бұрын

Me Again I dont

@tobiandkaleena

6 жыл бұрын

I agree it sounds so pretty

@viemahadewi

6 жыл бұрын

Me Again It sounds very intelect.

@TheLeiaOrgana

6 жыл бұрын

I enjoy it myself. It is enticing.

@why1985

6 жыл бұрын

You wouls be desensitized to it and it would lose charm

This style of speech always commands some form of authority to the listener. That’s what makes it interesting.

@paulh7589

4 жыл бұрын

@Scott Whatever I think you may be wrong. There is nothing artificial about getting your point across as eloquent as possible. You have your opinion and I have mine. Conveying a message through speech is not pretentious at all. It is nothing more than a way to properly communicate with one another. You dig?

@contumelious-8440

4 жыл бұрын

@Scott Whatever I agree.

@contumelious-8440

4 жыл бұрын

@Ronove Yes, Frasier and even more IMO Niles were certainly pretentious. Artificial, no. If you grew up with the shows, you would know that is how audiences view the show now. I am guessing your point is that future generations might view Frasier in the same way, as an antiquated speech pattern. The problem is that real people didn't speak the way that Cary delivered lines.

@thebigcheese606

4 жыл бұрын

@Scott Whatever rather shallow and pedantic.

@rbrtck

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulh7589 "Eloquent" and "proper"? Sounds pretty superficial and dumb to me, as though one were compensating for a lack of substance. Speak plainly if you have anything that is truly worth saying and listening to, and do so with a measure of common humility rather than putting on airs and a transparently fake sense of superiority.

Ah... that was spot-on. To the point, entertaining, informative, interesting, humorous, short n sweet, and not ego-driven by the presenter! My kind of KZread upload! Cheers mate 😁

"I'm still big. It's the movies that got small."

I've been wondering this for SO LONG; thank you!

@BrainStuffShow

8 жыл бұрын

+Jasmine W. ^___^ You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

@alphadroidgamingadg8170

8 жыл бұрын

+BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks yea me too

@Andrew-K

7 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@artistevolution

6 жыл бұрын

Jasmine W. Me too!

@rickrose5377

6 жыл бұрын

BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks ...Explained the man with the horrible, nasal voice. Not to mention that Cary Grant is English, playing a Chicago newspaper editor in 'His Girl Friday'. Uh, it's called being a professional. And 'His Girl Friday' is an adaptation of the stage play, 'The Front Page'.

As a Brooklyn native, I've also noticed that the Brooklyn accent was also used to illustrate class differences in pre-war cinema.

@JudgeJulieLit

Жыл бұрын

And in postwar, as in the tv series The Honeymooners.

@kenkur27

Жыл бұрын

The old Three Stooges short films are a good example :)

@jefffinkbonner9551

Жыл бұрын

Bugs Bunny had the classic Queens accent, which is rather similar, although I won’t insult your distinguished Brooklyn brethren by saying it’s the same! Rodney Dangerfield is an iconic example.

Fascinating stuff, I had been wondering about this for a few years as a Brit living in the US.

For some reason things like this from the 50s, 60s and 70s just make me think of very happy things. I don’t know if that makes sense but ye

To give old Hollywood credit, you could understand every word they are saying. Something you can't say about the naturalistic style of acting today which often devolves to mumbling and speaking too softly.

@tap364

6 жыл бұрын

I call it “whisper talking”. Edward James Olmos in virtually any roll has the same low monotone delivery.

@ninjabluewings

5 жыл бұрын

Yes damn right and i could not agree more, the way they speak today is nothing short of ATROCIOUS! and totally impossible to understand and unintelligible, probably down to extreme laziness of pronunciation

@Kaddywompous

5 жыл бұрын

Good actors make themselves heard, no matter what era it is.

@coffeesticks_03

5 жыл бұрын

This is true, one of the reasons I can’t watch movies without subtitles. They always mumble the important details. I’m always asking “what did he say?”

@DoctorSess

5 жыл бұрын

Nah you’re all just old and need hearing aids

I love their accents. Wish people still had them

@tyrus7526

4 жыл бұрын

William Daniels has it.

Great video very informative, thank you! Just subscribed 😊

Omfg i'm now subscribed for the editing!! What a great video :) can't wait for the notifications of new videos!!

