Merry Christmas!
Prompted by the opinion that Americans can't speak in a British (English) accent, I've purchesed a CD/book for actors that train you how to speak with an RP (Received Pronunciation) accent. It's not a "posh" accent, but more of a standardized speech pattern used by UK newscasters and people in the acting biz.
Anyway, what you'll hear is me going through my first lesson. I don't sound too good because the stupid weather went back up to 75°F/24°C so now my voice sounds like I've been smoking too many cigarettes. I've learned it does that when the temps change too quickly...STUPID weather.
Anyway, I KNOW I'll have to keep working on it, but I just wanted to give you a starting point so when I DO get to sounding like I should, you'll know that I had to work at it. I'm going to try the same lesson when my voice is better so you can hear the difference and that I'm not making this stuff up!
btw - here's another pic of Emma Watson. I'm trying to style my voice like hers so I'm thinking of her as my mentor (it also helps that she's not that bad to look at...).
let me know what you think, k? I think in some places I'm dead on, while I need to work on some pronunciations because my Texan is coming through. Leave a comment so I'll know how much work I have to do!