He doesn't so much slip into an english accent here as do the thing that british people doing bad american accents do, which is to put a superfluous "r" sound on the end of words that end in vowel sounds to overcompensate for the fact that in their native accent they pronounce words that end in "r" as if they ended in vowel sounds. If that makes sense.
I have met this in real life, which suggests to me this is actually a pretty common slip for Brits or in my case New Zealanders to make.
When British people want to put on an American accent, part of what they do is add R sounds to the end of words they normally wouldnt. For instance, they say 'butterr' instead of 'butta'. In a case like this, he is just doing what he always does to make it sound like he has an American accent. It's just force of habit.
it sounds like he's from New York and it's plausible in the story because it's Princeton NJ. maybe he just wanted to do a New York accent for a bit. :D
I agree with "who cares" but couldn't resist disagreeing that he "slips". That's more of a cockney accent (old school lower class) than his natural English accent, if an accent at all. You could also argue that this is a Long Island accent, or midwestern, or heck, Jewish. The United States is a big place. Think we all talk the same?
Yeah, the English accent puts an 'r' at the end of a word that ends with a vowel (like diploma or America) if the next word also begins in a vowel (like in or at). It serves as a bridge between vowels. Americans generally slide the vowels together.
@lephaazreal Sweetie, you don't have a clue as to what you're talking about... I can't even think of any English dialects which are spoken in that manner. If a word finishes in a vowel such, as you're suggesting, the majority of regional accents (including Oxford English - the Queen's English) clip the vowel in order to distinguish.
Argue with me if you wish. I'm a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics from Australia. In fact, most commonly, US regional accents are the ones to 'add' the consonant 'r'!
@irynski I don't want to argue, but I think it does exist, at least in certain specific areas. If so, it would be what is called "linking /r/" and "intrusive /r/". Here is what "Varieties of English 1: The British Isles" edited by Bernd Kortmann and Clive Upton (2008, Mouton de Gruyter) says on page 210, "Southeastern accents are non-rhotic, but /r/ is pronounced in post-vocalic position if the following word begins with a vowel..." The also notes that this is seen in other areas as well.
@lephaazreal You've hit the nail on the head as regards 'rhotic' vs 'non-rhotic'. The reason the vowels "slide together" is due to the dominance of R-coloured vowels in North American English. If you'd like to read theses on this issue, I'd be happy to send you some URLs.
Mr. Laurie actually reflects the development of English pronunciation found in New York (East Coast/New England) which has kept its non-rhotic roots.
Basically, the 'r' has become an inbuilt feature of the US vowel 'a'.
@irynski My apologies for my initial, extremely 'dumbed down' response to your comment. In the first instance, I didn't notice your 'sliding together' observation.
I seldom encounter anyone who has a little knowledge of anything on YT. If I were to launch into a diatribe regarding phonetic constructs, it'd be lost on the majority... therefore, it is easier to reinvent the empirical reality in a manner more readily understood. Hmm, yes, falsification. As they say in the vernacular, my bad!
What's even better is listening to Tennant attempting to read an audio book in an American accept, during which he slips into both his natural Scottish accent and the British one he used on Doctor Who.
Surely American english is derived from uk english from the 1700's wich was derived from multiple languages anglo saxon, norman french and so on....I am sure you get my point - no language is static or unique.
Sorry to be interrupting folks, but I don't hear an English accent at all. Could somebody point it out please? Given that I'm English, I should be spotting it, shouldn't I?
This isn't an English accent. It's a New English accent. He has to go to Boston to pick up his diplomar. While he's there he'll grab a pizzar. I hope his Mazdar doesn't break down on the way.
He said it with an American accent (and a very good one at that) but the "ar" sound of the end of "diploma" and the "yar" in "diaper" just isn't something we Americans do. So I must agree with the whole "American accent, English dialect" comment. Regardless, it was a minor slip at best, and it doesn't take away from the fact that he's an amazing actor and a very nice person irl. :)
@TheCircusReject Actually, Americans do that a lot as well. I guess it depends on your dialect. Look, for instance, for people saying "Pamela Anderson" (there are lots of other examples, I'm just too tired to think of one right now). Many of you Americans will say Pamela-r-Anderson. It stands out clearly to me because, being Swedish, it's something they never taught me at school, so it confused me slightly when I first started hearing it. :)
@TheCircusReject yes and no... my fathers from Connecticut and he slips into that adding vowels followed by an "r" at the end of words a lot. but the majority of the US doesn't necessarily do it, that is true.
for example the word "diploma" is not english :) I could easily tell you that you are speaking a BAD accent both american or english of this greek word. The correct accent to say "diploma" is only in its original form in greek. A word that in greek means "folded paper". In greek it actually means to fold a paper in such a way that has 2 surfaces (di + ploma). So correct accent using your very limited sounds in english is "theploma" in greek.
