In preparing for my audition later today, I've been trying to track down a good cockney dialect reference. In the back of my mind, I recalled a website that had a number of recordings of speakers with different accents reading the same paragraph. After about 30 minutes of looking I found it:
The Speech Accent Archive.
I also discovered a few other things in my quest for a good dialect reference:
- A search on iTunes for accents will bring up "Access Accents" which is an in-depth reference on a number of accents from a well-respected dialect coach. I ended up purchasing the one on Cockney for $16.95.
- I own "Accents: A Manual For Actors" by Robert Blumenfeld which apparently is a terrible accent reference. According to the online reviews I've read, all native speakers of the accents the author attempts are appalled to the point of laughter. So save yourself some money and don't invest in this book.
- In my opinion, David Alan Stern's reference tapes are all crap whereas Gillian Lane-Plescia tends to be quite good.
What's the difference, you may ask, between a dialect and an accent? A dialect is the sound that comes out of an Irishman speaking English in California (a native English speaker). An accent is the sound of a Japanese tourist speaking English in Disney Land (a native Japanese speaker).
I also discovered a few other things in my quest for a good dialect reference:
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you might like this too..
http://web.ku.edu/idea/index.htm
To learn a Cockney accent, try http://www.virtual.thevoicecafe.net/Accents/Monoloque1.aspx
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