I love David Tennant but...yeah, that "American accent" isn't very convincing. It goes between old-fashioned Southern and something I can't really identify, but either way it sounds a bit outdated. I don't mean the phrasing; I know he's reading from a book.
I do think the tendency to go Southern when doing an American accent is pretty funny, especially considering that I'm a Southerner and can't even make myself sound Southern. ^^; The closest I can get to any accent is Canadian haha
Just a question, what do brits consider to be an american accent? I mean, you know, there's a southern accent, a jersey accent, midwestern accent (I'm not quite sure but I think this is a Midwestern), and different forms of city accents depending on what part of the country you're in.
When he says "well" right before 2:00 he sounds like the Doctor :) I love it! British people doing American accents makes me smile, especially when they do it well :) he sounds like Batman! Sexy!
*Shivers* Good God. I was SO used to hearing The Doctor's sexy English accent, it was amazing to find that David was actually Scottish. And I thought THAT was attractive enough in and of itself...But now...It just...shouldn't be legal for a person to BE that appealing. XD
@capsule56 Yeah, I suppose so. I'm alright at doing some accents and I can do American accents when other people aren't around. As soon as someone is with me when I do the accent it goes all rubbish
@capsule56 Totally, my American accents turn into the stereotypical and over the top version and that annoys me -_- Americans don't sound like that xD
His American accent is pretty darn good. Sounds like the Upper Midwest, maybe Chicago or Wisconsin. His pronunciation of "Potomac", emphasizing the "a", is typical of the Upper Midwest. They tend to over-emphasize (or distort), rather than drop their vowels. Good job, Mr. Tenant!
Bit nifty that he's already doing an English accent very well (he's Scottish) and then putting on an American accent which sounds good too... Lovely voice to listen to :)
LOL I love how British/Scottish/Irish/whatever people, when they're trying to make American accents, end up gravitating towards Southern accents... //I suppose it's American enough xD
@SuperTemp100wpm - You mean convincing, in some parts of England! lol Look guys, Texan is an accent all it's own, so we have an ear for the other American accents, and Deep South, Midwestern, and Northeastern are distinct accents. He just muddles them altogether here. It's endearing in the same way an 4 year old tries to help with baking an cake. Cute try. :)
@DFWTexan42 Very true. Someone from Wisconsin sounds completely different than someone in Minnesota. Same with Texas and its bordering states. You can tell who is from where if you know the lingo and pronounciations. I've been to 32 states in my life and not one state sounds the same.
Hilarious muddle! Never heard an Boston, Midwestern, Southern, John Wayne accent before. :D I especially love how they use turns of phrase no American would use, except when we try to do an bad British accent! lol
I dunno.. Voice of god vs Voice of my Favorite Doctor. But seriously this makes me giggle insessantly! It's kinda funny if thats how he thinks we sound. Though yeah, there are plenty of different American accents. We are one big squishy squashy ball of humanity aren't we now? I think I prefer his regular voice over all. <3
@IceMetalPunk Oh Phbbbt :p I don't think we quite make it to wibbley wobbley status. The US is still too divided racially and regionaly. *Finally ginger! But, I have no head... :(*
I'm American...and it's weird hearing him speak in an accent (to me) then switch to "regular" and back to accent (even though it's reversed...I'm the one w/ an accent) haha odd
His "American" accent fluctuates between Texan to Southern to a slight Californian but other than that he did a great job... alternating... I'm pretty sure I'd have multiple accents if I tried to do a Scot or English accent.
He sounds like a cross between Dennis Hopper and Paul Reubens... I love how we always seem to have only one accent. The overachievers can do a few dialects but mostly there's a certain middle-of-the-road Midwestern and rather nasal one that is most often what comes when someone from England tries to sound American. I don't know that either English or Americans are better at the effort really. We each have our stereotypes.
Generally, English actors seem to do better "American" accents than American actors do British. Case in point - Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins vs. Hugh Laurie in House. Considering his original Scottish accent I think Mr. Tennant did a lovely job on this one, especially since he's switching back and forth...
@HayBea I think it's because British actors are much more exposed to American accents then vice versa. Most Americans only know of the "proper" English accent and therefor can't replicate a true English accent.
