to all who thinks he doesn't actually have a scottish accent - watch "the making of me" john barrowman. there is a segment where he skypes with his parents, and he talks to them in a scottish accent. would he fake a scottish accent to his very scottish parents? i really dont think so
Sorry but I just think it's fake. He 'lost' his Scottish accent when he moved abroad, and while he can obviously easily imitate a Scottish accent now, I don't believe it's natural for him to just slip into it.
It's like Gillian Anderson's affected British accent. That one really makes my skin crawl, as you can tell it's so fake. Again, I know she was raised in London, but she lost her British accent when she moved to the US. It doesn't just magically return.
@Paul2377 I agree that it sounds pretty fake here, but check out the outtakes from series 1 of Torchwood. Whenever he cracks up, he does sound genuinely Glaswegian, probably because the director is Scottish, so it's easier than usual for him to slip back to his native accent.
@Paul2377 watch a video where a young girl kisses his cheek, he had no reason to speak scottish, it just came out of him. Of course it's a bit faded, since he always or most of the time anyways he speaks american, but his natural voice IS scottish
@morrla1377 yeah he has a bidialectal accent where he can speak to most people with an american accent its natural in that situation. But as soon as he hears a scottish accent it switches back. So if he heard both a scot then an american accent he would switch back and fourth without realising it.
@seonidh Yeah, I do the same when talking to my Mum, I moved to Australia from Uk at age 8 and I remember in High School my friends telling me that I sounded "Aussie" when talking to them but very "pommie" when talking to my Mum even in the same shared conversation - I didn't even know I was doing it. Lol
@cawthy07 get a clue. My girlfriend speaks with an Aussie accent when talking to most Aussies but switches to Malaysian accent the moment she speaks to her parents. She doesn't even realise it until I point it out.
you are just too ashamed to admit your secretly gay.
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my sister and i both have accents that slip. mine moves from english rp to newzealand accent hers slips form rp to scotish. it tends to happen when we are both bored or destracted. it once happend in tandum and my poor brother sudenly found himself with a scotish sister and mauri brother lol
i love how johns so calm and open about the fact he has two accnets you see alot of british actors tryingto speak in both at the same time. i like that john switches between the two.
@tumblebugbydand Yeah, my sister and I are the same too. I moved to Australia from Uk at age 8 and I remember in High School my friends telling me that I sounded "normal" when talking to them but very "pommie" when talking to my Mum even in the same shared conversation - I didn't even know I was doing it. Lol.
As for me - I love the term that he and his sister came up with to describe the ability to switch between the scottish accent and the american accent -"bidialectic"
I have never heard a person do a good impression of a scottish accent and I have never heard anyone in Scotland that sounds like Ground Keeper Willie lol I think John Barrowman suits his scottish accent more than his american one :D
@alicelovesparamore - Ahem... excuse me Please, but Johb's accent is REAL not an impression. His american accent is more of a "defence mechanism" against those who were bullying him when he and his family move to the states to live. The American kids made fun of his scottish accent. John has stated this a number of times on various television show interviews. Just thought you might want to know..
@347Nitro Oh no I didn't mean it like that I know he is scottish and changed his accent I was just saying that generally people do dreadful scottish accents as a reply to other comments. Sorry if I caused you any offence :)
I never noticed that he says "Scott either have and American date and a Scotsman the next. He's got the best boyfriend." I HEART YOU jb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scottish is by far the hardest accent to put on like really hard! My entire family is scottish but i was raised in ireland and i cant for the life of me put on a good scots accent!
I can beat that. I was raised in Scotland and I can barely put on a Scottish accent. Partially from being introverted and watching too many American cartoons as a child.
Gets fucking annoying when people ask me where I'm from and I have to explain that.
Its unreal you have to explain the entire family history nearly haha!! Such a difficult accent to pick up and lose. My grandparents have been living in ireland for over 40 years and listening to them you would swear they had never left Glasgow.
I'm the same with accents myself. I was born in Bristol, my family are scottish and we went on holiday to america a lot when i was younger. Also have family over there, and in australia, and went to europe a lot so I can do a load of accents. I'm an actress so this is fantastic for any shows I do!! All the same, I love my scottish accent better than my english accent!! Didn't want to be Bristolian forever! Although it works for JLC!!!! x
@faeriegeek natural. He has been speaking with the US accent for so long. And now the Scottish accent is kinda like a family thing lol. Apart from the occasional few words/sentences lol.
@stonepaw989 actually he has american citizenship and passport. Yes he originally had a scottish accent but it changed when he moved to america when he was eight years old. His accent clicks back to a scottish one if he speaks to scottish people its called code switching and is quite common. Its not put on though he genuinly speaks with a Californian accent most of the time.
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Hey Im originally from LA. We have no accents. We are cut throat american dry. My dad's from Chicago. There is a Major difference. One thing being, is since im from LA i can pick up accents more easily than people from other places around the US. I've picked up a scotish braugh when i want to. Its easy when you have no accent.
Also, people without accents are often used to do national news casts.
Humans all have the same accent according to aliens.
Your first point has validity. But, i know hearing my accent with other californians that i have a very middle of the road voice. I can even here the differences in scottish and english accents, even when i dont know where they came from specifically.
to each their own, of course i'd like doing that too ;) but i already mess with people enough. it'll be fun to do it more :D besides, i love other accents.
