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scottish and irish are NOT similar [img]tongue.gif[/img] , do i have an ear for accents or something? irish and scottish for me are glaringly different
and yeah charly its true, someone from the south can imitate accents from the north easier than the other way round, all the best impressionists are southerners, that says if you have a weaker accent to start with its much easier to switch to stronger at will. For example a northerner trying to speak french with a french accent is a hililarious sound to hear [img]smile.gif[/img] well in my experience so far it is anyway, theres always exceptions of course, but in the main your point is certainly true.
and with londoner nowadays that means about 100000 different accents cos its a cultural melting pot, but id define londoner accent as quite common, fast, uses a lot of slang words, but is not like your lock stock type cockney or really hardcore stuff, as thats pretty rare these days except in certain areas of london. The british accent in hollywood as usual is one of two, either hardcore cockney or extremly posh, its no wonder americans think thats how we all speak if they have never visited england [img]tongue.gif[/img] i know 100s of londoners but have never met one who speaks like the guys out of lock stock (especially danny john jules story bit [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) i know a few people who do have very upper class accents but thats still pretty rare too.
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