Hilarious English Accent Spoof Pharma Ad

Bob wakes up one morning with a weird accent and dreams of a miracle cure. In this spoof pharma ad by mimic and polyglot, Dave Huxtable, Bob gets more than he bargained for when the cure is worse than the disease, and he ends up fast switching between more than 15 accents from around the world.

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Hi all. I hope you enjoy this little exploration of some accents.

[@johnlocal4535]

Brightened my day!

[@ianmorgan1325]

Bril!

[@georgina3358]

This is excellent! Great fun

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

Very good. I used to do various accents at work to entertain myself. Despite being from California and sounding pretty normal for Southern Cal, or British Columbia, some people asked if I was Russian. I have noticed that British accents are easy as even if you get it wrong, well, somewhere someone in the British Isles talks that way. Its the slang that is the problem and the words like jumper for sweater or trainers for sneakers only I call them running shoes. Lorry is easy then you ruddy BLEEPS tos in milk float.

[@georgina3358]

@@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv Hmm, I'm not convinced that all British accents are easy. Have you tried to find your way round a Geordie accent from up North? I'm from the north and find it hard to reproduce

[@elideangeli5098]

“do not take axagon if you are allergic to axagon” got the american ads spot on there 😂

[@lorettemontgomery5649]

"Call your doctor if you experience cardiac arrest..."🤣

[@fernthaisetthawatkul5569]

i CHOKED when it said "guns and bullets magazine" 😂 this is a comedic masterpiece that deserves to be put in a museum next to bong joon ho's speech about subtitles

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Glad you like it.

[@nicolemurray449]

there actually is a magazine called "garden & gun"....

[@remycallie]

Traditionally we refer to such magazines as "Chicks and Ammo."

[@neoillogic]

the french accent at the end is soo soo good lol

[@pascalvirmoux-jackson5425]

"Spontaneous Accent Acquisition Syndrome" > LOL

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

Superb. You do the accents convincingly. With northern Irish you seemed more aggressive, with Welsh more placid, and with Brummie, well anyway, nicely done.

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Thank you. I did once have a very aggressive colleague fro Holywood, County Down.

[@kyrakia5507]

This seriously does deserve tonnes more views and likes

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Thanks Kyrakia. Do feel free to share widely.

[@andrewpeacock4695]

Loved this! After living in the US for almost 40 years, I still have not lost my British accent. People ask where my accent is from all the time. My standard response is "I don't have an accent. You have the accent." This generally makes people stop and think about what they are actually saying.

[@Trancefreak12]

I think they know full well what they're saying, but they're just noting that the accent that you have is not the accent that people local to your area usually have. It's a valid question because having an accent atypical of an area is often a good indication of having lived a significant portion outside the area. I'd hazard a guess that your response makes people stop because it seems a bit brash, not because they discover their inconsideration. Also, your response "I don't have an accent" contradicts your statement that you have not lost your British accent. I've a hunch that you phrase your response in this way because you feel that Americans don't believe that they have accents. But asking where your accent is from in no way implies that.

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

@@Trancefreak12 Pedant. Unt var is yoor blooody axcent from yuh blooody dweeb? An dont confuss peedant with peedairaist.

[@ramamonato5039]

Received Pronunciation (RP) is actually plain speaking. It is accentless way of speaking English. However, RP is often regarded as British English since it was born in Great Britain.

[@poosh6529]

RP is the best

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

@@ramamonato5039 RP is definitely an accent. ALL version of English have an accent. RP was not even close the accent of Queen Elizabeth. Which was way before the Great Vowel Shift or the invasion of Italian nannies. RP is indeed an accent ya blooody posh. Uh bet yu wear in Fe Ooopah Clash Twit uhv fe Yar computwition.

[@SunnyCress]

Axagon has caused regicide absolutely killed me

[@Onbehaard]

What a treat! Thanks very much. Admiration and jealousy in equal measure.

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@selladore4911]

THE FINAL "dja min" is PERFECT

[@LieutenantGarber]

Brilliant!!! Its intriguing how it takes listeners (me, at least) a few seconds to identify which accent youre doing when you switch, like you brain has to tune to a new frequency.

[@CGDubz87]

That American accent is so good, it hurts my brain knowing that's not your real accent 😂

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Thank you! Where are you from?

[@CGDubz87]

@@DaveHuxtableLanguages Rhode Island US!