I dunno, I just get more of a Canadian vibe when I hear it, regardless of where he's supposed to've picked it up. But then, when I was in Canada when I was younger I was the only one of the bunch that didn't think they had any accents at all. XD
I'm from Alaska myself, although I'm going to college in the midwest, currently...and he doesn't really sound like the people around here, to me. But, hey, everyone I know (including family) thinks I talk weird due to a speech impediment as a kid.
I unintentionally pick up the accents of people I'm with, my family moved so much that noone can guess what my accent actually is. Sort of a cross between London, Devon and Irish dialects. Quite odd really.
gotta admit i do the same thing. blue blood through and through but over here in Japan I end up using an American accent just naturally through having so many Yank mates. Don't even realise I'm doing it half the time.
ya, but in the end, when he says "this is my real voice" he sounded american again, so i wonder if scott is his real dialect. to me it sounds the other way around - american accent is his natural and the scottish accent the one he puts on for effect.
I know he does sound american now, and technically his real voice is Scottish, but I swear in real life when he speaks normally u can hear the scot in him and he often slips back in to it without realising, either accent he's georgous!
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Because, he completely discards his own accents, fakes another constantly, and pretends that it is his own. Its sad to see someone discard their herratige so ruthlessly!
He doesn't pretend it's his own, he's done this whole 'I'm actually scottish' thing on so many shows. He only started doing an American accent because he was bullied when he first moved there for being Scottish. He's very proud of being Scottish actually.
No problem, hon, I was aware of that anyway, but thanks. However, you may like to consider that bilingualism might also be applied to dialects and accents. John B. claims to use different ways of speaking in different social surroundings, a Scottish accent with his family, an American accent outside of his family. Acquiring his American accent apparently was a strategy for coping in a new environment (after moving to the US). He grew up using both, and thus there is no faking or pretending.
But, I do see it like this because I have first hand experiance. My Mother is Scottish, yet she works in the States and never feels the pressure or need to change her accent although shes working with people of many different nationalities.
Other film stars such as Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and to a lesser extent Penelope Cruise have kept their accents, even when coping with a tough Holywood lifestyle.
Some people - myself included - who were born one place, grew up in another, have an ability to switch back and forth with accents. Sometimes it's not even intentional and not fake - just an ability. John Barrowman has found it useful in his profession to use his American accent but I've never heard him say he's not proud of being a Scot. He's not 'discarding his heritage'
This might seem a little weird, but I really don't like John's scottish accent. I adore scottish accents, but his doesn't really seem all the way scottish to me. It seems a little bit forced, but it could just be that I don't know all the different types of Scottish accents. Usually, when you're under 12 you adapt to the country you move to accent, and don't retain your original one, even with your family. But anyways. He's so sexy, I just like him best with an American accent.
wait a freakin minute!!!... i'm confused as hell...i thought he grew up in Aurora, IL in the good old USA...and went to college in Iowa... one of the reasons i fell so hard for him was because i thought he was American!!!.. my heart is broken :-( somebody please tell me he's joking!!! gasp...sob, sob, sob
John was born in Scotland and lived there until he was 8 years old, then his family moved to the US. What difference does in make where he comes from? He's lovely no matter what. :)
well i guess i'll have to accept it, but it just kinda freaks me out...he's got that whole "cowboy up" attitude with that American swagger and that "i own the world" thing going on...you just don't find that combination outside the US, sorry...it's also really hard to believe that he's gay!!! he's such an enigma, but i loove him anyway :-)
kinda cool how he has a pure american accent and can speak scottish. freaky but cool. if that was me i would speak wae a scottish accent all the time.
im not the only one moved to england when i was five so when im with my mates i sound really english but when im at home i sound quite scottish everyone thinks im mad lol
The poor man was bullied as a child for having a scottish accent, thus he adapted the american one; he "just didn't want to be bullied" were his words. Speaking scottish around his family is respectable in my opinion because he's not deny his true identity. Scottish accent is beautiful when used right by the way; David Tennant's is lovely. X
thank you ;) its funny though us scots always when were talking about people like who r english or american or what not who r trying o put on a scottish accent and wat we do is we try to put on a scottish accent and really we already have one :L its quite freak cause i remeber doing it a few weeks ago and a few minutes afterwards i kinda just startd laughing my bloody head off :L but serouisly im proud to be scottish and thanks for the comlement x
i know :O in Irvine you cannae bloody go oot at night because you meight get jumped . Other than that its so lovley .. and today was a BEUATIFUL day in irvine :D
sounds weird dunnit, after all thse years seeing him as american in doctor who. he was born in scotland but grew up in america so he picked up the accent
AHHH I love John Barrowman, regardless of the accent. I love Scottish accents though... but I love that he's an American (basically) in the British TV/Film world.
Reply to magicmartin18: xweexmoox got it right in saying...He got his american accent because he got bullied for his glaswegian one when he moved to america. No idea why hes stuck with it now though, force of habit probably.