It's not radio that gave Mid-Atlantic accent a technical advantage -- it was the early acoustically recorded phonograph records and cylinders, in which performers had to shout into a cone that directly vibrated the needle capturing the sound. And before the advent of amplification, actors also had to shout to be heard in the back rows of the theater. This style of speaking carried over for a while even after microphones and amplifiers were invented; FDR's "nothing to fear but fear itself" speech is a great example of a Mid-Atlantic accent!

@MrSwanley

6 жыл бұрын

Interesting. If you think about it, a similar thing is happening today: SMS speak, originally due to the technical limitations of typing a long text message on a phone, now self sustaining as fashion. I wouldn't be surprised if in the 2080s people look back and assume that millenials were just poorly educated.

@lionoh2114

6 жыл бұрын

Don't love me for fun girrrrl, let me be the one girrrl-love me for a reeaasooon, let the reason be looooooove.

@janelin6083

6 жыл бұрын

Actors don't "shout" - actors "project." It's a diaphragm thing, like singing. If you shout, you'll lose your voice.

@carlosbarbosa9062

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Natal it was adopted for the british market because the american accent was considered horrible. But it was invented in Boston between 1890s and early 1900s for business and with the same porpose, to sound fancy for the Britishers.

@carlosbarbosa9062

6 жыл бұрын

MrSwanley in fact millenials are poorly educated but social media and iphones dont have anything to do with this. In the past was easier to study in the USA and in most states nowdays is just a privilege. Other generations with an average job could afford an education.

I wish they still taught us how to speak. They all sound so eloquent, everything they say is crystal clear.😍💕

@YoungBasedChefBeezy

5 жыл бұрын

Georgia Twomey fuck that they sound snoody

@sharkfinbite

5 жыл бұрын

It sounds bad to me.

@AaronPaulIbarrola

5 жыл бұрын

Pick it up yourself. Plenty of examples out there.

@sethmoneygetter7140

5 жыл бұрын

People fr getting wet over the 1950s movie accents

@MrDarren690

5 жыл бұрын

I wish it were more organic though. It has a very metallic melody to it.

so is it just me or is this voice literally the single most charismatic thing to ever exist

As soon as the clip from His Girl Friday started playing I guessed that it was to come across more clearly on the radio, so I threw my hands in the air and shouted when you said that! I've come to associate that manner of speaking as much with a cliche of radio announcers as with pre-WWII movies.

It’s not quite British, and it’s not quite American - so what gives? Why do all those actors of yesteryear have such a distinct and strange accent?

@captainbryce1

8 жыл бұрын

That's why it's called the "transatlantic accent". It's supposed to sound like something in between American and English, equally understandable to Yanks and Brits.

@marzolian

8 жыл бұрын

+captainbryce1 "Midatlantic", as in middle of the Atlantic. Not "transatlantic".

@captainbryce1

8 жыл бұрын

+marzolian +marzolian Try to avoid "correcting" people until you are in full possession of the facts. Mid-Atlantic accent and Transatlantic accent are interchangeable, and generally refer to the same accent. I prefer Transatlantic because Mid-Atlantic accent can easily be confused with the Mid-Atlantic English dialect. Mid-Atlantic English basically basically refers to the Philly accent, which is completely different. People who live in the South Jersey, Western Pennsylvania, the Delaware valley, or speak with a Philly or Baltimore accent are using the Mid-Atlantic dialect. By the way, nobody lives in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (unless they are on the island of Bermuda). Hollywood actors did however employ transatlantic travel since many of them come from England and other parts of Europe.

@Whelmed.

8 жыл бұрын

+marzolian - LOL. rekt.

@MiniraShine

8 жыл бұрын

+BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks One more note, the Mid Atlantic Accent was still in use around the 60s and 70s because of dubs done for Kung Fu and Kaiju films that were recorded in Hong Kong. These dubs were known as the International Dubs

I always thought that was a cool accent. Kinda sucks it's not being taught

@mickjames5388

8 жыл бұрын

Ever think if you were actually taught it that it would be perceived as "cool"? Probably not...

@outseteddy6306

8 жыл бұрын

Shampoo A Buffalo Did you watch the video? The language wasn't used widely, only for radio and television, so it was unique, and taught for these specific things

@thetee2232

8 жыл бұрын

+Outset Eddy You'd sound like an idiot.

@smh9902

7 жыл бұрын

That would be cool, wear a three piece suit and a fedora and you're set.

@outseteddy6306

7 жыл бұрын

The Tee Not when I'm roasting you in that accent

"When people learn it they're usually learning it for acting purposes rather than everyday use" John Mulaney: Hold my horse.

