Beauty

[lucieinthesky]

What's with the woman representing Perricone MD products??? Sometimes she has an English accent and sometimes she doesn't. My wife watches these shows religiously and we've just noticed this odd behavior.

[Clover29]

Someone asks this question every time she's on. If you type "Dana" into the search box to the left, you can find loads and loads of threads on the subject of her accent.

[monalisa1452]

from her FB:

After growing up in the US, I moved to London where I studied Liberal Arts. I then moved to Ireland where I attended the Samuel Beckett Center at Trinity College of Dublin. I stayed in Ireland working in television and theater for 13 years. And that explains the little bit of accent that you hear every now and again on QVC!

[GCR18]

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.

[Sunshine Kate]

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.

[UMDTerpFan]

On 5/5/2014 monalisa1452 said:

from her FB:

After growing up in the US, I moved to London where I studied Liberal Arts. I then moved to Ireland where I attended the Samuel Beckett Center at Trinity College of Dublin. I stayed in Ireland working in television and theater for 13 years. And that explains the little bit of accent that you hear every now and again on QVC!

Kind of makes sense. I lived in North Carolina for two years while hubby was in the US Marines and I picked up a twang that I've now had for a loooong time.

[14Victoria]

People can pick up accents a number of ways, I'm from Northern Indiana and have a Southern accent and have been hearing it my entire life. There have been soo many threads on her, now a husband her on the beauty board LOL, that's cute.

[Clover29]

When I was 18, I studied abroad for a year. Some of my fellow students were Australian, and I picked up their intonation for a while. It wasn't strong, and I lost it once I went back home. I totally understand people picking up accents but not having them all the time. Some people absorb a new accent quickly, others never do, and others are somewhere in the middle. Also, I think it depends on one's age when one is exposed to "infectious" accents.

[StuffnSuch]

On 5/5/2014 Clover29 said:

When I was 18, I studied abroad for a year. Some of my fellow students were Australian, and I picked up their intonation for a while. It wasn't strong, and I lost it once I went back home. I totally understand people picking up accents but not having them all the time. Some people absorb a new accent quickly, others never do, and others are somewhere in the middle. Also, I think it depends on one's age when one is exposed to "infectious" accents.

I completely agree.

[ProductGuy]

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.