[@Peaceluvr18]

American here from NYC. I can tell a *little*. something about the consonant "c" in accent and the "L" is a bit dark

[@johnblue5399]

Bravo! This is a really fun idea which showcases not only your accent wizardry, but also some reasonable acting chops. I'm digging the pathos man, I feel Bob's pain.

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Thank you!

[@Meme-dp9gn]

@@DaveHuxtableLanguages can I ask a question please , why is it that some people can mimic and accent easy ,where others like myself ,who have moved from Scotland to England at 16 yrs ,who’s accent has never changed for example my now adult sons have an London ( west) accent ,but I am completely unable to pronounce things as they do , I suppose I’m asking if there are some people who are unable to change their accent beyond childhood ,and why might this be ?

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

@@Meme-dp9gn Hi. I think it’s very much like any other skill that you get good at if you practise for a long time. There’s also a theory that there’s a critical age for language learning. Younger kids will change their accents completely if they move somewhere new, whereas teenagers might never sound like natives of their new environment. It can also be about motivation. I live in California and know another British family with a six year old who has lived here all his life and still sounds totally English.

[@Meme-dp9gn]

@@DaveHuxtableLanguages thanks for your response , I think I might be tone deaf lol love your ,channel just discovered it I found the story of your early obsession very interesting it’s wonderful that you have managed to translate it into a occupation . It’s very interesting oh I’m sure you know this but have you noticed how Yiddish is becoming widely used in normal language , I suppose it’s Eastenders and American t.v I grew up with it ,but didn’t realise until school no one understood thanks again

[@songtraveler]

Just delightful, and a wonderful sendup of all those "accent reduction" courses. Don't change your accent, whatever it is. Accents are wonderful and should be celebrated.

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Glad you enjoyed it. And yes, accents are wonderful and should indeed be celebrated!

[@breakfreak3181]

That was really well done. Excellent! Edit: I presume that you did *all* the accents in the video? The American accent in the Axagon commercial clips is particularly impressive! There's not a hint of British English in it, and you've got the inflections you actually hear on American adverts down perfectly!

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Yes, I did all the accents. I’m glad to hear that about American. I’m always self conscious dining that for some reason.

[@kray9438]

@@DaveHuxtableLanguagesthis why your Axagon™ stopped working. You have to stop dining. I stopped dining and all my accents and voice completely disappeared. I now use the late great Hawking© text to speech app, and seeing as Axagon® has made me completely deaf too i can’t hear the app’s voice at all. No more issues, well except the accents in my head.

[@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa]

This is pure art, Dave! More of this, please!

[@Svensk7119]

"In some cases, Axagon has led to.... and regicide." That is hilarious! I got a Bart Simpson vibe! Bart calling the Springfield Emergency Automated System. Frustrated, he punches a random set of numbers to hear, "You have selected 'Regicide'! If you know the name of the king or queen who is being murdered, press one!"

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

I love it!

[@Svensk7119]

@@DaveHuxtableLanguages That Simpsons episode..... it was a spoof of the Jimmy Stewart film where he had a broken leg and was looking out the window with a telescope. Rear Window? That was an old episode, and one of my favorites. Twenty years old? Maybe a twitch more? Anyway, after I watched that episode, and remembered the word regicide, I realized Regicidal Maniac would be a good name for a band.

[@hollylaw8272]

Born in Ohio to WVA dad and SC mom who's family was from KY Appalachia, went to college, got married to a FL man and lived out west for over 20 years... Nobody in the US can pin point where I'm from. I worked as an ESL teacher for several years and was greatly loved because of my very un-accented, clearly pronounced consonants, American accent. I get complements when I pay bills over the phone to companies using foreign employees. 😂😅😊

[@NihonNiv]

That was amazing! As a fellow lover of languages and accents (especially all the wonderful various accents of the English language, which I love to try and imitate as best as I can), this video was a real treat. I discovered your channel a couple days ago and I've been enjoying your videos immensely. They're right down my alley. By the way, as a native French speaker, I'm very impressed by the quality of your French accent, both in English and when you speak French. It's quite rare to hear native English speakers with such a solid mastery of French pronunciation and accent. Hats off to you, Dave! Thank you for providing quality content for language buffs like us! :)

[@SGresponse]

Oh my god, I am having the same issues. My accent is a drifter and tends to roll somewhat betwix LA, TX, London suburbs and Petersburg of all places. For me it's a genetic thing and I've been trying multiple natural therapies to alleviate the symptoms. So far the best for me was a diet change: sweared off haggis and white bread and started regularly drinking goat milk everyday. It still does act up occasionally around full moon, but otherwise seems relatively stable.