@Pennsylvaniachan British men, I've noticed, make their voices gravelly when they do American accents to try to cover the British intonations they use. Hugh Laurie does it too. Either that, or they try to go Southern XDD
No actual American would believe this is an American speaking. I love DT one of the best Doctors but accent is terrible. Also Washington attacked Hessians after the Delware crossing, they were hired by the British as mercenaries, and its pronounced Pah toe mick not Pah two mac. Sadly he still knows more American history than most Americans do. We went from one of the most educated and literate people on earth to one of the least in the civilized world in less than 200 years.
@bcarr424 I do admit it's not the best American accent, but it is better than many can do. Surely he didn't know how to pronounce words because he was reading off from a book. It's not the fact he knows American history. It's plaster right in front of him on a page. The education thing is still incredibly true.
If you actually believe that than you are the linguistic loser. Pick your head out of your ass and learn to distinguish accents and dialect on your way out. I apologize if you aren't in fact that stupid but have some type of hearing impairment.
@rawrgoesthekitty yes I have. While his american accent may be good compared to his actual accent, objectively it is just not a good american accent. It's very forced and stilted as well as being regionally inconsistant from line to line. I'm not hatin', just pointing it out. I still think David Tennant is awesome.
He fluctuates between old time-y, like a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, when he's emotional, shifts to cowboy movie style, hits Chicago for a sec and then plays with old timey, cowboy and a transplant vibe with a couple slips. He's got a great voice and I now really appreciate how rough playing with accents can be. That darn Hugh Laurie makes it look so easy.
@kateisblue OH! Wow...Okay, I was not awake. Yeah, he's doing that. I think it's because it's more universally easily understandable than a Scottish accent. That or it was just an aesthetic choice on his own part. Not sure.
What I find kinda funny is that when Americans do an "English" accent, it's almost always some kind of generic European accent and could even be used for Nova Scotia or Australia. But when I hear British actors doing American accents, it comes out nearly always Southern or Western. On a RARE occasion Bostonian.
It's got to be tough constantly switching back and forth between Estuary English and American English. I bet if he was in a role where he had to use an American accent for hours at a time, he'd do better.
Not a bad American accent. I keep hearing the edges of the Scottish popping through underneath though. XD It gets better as he continues using it though! <3
Pretty good, but he succumbs to the same thing all Brits do when attempting an American accent, his voice becomes a bit scruffy and almost forced. Nothing wrong with that, plenty of us Americans have that kind of voice. It's just that, I've never seen a male British actor do an American voice and NOT sound that way.
For some reason, the Aussies can pull it off though....huh....
You know he actually sounds rather northern sourthern, except for a few spots he sounds Really Southern! Pretty good for a Scottish dude doing an American accent
It is a good accent, but like when I try to do a English accent, it's "all over the place" (I wish I could do a good northern accent, haha.) I'm from Long Island though, so I think everyone else in the US has "an accent" - not me. :D At first, he sounded midwestern to me, but the "a" sounds aren't midwestern at all.
That's not midwestern...or if it is, it's only television midwestern. He sounds like a man from Louisiana who moved to Indiana for his job at recording his part in "Family Guy." Doesn't he sound like someone off of Family Guy?
LMAO WHAT THE HELL THIS IS SO TRIPPY
BlackAndWhite9999 9 hours ago
@adorchable Ah well a Canadian accent is the hard to do eh? :P
clone150 19 hours ago
HE SOUNDS LIKE NATHAN DRAKE.
NihkiNeon95 4 days ago 4
His accent isn't bad, but you can tell it's fake. Still love him.
thatwhichisgiven 4 days ago
I love David Tennant but...yeah, that "American accent" isn't very convincing. It goes between old-fashioned Southern and something I can't really identify, but either way it sounds a bit outdated. I don't mean the phrasing; I know he's reading from a book.
I do think the tendency to go Southern when doing an American accent is pretty funny, especially considering that I'm a Southerner and can't even make myself sound Southern. ^^; The closest I can get to any accent is Canadian haha
adorchable 5 days ago 4
1:56 "WELL" from Doctor Who
intothetimevortex 6 days ago 3
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intothetimevortex 6 days ago
10 is most stylish doctor, you know its true
dudeman369100 6 days ago 2
Holy shit that accent(s) is awful. I love him even though he can't do an American accent worth shit and the 9th Doctor was much better. XD
BlueArc5 1 week ago
X'C he is better with his British accent but it is weird he is Scottish
Finnderella2001 1 week ago
OMG HE SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE HIMSELF O.O
cs1328 1 week ago
thats wierd, his whole voice changes when he does and american accent
1devo6587 1 week ago
Ha ha ha "Poto-MAC." Do all Americans sound Southern to Brits?
spershall 1 week ago
@spershall Probably not, but that's the most common dialect according to the media.
