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Post by stevemacdonald on Jul 25, 2010 4:55:58 GMT
Take this poll please. I want to know what you think on this matter.
Maybe it's just me, but I am really sensing a change in Hayley's accent. In recent interviews it seems she's shifted toward a more Londony sound.
She used to have a delightful and pure Kiwi accent that set her apart and made you take notice. Remember how it sometimes reached all the way into her songs ("sleep in hEEvenly peace" from her early Silent Night)? Those were the days! Now she's starting to blend in with the British speakers in her adopted homeland. Her songs no longer show that unmistakable NZ tinge.
What do you all think about this? Vote now.
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Post by anshita on Jul 25, 2010 5:20:55 GMT
Hmm, I think she's pretty English now! I remember seeing a Classical Brits video on YouTube, where Hayley was mentioning how Classical music is brought to the spotlight... And I was quite amazed to hear her accent! In fact, I repeated the video several times to hear her speak! She was saying that she enjoys Lady GaGa & Rihanna, but the way she said it, it sounded like "Lady GaGa R" and "Rihanna R"...haha... So yep! I feel her accent is pretty English! Cheers, Anshita  |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 25, 2010 10:45:05 GMT
I'm going with 'somewhat and that's inevitable'. I don't think she's completely 'gone native' yet, as it were, but it's surely only a matter of time. I remember when a friend of mine moved to Australia for a few years; when he came back he had a thick Aussie accent. Hayley has been living in England for a lot longer than he was ever in Oz.
It's just the way people are. We tend to change our own natural accents to conform more to those we're living amongst. Hayley will most likely always have a very slight Kiwi accent (Enough contact with fellow Kiwis, plus it'll be endearing to other Londoners) but yeah - it's inevitable she'll lose most of it.
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Post by nicola on Jul 25, 2010 11:05:22 GMT
She hardly sounds London at all. I only spoke to her about a month and a half ago, and she sounds distinctly Kiwi to me. Perhaps her accent has been affected a little, but not much from I can tell. I'm in and around London and she doesn't anything like the people I talk to. Not alike at all.
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Post by graemek on Jul 25, 2010 11:20:07 GMT
I'm going with 'somewhat and that's inevitable'. I don't think she's completely 'gone native' yet, as it were, but it's surely only a matter of time. I remember when a friend of mine moved to Australia for a few years; when he came back he had a thick Aussie accent. Hayley has been living in England for a lot longer than he was ever in Oz. It's just the way people are. We tend to change our own natural accents to conform more to those we're living amongst. Hayley will most likely always have a very slight Kiwi accent (Enough contact with fellow Kiwis, plus it'll be endearing to other Londoners) but yeah - it's inevitable she'll lose most of it. I was living in Germany & speaking in german & English (brits only) for 3 years once & what i noticed was one of my sisters' "broad" accents when i returned to Australia....actually it was my accent that had changed. My sister was aghast !!! Graeme ....you just can't help it !! |
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Post by comet on Jul 25, 2010 12:25:44 GMT
Of course Hayley's accent will change, I would suggest because she has a musical ear, It is her line of business to listen to and mimic sounds that she hears, Obviously to a Londoner she will still sound very Kiwi,But to us outside observers it is becoming more noticeable But if all around her speak with a different accent, she is bound to pick it up.  Maybe it is time for her to go back to Celtic Woman and pick up a grand Irish accent |
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Post by comet on Jul 25, 2010 12:30:53 GMT
Hmm, I think she's pretty English now! I remember seeing a Classical Brits video on YouTube, where Hayley was mentioning how Classical music is brought to the spotlight... And I was quite amazed to hear her accent! In fact, I repeated the video several times to hear her speak! She was saying that she enjoys Lady GaGa & Rihanna, but the way she said it, it sounded like "Lady GaGa R" and "Rihanna R"...haha... So yep! I feel her accent is pretty English! Cheers, Anshita I blame Mike Oldfield for those extra r r r r sounds it was very distinct on the word Drawing (Draw ring) on the music of the Spheres |
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Post by martindn on Jul 25, 2010 12:32:06 GMT
Yes, accents changes, but the Kiwi is still there. It is difficult to live somewhere and not be affected in that way.