@lucianogiacomozzi nobody dinies that people borrow from other people. But if you want to bring everything down to same level just by using this argument then i am afraid you will never see the difference between a genious civilization and a mainstream civilization. The question is not what you borrow but how much NEW ideas you develop from what you borrow in such a way that you become completely original. And greece was so much original that you cannot trace any borrowed words any more.
@lucianogiacomozzi greece stop to be independed after 146BC. But it was so astonishing original than even so many hundreds of years later you are STILL using greek words in your vocabulary without knowing. Not egyptian NOT asserian NOT persian words ....... GREEK words. Dont forget that. Greek words are not borrowed from semitic languages like those i mentioned before or "eastern" languages. Greek language developed from INDO european. google it to find out what i am talking about.
@lucianogiacomozzi instead of trying to make psychoanalysis of other people try having something to answer ot the arguments for start :) I called english an impotent language and I said that in many academic circles it is not even considered proper language and you can even find my statement justified in wikipedia. Your comments say absolutely nothing. You just try to say something but actually you dont even know what you want to say :) So first of all i would advice you to obtain an opinion.
@AkaMouTinn It's in Wikipedia? Guess it must be true then >.>.
I'm sure you know already, but academic circles consider Wikipedia a non-source because of it's lack of verifiability and it's open-contribution policy.
Personally I think all languages living and dead have a contribution to make to modern communication and English's charm is its constant fluidity and evolution. That said, I'm a student of 古文(古代の日本語) so I don't consider English the only language worth understanding.
@lucianogiacomozzi on the contrary britain history starts from battle of haistings and since then they dont even have any original words. English language is the only disputed language in europe as to its originality. Not only because it borrowed words from greek and latin but because it was never a proper original language with a logic structure developed uninterapted through the 1000 thousand years of its history. If you learn to speak greek you will instantly see the difference.
@lucianogiacomozzi nobody is moaning or feels better about whos better or not. Being able to compare 2 facts without emotional drawbacks is in the mark of an educated mind. So what i did here is to compare english language with greek language. If you dont like it and feel better if everything is of same worth to you then its you that feels better without any critisism. But comparing facts is the first step of finding truth. So read a little wikipedia to find out when english language formed.
@lucianogiacomozzi a common example of originality is that if you can speak greek and you go to greece and see 2500 old monuments, you can actually read and understand text from monuments. That means a 2500 old logic is still allive today in such a way that english language has to use so many words for science and so many other fields because simply those meanings were not invented at the time english language started to develop. So language originality starts from original peoples discoveries.
@AkaMouTinn and finally greek has not borrowed any words apart from the names of places of the people who lived in greek before the greeks (Pelasgians). Greek is a unique branch of its own and comes DIRECTLY from the INDO European family. It is the oldest written language in the world and the only that is STILL allive with SAME alphabet. There is no other language that is spoken for 4000 years uninterrupted. It is not by accident that they call them the miracle of western civilization.
english or not who cares. English is an impotent language half of it is stolen from greek latin words. So its time to expand your skills by learning greek and latin. And by the way english is a bad version of german. Its not even a language for some academics.
this guy does an excellent american accent, I had no idea hugh was english, none what so ever and I bet that most people think he's american too, the englishman is THAT good with the american accent and unless your a full blown linguistic you wouldn't hear this faint english "sprinkle" in this clip. nuff said.
The sheer amount of people who bang on about American or English accents is mind numbingly annoying as neither exist. English is a language and in England, there are many dialects originating from different parts of the country which arecalled accents. There is no defining English accent. Same for America, though i'd guess there are much as it's a bigger country !
@krizan1 what I find inherently annoying is that people who aren't from America automatically assume things about how Americans do things without thinking it through first because they just want to believe that Americans are like the big bad wolf and can't do anything right. Same goes for any Americans that do the same thing to people from other countries. Who's with me?
you guys are all dumb. Dialectic features are part of accents. So, therefore, his accent, or dialectal rhotic R separating two vowel sounds, slipped in.
It's not an English accent -- But -- What's happened here is: -- in England 'Diploma' ends with a neutral vowel (called a shwa), as does, say 'Bigger'. So, in doing his American accent, he has done the analogous thing, and merged the two sounds in the form of an American 'R'. So he's using English sound patterns, but American sounds (phonemes and phones respectively). One could say he's speaking an English dialect but in an American accent.
@inkstersco Translation: He went from 'uh' to a more pronounced R just like you would with words ending in er.
But I have definetly heard 'R droppers' who put in the American-style R at terminating vowels (the swhwa) I guess. And people who pronounce all Rs also add them in to, like those who live in the Dirty Shwa.
@inkstersco You are reading way to much into it and you're still wrong. The point is he sounds English at one point and he's not meant to. Take your fancy words elsewhere.
You're correct to an extent. You are referring to R-coloured vowels. I suspect, however, that he's studied the New York accent well and, along the Eastern coast, they have retained remnants of the 'non-rhotic' English spoken by the original English/British inhabitants.
