I want to learn to enunciate like Christine Baranski.

January 24, 2015 12:13 PM

I want to learn to enunciate better. What exercises, books, websites, or other resources will help me acquire cut glass pronunciation?
posted by orange swan to Grab Bag (4 answers total)

Not sure if this helps but I've always found the air canada safety videos hypnotically well pronounced, it's the most beautiful English I've ever heard (mixed in with standard French). You could try to mimick that. I think it's because nothing is slurred and yet at the same time the regular cadence of speech is not compromised.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 5:12 PM on January 24, 2015 [1 favorite]

The age-old trick is to put marbles in your mouth. It makes you work harder to be understandable, and after a while your enunciation becomes clearer.
posted by sexyrobot at 10:25 PM on January 24, 2015

Try Patsy Rodenburg's books.
posted by Gin and Broadband at 3:19 AM on January 25, 2015

Seconding Patsy Rodenburg. Really good exercises and a nice philosophy to boot. The Right to Speak is a classic.
posted by aka burlap at 9:06 AM on January 25, 2015 [1 favorite]