Yes but he does change his accent and start speaking with a Scottish one, depending on who he is with. We all have a natural dialect, and by changing your accent between different people's company, it is forced, hence why I say it's pretentious. If I lived in Hong Kong when I was I kid, why would I start speaking with a Cantonese accent or something, just because the kids there would take the piss, and then change accents when the little Hong Kong bullies are not around?
I really don't like how people think he has one "true" and one "fake" accent, as far as I know, he has two true ones. I have more accents than I can handle so I kinda know what it's like, and you just speak the way your surroundings speak back to you. I wouldn't be surprised at all if his both accents were a bit muddled after all that interaction with American+Scottish+English people...
I can agree with that. I'm American and used to have a 'northern' accent(still slips out occasionally). When my family moved to the midwest region, the other kids began to make fun of me, so I adopted a midwestern accent, which I still have. I've also lived in Texas the last few years and I've recently discovered that depending upon who I'm talking to, I may have a Texas drawl.
Because of that, my own speech tends to be muddled with three different American accents.
The thing I don't get is why he puts on the American accent the rest of the time. I mean, obviously if he was playing an American he'd put on an accent just like everyone else would, but why on earth does he keep that accent when he's doing things that have nothing to do with playing the part of an American? So much for being true to one's roots!
His REAL "accent" is American English, I'm not sure why it's confusing, not trying to be mean, really. Check out other offerings of John B. here on Y/T and you'll hear his real voice. Hope you enjoy!
See the other comments on this thread. As far as I'm concerned a person's 'real' accent is the one they grew up using, and in John Barrowman's case, it's the Scottish one - apparently he developed the American one for stage purposes, but for some reason then started using it constantly, and I find that very odd indeed.
The American one was developed at a young age after his family moved to America because he was getting teased for his Scottish dialect; it was done to stop the bullying. As for why he uses it constantly, it could just be that he enjoys it. We over here in North America find English, Scottish, and Irish dialects fascinating; but we often forget that our own dialect is just as interesting to others!
That's a good explanation, thank you. On a related note I remember once reading someone comment on the American accent that was being affected by Philip Quast (an Australian who usually sings in a broad English accent), saying how odd it was to hear him 'without his accent'. D'oh!
He got his american accent because he got bullied for his glaswegian one when he moved to america. No idea why hes stuck with it now though, force of habit probably.
Well if all of you guys think about it, John's life really went as follows: Born in Scotland, raised in America, then starting his Show Biz career. In Show Biz, he's been involved in a LOT that required an American accent, or where American suuited it more than a Scottish one. Come on, in the West End he's done shows set in America (ie Anything Goes)where American accents is necessary. However, in Trchwood/Dr Who he may have felt the American accent was more suited to the part. PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
Growing up with parents who were probably thick Scottish accents, but in a foreign country from a young age,he'll naturally have picked up the local dialect and accent over time. So your "real" voice is going to be a mix of the two. With his US friends (and later his acting career) he'll probably have altered it slightly to fit in with more bias on the American sounding accent, and with his parents, he would have done the same with the scottish accent. That's why he can switch so easily.
to all who thinks he doesn't actually have a scottish accent - watch "the making of me" john barrowman. there is a segment where he skypes with his parents, and he talks to them in a scottish accent. would he fake a scottish accent to his very scottish parents? i really dont think so
18nationarmy 1 month ago
Every time i see John, i can't help smiling :3
KawaiiiPandah 4 months ago
@Paul2377 do not insult john barrowman infront of me.
chloestubbsieee 6 months ago 3
Sorry but I just think it's fake. He 'lost' his Scottish accent when he moved abroad, and while he can obviously easily imitate a Scottish accent now, I don't believe it's natural for him to just slip into it.
It's like Gillian Anderson's affected British accent. That one really makes my skin crawl, as you can tell it's so fake. Again, I know she was raised in London, but she lost her British accent when she moved to the US. It doesn't just magically return.
Paul2377 6 months ago
@Paul2377 Watch Torchwood out-takes, there were scenes they shot again and again because they thought he sounded so 'scottish'
LadyaLL96 4 months ago
@Paul2377 I agree that it sounds pretty fake here, but check out the outtakes from series 1 of Torchwood. Whenever he cracks up, he does sound genuinely Glaswegian, probably because the director is Scottish, so it's easier than usual for him to slip back to his native accent.
Toribot 3 months ago
@Paul2377 watch a video where a young girl kisses his cheek, he had no reason to speak scottish, it just came out of him. Of course it's a bit faded, since he always or most of the time anyways he speaks american, but his natural voice IS scottish
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Doesn't he get tired of that? They ask him in nearly every show...I like it, but still
xxAlchemistressxx 7 months ago
That Wright guy is soo ugly looking - he's got a face you just want tp punch, especially when he smiles.
