My husband has many gifts but one of them is not doing fake accents. Actually every time he tries I tell him he sounds like a constipated, drunk Irishman whether he's doing an Irish accent or not (you might think that means it sounds legit - but in this case not so much.)
Let me think for a sec about how to describe this to you in all it's glory. Ummm...ok. Here goes. He sounds like he was terribly constipated, then got drunk to forget about the constipation, except he got so drunk he forgot where he was from or what language he was speaking and yet somehow what comes out of his mouth still sounds constipated, with a twist of gibberish - there's his fake accent in a nutshell.
Lest you think I am being mean to the hubs, let me just say that few things in life bring me as much joy as his Irish accent.
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Most of you peeps know that I spent my junior high and high school years in Scotland. I came back with a funky accent, a sort of American-Edinburgh hybrid. My first week back here I overheard some girls talking about me and they were like, "Why does she sound so weird?" Awesome. Every high school girl wants to be told they sound weird.
Like most teenagers, I wanted to be like everyone else and tried my best to get rid of my accent as soon as possible. (Boo to my high school self.) So now, though accent-less myself, I love listening to other people talk.
Which is how Chet and I ended up watching Celtic Thunder infomercials last night (him for tips, me for enjoyment.) So many levels of embarrassing right there that you will only comprehend if you have seen Celtic Thunder yourself. I guarantee that no matter what you watched yesterday, it was less embarrassing than that.
Anyway. Fast forward hours later and we were getting ready for bed when out of the blue Chet bursts into song and sings, "Damn Birdie Show!"
If you are wondering, What's a birdie show and what is so awful about it? then you are thinking the same thing I was.
Turns out he was actually singing, "Down by the shore." Apparently that's a line from a Celtic Thunder song.
Somehow he is convinced that my miscomprehension of what he said means that his accent is good.
3 comments:
And that's why I like you. Both of you. : ) Damn Birdie Show. Why is that funny? I dunno. But it is. Hilarious.
LOVE watching that Celtic Thunder commercial too!!!! hilarious!
Cheez, you're hilarious! Love the talk about accents. I have the same "Chet accent" problem. Colin reminds me of it every time I venture out in the accent world. The only one that wins is the "ghetto girl." Being on an all-black track team in college was a great tutorial.
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