British or American humor?

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You'd be surprised ...  from a non-English as a first language speaker's point of view, the various accents that English speakers have are interesting ...

 Sorry, that was another attempt at slap stick humor, with myself playing the village idiot(sorry Scott)once again. I realize that it's common for the speaker not to realize their own accent. I have cousins that visit from New York, to here in Florida, that say I talk like John Wayne! ...and trust me, there aren't too many people in South Florida that have the Stereotypic "hillbilly" accent. A strange perspective for me though, when Fozzer mentioned his amusement at the "American" accent. Never gave it much thought. On a similar note. I watched an interview with Michael Cane on American TV the other night. He's in a movie with Robert Duvall, and performs with what I would coin as a, flawless, Texas accent. I was impressed to say the least!

[Hagar]

Interesting. I find that Americans are generally confused by British accents. Our regional accents are quite distinctive. I sometimes have problems understanding pure Geordie (Newcastle), North Yorkshire & some Scots myself. Some local dialects are almost like a completely different language. I'm a big fan of Robin Williams who I think is extremely talented. His "Brit" accent in Mrs Doubtfire completely threw me. I've never come across any Brit who spoke anything like that. Dick Van Dyke's attempt at a "Cockney" accent in Mary Poppins is still a big joke here.

SIR Sean Connery's attempt at an Irish brogue has been named the worst movie accent of all time.

He struggled to disguise his Scottish origins when he played a policeman in 1987's The Untouchables, said a film experts' poll. Dick Van Dyke's Cockney chimney sweep in Mary Poppins was next worst.

Olly Richards of Empire magazine said: "Putting on a foreign lilt appeals to a star's vanity, giving them the oportunity to prove that they are more than a pretty face. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13128971_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-Connery-lilt-flops-name_page.html

I've been taken for a Londoner or even an Aussie when in the US. I find this strange as my Sussex accent is quite different & certainly nothing vaguely resembling Aussie. (I'm proud of my heritage & have a broad Sussex accent. It never did me any harm in business.) I can usually tell within a few miles where most people are from as soon as they start talking. I do have problems with US regional accents though.

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Monty Python!!!