why do Button & Hamilton speak with dodgy accents?

[nutta29]

anyone else noticed how they talk in interview....almost with a slight american accent on some of the words, very strange

[Sammo123]

Well Hamiltons accent is probably down to him going out with an American for a couple of years. You do find that you will pick up there accent and they will do the same with yours.

No idea whats wrong with Buttons lol.

[PabloTeK]

Jenson did come from Somerset, perhaps some of that still lingers? That and Monaco is I imagine quite American-heavy.

[kiteless]

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[IM NUTS2]

PabloTeK said:

Jenson did come from Somerset, perhaps some of that still lingers? That and Monaco is I imagine quite American-heavy.

My son is American and we live in Somerset so i guess your right!

[belleair302]

It is all down to the McLaren media department!

[stockhatcher]

its foreign accent syndrome isn't it? Mclaren employ many overseas companies, and both Button and Hamilton live abroad, and all that. however for comedy FAS you should listen to Guy Wilks or Kris Meeke. Richard Burns was guilty of it as well back in the day, but he sounded like the foreign rally drivers of the 1980's. I think he might have watched a few too many 80's rally vids back in the day - just like me..

[custardtart]

belleair302 said:

It is all down to the McLaren media department!

Blimey those media folks are damn clever these days!

[stew-S160]

accents are very easy to pick up. i worked with an aussie woman for a while and picked that up within weeks.

[Nick M]

stew-S160 said:

accents are very easy to pick up. i worked with an aussie woman for a while and picked that up within weeks.

But what's that got to do with her accent ??

[Mazda Baiter]

I used to work with an Aussie bloke. He lost his accent within 6 weeks of living in Somerset.

[StevieBee]

It's quite common when you live and work in communities of many languages. Much the same way foreign footballers speak in an accent that blends their native one with that of the region of the club for which they play.

Media training (amongst other things) eradicates colloquialisms - of which the English language has the most of - that can be wrongly translated into other languages.

[fulham911club]

PabloTeK said:

Jenson did come from Somerset, perhaps some of that still lingers? That and Monaco is I imagine quite American-heavy.

If it is to do with living in Monaco then he should have an Italian accent given the highest proportion of the population of Monaco is Italian!

[RichB]

fulham911club said:

PabloTeK said:

Jenson did come from Somerset, perhaps some of that still lingers? That and Monaco is I imagine quite American-heavy.

If it is to do with living in Monaco then he should have an Italian accent given the highest proportion of the population of Monaco is Italian!

Is it really? I'd have assumed it would be French?

[MHM]

Time to dig up the old Schteve Maclaren interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnoP4sUV90

[StevieBee]

RichB said:

fulham911club said:

PabloTeK said:

Jenson did come from Somerset, perhaps some of that still lingers? That and Monaco is I imagine quite American-heavy.

If it is to do with living in Monaco then he should have an Italian accent given the highest proportion of the population of Monaco is Italian!

Is it really? I'd have assumed it would be French?

Hardly any French in Monaco. If you were born there, you are a Monegasque.

[fulham911club]

StevieBee said:

RichB said:

fulham911club said:

PabloTeK said:

Jenson did come from Somerset, perhaps some of that still lingers? That and Monaco is I imagine quite American-heavy.

If it is to do with living in Monaco then he should have an Italian accent given the highest proportion of the population of Monaco is Italian!

Is it really? I'd have assumed it would be French?

Hardly any French in Monaco. If you were born there, you are a Monegasque.

There are loads of French in Monaco (and in fact very few Monaco-born nationals) - maybe my stat is that Italian nationals boast the highest number of millionaires in the principality....

[johnaachen]

Nick M said:

stew-S160 said:

accents are very easy to pick up. i worked with an aussie woman for a while and picked that up within weeks.

But what's that got to do with her accent ??

I will give that the credit it deserves:-)

[StevieBee]

fulham911club said:

There are loads of French in Monaco (and in fact very few Monaco-born nationals) - maybe my stat is that Italian nationals boast the highest number of millionaires in the principality....

.....and the French work for them!!!

[toppstuff]

I'm interested to know why F1 drivers start saying "For Sure..." as soon as they get a drive.