@MonolithicCyanTsunami

4 жыл бұрын

I hate my life and it hates me back YES YES! YES THIS IS THE COMMENT I NEEDED! HE WAS SO TOTALLY BORN SPEAKING LIKE THAT!

@jadez.2476

3 жыл бұрын

im literally here to learn how to speak like that so i can speak it everyday

Brilliant, super informative (another thing I always wondered about), and LOL, you did it very good at the end!

While at university, a linguistics professor stopped me in a corridor after hearing me speak to one of my peers. She asked me where I was from originally. I said, "Texas." She asked me if I got that a lot-being asked where I was from. I admitted that it was a common occurrence. She then asked if I was familiar with MidAtlantic speech pattern. I was not. She ended up making a recording of me to analyse and to use as an example. She said I was the youngest person-I was in my twenties at the time, she'd ever heard with this particular speech pattern and who used it naturally as their way of speaking. I happen to have had a voicemail message from my grandmother and played it and the professor smiled and said she realised that I was raised in a household where this was the actual way of speaking and not an affectation. It was all very good fun learning about all that. My friends accuse me of sounding like Stewie on family guy or a soft Virginian in a prewar picture.

@sketchedInsanity

5 жыл бұрын

I’m curious to hear your voice now lol

@johnleo2668

5 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure they spell analyse and realise with Zs in Texas. And they say Zee, not Zed.

@bwtrickster

5 жыл бұрын

Can you record yourself doing your voice? Dont have to show your face? Understandable if you don't want to.

@StephJ0seph

5 жыл бұрын

You should upload a video of yourself talking.

@Mimtii

5 жыл бұрын

I’m subscribing to you just in case you make a video of yourself talking

It sounds like a high-class Boston accent to me

@mwangikimani3970

8 жыл бұрын

+mastersnet18 A few actors have adopted a milder form - Lawrence Fishburne comes to mind - also John Travolta

@dirtspider

8 жыл бұрын

It is, essentially.

@MrMarieBlanc

8 жыл бұрын

+Marco Kimani *Laurence FishPorne*

@JustClaude13

8 жыл бұрын

+mastersnet18 Fundamentally, it's the Cambridge accent common in the areas around Suffolk. The vowels have flattened some in England, but the resemblance to the Thurston Howell Nob Hill accent is still very strong. The reason the Transatlantic accent sounds odd today is because most people on TV and radio speak with a Midland accent brought over by settlers from Birmingham and the British Midlands to Pennsylvania. It was carried by settlers across the lower Great Lakes region and down the California coast, so it has become one of the most widely spread dialects.

@robertgary3561

8 жыл бұрын

New England brahmin is a distinct accent though. It's not quite the same.

Like many others mentioned, I have always wondered why this was the case. Finally! Thank-you! Subscribed! Really, Thank you.

Great video! You guys deserve all the upvotes you have.

“They’ll hit that T like it stole something.” Hahahahaha. :)

Next time on Legend of Korra...

@mysteryinc8131

8 жыл бұрын

+Jenifer Joseph omg... yes

@elessal

8 жыл бұрын

if I had a trophy I would give it to you.

@JoeyFaller

7 жыл бұрын

I'm not the only one who thought that!

@hyperdeath84

7 жыл бұрын

I'm currently wetting my pants.

@thatonegirl2479

7 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Shiro Shinobi and the Man with the Yellow Hat are voiced by the same VA.

"Hit that T like it stole something" The way I just HOLLERED! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bob Cousy, the NBA Hall of Famer born in 1928 in Manhattan to poor immigrants, speaks with a Mid Atlantic accent, as do many people of his generation (well, the few who remain alive) who grew up in the Northeast in early to mid 20th century, even if they never were anywhere near the Phillips Exeter Academy - it was the most prestigious accent and many adopted it.

@michaelbrennick

Жыл бұрын

Cousy spoke French until going to grammar school. He also had a severe speech impediment growing up. His accent is quite unique due to these factors and isn't "mid Atlantic".

Frasier has this accent

@duncansiror5033

7 жыл бұрын

Richard Philip he kinda does

@crazybobdj

6 жыл бұрын

Stewie.

@knmonlinemedia

6 жыл бұрын

I thought it was because grammer is from st. Thomas

@Tracymmo

6 жыл бұрын

He sounds nothing like Frasier IRL.

omg this video answered a loooooooong standing question I could never properly put into a question, thank you!