[@georgina3358]

Glad that the change in diet seems to be helping

[@fearfeasog]

Late to the party but this is brilliant! How it has only 850 likes is a mystery. Anywee, lurved et!

[@bootsy2022]

phononormitol -- the graphics! the lighting! you are a genius with language and comedy. guffaws!

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Great to hear that you like this one. This is the idea that got me into creating for KZbin in the first place. I had such fun making it, as as you sat, I put a lot of effort into the graphics and lighting etc.

[@silviapicerni8905]

Absolutely Brilliant!!!

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Thanks Silvia!

[@andrew4635]

I absolutely lost it when you switched to French xD

[@rubenofthemoon6805]

You are on your own comical level. Wow

[@Brucebod]

OH, my gosh! LOVE love _loved_ it! So good to laugh, today especially. But you know, when I watch southerners talking in any video, within five minutes I will develop a southern accent myself. If I am drunk, that accent will last until the next day. Weird, right?

[@captaincorky237]

My God - you have some of those accents absolutely right. Better than I could, and I am a brit. You got scouse, brummie, and a lowland scottish accent dead right. You even managed a South Wales accent at one poing. The only person I can think of who can do it better is the American actor Peter Dinklage, who can do an accent for a specific area of the Welsh Wales coast so well that my father at first refused to believe he was not from there. Seriously, have you never thought of making money from your talent?

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Thank you! I am actually a Brit too. I’ll check out Peter Dinklage. As for making money, I have thought about it…

[@jakes2305]

"Phononormitol" made me laugh out loud :)

[@laurabasola4081]

Excellent 😂😂😂 and so well done 🎉!!!

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Thank you!! 😁

[@musicnerd436]

the french at the end.....

[@gary.h.turner]

...immediately followed by the hilarious contrast of the Cockney, with "D'ya know wo' ah mean?" 😂🤣

[@katec9893]

Oh my gosh this is hilarious, I love the Australian to Brummie shift! And later I think it went direct from New York to Yorkshire. Brilliant.

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

So glad you like it.

[@colinmacdonald5732]

Well, you would imagine a York York transition would be fairly seemless.

[@oldsoldier181]

First, hitting damn near every accent and inflection, in the last bit, was brilliant! I think I identified most of them-even the regional ones :). Second, and this is the meat of this: the "general American" accent is amusing, as I dont think there is such a thing, unless you are a newscaster :). They typically have what we colloquially call a "flat" accent-its non regional specific. The pronounce their Rs (something we drop here in New England, and even then, its highly localized), the dont add an R to words like washing (out west, its "warshing"). Hearing the general american accent to me, at least, is someone using the "newsie" American accent :). Anyway, brilliant! New sub here-I LOVE languages!

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Many thanks for taking the time to write this. So glad you enjoyed it. Warsh is limited to Appalachian, Midland and Ozarks speech, as well as Northern Ireland.

[@oldsoldier181]

@@DaveHuxtableLanguages And some parts of the pacific northwest :). Spent 3 years there...I think they picked up the Rs that us New Englanders dropped :)

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

@@oldsoldier181 fascinating!

[@electra424]

This is amazing!!! 😂😂😂

[@sharonweinberg2054]

Fabulous. Just the levity I needed at the end of a long day. Thank you.

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

My pleasure. Glad you liked it.

[@briggsquantum]

Another brilliant performance and video!

[@TaniaMcCartney]

Loved this so much! Thanks for the giggle

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

You are so welcome!

[@haljalykakik2384]

As a native speaker of North Central American English (I'm from Minnesota), I have to say your accent around 2:37 is pretty spot on! The only quibble is that Brainerd is in Minnesota, not North Dakota-- but you probably know that, and are just saying ND to illustrate the odd way we speak around here. Either way, well done! Our accent is definitely, uh, "interesting", but it isn't easy to do without a lot of practice or exposure.

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Thank you. Good to hear I did it justice. I only realized my geographical mistake one the video was out.

[@gytan2221]

I have this problem. Because I’m mixed (have families from two different countries) it causes me to have two accents when I’m speaking normally… some words I pronounce in one way and other words are pronounced in another way.

[@SkyCloudSilence]

This is so wonderful. Bless you! Bravo 🙏

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Thank you! You too!

[@francissreckofabian01]

Brilliant. Just brilliant. Well done.

