Have there been any American actors that have been cast as primary characters on British shows and use a British accent? [more inside]
posted by curious nu on May 6, 2012 - 30 answers

How would you describe the accent of the man wearing the gray jacket in this Mitchell and Webb clip? [more inside]
posted by Year of meteors on Oct 2, 2010 - 7 answers

Why do people treat me better when I use a British accent? [more inside]
posted by realpseudonym on Dec 23, 2007 - 54 answers

In the US, the first syllable of "privacy" rhymes with "eye." In the UK, it rhymes with "give." So why, when listening to an audiobook, did I hear a British reader (with a standard British dialect) pronounce it the American way? Was the reader just being weird, or is the pronunciation of "privacy" becoming Americanized? Are there any other common Brit-pronunciations that are migrating across the pond? [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on May 8, 2005 - 22 answers