Beauty

[Kjelle]

On 5/5/2014 Sunshine Kate said:

On 5/5/2014 graycatsrule said:

When I first noticed it, I thought it was me hearing things. I can understand having an accent, but I'm not sure about one that comes and goes.

I've never known an accent to come and go either.

My mom went to school in England and had me shortly after. She still sounded English when I was little and I did as well. It stayed until I went to kindergarten. Now when I get nervous or mad or I speak to someone British or Australian it happen automatically unless I tried hard to fight it. Half the time, fighting it just makes me sound weird.

[gemini40]

dana Bledsoe is from Ireland,

[BecauseCats]

It's a put on, exaggerated as she wishes.

[RainyDayGal]

I spent 10 years growing up in Canada. I had an accent for quite awhile when we moved back to the states. When I would go back and visit I would pick it up again and it would stay with me again for a little while.

One year my brother went to England for a couple of months and came home with an accent.

It happens.

[sassykitty]

took a qvc break for a good while & noticed now she has no accent - wondered, was it a put on or what?? never really liked her....

[Lucky Charm]

On 5/6/2014 ProductGuy said:

When one has an accent, especially an actress, it takes a conscious effort to speak without it. I imagine selling on TV is stressful. It is totally unscripted, you have people talking in your ear through an IFB, you're watching monitors that let you know what camera shot is coming up next, what shot is currently on, and another monitor telling you how your numbers are doing (how many orders placed, how many people on the phone at the present time, how many online orders, etc.) If the numbers aren't good, that's increased stress for the vendor representative. It's a lot to keep up with.

It's not unusual at all for people to slip in and out of accents and for accents to evolve over the years. My work involved Oprah for many years. Her accent changed greatly from her first show to her last, and she'd change accents purposely to bring home a point.

My friends from the north think I sound southern now. My friends from the south think I sound northern, but not the typical NY accent. I hope they don't write to each other and discuss the way I pronounce things.

ProductGuy--you're a nicer man than mr 'nice' guy.

[Elle27]

On 5/6/2014 Peri-doe said:

It's a put on, exaggerated as she wishes.

ITA, as it's been mentioned MANY times and noticed by many this "accent" comes & goes and is NOT consistent at all even within a mere 3 minute presentation! lol

[SunnyinSEPA]

On 5/7/2014 Lia! said:

On 5/6/2014 Peri-doe said:

It's a put on, exaggerated as she wishes.

ITA, as it's been mentioned MANY times and noticed by many this "accent" comes & goes and is NOT consistent at all even within a mere 3 minute presentation! lol

A lot of people on TV and in the public eye opt or are told to lose their accent. I would imagine this is difficult to do on a consistent basis. Lisa R. has mentioned that she used to have a southern accent, which isn't detectible now. The pitch and tone of her voice makes me think that she has had voice lessons of some kind to achieve this so thoroughly. I have a neighbor who, after spending a few weeks with West Virginia relatives, always returns with a noticeable accent. Over time it disappears until her next visit.

[ProductGuy]

On 5/6/2014 Lucky Charm said:

On 5/6/2014 ProductGuy said:

When one has an accent, especially an actress, it takes a conscious effort to speak without it. I imagine selling on TV is stressful. It is totally unscripted, you have people talking in your ear through an IFB, you're watching monitors that let you know what camera shot is coming up next, what shot is currently on, and another monitor telling you how your numbers are doing (how many orders placed, how many people on the phone at the present time, how many online orders, etc.) If the numbers aren't good, that's increased stress for the vendor representative. It's a lot to keep up with.

It's not unusual at all for people to slip in and out of accents and for accents to evolve over the years. My work involved Oprah for many years. Her accent changed greatly from her first show to her last, and she'd change accents purposely to bring home a point.

My friends from the north think I sound southern now. My friends from the south think I sound northern, but not the typical NY accent. I hope they don't write to each other and discuss the way I pronounce things.

ProductGuy--you're a nicer man than mr 'nice' guy.

What a wonderful post to awaken to. Thank you, Lucky Charm. As a survivor of emotional abuse as a child, I'm particularly sensitive to unnecessary unkindness. It reminds me of the Stanford prison experiment. Otherwise nice people turn ugly and join right in. When everyone else does it, it somehow adds validity to the behavior. Fascinating study, but so very disappointing in its results.

For those unfamiliar with the study, they selected a group of students and divided them in half. Half were assigned roles as prison inmates; the other half were prison staff. After a period of time, the pretend prison staff became so abusive toward the pretend prisoners, things got out of hand, and they had to end the Stanford test early.

Every religion in the world contains some form of "The Golden Rule." Treat others as you would like to be treated. If you're one who loves to nit-pick about appearances, accents, etc., you may spend a fortune in the beauty department at QVC or anywhere else, but you'll never be beautiful. It comes from within.

[EZ shopper]

It's makes her presentation appear phony which, in my opinion, reflects on the product she is supposed to be selling. I would never buy that product because of that.