LordKnightMare 6 days ago
What is this from?
IdiotPoinT3FM 1 week ago
There's a bit of New England in there, too
griss2984 1 week ago
Haha, you can tell he's never had to say an American word like Potomac, but beyond that, it was like a very cool John Wayne
griss2984 1 week ago 2
David, Y U SO AWESOME?! I am SO getting this book.
Valerie24810 1 week ago
better than Matt's
monsob22 1 week ago
Just a question, what do brits consider to be an american accent? I mean, you know, there's a southern accent, a jersey accent, midwestern accent (I'm not quite sure but I think this is a Midwestern), and different forms of city accents depending on what part of the country you're in.
wizbang529 1 week ago
@wizbang529 No no, nvrmnd. Definitely not midwestern. I'm not sure what it is, I think it's not real.
wizbang529 1 week ago
potoMACK
xeCh0x 2 weeks ago
Yikes, sorry but I'm American and his accent is horrible. It sounds like he's trying to do a Texas accent, but it's really bad. >_>
fidget68 2 weeks ago
I'm going to say it, his American accent is awful. Still love him though.
robobunny 2 weeks ago
When he says "well" right before 2:00 he sounds like the Doctor :) I love it! British people doing American accents makes me smile, especially when they do it well :) he sounds like Batman! Sexy!
starkidfan123 2 weeks ago 3
That awkward moment when David Tennant can sound more American than the guy who grew up in cali...
Skitop93 2 weeks ago
HOLY SHIT HOLY. EFFING. SHIT. This is the best thing I've ever listened to omg omgomgomg
XXNiC0L0XX 2 weeks ago 2
ARE YOU SAYING DOCTOR WHO CAN READ ME BEDTIME STORIES AT NIGHT?!
NinjaNinja2012 2 weeks ago 52
@NinjaNinja2012 He already has. He's done at least five stories for CBeebies.
youtubrgirl12345 4 days ago
That's it I'm going to get this audio book from the library NOW
thealexaandkaylashow 2 weeks ago
All his voices are so sexy :)
AshlynNicole390904 2 weeks ago 4
what on earth???
TheAndroid9091 3 weeks ago
Does anyone else notice that he is talking in a southern accent. No one finds that weird....
Potterpuppetpals98 3 weeks ago
@Potterpuppetpals98
It sounds like a weak West Texas accent. Except for the word "Potomac," which is just pronounced strangely.
Kangaxxter 2 weeks ago
1:57 DOCTOR SAYS "weeell"
IamEpicization 3 weeks ago
It sounds so southern!
LifeinXP 3 weeks ago
@holmquizzle2 "WEELLLL, four things. Well, four things.. and a Lizard."
brandonkalsip 3 weeks ago 2
he sounds half in pain, half like batman. I love his voice
RoboticLlama 3 weeks ago 5
it's so weird hearing this! everyone sounds so different with American accents..... we sound so un-sophisticated..... **sigh** America has McDonalds
egirl998 3 weeks ago 2
@egirl998 sadly so does every where else
ubermasterofawsome 3 weeks ago
lol thats not really what americans sound like but pretty close! :3
cheesecake22511 4 weeks ago
Omg. I almost died. I was having breathing problems while listening to him. Heart palpitations too!!!
lunaquintessa 4 weeks ago
*Shivers* Good God. I was SO used to hearing The Doctor's sexy English accent, it was amazing to find that David was actually Scottish. And I thought THAT was attractive enough in and of itself...But now...It just...shouldn't be legal for a person to BE that appealing. XD
BABTNGDMDD 4 weeks ago 7
damn.... nice voice, both ways :)
hydrashan01 1 month ago
Could he get any sexier?
akemi86 1 month ago 8
I almost droped my ipad
damnwindows98 1 month ago 3
How is he so good at accents?