I used to live in Sweden, I started off in the south, then later move to the extreme north. Swedish friends told me that my southern Swedish accent was more noticable than my "English" one.
In the samw way there are many "English" accents. Just about every town sounds different, even different parts of London, for example West Country, Yorkshire, Norfolk, Birmingham, even Leicester are all English, yet Hayley sounds nothing like any of them.
So yes, she has been affected, it is inevitable, butthat delightful Kiwi lilt is still there for my money.
Martin D
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Post by sharon on Jul 25, 2010 12:42:52 GMT
I agree with most that it is normal for people to change accents if they go to a different place in the country or abroad.
In NL we also have different accents in every corner of the country. I stayed at my aunts place for a week, who lives near Amsterdam and even I started to talk their accent....
Same for Hayley I suppose. Nothing wrong with I'd say. Just happens.
I voted - 'Somewhat and that's inevitable'
Sharon*
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Post by Libby on Jul 25, 2010 23:01:53 GMT
I chose the 3rd one. I have noticed that her accent doesn't sound quite as strong as her mum's. But then I also noticed that her father's didn't sound quite the same as Jill's, either. Hmm.. I think maybe it's very slight, but she still sounds very Kiwi to me when she talks.
And as for her accent in her songs, I think the "heevenly" peace and the rocket's red "gleer" sound really odd to me. Especially in an American anthem it does. I happen to be of the opinion that her vocal teachers instructed her to lose the accent slightly when she sings, but I certainly don't know for sure, the reason being that many people, like me, think it sounds strange. I like the way it sounds in speech, but in songs it's a little odd.
Anshita, I thought all British-type accents added Rs to the ends of words ending in vowels; even people on the east coast of the U.S. add an R to the end of "idea". They don't have British accents mostly, but there is the New York accent, and some people in Massachusetts also have strong accents, stronger than New York sometimes. It doesn't really sound British, but I think that's where it originates from, but from about 200 years ago.
Comet, I also hear an R in Shenandoah. "Oh Shenandoah..r I long to hear you.."
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Post by Libby on Jul 27, 2010 5:38:58 GMT
Oh, and in the Treasure promotion video, she says "Nana..r
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Post by mihizawi on Jul 28, 2010 20:23:18 GMT
Hmm. I am not an English native speaker, so it is harder for me, but yes, I notice it a little bit. By the way, I must say I really hate how most Spanish people pronounce English, even when they speak it rather fluently (my favourite male singer, José Carreras, is an example of that). And I am afreid I have started to talk that way... OMG, I really need to do some speaking lessons withh a native English speaker... would be so nice if it was Hayley!
Michal
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Post by larryhauck on Jul 29, 2010 0:08:31 GMT
Hmm. I am not an English native speaker, so it is harder for me, but yes, I notice it a little bit. By the way, I must say I really hate how most Spanish people pronounce English, even when they speak it rather fluently (my favourite male singer, José Carreras, is an example of that). And I am afreid I have started to talk that way... OMG, I really need to do some speaking lessons withh a native English speaker... would be so nice if it was Hayley! Michal C'mon Mike cut'em some slack. Larry |
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Post by Libby on Jul 29, 2010 2:35:21 GMT
Hayley's a native New Zealandish speaker.  So, apparently you'd like a NZ accent! |
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Post by joanne on Jul 29, 2010 3:13:14 GMT
I voted for "somewhat, and it's probably inevitable" because while watching some of her interviews on YouTube, I could hear that she speaks differently than from a few years ago. But having said that, I don't think she's going to go all English/London-y. I think (and hope) that she'll always retain some of her NZ accent, enough to differentiate her from native London-ers.
cheers,
Joanne
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So, apparently you'd like a NZ accent! 
