Chapter 1956

The British Empire is a United Kingdom. There are obvious differences in accents in different regions, which can clearly show the local characteristics and class differences. Accents, vocabulary, tones, rhymes and other details can completely show a person's origin and class. In the 15th and 16th centuries, if civilians appeared in the aristocratic circle of life, they only need to speak, You can directly expose all your details, and the lingering class gap is deep into the bone marrow.

After a long history of development and integration, the Royal aristocratic accent officially recognized by English scholars is actually originated from the dialect of central and southern England in the 11th century. With the pace of economic and historical development, the whole region gradually expanded towards London, covering Oxford and Cambridge, two university towns with a long history, So it is also called "Oxford accent".

At first, "Oxford accent" was just a dialect, but because of the prosperity and prosperity of Windsor Dynasty, it eventually became the most representative aristocratic accent and has been followed up to now.

For the hereditary nobles, distinguishing accent is a compulsory course since childhood; For the elite, this is the basic lesson to a higher level. Over time, ordinary people have more or less understood different accents, and gradually become a part of British social culture.

As for Americans like Jimmy - because of the strength and prosperity of the United States, English has become the lingua franca of the world; The neglect and contempt of the cultural and historical heritage of the United States makes them refuse to learn other languages. They think it is unnecessary, not to mention Spanish or other languages, which is a compulsory course in high school. Even the accents of Britain, Australia, New Zealand and other regions have not been studied systematically.

Now, in Europe, young people speak four or five languages, which is just the average standard; In the United States, young people who know both languages are rare.

The same is true in Hollywood, where British actors can adapt to all kinds of accents, even in different parts of North America; However, it is very difficult for American actors to touch the essence of English pronunciation, even the level of "painting tiger and skin is difficult to draw bone" - because the skin is not painted correctly, not to mention the deep level differences in the choice of words and sentences, living habits, cultural characteristics and so on in different regions.

Jimmy is in a fog now. "You mean Colin Firth is not the standard London voice?" He hugged his head and said, "wait, wait, I've heard that there's a difference between Londoners and Oxfords, right? What you're talking about is the standard Oxford accent. "

"In fact, it's a little bit of a misunderstanding." Langley said excitedly, but he stopped for a moment. "Are you sure you want to listen to this boring lecture now? I thought it was a talk show. "

"Of course! Of course Jimi immediately nodded, and the audience cheered, "what do you say, we are very happy to listen. To be honest, if you're willing to talk nonsense in an Oxford accent all day, I'll probably sit by and listen to it. " This is a joke about the unique appeal of English to Americans——

In particular, countless women are very willing to pay.

There are even online jokes. In bars, accents are graded: British accent is the highest, American accent the second, Canadian accent the third, and Australian accent the bottom. Chris Hemsworth has been trying to correct his Australian accent because of this, but so far the effect has not been shown.

Langley chuckled. "I want to summarize as briefly as possible that Oxford accent does exist, but after the 21st century, London has become an international city and world financial center, and its cultural influence is gradually increasing. Now Oxford accent and London accent are gradually assimilating, including the accent of southern England, and the gap is getting smaller and smaller, including the queen, Her words on official occasions are becoming more and more popular

"Of course, Oxford accent still exists. We still use some written language, some exclamations, including some unique pronunciation, but we are trying to keep up with the times." Lanli completed the summary in the simplest way, but did not explain it in an academic way, because it was a very large system.

But you just said that East London and West London have different pronunciation. I mean, your pronunciation is Oxford, right? Not East London or west London accent? "

"Yes, I do have an Oxford accent, even though I studied in Cambridge." As for the contemporary London accent, the East London accent is Cockney, and the pronunciation will be more... More approachable Langley tried to use neutral words to explain it——

This is the United States, not the United Kingdom. Otherwise, Langley would be more straightforward. In the British talk show, everyone will make fun of cockney. Self mockery is a kind of humor. Even Cockney residents know how to make fun of their accent.