Lemonpeep 1 month ago
@Lemonpeep
Practice. It's not hard once you get the hang of it.
capsule56 4 weeks ago
@capsule56 Yeah, I suppose so. I'm alright at doing some accents and I can do American accents when other people aren't around. As soon as someone is with me when I do the accent it goes all rubbish
Lemonpeep 4 weeks ago
@Lemonpeep
xD That's how I am with impersonating peoples voices. It's because you're not doing it naturally. Ya gotta REEEELlllaaaaaxxxxxx~~~~
capsule56 4 weeks ago
@capsule56 Totally, my American accents turn into the stereotypical and over the top version and that annoys me -_- Americans don't sound like that xD
Lemonpeep 4 weeks ago
@capsule56 I shall xD
Lemonpeep 4 weeks ago
One of the accents sounds like Scott Bakula.
theevacipated 1 month ago
His American accent is pretty darn good. Sounds like the Upper Midwest, maybe Chicago or Wisconsin. His pronunciation of "Potomac", emphasizing the "a", is typical of the Upper Midwest. They tend to over-emphasize (or distort), rather than drop their vowels. Good job, Mr. Tenant!
SuperTonyony 1 month ago 7
Bit nifty that he's already doing an English accent very well (he's Scottish) and then putting on an American accent which sounds good too... Lovely voice to listen to :)
shattermuse 1 month ago 4
i love you. that is all.
JennJennJennifer 1 month ago
THIS IS SO SEXY
torchelleyshow 1 month ago 7
omg why is his voice so attractive
martitwilightgurl 1 month ago 4
LOL I love how British/Scottish/Irish/whatever people, when they're trying to make American accents, end up gravitating towards Southern accents... //I suppose it's American enough xD
...
This is so amusing for some reason xD
KKbook 1 month ago 62
Even if it was the worst book in existence, if David Tennant was reading it, rugged American accent or anything else, I would buy it.
LivingForHP 1 month ago 12
MIND=BLOWN
OreoKitten12 1 month ago
fell apart at potomac. lol
merco 1 month ago
Haha reminds me of Hugh Laurie's American accent, a little over the top!
AidanJeans 1 month ago
@SuperTemp100wpm - You mean convincing, in some parts of England! lol Look guys, Texan is an accent all it's own, so we have an ear for the other American accents, and Deep South, Midwestern, and Northeastern are distinct accents. He just muddles them altogether here. It's endearing in the same way an 4 year old tries to help with baking an cake. Cute try. :)
DFWTexan42 1 month ago
@DFWTexan42 Very true. Someone from Wisconsin sounds completely different than someone in Minnesota. Same with Texas and its bordering states. You can tell who is from where if you know the lingo and pronounciations. I've been to 32 states in my life and not one state sounds the same.
lilargue 1 month ago
Hilarious muddle! Never heard an Boston, Midwestern, Southern, John Wayne accent before. :D I especially love how they use turns of phrase no American would use, except when we try to do an bad British accent! lol
DFWTexan42 1 month ago
ohh..Why would someone want to speak with an American accent? Scottish are so much cooler!
flowerintherain7 1 month ago 3
well i didnt listen to the story at all, i honestly i have no idea what its about. I just enjoyed the voice and pictures :)
britrotor 1 month ago
David Tennant mimics an American accent the way Americans mimic an English accent.
That being said, I think he sounds like Nixon wandering occasionally into what twelve-year-olds think John Wayne used to sound like. XD lol
kefari 1 month ago 8
that does not even sound remotely american ahhaha
mayben0tamuggle 1 month ago
Ohmygodohmygodohmygod. His fakey american accent sounds like Doctor Whooves' actual voice on My little pony: friendship is magic!!!!!!
pandachan71 1 month ago
@pandachan71 HELL YES IT DOES!!!
luckey13chic 1 month ago
I dunno.. Voice of god vs Voice of my Favorite Doctor. But seriously this makes me giggle insessantly! It's kinda funny if thats how he thinks we sound. Though yeah, there are plenty of different American accents. We are one big squishy squashy ball of humanity aren't we now? I think I prefer his regular voice over all. <3
Nekko 1 month ago
@Nekko We're a wibbly wobbly ball of humanity. Use the correct adjectives and adverbs, please :) .
IceMetalPunk 1 month ago
@IceMetalPunk Oh Phbbbt :p I don't think we quite make it to wibbley wobbley status. The US is still too divided racially and regionaly. *Finally ginger! But, I have no head... :(*
Nekko 1 month ago
I'm American...and it's weird hearing him speak in an accent (to me) then switch to "regular" and back to accent (even though it's reversed...I'm the one w/ an accent) haha odd
theartistrachAEL 1 month ago 6
His "American" accent fluctuates between Texan to Southern to a slight Californian but other than that he did a great job... alternating... I'm pretty sure I'd have multiple accents if I tried to do a Scot or English accent.