Badsellcut 1 year ago
pretty XD
THEOogalieBoogalie 1 year ago
Oh boy! John with the Scottish accent. I'm just melting now........
morrla1377 1 year ago
@morrla1377 so am i eeeeek :)
JinxedEuphoria 1 year ago
@morrla1377 yeah he has a bidialectal accent where he can speak to most people with an american accent its natural in that situation. But as soon as he hears a scottish accent it switches back. So if he heard both a scot then an american accent he would switch back and fourth without realising it.
seonidh 1 year ago 2
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@seonidh Yeah, I do the same when talking to my Mum, I moved to Australia from Uk at age 8 and I remember in High School my friends telling me that I sounded "Aussie" when talking to them but very "pommie" when talking to my Mum even in the same shared conversation - I didn't even know I was doing it. Lol
morrla1377 1 year ago
@seonidh your a fucking idiot
cawthy07 8 months ago
@cawthy07 Lol and your a fucking troll
seonidh 8 months ago
@seonidh and your entertained by talentless faggots :) i think i win this one
cawthy07 8 months ago
@cawthy07 No I have and you've been most entertaining......
seonidh 8 months ago
@cawthy07 get a clue. My girlfriend speaks with an Aussie accent when talking to most Aussies but switches to Malaysian accent the moment she speaks to her parents. She doesn't even realise it until I point it out.
murphe777 6 months ago
@murphe777 did you buy her off the internet?
cawthy07 6 months ago
@cawthy07 You're all class. I hope you enjoy your sorry excuse for an inbred redneck trailer trash life. :)
murphe777 6 months ago
@cawthy07 My mistake, you're British. Let me change that to self-fellating chav inbred life.
murphe777 6 months ago
@murphe777 so you did buy her off the net then? you should of bought a thai bride instead theyre much cheaper and easier to transport
cawthy07 6 months ago
i didnt know he was gay!
well i guess thats why people call him a pain in the arse
ditdatdot 1 year ago
@ditdatdot I dont like gays
jaanjannwahabi 1 year ago
@jaanjannwahabi
your just in denial son
ditdatdot 1 year ago
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@ditdatdot in denial of what?
and dont call me son you filthy infidel
you are a mommy boy trying to sound tough
I have seen off a lot of wanna be tough guys like you
putting up a soldier picture & war stories doesnt make you real
you are an armchair fantasist
jaanjannwahabi 1 year ago
@jaanjannwahabi
you are just too ashamed to admit your secretly gay.
and ive seen a lot of idiotic muslim fantasists like you who are racist toward every colour and race on earth and use religion as an axuce for being an arrogant unloved infidel asshole. like i said in another message to u. give me your adress in jordan then and ill come over and mett u
faggot
ditdatdot 1 year ago
Lucky lucky Scott :D
peppermintcow 1 year ago
my sister and i both have accents that slip. mine moves from english rp to newzealand accent hers slips form rp to scotish. it tends to happen when we are both bored or destracted. it once happend in tandum and my poor brother sudenly found himself with a scotish sister and mauri brother lol
i love how johns so calm and open about the fact he has two accnets you see alot of british actors tryingto speak in both at the same time. i like that john switches between the two.
tumblebugbydand 1 year ago
@tumblebugbydand Yeah, my sister and I are the same too. I moved to Australia from Uk at age 8 and I remember in High School my friends telling me that I sounded "normal" when talking to them but very "pommie" when talking to my Mum even in the same shared conversation - I didn't even know I was doing it. Lol.
morrla1377 1 year ago
every time i hear a scottish accent i think about braveheart XD
droga187 1 year ago
Why does he still talk in an american accent when he's in the UK now?
ilikewoollymammoths 1 year ago
@ilikewoollymammoths You're an idiot. Or a troll. Most probably still an idiot.
OrzGaming 1 year ago
@ilikewoollymammoths You're a moront. Or a troll. Most probably still an moron.
OrzGaming 1 year ago
I love John Barrowman's Scottish accent!
backstreetwestlife 1 year ago
As for me - I love the term that he and his sister came up with to describe the ability to switch between the scottish accent and the american accent -"bidialectic"
Just about sums it up real good. ;)
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347Nitro 1 year ago
How about his gay voice ..... Oh shut that door!
Softrockman 1 year ago
I have never heard a person do a good impression of a scottish accent and I have never heard anyone in Scotland that sounds like Ground Keeper Willie lol I think John Barrowman suits his scottish accent more than his american one :D
alicelovesparamore 1 year ago 5
@alicelovesparamore - Ahem... excuse me Please, but Johb's accent is REAL not an impression. His american accent is more of a "defence mechanism" against those who were bullying him when he and his family move to the states to live. The American kids made fun of his scottish accent. John has stated this a number of times on various television show interviews. Just thought you might want to know..
347Nitro 1 year ago
@347Nitro Oh no I didn't mean it like that I know he is scottish and changed his accent I was just saying that generally people do dreadful scottish accents as a reply to other comments. Sorry if I caused you any offence :)
alicelovesparamore 1 year ago
@alicelovesparamore - No problem. Forgiven. Yes, some people speak a "poor" scotish accent. No offence taken!
347Nitro 1 year ago
@347Nitro Thank you :D
alicelovesparamore 1 year ago
wow thats some accent
iceybomb 1 year ago
I never noticed that he says "Scott either have and American date and a Scotsman the next. He's got the best boyfriend." I HEART YOU jb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
peppermintcow 1 year ago 3
lol that's crazy
xgs724 1 year ago
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illuminatedSlave 2 years ago
John Barrowman, your one sexy gift from the gods babe! :D
DoctorWhovian1993 2 years ago 76
gods AKA scots :P
ranbrent 1 year ago 2
Scottish is by far the hardest accent to put on like really hard! My entire family is scottish but i was raised in ireland and i cant for the life of me put on a good scots accent!
amykeeoo 2 years ago 11
@amykeeoo I thought the geordie accent was way harder. Wow your scots and Irish I bet the Americans would die for your heritage.
seonidh 1 year ago
@amykeeoo
I can beat that. I was raised in Scotland and I can barely put on a Scottish accent. Partially from being introverted and watching too many American cartoons as a child.