He's actually reflecting a regional nuance which isn't recognised by most North Americans because the majority of US regional accents have simply adopted an R-coloured 'a' at the end of a word.
Diploma doesn't end with the 'r' sound in an English accent. It's not him going into his English accent, it's him not doing the American one perfectly.
It's the 'r' sound at the end of 'diploma', between the ending vowel sound of that word and and the vowel sound beginning the word 'and'. It's very light, nearly imperceptible, and considering how awful most American actors are are depicting a British accent, I see no reason to worry about it.
@wkaadams The "r" sound at the end of "diploma" I've actually heard from somebody who was born, raised and lives in the UK. He also says "yeah" funny, somehow adding an "wr" sound at the end and it blows my fucking mind.
Nobody else on that particular Ventrilo channel who's from the UK hears it, but my fellow Americans do.
It is very subtle. Unless you play the video multiple times you aren't going to hear it. The way he says, "diapers" is kind of a mixed-accent. He blows me away. I couldn't imagine going into work everday using an accent that doesn't come naturally.
i'm still waiting to hear his british accent in this clip. i'm english and i can guarantee the accent he is using here is not an anglish one. sounded american all the way through i thought.
So you may speak American-English, therefore probably best to judge whether or not something is spoken in American-English (I emphasise American-English as it is most definitely not English), however, the accent he was using was certainly NOT English (proper English).
@ferretyluv but English people say 'diplomAH' so it's definitely not his English accent coming out. Especially the fact that I've heard his real accent and he's well posh, so it's definitely not his accent!
Good call, BeaconHillMusic! Laurie does a very good American accent unquestionably, but this is one very rare moment you can pick up it's not natural.
Pretty sure it's impossible to say the word "diapers" in an english accent considering not one english person has ever used that word in every day language
OK, I'm English and so although I can say with 100% certainty that he's doing a great American accent (though to me he certainly sounds American here), he is definitely not speaking with his real, English accent. If anything it must be a non-accent, cause it certainly isn't British.
@pabamber I am American, and here he sounds like an Englishman doing a very bad American accent. It's a pretty bad slip -- a New Englander might do "disorder" and "diapers" non-rhotically, but there are very few American dialects that would say "diplomer" like that, and the ones that would, sound nothing like Hugh sounds here.
@pabamber No, of course he isn't speaking with his normal English accent, he messed up the American accent on a couple words. It was a good example within the TV show to hear a snippet of his natural accent.
@pabamber Yeah, I hear an effort there to stay with his American accent, but I can definitely hear him slipping. I have a feeling this was one that they did several takes of, figured if he said it quickly enough, no one would notice or care, and voila - mutant accent.
@pabamber well its a slip to his British while still trying to do american, just an R being added and a random A that happens to not be pronounced R.... ill never get that
@pabamber most of the line is extremely well delivered. It's the word "diploma" that he pronounces in an English way by adding an "r" sound to the end that would never be added by an American.
I had to listen to this video 3 times to even barely make out "diplomers." I think Hugh Laurie does a great job with his accent, and I don't see what the big fuss is about.
Am still waiting on the episode where House takes a blow to the head and believes he's English and spends the whole episode speaking with an English accent XD
you can barely tell unless you actually listen for it. I had to listen multiple times. He's very good at hiding his accent.
PshYeah5 12 hours ago
very subtle, but a rare slip-up from from a very good actor
noofy311 23 hours ago
diplomer? Hah
DarthBlam 1 day ago
He doesn't so much slip into an english accent here as do the thing that british people doing bad american accents do, which is to put a superfluous "r" sound on the end of words that end in vowel sounds to overcompensate for the fact that in their native accent they pronounce words that end in "r" as if they ended in vowel sounds. If that makes sense.
TheOneHDuck 2 days ago
@TheOneHDuck lol it does make sense ^^
mannelshah 1 day ago
I have met this in real life, which suggests to me this is actually a pretty common slip for Brits or in my case New Zealanders to make.
When British people want to put on an American accent, part of what they do is add R sounds to the end of words they normally wouldnt. For instance, they say 'butterr' instead of 'butta'. In a case like this, he is just doing what he always does to make it sound like he has an American accent. It's just force of habit.
Hipmonlee 3 days ago
@Hipmonlee you just blew my mind
swanseajack08 2 days ago
Robert Pattinson does the same thing in Breaking Dawn: Part 1. He calls Bella "Bellar."
cassindia1987 3 days ago
it sounds like he's from New York and it's plausible in the story because it's Princeton NJ. maybe he just wanted to do a New York accent for a bit. :D
goldenvocals369 3 days ago
Either way, there is no such thing as an 'English accent.' I think what you mean is, well, English.
