I'm fairly certain that's an Australian ad btw. The accents are somewhat familiar ;p The VO is English tho. (Australia often uses English or American accents in voiceovers to make things either Posh or Cool :P)
LOL! And at the voice overs! I guess I would have never thought of that, it's quite amusing. So does it make it sound cooler having the English & American voices? :P
Well, Ireland gets a lot of UK TV so an English accent is not that big a deal. But the American ones make you take more notice - if u know what I mean. There are also more than a few radio adds using real and fake American accents too for concerts etc. Back to TV, fast food and movies tend to use American as well. (The latter goes for both Australia and here eg: Domino's Pizza often uses an American VO).
That Ingham one most likely used English to let ppl know that even though it's frozen chicken pieces it's good quality food (hah!) b/c Australia was a convict/colony nation and the upper crust were British, y'know. pip. pip. ;p This also works with truly ocker accents as well, in Australia. If they want you to identify as something true blue Aussie, they use a broad and stereotypical type accent. "Onya mate" type stuff. example would be beer ads. It's interesting stuff, actually. A lot of psychology goes into commercials, as I'm sure you know :)
But yes, generally speaking in Australia an American accent is cool. And English would be cool to the snobbier types ;p In Ireland, American accent is used slightly differently. I'd say it's to give the product more of an authentic feel 'Direct from America' type thing. It makes an impression :)
You know, that's really interesting about the accents and all. I can't say I notice all that many different accents from other parts of the world in our commercials. Maybe that's why I love hearing all the different ones when I do because it's not as common or something :P
There's a lot of psychology that goes into anything that's being sold. It's really quite interesting knowing and learning the techniques behind how to arrange items on store shelves to "lure" a customer into buying certain things.
I'm sure we've talked about this before, but is it easy for you to identify different American accents? Since I've been watching more non-American made shows and such, I've begun picking up on the differences in some accents and I'm just curious. :D
You're right - psychology is used in many aspects of selling products - like the impulse buying while you wait in line etc etc. It was something I wanted to explore further during my media course (we covered advertising) but it was secondary so we only touched upon it. *le sigh*
It depends on the accent. I'm quick with Boston, New York City et al, and some southern states - but many are so sort of generic LA types that they're harder to pinpoint, unfortunately. I'd love to be able to tell all the states lol! Which accents can you pick up now? :D
I'm sure it's the same with other places but I swear there are more accents here (as in the US) than I've ever heard :P Or maybe it's just because I can't tell the differences in other places or something. In Missouri alone, you can tell a huge difference from people who live in the northern part of the state vs the southern part. But they might not sound different to someone else but I can tell immediately. As for some that I've been able to tell the difference is mainly the some of the London area (I can't remember all proper names like Cockney & Estuary) but I can usually tell the difference between those of the north and south. Having also talked with some Australians in the past, I remember being told some of the differences in accent there too (like I remember specifically Adelaide vs. Brisbane I think it was) and while I can definitely tell a difference, I wouldn't be able to identify it by name just hearing it. I'd like to be be able to hear different accents and be told which they are so I can be able to identify them more easily. Oh, and I've probably butchered names and such above, it is late after all and I really need to brush up/learn more about world linguistics and such :P
I'd say it's b/c you probably can't tell the difference in other places. There are many different Irish accents here, for example - and - like with you and MO, you can totally tell the difference if you're used it. For example, when Sasha came here from the Netherlands, she honestly believed everyone sounded the exact same. Now she's been here for 6 years she can't believe she ever thought that lol!! She also tells me you can tell different Dutch accents and I know there are different Australian ones too - so I think it definitely depends on where you're attuned to.
Yeah, Australian ones are different too. Melbourne has the nicest accent *isn't bias in the least* ;p
Cockney accent stands out a mile, usually. Heh. Oh, and you didn't butcher any names! O.o *pets you*
If my memory worked, I'd love to be a linguist :D But, sadly, I can barely master English let alone other languages lol!!
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I'm fairly certain that's an Australian ad btw. The accents are somewhat familiar ;p The VO is English tho. (Australia often uses English or American accents in voiceovers to make things either Posh or Cool :P)
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That Ingham one most likely used English to let ppl know that even though it's frozen chicken pieces it's good quality food (hah!) b/c Australia was a convict/colony nation and the upper crust were British, y'know. pip. pip. ;p This also works with truly ocker accents as well, in Australia. If they want you to identify as something true blue Aussie, they use a broad and stereotypical type accent. "Onya mate" type stuff. example would be beer ads. It's interesting stuff, actually. A lot of psychology goes into commercials, as I'm sure you know :)
But yes, generally speaking in Australia an American accent is cool. And English would be cool to the snobbier types ;p In Ireland, American accent is used slightly differently. I'd say it's to give the product more of an authentic feel 'Direct from America' type thing. It makes an impression :)
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There's a lot of psychology that goes into anything that's being sold. It's really quite interesting knowing and learning the techniques behind how to arrange items on store shelves to "lure" a customer into buying certain things.
I'm sure we've talked about this before, but is it easy for you to identify different American accents? Since I've been watching more non-American made shows and such, I've begun picking up on the differences in some accents and I'm just curious. :D
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It depends on the accent. I'm quick with Boston, New York City et al, and some southern states - but many are so sort of generic LA types that they're harder to pinpoint, unfortunately. I'd love to be able to tell all the states lol! Which accents can you pick up now? :D
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Yeah, Australian ones are different too. Melbourne has the nicest accent *isn't bias in the least* ;p
Cockney accent stands out a mile, usually. Heh. Oh, and you didn't butcher any names! O.o *pets you*
If my memory worked, I'd love to be a linguist :D But, sadly, I can barely master English let alone other languages lol!!
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lol, I hear yah!
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