@cequiestbon3676

6 жыл бұрын

Herman Pesina same

Thank you! I was hoping you'd mention the radio as it was messing with old crystal sets that set me questioning my own (English) accent. Vestiges of traits we think of as American can still be found in the West Country of England today and I'll stop her 'cause I could go on forever - great video!

As they would have said back in the 40's "Gee, what a swell explanation!" lol

@thediscofiles4224

4 жыл бұрын

lmao! 😁

@4424W

3 жыл бұрын

All I thought about was Leave it to beaver.lol

@djhutcherson6761

3 жыл бұрын

@@4424W lol 😁

This was a terrific analysis. As a long-time movie buff, I was certainly aware of the accent and this way of speaking in older movies, but never understood why they spoke that way, since it wasn't British or mainstream American. The presenter would make a fantastic vocal coach for actors playing in appropriate period pieces.

@nealbradleigh5069

4 жыл бұрын

I concur,wholeheartedly! Thinking now of so many old films which subtly illustrated the proper acceptable speech stylings, the host mentioned, in comparison to outlandish stylings of, say. A Brrt Lahr, Bogie, Leo Gorcey, and his troupe, etc.

@fluffyunicorn57

4 жыл бұрын

If you were acting as an everyday person in a movie about this era would you actually need to learn the accent? If it was learned in some schools but not spoken in normal speech.

It's not just the accent that plays a roll in this. The microphones back then heavily distorted people's voices. I saw a clip--out of a documentary--of some president speaking, and he sounded like any other person who one would see in some 1950s film... but as soon as a different clip of him was played (in which a better microphone was used), he sounded like a normal person. Sure, people used this odd accent and different demeanor, but I realized that the microphones are what make everything sound so weird.

@asdfasdf4345artsdfg

8 жыл бұрын

***** I wish I could remember the name of it... :-(

@combustion3232

8 жыл бұрын

+maccollectorZ (Commenting Account) yes the recording equivalent of the time imparted a particular sound to everyone - the same technology that made recordings of billie holiday et al sound like they did......

@asdfasdf4345artsdfg

8 жыл бұрын

Donald Quan Yeah - I'd really like to hear a recording of someone today using a 1950s microphone; it would be interesting to compare it to recordings that are actually from the 1950s.

@WAQWBrentwood

7 жыл бұрын

maccollectorZ (Commenting Account) Depending on type and quality, 1950s mikes CAN sound like modern ones (cheap Crystal types do change and clip voices, But that was true in 1975 as it was in 1955). Older recording equipment (and media used on it) actually had a bigger influence on the sound than the mikes. Transcription disk recordings (and commercially produced 78Rpm records) lack not only the frequency response,but the dynamic range of later magnetic tape or LP ( microgroove) records. Both of those being a largely post WW2 development. I have tapes recorded my relatives in the mid 1950s (open reel tape) that sound no different than the same people on 1970s cassette tape. If you're talking 1948 or earlier, yeah, there's a difference. (although some 1940s wire recorders are​ pretty accurate, compared to acetate disks.).

@asdfasdf4345artsdfg

7 жыл бұрын

So, perhaps, it's different once an older recording has become digitized? Because, it strikes me as odd that some old records - even if they are clear and not particularly muffled - make a person's voice sound generic and unnatural.

This is still used considerably and save voice acting over commercials for worldwide distributing in English. It's also used for voicing over say animation and anime for instance.

Very informative,thanks. I quite like the transatlantic accent.

I've watched so many old movies that it sounds normal to me.

@Jalide

4 жыл бұрын

Same I actually prefer it because I understand them clearly. Now I watch movies and need subtitles because everyone is whispering or speaking in this intense low voice only their butts can hear.

@m56214

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jalide I've noticed that in adult movies and sitcoms

@michaelcioni8599

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Doesn't sound a bit strange to me.

@Aurora-jl4nu

3 жыл бұрын

Can someone recommend me some old tv-shows or movies please ♥️

@quabledistocficklepo3597

2 жыл бұрын

It still sounds normal to me' in fact, I don't know what you're talking about.

Time to become an English teacher for immigrants so we can have a bunch of Arabs and Chinese people speak like they're in a 40's Noir movie.

@sasuke3690

6 жыл бұрын

Yess😂😂

@Zero_Ninety

6 жыл бұрын

Hell yes!

@pagethreemodel

6 жыл бұрын

PickelJars ForHillary lol. Darling, you're a jaded tragic old pale fart who risked their life for a country that doesn't give two fucks about you and now you're a cowardly bigot who trolls the internet. You wish.