Ridnarhtim 4 days ago
I agree with "who cares" but couldn't resist disagreeing that he "slips". That's more of a cockney accent (old school lower class) than his natural English accent, if an accent at all. You could also argue that this is a Long Island accent, or midwestern, or heck, Jewish. The United States is a big place. Think we all talk the same?
wigginator27 4 days ago
@wigginator27
Couldn't agree more. If Laurie would slip, he would slip into 'Oxbridge' British English accent and there wouldn't be an 'r' in sight in this case.
I agree that there are accents - some American and some British - that have the 'connecting r' there but not Laurie's natural one :).
St0rmmy 3 days ago
Yeah, the English accent puts an 'r' at the end of a word that ends with a vowel (like diploma or America) if the next word also begins in a vowel (like in or at). It serves as a bridge between vowels. Americans generally slide the vowels together.
lephaazreal 5 days ago
@lephaazreal Sweetie, you don't have a clue as to what you're talking about... I can't even think of any English dialects which are spoken in that manner. If a word finishes in a vowel such, as you're suggesting, the majority of regional accents (including Oxford English - the Queen's English) clip the vowel in order to distinguish.
Argue with me if you wish. I'm a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics from Australia. In fact, most commonly, US regional accents are the ones to 'add' the consonant 'r'!
irynski 3 days ago
@irynski I don't want to argue, but I think it does exist, at least in certain specific areas. If so, it would be what is called "linking /r/" and "intrusive /r/". Here is what "Varieties of English 1: The British Isles" edited by Bernd Kortmann and Clive Upton (2008, Mouton de Gruyter) says on page 210, "Southeastern accents are non-rhotic, but /r/ is pronounced in post-vocalic position if the following word begins with a vowel..." The also notes that this is seen in other areas as well.
lephaazreal 3 days ago
@lephaazreal You've hit the nail on the head as regards 'rhotic' vs 'non-rhotic'. The reason the vowels "slide together" is due to the dominance of R-coloured vowels in North American English. If you'd like to read theses on this issue, I'd be happy to send you some URLs.
Mr. Laurie actually reflects the development of English pronunciation found in New York (East Coast/New England) which has kept its non-rhotic roots.
Basically, the 'r' has become an inbuilt feature of the US vowel 'a'.
irynski 21 hours ago
@irynski My apologies for my initial, extremely 'dumbed down' response to your comment. In the first instance, I didn't notice your 'sliding together' observation.
I seldom encounter anyone who has a little knowledge of anything on YT. If I were to launch into a diatribe regarding phonetic constructs, it'd be lost on the majority... therefore, it is easier to reinvent the empirical reality in a manner more readily understood. Hmm, yes, falsification. As they say in the vernacular, my bad!
irynski 21 hours ago
What's even better is listening to Tennant attempting to read an audio book in an American accept, during which he slips into both his natural Scottish accent and the British one he used on Doctor Who.
nightneko2010 1 week ago
@nightneko2010 Just a note - English accent on Doctor Who. A Scottish accent is still technically a British one.
IamalaVai 5 days ago
@IamalaVai British, as in Great Britain. Scottish, as in Scotland.
nightneko2010 5 days ago
House reminds me of Sherlock Holmes.
floridameerkat 1 week ago
@floridameerkat House is based off of Holmes, its basically a medical verson of. in House in a few episodes they reference to sherlock holmes
lanceparker12 6 days ago
... who cares?
Fr34k1ng0ut 1 week ago
diplomer?
blacknailpolish91489 1 week ago
Surely American english is derived from uk english from the 1700's wich was derived from multiple languages anglo saxon, norman french and so on....I am sure you get my point - no language is static or unique.
gbswales 1 week ago 3
you're an idjit.
meganhulan 1 week ago
You guys have to remember, House is based in Jersey, watch Jersey shore and then watch this again...
pkingsleyisback 2 weeks ago
@pkingsleyisback haha
amatorie 2 weeks ago
@pkingsleyisback jersey shore is a terrible representation of new jersey citizens. i'm from new jersey and even i think they're retarded
we dont talk like that
WizBunny3 1 week ago
@WizBunny3 I thought so.
TheEsperanza243 1 week ago
blackadder
deadpool514 2 weeks ago
what episode was this
strawberrykiwi024 2 weeks ago
considering nobody in england even uses the term 'diapers', i don't think his accent really slips through at all.
raveemaster 2 weeks ago
haha diplomer
hellokittypurple 2 weeks ago
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@hellokittypurple "haha diplomer" And dipas...Ha!
CaiaphasFlag 2 weeks ago
Fck this. I speak dutch.
Kimlazerus 2 weeks ago
Sorry to be interrupting folks, but I don't hear an English accent at all. Could somebody point it out please? Given that I'm English, I should be spotting it, shouldn't I?
09cansucancan 3 weeks ago 34
@09cansucancan The top rated comment explains it really well.
desertfox2020 2 weeks ago 2
@09cansucancan
When he says Diapers. Listen really close near the end of the word.