Cockney, a district in the east of London, is considered to be the accent of the natives in London. Later, because of the gradual southward decline of Oxford accent, aristocrats occupied the west end of London, and the accent of the mainstream society changed, which made Cockney gradually become the accent representative of the people at the bottom, commonly known as "cockney accent".

In short, West London is a rich area, while East London is a civilian area - in the early years, it was even a slum. In recent years, India and other immigrants have flocked to London, and they all choose to live in East London. This also makes Cockney's accent more and more mixed, and the most important thing is that it is more simple on the street.

Although East London has developed and the class antagonism between the East and the West has gradually blurred, cockney accent can still distinguish the different parts of London. Now, London residents often make fun of Cockney's accent, which can often become the highlight of talk shows.

However, if we discuss the differences between Cockney, Londoner and Oxford accent separately, we need to use linguistics. It is bound to be very academic and abstract. It is not vivid enough. Only the residents who have lived in London for a long time can understand it. Obviously, the studio in front of us does not meet such requirements.

Langley thought about it seriously. "In fact, about Cockney, I just met a little thing before. When we were shooting" tomorrow's edge ", one day we were shooting in Trafalgar Square. At that time, Jennifer Lawrence was walking towards the set. There were two boys sitting on the side of the road staring at her. One of them raised his voice and said," Oh, you, Burning girl? '"

From the vocative "Oh Yi" to the abbreviation of "predicate", this is very typical. From the side, we can see that Cockney broke the pattern of vowel and grammar; One of the most obvious details is that cockney is very fond of swallowing the initials or endings, where "t" stands for "Ge (T) - ou (T)", even vowels can be changed.

"Then the other person shook his head and said, 'she's not a burning girl. Look at her teeth.'" Langley showed Cockney's sense of street with the simplest sentence.

If this little story is told in England, it will surely lead to sympathetic laughter; But in "Jimmy tonight show", the audience is full of fog, unable to capture the essence.

Jimmy shook his head in confusion. "No, it's not your accent, No."

Lenley nodded in agreement and switched back to his accent. "It's not my accent. My tutor should be monitoring my pronunciation in front of the TV now. If I do speak like that, he will not be happy

The audience at the scene finally realized the difference and the difference, and could not help showing the expression of a sudden realization: the truth is not clear, but the feeling is always objective.

"But I like it very much, cockney. Is that what I say? It's really cute. " Jimmy kept rubbing his hands and praising. Then he saw lanli shaking his head from side to side, like shaking his head like a doll. He immediately responded, "Oh, I'm impolite. Look at me. I'm really impolite. I mean, your accent is more lovely. I'm crazy about your accent right now."

"Please do not." LAN Liyi flatly refused, "I don't want Nancy to misunderstand."

Nancy Juvonen, the wife of Jimmy Fallon.

Originally, it was Jimmy's words to ease the scene, but it turned out to be a humorous burden of lanli - worthy of being a storyteller. Once again, Jimmy didn't hold back laughing, "very good, very good! That's fair! I don't want the audience to have any misunderstanding That meaningful ambiguous expression made the audience laugh again.

"As a rule, we all invite guests to tell a little story, but the cast of Star Trek is too strong this time. Annie Hathaway, Jessica chastan, Matt Damon, Cathy Affleck, Michael Kane, I'm not sure if the time is enough."

At this point, Jimmy stopped for a moment and looked at lenley with a smile on his face. Lenley immediately said with a smile, "is this for the promotion of the film?"

"Yes."

"Well done!"

It came and went very fast, and then Jimmy looked at the audience again and said, "so we got along with a solution. Let's play a little game and let lenley and I finish a little story here. I think it should be very interesting."

Jimmy found a small card from the side. "The thing is, first of all, I'll ask some stupid words, nouns, verbs, adjectives and so on. You give me the answers. Then I'll fill in all the answers on this card. Finally, this card will become the script of our accident. How about it?"

Blue Li nodded in agreement, "OK."

"Give me a male name." Jimmy bowed his head and began dictation.

"Well... Nagini?" Lanli hesitated for a moment, and the scene immediately remembered a light laugh, and then met Jimmy's smiling eyes: where did the name come from? "That's the first name in my mind," Langley explained