@pickeljarsforhillary102

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, it's trigged.

@DraoxxMusic

6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

I've always wondered about this. Thanks for providing the answer.

I LOVE this “accent”

in Boston, the Kennedys spoke with something called the Brahmin accent, which is virtually unheard of around here today.

@carlosmatos9848

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I always thought JFK sounded like a hybrid accent of Mid-Atlantic and Boston

@brucejackson6451

6 жыл бұрын

Louis CK said that Boston was just a city of people pronouncing words wrong on purpose. "Vaginer."

@JonFrumTheFirst

6 жыл бұрын

No. The Kennedys moved to New York when Jack was 10, and his brothers were younger still. The so-called 'Kennedy accent' has nothing to do with Boston. They were all sent to private schools where they did pick up a Yankee accent, but not Brahmin.

@philomelodia

6 жыл бұрын

Angel Deville there's a KZread video featuring Henry Cabot Lodge delivering a speech to Congress in the 1920s which is a great example of Boston Brahmin as it existed before mass media.

@tommytruth7595

6 жыл бұрын

Kennedy couldn't pronounce his "r's" but put an "r" on the end of "Africa" and "Cuba."

Last year, my drama teacher had several of us learn the Trans-Atlantic accent because it helps us with our articulation. We don't drop our R's, though. I'll admit, sometimes we did sound a bit funny, but those of us that bothered to learn it then are the most articulate actors in the school now.

"Jolly good show, what!" Wonderful insight! Great delivery. Thank you. Learn some everyday! I often wondered why actors spoke "poshly" in USA and UK this way. Always vexxed me. The London "East End Cockney accent eventually appeared in UK movies, so there was two extremes of dialects (aristocracy and Cockney) film watchers were confronted with. I could be wrong, but would appreciate confirmation here. I personally think there wasn't a genuine representation of the "general" average spoken voice in films. Came across as the aristocracy and little ordinary working class folk, but this did change with culture over time. Despite this, I adore old 1940s/50s films, have such depth of character, great storyline and suitable viewing for all without the need for violence, blood, sex and everything that modern films adorn themselves with. I'm also a huge fan of modern movies, so changed with the times. UK.

I always wondered. Thanks for this!

On Gilligan's Island, character Thurston Howel and wife "Lovey" are great examples of the accent.

@lauren-zz6en

4 жыл бұрын

Matt J S UR RIGHT that's so weird

@MrThermostatic

3 жыл бұрын

It was considered rich and upper class. William F Buckley spoke like that well into the 80s.

@ericasuares2927

3 жыл бұрын

Locust Valley lockjaw

Thank you! I have been scratching my head about this for years.

Awesome! Thank you! I was always wondering about that.

Well that answered my question in a simple and concise manner. Thanks mate.

I was wondering why all actors back then sounded British. Although, Cary Grant is actually British.

@runlarryrun77

4 жыл бұрын

Yet his English accent in Gunga Din was terrible. Weird huh?

@tdunph4250

4 жыл бұрын

If someone walked into my store talking like Cary Grant I would figure that they were having an aneurysm. I can't imagine anyone ever talking like Cary Grant LOL

@feurigerStern

4 жыл бұрын

@@runlarryrun77 come to think of it, it was awful😂

@aaronjaben7913

4 жыл бұрын

Bristol

@JudgeJulieLit

4 жыл бұрын

Cary, Cary, Cary was born in England in 1904. He came to America in 1920, thence mostly lived in California. Similarly Bob Hope and Elizabeth Taylor, born in England but early emigrants to America, lost most of their English accents, but long sounded Midatlantic.

I think it is worth noting, that Mid-Atlantic Speech discussed in this video is different from Mid-Atlantic American English, which is a common dialect spoken today in places along the Mid-Atlantic Region, such as Philadelphia, Trenton, Wilmington, Baltimore. It is notable for being a rhotic dialect, having no cot-caught merger, and having some unique lexical diffusion in regards to /æ/ tensing. I realize, as I write this, that I'm being a nerd and I probably sound really pretentious. What can I say? I have a fondness for linguistics. Great video!

@BrainStuffShow

8 жыл бұрын

+terminaldeity ^^^An important note! :) We like nerds here. Thanks for watching!

@captainbryce1

8 жыл бұрын

Another reason why I generally refer to this as the Transatlantic accent. Mid-Atlantic becomes confusing for exactly that reason.