ZoeJeren 2 months ago 70
@ZoeJeren better than Matt Smith's
monsob22 1 week ago
That's the first time I've heard a Scot do an American... epic.
PianoWizzy 2 months ago
It was all good til he got to 'Potomac'.
go2beach51 2 months ago
Oh, correction... I know he's Scottish, but he's kinda doing that same accent anyhow.
dewhistle 2 months ago
He sounds like a cross between Dennis Hopper and Paul Reubens... I love how we always seem to have only one accent. The overachievers can do a few dialects but mostly there's a certain middle-of-the-road Midwestern and rather nasal one that is most often what comes when someone from England tries to sound American. I don't know that either English or Americans are better at the effort really. We each have our stereotypes.
dewhistle 2 months ago
Generally, English actors seem to do better "American" accents than American actors do British. Case in point - Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins vs. Hugh Laurie in House. Considering his original Scottish accent I think Mr. Tennant did a lovely job on this one, especially since he's switching back and forth...
HayBea 2 months ago 7
@HayBea I think it's because British actors are much more exposed to American accents then vice versa. Most Americans only know of the "proper" English accent and therefor can't replicate a true English accent.
ghostgal18 2 months ago
Haha, nice try there David. Maybe you should spend a little more time in the US.
EbonyShadow07 2 months ago
David Tennant should narrate everything.
I might be the only person in the world that prefers his voice over Morgan Freeman's hahaha.
InevitableLost 2 months ago 339
@InevitableLost You are definitely not alone in prefering his voice. It's so delicious. I could just eat him up. lol
Briar 1 month ago
@InevitableLost ur not the only person i love david tennant
15chippymunk 1 month ago
@InevitableLost Certainly you're not!
smcgrg 1 month ago
@InevitableLost I would take him over Morgan freeman...he's smexy
Arella17 1 month ago
@InevitableLost Alan Rickman. That is all.
emoasfxck 1 month ago
@InevitableLost you're not. :3 hahahaha.
redvinesron 1 month ago
@InevitableLost Your not... You have got to be reTARDIS to think that.
EvilKiteeProductions 1 week ago
"George WAhshington, LAhst and GAhne." What, is he from Boston?
DramaMajor713 2 months ago
... I... Just ... yea....
PurpleRoseWitch 2 months ago
He's trying to do like a combanation of Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne
DylanHouseShow 2 months ago 5
Ahmahgah. My jaw dropped at this XD Okay, so maybe it sounds a little gravelly, but it's still really good.
Pennsylvaniachan 2 months ago
@Pennsylvaniachan British men, I've noticed, make their voices gravelly when they do American accents to try to cover the British intonations they use. Hugh Laurie does it too. Either that, or they try to go Southern XDD
DramaMajor713 2 months ago
"If you actually believe that than you are the linguistic loser. Pick your head out of your ass "
Kiss your mosther with that mouth? Real class there, sport. Well done. You certainly showed us who the intelligent one here is! (*cough*)
Oh, and I don't need to be a 'linguistic expert' when I've spoken/heard an American accent all my life...moron.
Good luck in prison!
artguy42 2 months ago
His voice is so.....hypnotic.
Blasted2Oblivion 2 months ago 7
Haha xD and his British accents great too! But his real voice is my favorite:)
Jackalskittles 2 months ago
that's pretty good! not really southern, but a little drunk at times lol
tigerchica139 2 months ago
damn, your so damn good a voices, lol
rheedman 2 months ago
omg.
Carrasmatic 2 months ago
1:56 "WEELLLL" totally reminds me of The Doctor haha
holmquizzle2 2 months ago 131
Has David Tennant narrated any more audio books? Im eager to have him read aloud to me now!
Sandz890 2 months ago 4
sounds like mal from firefly trying to do a bostonian accent.
cooldaddyjames2814 2 months ago
No actual American would believe this is an American speaking. I love DT one of the best Doctors but accent is terrible. Also Washington attacked Hessians after the Delware crossing, they were hired by the British as mercenaries, and its pronounced Pah toe mick not Pah two mac. Sadly he still knows more American history than most Americans do. We went from one of the most educated and literate people on earth to one of the least in the civilized world in less than 200 years.
bcarr424 2 months ago
@bcarr424 I do admit it's not the best American accent, but it is better than many can do. Surely he didn't know how to pronounce words because he was reading off from a book. It's not the fact he knows American history. It's plaster right in front of him on a page. The education thing is still incredibly true.
