Product Description

This practical reference manual, with its precise, authentic instructions on how to speak in more than 100 dialects, has established itself as the most useful and comprehensive guide to accents available, now increased by a third in this revised printing. As before, the accents range from regional U.S. and British dialects to European accents that include, among others, the Germanic, Slavic and Romance Languages. Completing his around-the-world journey, the author then covers the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Includes two CDs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #151600 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 3
• Binding: Paperback
• 424 pages

Customer Reviews

Great
This is very complete. There is more here than I will ever use. The CD's that come with it are well produced and a wealth of information. Highly recommended for radio, TV, movies, theater, and real-life.

Accents- A manual for Actors
Blackstone sent me a great book in great condition, as promised. I did not realize when they said without a CD, that it meant the book originally had one. I thought they meant it was published without a corresponding CD to listen to the dialects. I would give Blackstone 5 Stars for being expeditious and having the book in excellent condition; and 3 stars that I noted because they really should have been clearer about the difficulty in NOT having the CD that was made for the book.
I would have spent more for a book with a CD so I could hear the dialects, this way it is really too difficult.

Laughable
I tend to judge the value of a book on accents by listening to an example of the way I, as an Australian, supposedly speak. From this I tend to gauge the accuracy of the other accents.

Robert Blumenfeld has obviously NEVER heard an Australian speak. There may be, in some remote corner of the country, someone who speaks as he describes - a cross between South African and New Zealander- but I have never encounterd them. On this basis, I would avoid this work like the plague for fear of being laughed off the stage, or screen - or out of the audition room