Bacterialogical 4 days ago
@09cansucancan Why would you hear your own accent?
Vascor 3 days ago
@Vascor Because we hear it everyday?
Trux2010 3 days ago
@09cansucancan hes said diplomar instead of diploma and also said diapers wrong
chickenmaster66 2 days ago
This isn't an English accent. It's a New English accent. He has to go to Boston to pick up his diplomar. While he's there he'll grab a pizzar. I hope his Mazdar doesn't break down on the way.
thatissomeBS 3 weeks ago 2
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lucianogiacomozzi 3 weeks ago
@lucianogiacomozzi good i am happy for you !
AkaMouTinn 3 weeks ago
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lucianogiacomozzi 3 weeks ago
Inkstersco is probably right, but it's also the case that "diplomer" is a regionalism in (e.g.) Massachusetts.
hn00t 3 weeks ago
Good catch!
kaibasgirl01 3 weeks ago
He said it with an American accent (and a very good one at that) but the "ar" sound of the end of "diploma" and the "yar" in "diaper" just isn't something we Americans do. So I must agree with the whole "American accent, English dialect" comment. Regardless, it was a minor slip at best, and it doesn't take away from the fact that he's an amazing actor and a very nice person irl. :)
TheCircusReject 4 weeks ago 64
@TheCircusReject "just isn't something we Americans do"
How about you learnt to speak English properly?
MrStig691 2 weeks ago
@TheCircusReject Actually, Americans do that a lot as well. I guess it depends on your dialect. Look, for instance, for people saying "Pamela Anderson" (there are lots of other examples, I'm just too tired to think of one right now). Many of you Americans will say Pamela-r-Anderson. It stands out clearly to me because, being Swedish, it's something they never taught me at school, so it confused me slightly when I first started hearing it. :)
WeddingVegetables 1 week ago
@TheCircusReject yes and no... my fathers from Connecticut and he slips into that adding vowels followed by an "r" at the end of words a lot. but the majority of the US doesn't necessarily do it, that is true.
krimzonghost1987 4 days ago
@TheCircusReject
true its probable because here in the UK we do not user the word 'diaper' at all we use nappy and diploma is not that used either.
HappyandAtheist 2 days ago
for example the word "diploma" is not english :) I could easily tell you that you are speaking a BAD accent both american or english of this greek word. The correct accent to say "diploma" is only in its original form in greek. A word that in greek means "folded paper". In greek it actually means to fold a paper in such a way that has 2 surfaces (di + ploma). So correct accent using your very limited sounds in english is "theploma" in greek.
AkaMouTinn 4 weeks ago
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lucianogiacomozzi 3 weeks ago
@lucianogiacomozzi nobody dinies that people borrow from other people. But if you want to bring everything down to same level just by using this argument then i am afraid you will never see the difference between a genious civilization and a mainstream civilization. The question is not what you borrow but how much NEW ideas you develop from what you borrow in such a way that you become completely original. And greece was so much original that you cannot trace any borrowed words any more.
AkaMouTinn 3 weeks ago
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lucianogiacomozzi 3 weeks ago
@lucianogiacomozzi greece stop to be independed after 146BC. But it was so astonishing original than even so many hundreds of years later you are STILL using greek words in your vocabulary without knowing. Not egyptian NOT asserian NOT persian words ....... GREEK words. Dont forget that. Greek words are not borrowed from semitic languages like those i mentioned before or "eastern" languages. Greek language developed from INDO european. google it to find out what i am talking about.
AkaMouTinn 3 weeks ago
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lucianogiacomozzi 3 weeks ago
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lucianogiacomozzi 3 weeks ago
@lucianogiacomozzi instead of trying to make psychoanalysis of other people try having something to answer ot the arguments for start :) I called english an impotent language and I said that in many academic circles it is not even considered proper language and you can even find my statement justified in wikipedia. Your comments say absolutely nothing. You just try to say something but actually you dont even know what you want to say :) So first of all i would advice you to obtain an opinion.
AkaMouTinn 3 weeks ago
@AkaMouTinn It's in Wikipedia? Guess it must be true then >.>.
I'm sure you know already, but academic circles consider Wikipedia a non-source because of it's lack of verifiability and it's open-contribution policy.
Personally I think all languages living and dead have a contribution to make to modern communication and English's charm is its constant fluidity and evolution. That said, I'm a student of 古文(古代の日本語) so I don't consider English the only language worth understanding.
etherella 2 weeks ago
@lucianogiacomozzi on the contrary britain history starts from battle of haistings and since then they dont even have any original words. English language is the only disputed language in europe as to its originality. Not only because it borrowed words from greek and latin but because it was never a proper original language with a logic structure developed uninterapted through the 1000 thousand years of its history. If you learn to speak greek you will instantly see the difference.