[@yannschonfeld5847]

I do a Breton accent in French the way old timers (native Breton speakers speaking French) used to. The problem is, most of them have died off. I learnt to speak Breton 45 years ago (the Tregor region dialect) which sounds like a heavier West Country accent or more exactly the Cornish accent as it was once pronounced in the Penwith area.

[@HotelPapa100]

I love railing up people who claim having no accent, as if an accent were a flaw, something to be corrected. You may speak with the accent that is most standard and accepted in your culture. It's still an accent.

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Absolutely. It was that attitude that prompted me to make this video.

[@rdizzy1]

It would only "be an accent" to people that don't have that same accent, that is how accents work.

[@douglasbrandt4068]

Funny, that's how i sound when i try to put on an Australian accent: i talk for five minutes with a litany of accents in an effort to zero in on the target. Lol

[@aharonmoyal4905]

I mean... The Batman costume was pretty nuts

[@TheKahota]

OMG, this was brilliant and hilarious! You nailed every single one seemingly effortlessly. I was laughing out loud and clapping with each switch.

[@Basementn3k0]

this is an accurate representation of my adhd lol

[@lanceklein2746]

You have a gift, my fraynd

[@MrsGrey]

Brilliant! Thank you!

[@mhm8922]

Totally hilarious! I had to watch the ending multiple times.

[@rsfaeges5298]

AMAZING!!!

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Thank you.

[@thelatemickb6927]

Fantastic

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Thank you so much 😀

[@GrahamAstles]

Hilarious. Loved it.

[@caramelldansen2204]

Brilliant!!

[@NSBarnett]

Brilliant!

[@akf2000]

😂😂😂 came here from the link on the singing accent video. This guy would be one of my dream dinner party guests

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Are you a good cook?

[@JudgeBen]

This is genius!

[@brendonlepage5576]

This is brilliant hilarious and great production values. I missed sarf efricen English 😢

[@msmith3090]

That was amazing!

[@pagle958]

this is hilarious thank you

[@R08Tam]

I can recommend this product. A man with a tinfoil hat introduced me to it

[@mirandelf]

This is fab!

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Glad you think so.

[@gerrycoogan6544]

Pure stoatin', big yin! 🤣

[@jiggermast]

The Northern Irish is a killer! Lol! Will Axagon inflate my flat Northern vowels? I don't mind the side effects.

[@rayian5891]

So funny. Great job

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Thanks Ray.

[@rapidpig]

It's a big subject I suppose, but would you consider an episode/series as a guide to IPA? I'm fascinated by mouth noises, so I've always harboured a desire to learn it. I'm sure you'd be the ideal guide.

[@laurabasola4081]

What is IPA please?

[@rapidpig]

International Phonetic Alphabet...!

[@trismegistusqueeg9565]

North Dakota. That's an interesting one.

[@BubboPants]

Though it features prominently in the movie Fargo, which is in North Dakota, Brainerd itself is in Minnesota.

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Jeez! Thanks for pointin that out. That’s real neighborly of ya.

[@Ned-Ryerson]

I loved the little bit of East Anglian at the end.

[@SlipSerVo]

Brilliant

[@selladore4911]

the russian accent is amazing

[@spence_da_fence]

HANDSDOWN BEST VIDEO EVER😂😂😂😂😂😂 you had me laughing like a madman😅😅😅😅

[@subs4794]

Wow! I never realized this was such a serious problem. I used to laugh at and make fun of people with this condition. I'm sorry if I offended people with such bloody weird af foreign accents.

[@1234j]

Why oh why oh why isn't this showing viewing figures just shy of* baby shark doo doo do do do do? Eh? EH?? *Or many, many more Signed, Someone with Accent Drift: on a good day, it stays within a few postcodes, but on a severe day, grab yer passport and buckle up😂🎉

[@benedettobruno1669]

One more video that got me cracking. 😆😆😆

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

Okay, I thought this was a real product. 😅

[@cruxofthecookie]

This is hilarious :)

[@massmanute]

Your standard American accent was 98% perfect. Why not 100% perfect? Well, nobody's perfect.

[@atomic32205489]

This is SO me! I can't help picking up peoples accents. Most of the time it's no big deal, but there are times when it is. If Aragon was real would take it.

[@larsfrandsen2501]

F’ing brilliant!!

[@kennethbrush7300]

So funny. I can so relate.

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@willholland1697]

I've lived all over the uk and these accents are very impressively delivered! But as a cornish lad I can't quite place what accent goes to the Apple store

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

That you! Compooter guy is from Norfolk.

