accents Archives – The Oxford Student

Our Kid Jodie Comer: My Scouse Accent and Breaking Free of RP

5th July 20205th July 2020Lucy Walsh

Image description: A child screams into a microphone Killing Eve star Jodie Comer is well known for her extensive catalogue of accents. Part of the eerie charm of her character, Russian sociopath Villanelle, is how effortlessly she slips into a Scottish, German, or French dialect. This mastery of accents may have won Comer an Emmy, […]

Regional accents deserve our respect

16th May 201619th May 2016Alex Benn

If you are one of those people who likes to imitate someone’s regional accent, you need to stop. Last week, I was at a social event with one of the university’s societies. Another guest, who I happened to be speaking with, decided that he would entertain us with a commentary on one of his “friends” […]