AkaMouTinn 3 weeks ago
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lucianogiacomozzi 3 weeks ago
@lucianogiacomozzi nobody is moaning or feels better about whos better or not. Being able to compare 2 facts without emotional drawbacks is in the mark of an educated mind. So what i did here is to compare english language with greek language. If you dont like it and feel better if everything is of same worth to you then its you that feels better without any critisism. But comparing facts is the first step of finding truth. So read a little wikipedia to find out when english language formed.
AkaMouTinn 3 weeks ago
@lucianogiacomozzi a common example of originality is that if you can speak greek and you go to greece and see 2500 old monuments, you can actually read and understand text from monuments. That means a 2500 old logic is still allive today in such a way that english language has to use so many words for science and so many other fields because simply those meanings were not invented at the time english language started to develop. So language originality starts from original peoples discoveries.
AkaMouTinn 3 weeks ago
@AkaMouTinn and finally greek has not borrowed any words apart from the names of places of the people who lived in greek before the greeks (Pelasgians). Greek is a unique branch of its own and comes DIRECTLY from the INDO European family. It is the oldest written language in the world and the only that is STILL allive with SAME alphabet. There is no other language that is spoken for 4000 years uninterrupted. It is not by accident that they call them the miracle of western civilization.
AkaMouTinn 3 weeks ago
@AkaMouTinn HA
CantonezSpere 3 weeks ago
@AkaMouTinn you don't need to fold a paper to have 2 surfaces.
kaleth2 1 week ago
english or not who cares. English is an impotent language half of it is stolen from greek latin words. So its time to expand your skills by learning greek and latin. And by the way english is a bad version of german. Its not even a language for some academics.
AkaMouTinn 4 weeks ago
hes hot. :)
Gnasheress 4 weeks ago
this guy does an excellent american accent, I had no idea hugh was english, none what so ever and I bet that most people think he's american too, the englishman is THAT good with the american accent and unless your a full blown linguistic you wouldn't hear this faint english "sprinkle" in this clip. nuff said.
EJLSWE 1 month ago 3
The sheer amount of people who bang on about American or English accents is mind numbingly annoying as neither exist. English is a language and in England, there are many dialects originating from different parts of the country which arecalled accents. There is no defining English accent. Same for America, though i'd guess there are much as it's a bigger country !
krizan1 1 month ago
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@krizan1 what I find inherently annoying is that people who aren't from America automatically assume things about how Americans do things without thinking it through first because they just want to believe that Americans are like the big bad wolf and can't do anything right. Same goes for any Americans that do the same thing to people from other countries. Who's with me?
AuglereDeRosenkinde 1 month ago
Yo thats aussie
M1st3rm1g00 1 month ago
yea, theres no mistake. (English)
judgejudyslover 1 month ago
you guys are all dumb. Dialectic features are part of accents. So, therefore, his accent, or dialectal rhotic R separating two vowel sounds, slipped in.
geetarlover4 1 month ago 2
The word "diaper" isn't used in UK or Australia. They are "nappies" there.
steve03au 1 month ago
@steve03au That's not an accent (pronunciation) feature though. T
yurismir1 1 month ago
diplomer lmao i love it when they do that to a-ending words xD
ThePunkambassador 1 month ago
I guess just the word diapers
bilbo317 1 month ago
"diplomer in diyapas" sounds more like a northern american accent
gat0rgirl13 1 month ago
@gat0rgirl13 no... that's an English accent bro.
ThoseWhoStayUofM 1 month ago
@ThoseWhoStayUofM I'm aussie, so both the yank and brit accents sound different to me and I can say that is definantly not British
Phillz91 1 month ago 2
I agree, I'm an Aussie too and that accent sounded like a normal House accent to me.
SnapeEyes 1 month ago
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yurismir1 1 month ago
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yurismir1 1 month ago
@gat0rgirl13 if your from illinois than yes. if your from centeral north america it would have been fuck or shit every other word.
nightshade5150 1 month ago
Diplomer
Vondur 1 month ago
It's not an English accent -- But -- What's happened here is: -- in England 'Diploma' ends with a neutral vowel (called a shwa), as does, say 'Bigger'. So, in doing his American accent, he has done the analogous thing, and merged the two sounds in the form of an American 'R'. So he's using English sound patterns, but American sounds (phonemes and phones respectively). One could say he's speaking an English dialect but in an American accent.
inkstersco 1 month ago 118
@inkstersco Translation: He went from 'uh' to a more pronounced R just like you would with words ending in er.
But I have definetly heard 'R droppers' who put in the American-style R at terminating vowels (the swhwa) I guess. And people who pronounce all Rs also add them in to, like those who live in the Dirty Shwa.