[@ianmorgan1325]

I'm calling my doctor now to get my hands on some Axagon.

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Watch out for the side effects.

[@samsun216]

Briliiant!

[@penashe17]

Hilarious!

[@naskray]

That is an amazing video!!!!🤩👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 There are not enough of likes and views! It’s a true masterpiece! lI lllllllloved! Thank you so much❤

[@hollywebster6844]

😂 I so needed prolonged laughter today! Thank you thank you thank you for developing Axagon!

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

My pleasure!

[@user-su6bf9pp6b]

This is madcap genius. How is this not the most viewed video on YT? I have a question only Mr. Huxtable can answer: I think most would agree English sounds so much better when spoken with (most) British accents, versus pretty much any American accent? Do other languages also sound better when spoken with a British accent versus American accent??

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

It is odd that it has never really taken off. As for which accents sound better, I think it might be a case of the other person’s grass being greener. I know that banks in the UK often have call centres in Scotland since people perceive Scottish accents as trustworthy. I mostly prefer foreign languages in their own accents, but I’ve heard French and Chinese spoken in very posh British and that was quite amusing.

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

It's probably a form of tourettes. 😂 Though seriously tourettes actually can manifest in saying words and phrases in a different accent.

[@briankane6547]

NAY lad - me gone.

[@webz3589]

I swear he has more of an accent after taking the drug.

[@Svensk7119]

Indian to Kennedy-esque Massachusettsan! But seriously, what thinkest thou about foreign accent syndrome?

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

I must admit I was unaware of it when I made this video. From what I can tell, it’s a condition that affects peoples ability to articulate speech sounds. This gives them a weird accent that family randomly identifies as British or Chinese and the media then runs with that.

[@LearnRunes]

Anyone think too many people have been taking this lately?

[@leornendeealdenglisc]

LOL!

[@RudieVissenberg]

So funny 😂 Come and visit the Netherlands and get infected with our accent.

[@AA-eq2zq]

My own accent situation isn't actually that far off lmao

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

You need Axagon !

[@rdizzy1]

Makes me think about how my mom cannot understand people with almost any accent aside from her own, we sound like the "general american accent". She wouldn't even be able to understand what you were saying in this video, other than when you did the american accent. She can't watch any british TV shows or movies with british actors, or asian/indian accents on the phone cannot understand what they are saying enough to hold a conversation. (Same with southern US accents) It does not matter if they speak perfect english, if there is an accent that is even mildly different than ours, she can't grasp what they are saying.

[@Mallyhubz]

Foreign Accent Syndrome is a real thing!

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

It is. That’s something I only discovered later. Of course I have no intention of mocking the afflicted. Real FAS doesn’t actually involve patients acquiring real accents - they just lose some control of the organs of speech. People hearing them sometimes think their speech resembles another accent and of course the media pick up on that.

[@georgesamuels3402]

So genuine question. And just to let you know, I'm mixed race Irish/ Jamaican. Why is it that every accent you do is totally backed up by your facial expression> Is tongue placement connected to mouth shape and facial muscle movement when speaking? A natural sense we are born with? If I watch a black person, for this example, Trent Alexander-Arnold, speak, he really looks like a Liverpudlian. But seeing any none white dude speak Scottish, or Irish for that matter, looks kinda weird. And not super natural. It's a messed up question I know, but something that's always been in my mind. Is it an expectation thing? Being a mixed race Yorkshire kid living in Jersey and Madrid during the 90/2000's, I was hit with the old "Shit, I didn't expect you to have a Yorkshire accent" line many times. A cool young black kid living in Madrid in 2002, speaking like someone from Emmerdale Farm, was kinda mad to some people lol

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Cool question and I love the idea of a black Yorkshireman in Spain. I think I do the facial expression thing subconsciously as a way of slipping from one accent to the next. It is definitely all about tongue position and which muscles are relaxed and which are tightened etc. but there’s nothing to stop any kid from any background picking up a perfect version of the accent where they grow up. You remind me of an experience I had running a training course once in Karachi. Everyone on the course looked and dressed alike, ethnically Pakistani and wearing traditional clothing. Some were local and others were Brits. It was real hard to tune in as whenever someone asked a question it was hard to predict if they’d have a Pakistani, Scottish, Geordie or Cockney accent.

[@ahartify]

I have a New Zealand acceent. Is there any cure for thus?

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

They’re working on it.