Yet another Australian who masters American English flawlessly

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Sarah Snook

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skat1140 — 11 years ago(December 06, 2014 05:17 AM)

Just saw Snook in "Predestination."
Americans try to do British or Australian and they sound like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins impression or (a bad) Crocodile Dundee impression. Think Keanu Reeves in "Dracula". Terrifyingly bad.
Yet numerous Aussis make Hollywood films playing Americans and they do so flawlessly.
What is the secret formula that the Aussis are using?

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halfjackson — 10 years ago(May 02, 2015 02:57 PM)

Negative, I knew she wasn't American a couple minutes in. She pronounced 'been' like it rhymes with 'green' instead of like 'ben.' Also, American English is pronounced in the most intelligible way. Ever listen to someone sing? If they are singing in English they sound American no matter where they are from. Its by definitely the easiest accent to do.
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jmtrc — 10 years ago(September 15, 2015 03:06 AM)

Also, American English is pronounced in the most intelligible way.
Lol, maybe if you're American.

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theLastResortt — 10 years ago(May 18, 2015 04:26 AM)

Americans try to do British or Australian and they sound like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins impression or (a bad) Crocodile Dundee impression. Think Keanu Reeves in "Dracula". Terrifyingly bad.
Yet numerous Aussis make Hollywood films playing Americans and they do so flawlessly.
That's nice. First of all American is very easy to do. British is all flowery and quirky. It's harder to master and not sound like an idiot.

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sweiland75 — 10 years ago(October 11, 2015 02:21 PM)

What is the secret formula that the Aussis are using?
It's called exposure to American media.