Movie Accent Expert Breaks Down 32 Actors' Accents | WIRED
What it is
Dialect coach Erik Singer analyzes how accurate the accents are of 32 well-known actors, including Brad Pitt and Will Smith, in WIRED's breakdown.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN finds Erik Singer's accent breakdowns informative and entertaining, and links them in discussions of accents and speech.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2017, last 2019
What HN commenters said
“Erik Singer's videos on accent work in particular fall right into the 'informative and entertaining' basket for me”
Informative and entertaining accent breakdowns by Erik Singer.
caf, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “Postmortem: Every Frame a Painting (2017)”
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Topics: accents, dialect coaching, erik singer, actors, linguistics
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