Gets fucking annoying when people ask me where I'm from and I have to explain that.
GotForGimmick 1 year ago
Its unreal you have to explain the entire family history nearly haha!! Such a difficult accent to pick up and lose. My grandparents have been living in ireland for over 40 years and listening to them you would swear they had never left Glasgow.
amykeeoo 1 year ago
I do a great Grounds Keeper Willie!
borgduck 1 year ago
I'm the same with accents myself. I was born in Bristol, my family are scottish and we went on holiday to america a lot when i was younger. Also have family over there, and in australia, and went to europe a lot so I can do a load of accents. I'm an actress so this is fantastic for any shows I do!! All the same, I love my scottish accent better than my english accent!! Didn't want to be Bristolian forever! Although it works for JLC!!!! x
suzmcg83 2 years ago
So wait, what's his natural speaking voice?
Like what kind of accent does he think in? Lol.
faeriegeek 2 years ago 4
he is Scottish but was raised in America. He got teased a lot as a kid so he adapted and took an American accent :D
He only speaks Scottish with his family. Although I have heard it a few times in the Torchwood Bloopers lol
DutchLoyal 2 years ago 3
So is he purposely putting on American accent even at his age now? Or has it become his natural speaking voice? That's what I was wondering.
faeriegeek 2 years ago
@faeriegeek natural. He has been speaking with the US accent for so long. And now the Scottish accent is kinda like a family thing lol. Apart from the occasional few words/sentences lol.
DutchLoyal 2 years ago 2
For a Brit he does an amazing American accent
stonepaw989 2 years ago 4
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For a Brit he does an amazing American accent
@stonepaw989 actually he has american citizenship and passport. Yes he originally had a scottish accent but it changed when he moved to america when he was eight years old. His accent clicks back to a scottish one if he speaks to scottish people its called code switching and is quite common. Its not put on though he genuinly speaks with a Californian accent most of the time.
seonidh 1 year ago
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this is my real voice ? hmm JB is a total Schizo, what is he Scots or a yank me thinks he is an attention seeker.
cocodonia 2 years ago
He sounds so much better Scottish! Lol
Jbtorchwoodaddict 2 years ago 5
xD it's so odd to hear him speak with a scottish accent but I like it
tho he does a great american accent. tho it sounds more like it's from Chicago not LA
xXVictorXx666 2 years ago 6
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Hey Im originally from LA. We have no accents. We are cut throat american dry. My dad's from Chicago. There is a Major difference. One thing being, is since im from LA i can pick up accents more easily than people from other places around the US. I've picked up a scotish braugh when i want to. Its easy when you have no accent.
Also, people without accents are often used to do national news casts.
samjarris 2 years ago
everyone has an accent to someone else.
but to me I don't really have an accent.
but I've learned a Scottish one, an Irish one, a British one,a new york one, and a few others
it's rather fun I must admit.
xXVictorXx666 2 years ago
Humans all have the same accent according to aliens.
Your first point has validity. But, i know hearing my accent with other californians that i have a very middle of the road voice. I can even here the differences in scottish and english accents, even when i dont know where they came from specifically.
samjarris 2 years ago
cool! i'm planning on learning some accents myself :)
would be useful if i ever decided to actually pursue acting as a career.
fantasylover42 2 years ago
I did it cause it's fun to mess with people
xD
xXVictorXx666 2 years ago
to each their own, of course i'd like doing that too ;) but i already mess with people enough. it'll be fun to do it more :D besides, i love other accents.
fantasylover42 2 years ago
I love it when he uses his normal (scottish) acsent!
KellyLu159 2 years ago 6
Man, that's cool. It's softer than David Tennant's, but really lovely.
(Though to clarify, his "American" accent is not L.A., it's Chicagoan.)
scionofgrace 2 years ago 11
Nah, his "american" accent is definitely more Canadian, than anything.
LovelyLuna713 2 years ago
Really? I'd read he picked it up in Chicago, where his family lived when he was a kid.
Also, I'm a Midwesterner myself, and have Canadian relatives, and his American accent sounds a lot closer to mine than theirs.
scionofgrace 2 years ago 4
I dunno, I just get more of a Canadian vibe when I hear it, regardless of where he's supposed to've picked it up. But then, when I was in Canada when I was younger I was the only one of the bunch that didn't think they had any accents at all. XD
I'm from Alaska myself, although I'm going to college in the midwest, currently...and he doesn't really sound like the people around here, to me. But, hey, everyone I know (including family) thinks I talk weird due to a speech impediment as a kid.