@AlfaAxel

8 жыл бұрын

+terminaldeity :: That explanation is very good. Can you tell if the samples in the video are actually Mid-Atlantic Speech or just a (good) imitation?

@Gee-xb7rt

8 жыл бұрын

+terminaldeity I grew up in Tampa in the 60s, I think we are the last generation to have distinct regional dialects, with the event of white flight everything became more homogenized, my spanish, cuban and italian neighbors that were replaced with midwesterners and southerners that destroyed their home communities and left a path of destruction in their wake. I really don't hear anyone under 40 speaking in dialects anymore, they all speak overly enunciated wide mouth English like this guy, does that have a name?

@terminaldeity

8 жыл бұрын

Everyone speaks a dialect. That's not even a question, it's just a fact of language. What you may be noticing though, is who is using the regional dialects. William Labov did studies on the social hierarchies of dialects, and while earlier in the 20th century, people of mid-upper class were more likely to have distinguishable dialects, but by the 60s and beyond, people of low-middle class were more likely to have the notable features of a regional dialect. Additionally, features of any given dialect are prone to change over time, so it may not be the same dialect that you grew up with, but like I said before, everyone speaks a dialect. I really don't know what dialect you're referring to by describing it as overly enunciated and wide-mouth. I need an example.

I'm very good at this accent and often spend the day talking like this to everyone. 😂

Hitting the Ts like it stole something 😹😹😹

In the 1950s you could understand everything people said. Speech was clear, well enunciated. Not just in the US but in UK, Australia

@SluttChops

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah...absolutely no one had accents then, did they?

@lanternlite75

6 жыл бұрын

Akane Cortich no, I'm afraid not. American accents have gotten more homogeneous over the last two generations.

@awlkdural5396

6 жыл бұрын

Lol, try talking to an old man from Dorset and then tell me that you could understand everyone!

@echt114

6 жыл бұрын

Try listening to Strom Thurmond or similar American politicians from back then.

@typhoonic

6 жыл бұрын

(yawn) How boring. Everyone sounds the same in those old times. I'm glad people mostly speak with their natural voices in films today. It brings more charm and immersion to the characters instead of making me think I'm listening to the news or an auction.

"Hit that T like it stole somthing" is my favorite phrase of the year!

"hit that t like it stole something" hahaha

"Hit that T like it stole something."

You kinda look like a rip-off Rick from Pawn Stars.

@jeffsadowski9244

5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Chicken breast “I want a British accent” “Young Man! the you best will get is my mid Atlantic accent!” (Said in mid Atlantic accent)

@binozia-old-2031

5 жыл бұрын

This made me chuckle

@jl1008

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Chicken breast HAHAHA

@big_dro1713

4 жыл бұрын

that's not very nice

@charlesroberts3650

4 жыл бұрын

WOW! You managed to insult BOTH, this man AND Rick. Rick KNOWS people (Las Vegas Mafia)who can find you and fricassee you out in the desert, Mr. Chicken Breast ~~~{*!*}~~~

Damn, i'd love it if we all still talked with those accents.

@furphy69

8 жыл бұрын

+Fioaoiudou Me too!

@VidkunQL

8 жыл бұрын

It takes a lot of practice with a candlestick telephone to maintain it.

@josuealejandro4961

7 жыл бұрын

They never talked like that in the first place, they talked exactly like us, only actors during filming used it because it was easier to understand.

@ricardocantoral7672

6 жыл бұрын

Josue Alejandro They didn't talk like us but they definitely did not speak the way they did in films.

@ultrainstinctgoku9321

6 жыл бұрын

NOW LOOK HERE SEEEEEE....🤣😂

Love Howard Hawkes. I have The Thing from another planet. Love the quick smart dialogue and the story. Great film.

This was exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you!

"Enough of this chitchat fella. Let's get right down to it. Why don't you take me out to dinna sometime?"

The more I watch classic films the more I talk like them~ So charming, and the way they expressed themselves using high class words is really enchanting and filled with confidence. Classic films changed me drastically...

@kazumy2558

4 жыл бұрын

oh, that shows, assuming it's you in the avatar lol

@rudyschwab7709

4 жыл бұрын

I be lisnen to some dope gangsta rhymes and dis is whud it be doin to me.

@princeali417

2 жыл бұрын

@@rudyschwab7709 most hillarious comment of all time

Thank you. I always thought it was the limitation of the technology, like film could only go at certain speed and was thus played slightly faster than normal, like a when a tape player was in fast-play speed.

"Transatlantic speakers will hit that 'T' like it stole something"