[The Corsair]

Dogs have accents. That is all.

[seriousfun]

The american accent tends to drag the vowels out to a longer sound and is less abrupt than the brittish and down under accents and I beleive this makes the american accent imminently more useful as a vocal instrument.

[XtrmJosh]

I can't sing in my own accent, I have to take on an accent which I find for each song I sing. The mrs says I sing best to Ed Sheeran / Nizlopi though, so I guess that's my "singing accent". I do have an interesting idea for a thread though - favorite accent... E.g I love the northern accent, for singing, people from Yorkshire etc, they sound really good to me (more often than not).

[tina m]

ive thought about this do we sing in american accents cos evrybody hates there own accent
or becos america is the land of success & riches we aspire to
or becos its the land where rock n roll came from so the real rock n roll voice is american...end of story?
or do we sing in american accents so nobody recognises us at the job centre when we have a hit record


anyway habby what part of essex are you from? i live in south essex

[habiTat]

anyway habby what part of essex are you from? i live in south essex

Really Tina? where in saaf essix?

I grew up in Hockley (near Rayleigh), then lived in good ol' Southend for years..

I'm in the midlands now, I escaped the traffic!

[tina m]

im in wickford now but ive lived in laindon & on canvey & basildon
 i would never have guessed you were from round here!

[habiTat]

im in wickford now but ive lived in laindon & on canvey & basildon
 i would never have guessed you were from round here!

Canvey! Oh bad luck  (only joking)

I never really fitted in, I'm not enough of a 'lad'. And all that Essex vagazzle stereotype crap annoys me too (I hate TOWIE with a passion)

It's a small world Tina. The company I work for used to have offices in Wickford and before that job I worked for a motor factor in Wickford. (Motex)

Is the Basildon 'Hollywood' sign still there on the A127?

[Dutchbeat]

Hi, you do realise, i am sure, that many people

not living in the UK
or America

don't have the options
or possibilities

to even consider things like this

(which accent etc.)

trust me, i can sing better
in Dutch

so does Mrs. DB, but lyrics in Dutch
just sound absolutely terrible

i wish i could choose
sorry

[habiTat]

Hi, you do realise, i am sure, that many people

not living in the UK
or America

don't have the options
or possibilities

to even consider things like this

(which accent etc.)

trust me, i can sing better
in Dutch

so does Mrs. DB, but lyrics in Dutch
just sound absolutely terrible

i wish i could choose
sorry

Hey Dutch!

Never ever apologise for your identity. It is very often the accent that makes an artist so good. Think Abba, bjork, Enrique inglesias. Would they be better if they sang with American accents ?

No..

Look how good Michael is, he sings with a German accent and his music is fantastic, and so original.

I actively try where I can to avoid the American sound, just because it isn't MY identity.

More Dutch accents please, don't hide it 

[tone]

Totally agree with Habitat - get those euro accents rocking

[tina m]

Is the Basildon 'Hollywood' sign still there on the A127?

i think the bas sign is great ..i mean what else can you get for £40000...a playground that gets vandalised...new town centre toilets that get vandalised ...or a hollywood sign that makes you realy think how can i make a great anagram out of that when im vandalising that!

& theres the answer to the singing with american accents thing ...when the home of chavdom puts up a hollywood sign ....its cos we all want to be american movie stars!

[The Corsair]

When speaking I can imitate just about any accent. Singing-wise my voice naturally goes a bit British. Of course, I don't sing. I still write with my internal voice on 'British' mode.

[habiTat]

Is the Basildon 'Hollywood' sign still there on the A127?

& theres the answer to the singing with american accents thing ...when the home of chavdom puts up a hollywood sign ....its cos we all want to be american movie stars!

I think you've cracked it   What with the Festival leisure park (known locally as BAS-VEGAS) and all that fake tan. It's a whole county of people who wished they lived somewhere else haha..

[darreldo]

Having a thick yorkshire accent is very limiting for me. always compared to the artic monkeys

[andy5544]

Is it sounding American though , or is it stretching out and changing words just to make them fit better ?
Or is it Irish ?