She… is…..almost……….Shatneresque…..in….herpauses.
The accent isn't surprising. I mean she is a shit actress, it would only follow that she sucks at accents. Although her nasal singing voice carrys over to a posh accent pretty well.

What is more telling is that Anna Wintour - supposedly a tastemaker and trendsetter or at least a woman posessed of her own opinions - looks over to Tommy Boy for cues as to if the biddable item is cool. Beta all the way. Take THAT fashion industry.

I don't think the accent is such a bad thing. Whenever Brittish people come to the US they start adopting an American style of speaking and every Brittish singer sings w/ an American accent. Why can't it be the other way around too?

Because she had it before the moved to England. And because it seems forced - not like she picked up some slang or new pronounciations. That second part is just my opinion, however.

As far as the singing thing goes, I have often wondered that. Or why Shania Twain sings with a southern accent, and Harry Connik Jr. doesn't. Robert Smith doesn't sing with an American accent though.

Yeah, I thought she moved to England specifically so she had a reason to talk like that.

Well, I think Shania sings w/ a "country" accent not actually southern, but if u sing country u kinda don't have a choice. She doesn't talk w/ a country accent though.

I think she's taking pauses like that so she can think in her head "how should I saw this with my faux-British accent?" because it's so fake.

I lived in an area of the UK for a brief period of time and did come back saying things like rubbish bin, but not with an accent.

Politicians are the worst when it comes to pulling accents out of their bumms. But for others, it's natural. A friend of mine moved to Minnesota and quickly picked up the accent; she didn't want to it just happened. For actors I think it would be especially difficult to avoid.

My husband is Canadian, and we've been cross pollinating each other's accents. But neither of us assumed the other accent while living in our own country. Or making a preposterous show of ourselves in tweeds and riding gear.

the thing that strikes me most about Madonna is that she is such a bore- like seriously no fun! Is that how she talks at the dinner table with Guy?? Can you imagine, he used to be this cool dude making violent whizzy dude flicks and he is so hot Madonna wants him and he thinks "cool" and then they marry and it' s all…you join Kabballah, ditch Christmas, shun television, go to war torn countries/Gucci with me. He probably sits at home alone reading her sex book while she is at the gym (next door) thinking wtf? Of course, I am purely speculating. To each his own. Americah is free cuntree ahfter ahll.

oh- and Blueearring- I hope you have at least adopted wearing a foam baseball cap with beer cans and straws attached : )
Go Canada!

SP: totally. I bet he thinks, "why couldn't I have gotten 'Boy Toy' with a little belly Madonna, instead of Kaballah beef-jerky Madonna?"

Madonna is a innocuous hag. It occurred to me that maybe Britney Spears picked up her kooky british accent because she idolizes Madonna so much …

Did he forgot how to use question marks???

My boyfriend has lived in the states for about 16 years and even though he still has an accent, when he goes back to Ireland, everyone says that he's lost his accent.

Maybe it's because she's married to a Brit and she lives there. No doubt the kids have an accent as well. However, it's more fun to say that she just doing it so that no one will remember she's from Detroit.

lived in england for 2 years with british boyfriend who came back to us with me. I pict up the accent when I lived there and mostly lost it when i came back. sometimes it hits me here and it will be commented on by strangers. Dont honestly know why it happens other than my bfriend is speaking to me with it and he is the closest. I do have to say…I believe that sub-con it happened while in UK so that I would not have to endure the wrath of the English while making friends and socializing. Most DO HATE US, while ignorantly so. Even the most educated upper crust believe deep down that we ALL voted for Bush. Cant really blame them…he is such a FUCKING IDIOT!
I would think at this point in her life she has nothing to prove to anyone…she has just picked it up…WHo knows…

Wow, so that's what a circle jerk in action looks like. Oh well, at least it's a circle jerk for a good cause.

She was actually born in Bay City, blue-collar town about two hours north of Detroit, and moved down to the affluent suburb of Rochester when she was a small kid. I have one ex who has a pic of her (c.1991) with a buddy of his and her (they were neighbors once). They're leaning against a cluttered kitchen counter, hugging and laughing. Another ex attended Eastern University in Ypsilanti at the same time (c.1981) that she was at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The two of them would meet with friends at the Necatrine Ballroom, where she would dance — with guys, with girls, by herself, as long as she was dancing. Both stories offered the same take on her: She was a funny, impulsive, super-confident, and charismatic girl who came and went out of peoples' lives, picking up where she left off. And both said she's no longer the girl they remember.

Argggghh. That should be "Eastern Michigan University" and "Nectarine". Stoopid fingers.

not to start a riot but the british- and rest of the world' s sentiments towards U.S. did not and do not begin and end with Bush…c'mon.

Sorry to say saddyP…but most of the outside world hate us. England is just starting to understand that Blair was starting the become Bush's ugly step sister…Cant blame them that our character in the whole game is an obese, hot-dog skinned redneck with buck teeth, shotgun over shoulder, redneck scratching his nuts. Picture it cause its funny

dont be sorry caff, that was my point exactly but ir started long before Bush, is all. I'm Canadian, btw

luv,saddy…It is a sad situ. Hopefully we will make amends! lez hope my friend