LovelyLuna713 2 years ago
When he speak Scottish he kinda has my accent.
bananacraig 2 years ago 5
it doesnt sound to glasgow to me .... sounds more falkirk etc
vidzme 2 years ago
goddamn thats hot!
overdramaticfreak 2 years ago 43
@overdramaticfreak You said it, sizzling!!!!!
morrla1377 1 year ago
Did he really did the rest of the show with his scottish accent? If he did I WANT TO WATCH IT! Could you upload it please?
cacacacosa 2 years ago 9
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No wonder he's ashamed of his scottish accent. Id be if i were a sweaty.
oconnorthelegend 2 years ago
excuse me...?
what are you on about?
McShewan 2 years ago
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Id be ashamed to be a sweaty sock. Thank God i'm not. Losers.
oconnorthelegend 2 years ago
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vidzme 2 years ago
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Cunt
oconnorthelegend 2 years ago
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vidzme 2 years ago
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You spastic
oconnorthelegend 2 years ago
That's... incredible :)
Shunsuke02 2 years ago 4
dam!!!!!!
smallrossy 2 years ago
Real voice? Well yeah, he had the Scottish accent long before the American one but he's cool that he can speak with a fluent American accident.
Kryptonian250 2 years ago 3
American accent. Not American accident. ;)
mezzogal 2 years ago 9
Brit grammar teachers probably think the American form English is more an accident than accent.
Bobsyermomsuncle 2 years ago
it's a fluent language
and a strong accent....
xo
McShewan 2 years ago 5
I unintentionally pick up the accents of people I'm with, my family moved so much that noone can guess what my accent actually is. Sort of a cross between London, Devon and Irish dialects. Quite odd really.
beelzibubbles 2 years ago
gotta admit i do the same thing. blue blood through and through but over here in Japan I end up using an American accent just naturally through having so many Yank mates. Don't even realise I'm doing it half the time.
EvilKris 2 years ago
Fucking Yummy both ways
DebbDuddde 2 years ago 2
hell yes!!! but i stand by what i've said before. he has to be braking so laws some where. his just to damn sexy!!!! XD
secondstarfun 2 years ago
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I always thought his american accent sounded fake from years ago. The only thing I love about this guy is that I just love to hate him!
justinbarrygliddon 2 years ago
but my love...why waste your energy on hate???
secondstarfun 2 years ago
ya, but in the end, when he says "this is my real voice" he sounded american again, so i wonder if scott is his real dialect. to me it sounds the other way around - american accent is his natural and the scottish accent the one he puts on for effect.
NindotJud 2 years ago
Eh! Are you joking! He sounds nothing like Ewan Mcgregor, Ewan's from Crieff and John's from Glasgow two different accents.
nyhcara 2 years ago 3
I know he does sound american now, and technically his real voice is Scottish, but I swear in real life when he speaks normally u can hear the scot in him and he often slips back in to it without realising, either accent he's georgous!
Jinx903 2 years ago 2
Sounds exactly like Ewan McGregor
bfdhvcnvvbjdn 2 years ago
I hate fakes.......
bloomstar1994 2 years ago
Why's John 'fake'?
emilyyboo 2 years ago
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Because, he completely discards his own accents, fakes another constantly, and pretends that it is his own. Its sad to see someone discard their herratige so ruthlessly!
bloomstar1994 2 years ago
He doesn't pretend it's his own, he's done this whole 'I'm actually scottish' thing on so many shows. He only started doing an American accent because he was bullied when he first moved there for being Scottish. He's very proud of being Scottish actually.
emilyyboo 2 years ago
Ever heard of being bilingual?
z1mtschnecker1ch 2 years ago
Ever heard of being bilingual?
z1mtschnecker1ch 2 years ago
Yes, thats the ability to speak two languages.
I hate to break it to you, but Scottish people do speak English!!!
bloomstar1994 2 years ago 3
No problem, hon, I was aware of that anyway, but thanks. However, you may like to consider that bilingualism might also be applied to dialects and accents. John B. claims to use different ways of speaking in different social surroundings, a Scottish accent with his family, an American accent outside of his family. Acquiring his American accent apparently was a strategy for coping in a new environment (after moving to the US). He grew up using both, and thus there is no faking or pretending.
z1mtschnecker1ch 2 years ago
But, I do see it like this because I have first hand experiance. My Mother is Scottish, yet she works in the States and never feels the pressure or need to change her accent although shes working with people of many different nationalities.
Other film stars such as Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and to a lesser extent Penelope Cruise have kept their accents, even when coping with a tough Holywood lifestyle.
bloomstar1994 2 years ago
Some people - myself included - who were born one place, grew up in another, have an ability to switch back and forth with accents. Sometimes it's not even intentional and not fake - just an ability. John Barrowman has found it useful in his profession to use his American accent but I've never heard him say he's not proud of being a Scot. He's not 'discarding his heritage'
cuveeroxanne69 2 years ago 6
Aye but it's called an accent, you fanny.
braveheart11 2 years ago 4
Hehe, "bilingual". Thanks for the laugh ^^/
HELPCreations 2 years ago
odd, because I go from North western USA to welsh, and I have never left my home state for long.