MacGyverinSpace 1 month ago
@inkstersco Exactly that!
lucianogiacomozzi 1 month ago
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yurismir1 1 month ago
@inkstersco almost like terry gilliam failing at an american accent...
nerdyharry 1 month ago
@inkstersco I wouldn't call it "English dialect" as the word diaper doesn't even exist in BE.
dnbchmnn 3 weeks ago
@inkstersco You are reading way to much into it and you're still wrong. The point is he sounds English at one point and he's not meant to. Take your fancy words elsewhere.
MilitantBlackGuy1 3 weeks ago
@inkstersco Jesus get outside
CharlieSqd 2 weeks ago
You're correct to an extent. You are referring to R-coloured vowels. I suspect, however, that he's studied the New York accent well and, along the Eastern coast, they have retained remnants of the 'non-rhotic' English spoken by the original English/British inhabitants.
He's actually reflecting a regional nuance which isn't recognised by most North Americans because the majority of US regional accents have simply adopted an R-coloured 'a' at the end of a word.
irynski 20 hours ago
It's so amazing! When he talks in an American accent it seems like his voice goes deeper! Probably because we drop the ends of our words.
KRKriller 1 month ago
He does indeed slip. But you can ignore it.
surfertron20000 1 month ago
Huh?
nexxix 1 month ago
Diploma doesn't end with the 'r' sound in an English accent. It's not him going into his English accent, it's him not doing the American one perfectly.
SWarrenJP 1 month ago
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yurismir1 1 month ago
It's the 'r' sound at the end of 'diploma', between the ending vowel sound of that word and and the vowel sound beginning the word 'and'. It's very light, nearly imperceptible, and considering how awful most American actors are are depicting a British accent, I see no reason to worry about it.
wkaadams 1 month ago
@wkaadams The "r" sound at the end of "diploma" I've actually heard from somebody who was born, raised and lives in the UK. He also says "yeah" funny, somehow adding an "wr" sound at the end and it blows my fucking mind.
Nobody else on that particular Ventrilo channel who's from the UK hears it, but my fellow Americans do.
Kriegsarschmann 1 month ago
It is very subtle. Unless you play the video multiple times you aren't going to hear it. The way he says, "diapers" is kind of a mixed-accent. He blows me away. I couldn't imagine going into work everday using an accent that doesn't come naturally.
IAMERICAmbarr 1 month ago
And where is English accent?
Glunyka 1 month ago
uhmmm i did hear it he sounds american to me
SpookyPony 1 month ago
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SuspenseSmith 1 month ago
DO you know what and English accent sounds like?
Growapair4once 1 month ago
Diplomer in Dipahs.
TheBoochan82 1 month ago
Sounds more like he slipped into a New York accent to me.
CyberNecrovalley 1 month ago
I think it's the intrusive "r" at the end of "diploma" that is supposed to be his British accent creeping in: "diploma(r) in diapers".
elisebaie 1 month ago 2
Laurie is from Scotland and i heard him talk in his accent...he only plays that he is american in the House series
DMartin2704 1 month ago
@DMartin2704
SHIT, REALLY?
JohnnyWishbone85 1 month ago
@JohnnyWishbone85
l0l
oreygangsta 1 month ago
@DMartin2704 He isn't Scottish.
mr8kc 1 month ago
i'm still waiting to hear his british accent in this clip. i'm english and i can guarantee the accent he is using here is not an anglish one. sounded american all the way through i thought.
MrTalklikeapirate 1 month ago
So you may speak American-English, therefore probably best to judge whether or not something is spoken in American-English (I emphasise American-English as it is most definitely not English), however, the accent he was using was certainly NOT English (proper English).
Gizzer3010 1 month ago 15
I'm confused. How do Americans say diploma and diapers?
MehlaineRose 1 month ago
@MehlaineRose Not "diplomER"
ferretyluv 1 month ago
@ferretyluv but English people say 'diplomAH' so it's definitely not his English accent coming out. Especially the fact that I've heard his real accent and he's well posh, so it's definitely not his accent!
MehlaineRose 1 month ago 2
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LanIost 1 month ago
I'm American .I've heard people say diplomer...here... in America .NJ actually
opusjosh 1 month ago
@opusjosh and @konstantinopouloss33:
BAM!
I found great proof to back you two up.
watch?v=CMddLh2ZdC8
LanIost 1 month ago
I must really not understand American accents, because that doesn't British to me.
TakahisaShinoku 1 month ago
Wow, how did they miss that? I mean it could work for a Boston accent, but House generally has a west coast type non-accent.
CMHappyBurns 1 month ago
I'm from UK and i'm confused here as to what exactly he pronounced wrong here. What way should he have said "Diploma" or "Diaper"?
Stargreened 1 month ago
There are like so many americans that I have heard say Diplomer.. LOL
MysteryHunterz 1 month ago
except it's the other guy speaking with british accent
erka001 1 month ago
@erka001 Nah, it's australian
ricbro1223 1 month ago
Good call, BeaconHillMusic! Laurie does a very good American accent unquestionably, but this is one very rare moment you can pick up it's not natural.
crankylifter 1 month ago
Pretty sure it's impossible to say the word "diapers" in an english accent considering not one english person has ever used that word in every day language
RIShearer1985 1 month ago
@RIShearer1985 Not true. That's like saying it's impossible to say "nappies" in an American accent.
