One Woman, 17 British Accents - Anglophenia Ep 5

Siobhan Thompson performs a tour of the accents of the British Isles - and the celebrities who speak with them!

Photos via AP Images.

[julesparisvetter]

"That looks a lot like Siobhan Thompson."
"Hi I'm Siobhan Thompson."
"Oh."

[Jack.Strait]

I'm convinced the UK has about 100 accents for each square mile

[AgentSnoreJar]

I came here looking for British accents examples and I found an Intrepid Hero!! See you in the stars!!

[rachelthornton]

I really appreciate that Siobhán clarified that Dublin is not a part of the UK! Often we’re lumped in with Britain so I appreciate her making that distinction

[candidethirtythree]

I think that London has at least a dozen different accents all by itself.

[nirenoodlexd]

She looks like she’s having the time of her life

[DavidWickes]

Norfolk here. Nobody has said the 'com' in 'computer' for the last 40 years. It's a pooter.

[aznzero]

It’s so weird that I watched this 8years ago, came back to this and instantly recognized Siobhan from dimension 20….good for her!

[TonyEnglandUK]

How on Earth did we get so many different accents in such a small place as the UK?
 Travel 50 miles in any direction and the accents will change dramatically.

[thelostscouser]

My grandmother could recognize what street you were from just by listening to you speak a few sentences. Mind, that was in the days when people didn't move around a lot and you married the girl from number 7 and then took up residence at number 18. Close knit communities, they were.

[DJCoffeeBlack]

she may not be the best but it's hard to pull off 17 accents one after another. props

[becki]

Been with Siobhan since day 1. I love to see how she grew.

[lauraanderson]

It's funny because as an American, we often just group them all into general "British" accent, yet I could hear and recognize the distinction in each one.

[jrkc]

The scouse one was poor, I could understand every word

[Desert-Father]

The American Guide to British Accents:
0:21 Disney Villain
0:40 Downton Abbey
0:53 Drunk Chimney Sweep
1:09 Eeyore Personified
1:35 Hobbits
1:57 Johnny Depp as Capt Jack Sparrow
2:00 Gorton's Fisherman
2:15 Fairy Language
2:42 Heavy Metal
2:50 John Lennon
3:05 The help in Downton Abbey
3:15 The North in GOT
3:30 Oliver Twist
3:50 Liam Neeson trying to do a Scottish Accent
4:02 Robin Williams trying to do a Scottish Accent
4:15 Braveheart
4:26 Liam Neeson trying to do an American Accent
4:46 Not British (Cousin Sean turns Come Out Ye Black and Tans up to eleven)

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0:18 - Received Pronunciation (Standard middle/upper class)
0:39 - Heightened Received Pronunciation (Quite fancy)
0:53 - London/South (A bit rough)
1:08 - Norfolk/East Anglia (Flat and relaxed)
1:31 - Bristol/West Country (Very rounded)
2:00 - Cardiff/Southern Welsh (Intone and sing-songy)
2:13 - Gwynedd/Northern Welsh (Breathy and thick)
2:25 - Birmingham/Midlands (Low and defined)
2:46 - Liverpool/Scouse
2:58 - Preston/Lancashire
3:11 - Sheffield/Yorkshire (very flat)
3:27 - Newcastle/Geordie
3:44 - Edinburgh/Lowland Scottish (Snooty)
3:59 - Glasgow/Glaswegian (Thick and snooty)
4:12 - Inverness/Highland Scottish
4:26 - Belfast/Northern Irish (Intense vowels)
4:44 - Dublin/Southern Irish

Hope this helps anyone :)

[maddiewithnobrim]

As an English person idk why I’m watching this

[Coldteanoice]

Just wanna say that really nailing a dialect is super difficult, many actors fall short even with intensive training from a dialect coach. So I think this is impressive

[bri_foges]

As a fan of College Humor and a VO artist working on my accents, I was shocked and also thrilled to see Siobhan here 😂

[noemiecansier]

This is Siobhan Thompson she’s a writer on Rick and Morty and a cast member on Dimension 20!