TOBIISAGOODBOYreally 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@bcarr424 "No actual American would believe this is an American speaking. "
I'm an American. I believe it. You lose. Game over.
Thanks for playing, you can pick up your home version on the way out.
artguy42 2 months ago
@artguy42
If you actually believe that than you are the linguistic loser. Pick your head out of your ass and learn to distinguish accents and dialect on your way out. I apologize if you aren't in fact that stupid but have some type of hearing impairment.
bcarr424 2 months ago
he still sounds british...
deoligist 2 months ago 2
@deoligist Thats strange because he's Scottish...
TRDEWH 2 months ago
@TRDEWH hahahahaha made my night
NiKasuma 2 months ago
Wow, that was really sexy.
estelgreenleaf 2 months ago
WHO IS TALKING I CANT RECOGNISE HIM OMFG
trouts4 2 months ago 2
better than alot of americans! XD
therealpohlio 2 months ago
that's not really a very good american accent
Xmentha 2 months ago 4
@Xmentha Have you heard how thick his Scottish accent is? It's good enough.
rawrgoesthekitty 2 months ago
@rawrgoesthekitty yes I have. While his american accent may be good compared to his actual accent, objectively it is just not a good american accent. It's very forced and stilted as well as being regionally inconsistant from line to line. I'm not hatin', just pointing it out. I still think David Tennant is awesome.
Xmentha 2 months ago 2
1:57 "Welllll" XD
OoglyBoogly92 2 months ago
i would buy that just to hear him talk like that again.
ShannonTheTimelord 2 months ago
He fluctuates between old time-y, like a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, when he's emotional, shifts to cowboy movie style, hits Chicago for a sec and then plays with old timey, cowboy and a transplant vibe with a couple slips. He's got a great voice and I now really appreciate how rough playing with accents can be. That darn Hugh Laurie makes it look so easy.
SittingOnAPorch 2 months ago 2
It's slightly exaggerated and a little off otherwise, but it's pretty good nonetheless.
Jallorn 2 months ago
something tells me he studied a bit of john wayne ....if u listen u can hear a bit of it in his tone.....still great thumbs way up....
13lordgrim 2 months ago
hahahahahahahahahaha ii can't get over it. it' just wierd. but it's good.
JennaGwenna 2 months ago
this is so bad! he needs to get lessons or something jeez
this couldn't even fool an American that was completely drunk and high let alone someone sober
jeremyfitch099 2 months ago
whoa...
LloveLlamaLlauren 2 months ago
Haha, his American is as good as Dick Van Dyke's English. XD
MoreThanJustATeaboy 2 months ago 3
@MoreThanJustATeaboy Well said!
Bobsyermomsuncle 2 months ago
He's better at it than Hugh Laurie!
torchwoody58 2 months ago
Wait... Why is he putting on his english accent if he's narrating?
kateisblue 2 months ago
@kateisblue When you do an audio book, you try to do the voices, including the accents of the characters when they speak.
rentheadangelcollins 2 months ago
@rentheadangelcollins I understand that, but when it's general why isn't he just using his natural scottish accent?
kateisblue 2 months ago
@kateisblue Well, the book specifically calls the character "The American" I think he felt it was called for.
rentheadangelcollins 2 months ago
@rentheadangelcollins I know, I understand for the part where he's doing the American part, but in between, he's doing his english accent isn't he?
kateisblue 2 months ago
@kateisblue OH! Wow...Okay, I was not awake. Yeah, he's doing that. I think it's because it's more universally easily understandable than a Scottish accent. That or it was just an aesthetic choice on his own part. Not sure.
rentheadangelcollins 2 months ago
@rentheadangelcollins Oh right.
kateisblue 2 months ago
His American is decent...and I love his English....But Nothing beats his natural scotch
AcesulfameZ 2 months ago
Aw. But he doesn't sound like David! :( He does a good job though.
whoareyouvegas 2 months ago
Yeah, it needs some work so it sounds more casual, Matt Smith's American accent is better.
Kairuka 2 months ago
I think the English accent is just so much sexier!! But he does a good American accent, he is very talented.