PapaTango104 2 years ago
thats kinda weird, he sounds cool with his scottish accent lol
xliilmiissx 2 years ago 2
This might seem a little weird, but I really don't like John's scottish accent. I adore scottish accents, but his doesn't really seem all the way scottish to me. It seems a little bit forced, but it could just be that I don't know all the different types of Scottish accents. Usually, when you're under 12 you adapt to the country you move to accent, and don't retain your original one, even with your family. But anyways. He's so sexy, I just like him best with an American accent.
volubleviking 2 years ago
omg that is weird
Lidka9Videos 2 years ago
Freaky my ass lady...it's f-ing hot is what it is. ^_~
AngelicMouseGirl 2 years ago 8
omg. i LOVE his Scottish Accent. its soo fucking Sexy... HE's SOOO fucking sexy...*drools*=P
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wait a freakin minute!!!... i'm confused as hell...i thought he grew up in Aurora, IL in the good old USA...and went to college in Iowa... one of the reasons i fell so hard for him was because i thought he was American!!!.. my heart is broken :-( somebody please tell me he's joking!!! gasp...sob, sob, sob
luvbuddy26 2 years ago
John was born in Scotland and lived there until he was 8 years old, then his family moved to the US. What difference does in make where he comes from? He's lovely no matter what. :)
kateo2006 2 years ago 9
well i guess i'll have to accept it, but it just kinda freaks me out...he's got that whole "cowboy up" attitude with that American swagger and that "i own the world" thing going on...you just don't find that combination outside the US, sorry...it's also really hard to believe that he's gay!!! he's such an enigma, but i loove him anyway :-)
luvbuddy26 2 years ago
kinda cool how he has a pure american accent and can speak scottish. freaky but cool. if that was me i would speak wae a scottish accent all the time.
Moan Eh Scots.
martn13 2 years ago 3
im not the only one moved to england when i was five so when im with my mates i sound really english but when im at home i sound quite scottish everyone thinks im mad lol
fletcheyboi 2 years ago
The poor man was bullied as a child for having a scottish accent, thus he adapted the american one; he "just didn't want to be bullied" were his words. Speaking scottish around his family is respectable in my opinion because he's not deny his true identity. Scottish accent is beautiful when used right by the way; David Tennant's is lovely. X
narwehundomiel 2 years ago 2
i'm a new Zealander and i want to speak like scottish cuz they're accent are cool
one thing is why did david tennant changed he's accent in doctor who
smartiedaphne 2 years ago
why thank you ;D
funny thing is
everyone who likes scottish thinks its so cool but I (as a glaswegian) think hos american accent is amasin
P.S. because the doctor is english
xPunkxRockxRachelx 2 years ago
no seriously i love the scottish accent and i want to speak like them but i got the freakin American accent and i can't get rid of it grrrrrrrrrrrr
smartiedaphne 2 years ago
do wat he did, move here
i suppose it comes naturally to me thought coz i AM scottish
xPunkxRockxRachelx 2 years ago
couldent we make him scottish lol
it would be funnyer
ye ken no
lol
theres an understanding between scots XD
SK8ERBOYASHE 2 years ago
Im not from edinburgh btw lol
Glasgow XD
SK8ERBOYASHE 2 years ago
me too!
well a small town very near glasgow
but close enough!
xPunkxRockxRachelx 2 years ago
thank you ;) its funny though us scots always when were talking about people like who r english or american or what not who r trying o put on a scottish accent and wat we do is we try to put on a scottish accent and really we already have one :L its quite freak cause i remeber doing it a few weeks ago and a few minutes afterwards i kinda just startd laughing my bloody head off :L but serouisly im proud to be scottish and thanks for the comlement x
emsy2007 2 years ago
theres only one thing i dont like about this country and glasgow in particular and thats the ned infestation
other that that its smashin :D
then again ive put up with it this long so... :)
xPunkxRockxRachelx 2 years ago
i know :O in Irvine you cannae bloody go oot at night because you meight get jumped . Other than that its so lovley .. and today was a BEUATIFUL day in irvine :D
emsy2007 2 years ago
same with Milton of Campsie :D
for once we have greath weather in scotland :D
xPunkxRockxRachelx 2 years ago
its AMAZING !!!
ashleyquinn95 2 years ago
its cause he was born in Scotland but brought up in America, thus he spoke like americans.
thefacultylounge 3 years ago
sounds weird dunnit, after all thse years seeing him as american in doctor who. he was born in scotland but grew up in america so he picked up the accent
OwenDWF 3 years ago
wild scotsman hahha
JackHarknessIsHot 3 years ago
How can he have been bullies, if anyone hears your glasgow accent they think your a fucking nut job
wwwNooBcom 3 years ago
Yeah because that's what some American kids who have probably never heard a real Scottish accent would have thought...
BilliePiperFan82 3 years ago
AHHH I love John Barrowman, regardless of the accent. I love Scottish accents though... but I love that he's an American (basically) in the British TV/Film world.
fishyflop 3 years ago 3
I like John. I am American and I think his Scott's accent is much sexier of the two. Everybody sounds like his Los Angeles accent here.
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what a pretentious twat, switching between accents.
magicmartin18 3 years ago
Reply to magicmartin18: xweexmoox got it right in saying...He got his american accent because he got bullied for his glaswegian one when he moved to america. No idea why hes stuck with it now though, force of habit probably.
BigBirdy100 3 years ago
How does that make him 'pretentious', please explain...