IceMetalPunk 1 month ago
@IceMetalPunk It may be like saying that, but its not because they're very different words.
RIShearer1985 1 month ago
@RIShearer1985 My point was that just because the word isn't used often in one accent doesn't mean it can't be spoken with that accent.
IceMetalPunk 1 month ago
Why do so many people dislike this video? He slips on "diploma in diapers". It's fun to hear him using his natural accent. Why the hate?
delphiote 1 month ago 2
That's cool, how'd u notice that. awesome.
FamilyRoyalty 1 month ago
What does anyone think of Simon Baker's accent in "The Mentalist"?
timhately09 1 month ago
Hugh Laurie is a fantastic actor he didn't blow any composure
Darkknight96082 1 month ago
He should be fired for this!
MyPs3gamer 1 month ago
@MyPs3gamer fired? this is blasphemy!!! he needs to be put into a dress and be called sally for the rest of his life!
Waustvanput 1 month ago
@Waustvanput whats blasphemy: me saying he should be fired or him talking in his first tongue?
MyPs3gamer 1 month ago
He didn't slip into an English accent, he just slipped out of an American accent.
BlueWaterNymph 1 month ago 34
OK, I'm English and so although I can say with 100% certainty that he's doing a great American accent (though to me he certainly sounds American here), he is definitely not speaking with his real, English accent. If anything it must be a non-accent, cause it certainly isn't British.
pabamber 1 month ago 132
@pabamber and by can I meant can't
pabamber 1 month ago
@pabamber I am American, and here he sounds like an Englishman doing a very bad American accent. It's a pretty bad slip -- a New Englander might do "disorder" and "diapers" non-rhotically, but there are very few American dialects that would say "diplomer" like that, and the ones that would, sound nothing like Hugh sounds here.
JTProud 1 month ago
@JTProud maybe it's half way between British and American, so somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.
pabamber 1 month ago
@pabamber listen to diapers
Alcan196 1 month ago
@pabamber No, of course he isn't speaking with his normal English accent, he messed up the American accent on a couple words. It was a good example within the TV show to hear a snippet of his natural accent.
SuperDrRockzo 1 month ago
@pabamber Yeah, I hear an effort there to stay with his American accent, but I can definitely hear him slipping. I have a feeling this was one that they did several takes of, figured if he said it quickly enough, no one would notice or care, and voila - mutant accent.
fhornredmuse 1 month ago
@pabamber true that. I played it 12 times waiting for the slip up. My brilliant conclusion: THERE ISN'T ONE!!
Shix9933 1 month ago
@pabamber due to the fact that the actor is effing english im gona say yea he is english
shoccaaconroy 1 month ago
@pabamber he says "Diplomer and dipas" instead of "Diploma and dipers"
shadowmaginis 1 month ago
@pabamber well its a slip to his British while still trying to do american, just an R being added and a random A that happens to not be pronounced R.... ill never get that
pottyputter05 1 month ago
@pabamber most of the line is extremely well delivered. It's the word "diploma" that he pronounces in an English way by adding an "r" sound to the end that would never be added by an American.
kudospraze 1 month ago
@pabamber i think they mean the fact that he ends diploma with an R
(I'm not a native speaker)
alosta1989 1 month ago
@konstantinopoulos33 spoken like house himself
Devstar 1 month ago
I had to listen to this video 3 times to even barely make out "diplomers." I think Hugh Laurie does a great job with his accent, and I don't see what the big fuss is about.
727kw 1 month ago 4
Sounded more like an Australian accent, but it was definitely a mistake in his affected American accent.
tml4873 1 month ago
Am still waiting on the episode where House takes a blow to the head and believes he's English and spends the whole episode speaking with an English accent XD
EnigmaDrath 1 month ago 235
@EnigmaDrath Great plot!!!! and loadsa fun :)
ShawnTebaldi 1 month ago
@EnigmaDrath theres a episode like that?
gaaraandnaruto1 1 month ago
@EnigmaDrath That's totally freaky, because me, my mom, and my brother have been hoping for the same thing! :D
NarutoGirlsForever 1 month ago
@EnigmaDrath you are a genius
dorkfacesupreme 1 month ago
@EnigmaDrath that would be awesome :) and then Fry would have to come visit him.
cobrastern 1 month ago
@EnigmaDrath There's an episode in series 1 where he briefly "puts on" an english accent over the phone.
ImaginaryMinstrels 1 month ago
@EnigmaDrath Well, there IS a real disease called Foreign Accent Syndrome. It usually results from a stroke, though.
ferretyluv 1 month ago
@EnigmaDrath He is english.
gassie123 1 month ago