DarkwingDuckie1 2 months ago 2
What I find kinda funny is that when Americans do an "English" accent, it's almost always some kind of generic European accent and could even be used for Nova Scotia or Australia. But when I hear British actors doing American accents, it comes out nearly always Southern or Western. On a RARE occasion Bostonian.
EmelRaines 2 months ago
@EmelRaines
Hugh Laurie is a WONDERFUL exception to that. Hence the "nearly" in there.
EmelRaines 2 months ago
It's got to be tough constantly switching back and forth between Estuary English and American English. I bet if he was in a role where he had to use an American accent for hours at a time, he'd do better.
danaseilhan 2 months ago
where can i get the full audiobook????????????
Kiwi2354 2 months ago
I like his pronunciation of "Potomac"..lol does good but the Scottish slips through
skautz14 2 months ago
was about to say it was a pretty good American accent. But then it got ridiculous
kendallae 2 months ago
Not a bad American accent. I keep hearing the edges of the Scottish popping through underneath though. XD It gets better as he continues using it though! <3
kuramasan 2 months ago
0.58 yes please
suuus1995 2 months ago
the southern accent AHAHAHAHAH! david tennant is the best, i can't take it
Choralseptic 3 months ago
1:57 You hear the doctor's "Well" when he's doing his American accent :3
halleluya09 3 months ago 13
1:54 I can hear the Doctor.
tsachessler 3 months ago 3
I'm putting in a request for Christmas:
I want my own personal David Tennant to follow me around and narrate my life 24/7.
soleilady 3 months ago 85
He does an incredible job, of course, but it's sounds so weird.. it's REALLY weirding me out.
CelestialGoddess92 3 months ago 2
Umm I think that's john (captain jack harkness) talking american
Mydarkangel123456 3 months ago
0:57 - looks like Johnny Knoxville...
FutureMrsMattSmith03 3 months ago
Like an american with a cold.
AngelskaSings 3 months ago 58
@AngelskaSings XD
ilovemusic22192 2 months ago
i have a wors american acent and i'm american
tarataris087 3 months ago
Shit, I'm so buying this book-on-tape. I don't care if I hate it, I just wanna listen to the doctor reading me a book.
bullet4mehvalentine 3 months ago
He doesn't sound like hiim when is American.... good thing his accent is one of thiings I like about him. :)
puppy4u2c 3 months ago
Pretty good
aperson22222 3 months ago
Pretty good, but he succumbs to the same thing all Brits do when attempting an American accent, his voice becomes a bit scruffy and almost forced. Nothing wrong with that, plenty of us Americans have that kind of voice. It's just that, I've never seen a male British actor do an American voice and NOT sound that way.
For some reason, the Aussies can pull it off though....huh....
AndrewDeLong 3 months ago
That's pretty good! It's not quite exact though, i would know, I'm from the south! xD
Hiffvie 3 months ago
eh, his american accent needs serious work....he goes from being a texan to an odd boston.....
I like him better english/scottish anyway
KateyAriel 3 months ago
@KateyAriel Don't you mean "Ood Boston"?
LMDragonwing 3 months ago
Puh-toe-mack River! lol
tacos4all 3 months ago 2
Woah!
PaisGreenapple3 3 months ago
You know he actually sounds rather northern sourthern, except for a few spots he sounds Really Southern! Pretty good for a Scottish dude doing an American accent
adpenguingirl25 3 months ago in playlist Doctor Who
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futureworldruler17 3 months ago
LOL
zachs1998 3 months ago
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oh my gOD
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rictusemprasarah 3 months ago
.... Oh my God. OHMYGOD.<3
Junnie99 3 months ago
It is a good accent, but like when I try to do a English accent, it's "all over the place" (I wish I could do a good northern accent, haha.) I'm from Long Island though, so I think everyone else in the US has "an accent" - not me. :D At first, he sounded midwestern to me, but the "a" sounds aren't midwestern at all.
anomalousclouds 3 months ago
Aww lol it sounds like batman from the dark night :)
RedHeadHippie27 3 months ago
That's not midwestern...or if it is, it's only television midwestern. He sounds like a man from Louisiana who moved to Indiana for his job at recording his part in "Family Guy." Doesn't he sound like someone off of Family Guy?
SabreMaiden 3 months ago
What a cute, odd story.
SporkingToast 3 months ago