BilliePiperFan82 3 years ago
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By switching accents, he is putting on an 'outward show', thus he is what's known as an 'ostentatious speaker'.
magicmartin18 3 years ago
He has two accents because he was bullied when he was a kid. Now if he changed his accent and started speaking with a Scot one, it would be weird.
BilliePiperFan82 3 years ago 3
Yes but he does change his accent and start speaking with a Scottish one, depending on who he is with. We all have a natural dialect, and by changing your accent between different people's company, it is forced, hence why I say it's pretentious. If I lived in Hong Kong when I was I kid, why would I start speaking with a Cantonese accent or something, just because the kids there would take the piss, and then change accents when the little Hong Kong bullies are not around?
magicmartin18 3 years ago
He feels fake when he speaks with family with his American accent. He only speaks with a Scottish one when with family, what is wrong with that?
It's just an accent. There is nothing pretentious about having more than one.
BilliePiperFan82 3 years ago 5
eh.... one thing bothers me... not about the vid though, but why does almost everyone have an X in their YT name?
dshores362 3 years ago 2
I dont!
XD
Reamwolf 3 years ago 2
me neither :)
JackHarknessIsHot 3 years ago
I really don't like how people think he has one "true" and one "fake" accent, as far as I know, he has two true ones. I have more accents than I can handle so I kinda know what it's like, and you just speak the way your surroundings speak back to you. I wouldn't be surprised at all if his both accents were a bit muddled after all that interaction with American+Scottish+English people...
eiralinnea 3 years ago 3
I can agree with that. I'm American and used to have a 'northern' accent(still slips out occasionally). When my family moved to the midwest region, the other kids began to make fun of me, so I adopted a midwestern accent, which I still have. I've also lived in Texas the last few years and I've recently discovered that depending upon who I'm talking to, I may have a Texas drawl.
Because of that, my own speech tends to be muddled with three different American accents.
ljaye 3 years ago
He sounds much better with his true accent although it sounds as though the American accent is slighty taking over...But, hey, you gotta love him =]
xXxXxcozzaxXxXx 3 years ago
He is what is known in the Linguistics world as biadilectal. He has two 'accents' and therefore is able to switch in and out with ease.
Mijdge 3 years ago
The thing I don't get is why he puts on the American accent the rest of the time. I mean, obviously if he was playing an American he'd put on an accent just like everyone else would, but why on earth does he keep that accent when he's doing things that have nothing to do with playing the part of an American? So much for being true to one's roots!
lordrosemount 3 years ago
His REAL "accent" is American English, I'm not sure why it's confusing, not trying to be mean, really. Check out other offerings of John B. here on Y/T and you'll hear his real voice. Hope you enjoy!
marklulrich 3 years ago
See the other comments on this thread. As far as I'm concerned a person's 'real' accent is the one they grew up using, and in John Barrowman's case, it's the Scottish one - apparently he developed the American one for stage purposes, but for some reason then started using it constantly, and I find that very odd indeed.
lordrosemount 3 years ago
The American one was developed at a young age after his family moved to America because he was getting teased for his Scottish dialect; it was done to stop the bullying. As for why he uses it constantly, it could just be that he enjoys it. We over here in North America find English, Scottish, and Irish dialects fascinating; but we often forget that our own dialect is just as interesting to others!
Tseecka 3 years ago
That's a good explanation, thank you. On a related note I remember once reading someone comment on the American accent that was being affected by Philip Quast (an Australian who usually sings in a broad English accent), saying how odd it was to hear him 'without his accent'. D'oh!
lordrosemount 3 years ago
He got his american accent because he got bullied for his glaswegian one when he moved to america. No idea why hes stuck with it now though, force of habit probably.
xWeexMoOx 3 years ago
Well if all of you guys think about it, John's life really went as follows: Born in Scotland, raised in America, then starting his Show Biz career. In Show Biz, he's been involved in a LOT that required an American accent, or where American suuited it more than a Scottish one. Come on, in the West End he's done shows set in America (ie Anything Goes)where American accents is necessary. However, in Trchwood/Dr Who he may have felt the American accent was more suited to the part. PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
AngelWivABentHalo 3 years ago
... its only because he got bullied.
xWeexMoOx 3 years ago
he's good in switching accent from his native scottish to american..great singer and great accent too..hehe
darcimkire07 3 years ago
Yeah.....He a hottie.
TonyNhollywood 3 years ago
his scottish accent sounds kinda fake, i dunno if its kinda mixed with the american...
haha
mofoexpo 3 years ago
Growing up with parents who were probably thick Scottish accents, but in a foreign country from a young age,he'll naturally have picked up the local dialect and accent over time. So your "real" voice is going to be a mix of the two. With his US friends (and later his acting career) he'll probably have altered it slightly to fit in with more bias on the American sounding accent, and with his parents, he would have done the same with the scottish accent. That's why he can switch so easily.
andychurchill 3 years ago 3
OMFG I couldnt believe he is scottish!
another scottish guy to add to my list:
1.Gerard Butler
2.John Barrowman
3.David Tennant
4.Ewan Mcgregor
Gosh! that's really ironic
Befrie08 3 years ago
he was born in glasgow i think
idontsignin 3 years ago
god his real voice is sooo hot! i lvoe his scottish accent!!!
klhju 3 years ago