Do you accent?

[Scarlett]

In the beginning of my fair days I tried, then gave up.  Too much pub time cancels out  the accent anyway.  I do, however, speak faire lingo all day:  my lord, my lady, sir, madam, you majesty, ale, privy, rouge, scoundrel, doxy, etc....

[washmcrack]

they dont really care about your accent in the pub so no. but when im in court or in the lanes talking to cast i use all the faire lingo.

[Blue66669]

I had a group of Brits in my shoppe this year, who decided to ask me where I was from "across the pond". I was so very flattered about the whole thing!!!

I think my accent is a mixture of three things- Rossalyn Russel from Auntie Mame, Elizabeth Hurley from Bedazzled, and a little bit of AbFab thrown in for good measure. I think it sounds ok, but you really can never be sure. When I fit headpieces, I always tend to say, "Allright love, I'm going to put this onto your head and tie it shut. It will be tight, but I promise, if your brains leak out of your ears, I'll collect them in a bucket and sell them on eBay." I know, sick sense of humor LOL.

Oh, and my BFA sticks horribly, I can't ever get rid of it until Monday morning. The others at the shoppe HATE that LOL.  The best way to rid yourself of it is to say, in your best redneck accent- THE BEER IS IN THE TRUCK WITH THE DAWG!!! Lather, rinse, repeat till BFA is gone

[Master James]

Oh, and my BFA sticks horribly, I can't ever get rid of it until Monday morning. The others at the shoppe HATE that LOL.  The best way to rid yourself of it is to say, in your best redneck accent- THE BEER IS IN THE TRUCK WITH THE DAWG!!! Lather, rinse, repeat till BFA is gone

Oh I can drop the accent just fine.  I just can't lose the vernacular.  I still use thee and thou and say yea instead of yes and reverse my sentence syntax for nearly a week after the faire ends!

[lilaney]

Can do standard BFA, always a good fall back.
Although I prefer what is called the 'Southern English' style.
(This is the type you hear on CNN)
Northern English style (ever seen 'Calendar Girls'?) this has a Yorkish twang to it
and then there is the Welsh
(Watch 'Englishman who climbed up a hill, but, came down a mountain' lotsa good Welsh in that one)

[Queen Bonnie]

 I do a Scots accent. Hard to get out of it after faire is done. It sort of comes with my garb!

[Seryn]

I used to do a fantastic British accent in my theatre days in high school.  I once got so stuck on the accent, I spoke with it for a year, but then, so did many of my friends from the same play lol.  These days, though, I can't seem to get it right.  It sounds fake and forced most of the time, so I don't usually use it.  I do use the vernacular, though, and once in a while, a bit of accent will pop up on it's own.

[NicoleBridget]

I can do it at home, but I can't do it at faire!  I think I'm intimidated by all the professionals (meaning...those who do it well). 

[Carl Heinz]

I can do it at home, but I can't do it at faire!  I think I'm intimidated by all the professionals (meaning...those who do it well). 

It comes with practice.

[Lord Figaro]

I use what ever accent hits me at the time. Depending on who I was speaking to at the time. I got a good kick one year these teenagers working the lanes during Italian weekend were doing a horrible job of it.  The wife and I were eating breakfast and they stopped to entertain us for a short time. I of course slipped into my Italian accent and they learned I could do it better than them. They started asking for pointers. Same thing happened the year before with a Scottish brogue and a lane actor that was pretty new. But depending on who I'm with or what not depends on if I do an accent, but an accent always seems to come to me fairly easy. The wife hates it when I slip into it for too long though.

[RSLeask]

I do a Scots accent. Hard to get out of it after faire is done. It sort of comes with my garb!

Same with me.  Developed it years ago when I was table-top RPGing back in high school, for my dwarf character (yes, I spoken in it at the table, when he was in conversation).  Used to be milder, but when I developed his brogue over the years in text chat for various games, so too did the accent, for some reason.  At least I'm more understandable in person than I am over the computer with it.   

And yes, ordering food after I've made the drive home from the faire is... unique, if I forget to drop the accent.   

[MacKee]

Depends if sarcasm is involved

[Lady Amy of York]

Since my noble  character is  suppose  to be both Irish and  English, I have tried  to learn Gaelic, but very hard  to learn.     Forget my  English accent.   I feel like  Eliza  Doolittle  in "  My  Fair Lady ".i just stick  to knowing the  proper faire vocabulary  for  now.

My husband   does  an excellent Scottish accent , and   people have  stopped him and  asked him if  he  was  from Scotland. 

I  can  do a pirate  accent  though ..LOL.  Not hard  to say " where is  the  rum ? "

[Dracconia]

I am attempting to perfect my Irish accent, but since I have been doing English for so long, I slip alot. The way I practice my accent is at work, I work at Wal Mart and I have all my customers convinced that I was born in England and raised there until four due to the fact that my father was in the service, (was actually born in Germany lol for same reason) So my english accent is great, the others....I am working on.

[Celestien]

My best friend and I have always been very interested in accents, and over the years of practicing and learning I've gotten pretty good with Irish, English, dabble with a bit of Russian and other things. (I find myself horrible doing it but my friend is splendid with the Russian accent.)
But from time to time I will indeed talk with an english accent for faire, but since I've been dressing as my elven assassin, I have been contemplating about what kind of accent to use... or even to use one at all! Hmm, may see if somehow an 'elvish' accent can be acquired. Well, back to researching I suppose!
-chuckles-