mock accent

English translation: fake accent

20:44 Dec 30, 2002

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: mock accent

Reporter: What does your wife think about your travelling away all the time?

John Lennon: (with a mock accent) Well, she don't like it much, but she doesn't mind it too much because it makes a lot of money for her.

The interview takes place in America or Canada. Does mock accent mean he was mocking american accent ? Or does it mean sth else?

Lacrimosa KudoZ activity Questions: 487 (none open) (6 without valid answers) Answers: 8
Local time: 09:56

Selected answer:fake accent

Explanation:
just means he was faking an accent. Could have been an exaggerated British accent, an American accent or whatever.

Selected response from:

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 03:56

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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

5 +6

feigned accent, . . .

Fuad Yahya

5 +6

fake accent

Marian Greenfield

probably means he was mocking the reporter's accent

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)

tono de guasa

Susana Galilea

Fake American accent

LJC (X)

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

feigned accent, . . .

Explanation:
. . . but there is no telling which kind.

Fuad

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in pair: 893

1 min confidence:

tono de guasa

Explanation:
Hard to tell what they mean without listening to it, but my sense is he is just being sarcastic

Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 02:56
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 110

15 mins confidence:

probably means he was mocking the reporter's accent

Explanation:
In any case, it doesn't matter. YOu just have to find the way to say, mock or fake accent in the language you are going into...

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 32

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

fake accent

Explanation:
just means he was faking an accent. Could have been an exaggerated British accent, an American accent or whatever.

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 03:56
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 732

12 hrs confidence:

Fake American accent

Explanation:
The use of the word 'don't' instead of 'doesn't' is the clue. At least, that's how I see it.

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Note added at 2002-12-31 09:44:43 (GMT)
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He\'s only using this accent at the beginning of the answer: \'Well, she don\'t like it much\'. The rest of the answer is in his own accent, as he uses \'doesn\'t\'.

LJC (X)
France
Local time: 09:56
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 32

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