I know this is gonna sound silly,but please dont throw tomatoes at me, please!!! anyways:
I know Freddie wasnt born in Europe, he was born in Africa, if I'm not mistaken. I know after he was done with boarding school, he went to London for the art college. Whenever I hear him talk in interviews, concerts, etc, he sounds like he has a english accent. Was this the result of being in London for so long, that eventually, he developed a english accent...???
i love it when he sings and there's a word with the "ck" or "k" sound. He pronounces it w/ a "ch". Ya know what I mean? Like in live Under Pressure, he says "but it don't wor-ch". lol. I love it anyway. :D
Perhaps his school in India had pure British English instruction... some people there (even if they're a minority) are too keen on RP. Likewise you find many people in Kenya and Uganda speaking even better than many Londoners.
Sebastian wrote: Perhaps his school in India had pure British English instruction... some people there (even if they're a minority) are too keen on RP. Likewise you find many people in Kenya and Uganda speaking even better than many Londoners.
Same in America, You'll find immigrants speaking better English then Americans...
But back on topic...
Freddie was very articulate, i could listen to him talk allllllllllll day... :D
haha he does say "ch" instead of "K" sometimes, i noticed that too, but i thought it was just me and my crazy mind... good catch... :D
haha he does say "ch" instead of "K" sometimes, i noticed that too, but i thought it was just me and my crazy mind... good catch... :D
I thought it was because of his bucky teeth
Freddie's voice, for me, has always sounded odd. His sining voice is so flexible and also very powerful, but when he speaks he sounds strange and nothing like how you'd imagine it would based on his singing voice.
Munchsack <h6>The Paranoid QueenZoner wrote:
Freddie's voice, for me, has always sounded odd. His sining voice is so flexible and also very powerful, but when he speaks he sounds strange and nothing like how you'd imagine it would based on his singing voice.
Yeah, I agree. I was kinda shocked when I first heard him speak.
Munchsack <h6>The Paranoid QueenZoner wrote:
Freddie's voice, for me, has always sounded odd. His sining voice is so flexible and also very powerful, but when he speaks he sounds strange and nothing like how you'd imagine it would based on his singing voice.
Intresting that you say this munchsack...I actually liked his accent...thought it was sexy, a bit nerdy, and a bit mellow @ the same time...his voice sounded great when he talked to the audience in concert!!
I also find his accent fascinating..and quite hard to place. One thing's for sure, he certainly didn't speak with the same accent as his mother does! On the interviews I've seen with his sister, she seems to have a much more "standard" accent so maybe the boarding school did play a big part in shaping the rather "posh" tones he had.
Some accents are easy to recognise but I have no idea how someone born in Zanzibar and raised in India is "supposed" to sound!
Are you guys surious, Zanzibar was an english providence. His father was a member of the English government in Zanibar. Zanzibar was filled with English men.
goliath wrote: Are you guys surious, Zanzibar was an english providence. His father was a member of the English government in Zanibar. Zanzibar was filled with English men.
See...I never knew that...I just know that he came from Zanibar...but I figured he was around english all of his life, just confusing, recent Queen fan...lol
goliath wrote: Are you guys surious, Zanzibar was an english providence. His father was a member of the English government in Zanibar. Zanzibar was filled with English men.
See...I never knew that...I just know that he came from Zanibar...but I figured he was around english all of his life, just confusing, recent Queen fan...lol
you learn something new everyday, dont cha? i didnt know that.....
Well I find it a curious accent too. I think it's heavily influenced by RP but I detect a bit of South African in the way he speaks, the vowel inflexions perhaps, and there is something oriental there too, in the vocal rhythm. Very peculiar I know. Rahter like an Old Colonial sepoy, shall we say.