Learn Daniel Radcliffe's British English Accent (Harry Potter) | Modern RP

Do I look like Daniel Radcliffe? Hehe lots of you have said that to me, so I thought it would be a fun idea to look at his British accent and analyse it.
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[@muso2007]

That Daniel guy looks like Harry Potter

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Right! Crazy how similar they are ; )

[@DanielR.122]

Maybe watch the video :D

[@thoughtfortheday7811]

@@nisroatulkhonita9635 I don't think he is. 😁

[@tracywallace8900]

@@thoughtfortheday7811 Hahaha😺

[@gauravneupane8658]

They probably are doppelganger 😂

[@wataru7709]

Daniel Radcliffe is a good-looking chap now! Could you possibly do a Scottish accent? Maybe Ewan McGregor?

[@mrhempco]

Thanks, *I’M GOING TO HOGWARTS!*

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

I'll come with you!

[@chrisspell1317]

You look like Daniel Radcliffe, so cute

[@hectorp.c6955]

He doesn’t

[@Lemonpie-s6g]

@@hectorp.c6955 I couldn't agree more

[@sindhv363]

Not being rude but i just wanna know in which angel he looks like dan

[@robertaderson3531]

@@sindhv363 may be you're blind that's why u cant notice

[@robertaderson3531]

@@sindhv363 well he actually doesn't look like Daniel but they look alike a bit with some certain similarities

[@LB-xx7rp]

Very interesting your explanation of "Linking" words! We have the same feature in French, it's called "une Liaison". For instance, to say "Plusieurs oiseaux" (which means "several birds"), we would pronounce the "s" sound between "plusieurs" and "oiseaux" (and blend the two words as you explained) even if the "s" sound is silent when "plusieurs" is pronounced alone (which makes the rule even trickier). This is in part what makes French so difficult to understand for foreigners.

[@livb6945]

Most languages do, which is, I think, one of the reasons why it's easier to learn to talk without reading first. When you learn separate words on paper, you expect to hear them in full, on their own, and that's rare

[@colilaobalioca]

Both of you: Daniel & the host, have such great accents. I'd like be enjoyable more about your next video clips because it provides no awkward moment to me during watching you speak, which mostly make me feel that way all the time after I watched other, it's about their account&mouth gestures. Bravo!!!

[@diahsafitri2149]

Please do Alex Lawther and Keira Knightley. Cheers!

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

Please do Keira Knightley! She's one of my favourite actresses! ❤

[@nurulprismayanti4521]

I totally agree with you! I've always wondered what accent Alex used.

[@martseagray]

Keira Knightley deserves a whole video. Her accent and intonation are great.

[@mamymimma]

Tom your explanations are so clear and interesting 👏Thanks a ton!

[@theuglypaulus]

After this i will watch again Harry potter.....

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Me too Paul! Filming it has made me want to go back and watch the first film when he was just 11 years old : )

[@DanielR.122]

i watched some of them last week :D

[@theuglypaulus]

Eat Sleep Dream English just finished watching “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets”....🙂🙂🙂

[@gauravpundir5446]

Next video: Learn Rupert Grint's (RON WEASLEY's) English accent

[@MrCharanjit1982]

Yes , I wanna his accent at once

[@diegosanhueza1757]

Tom Ellis accent! (Lucifer)

[@pristysavythri8639]

after Emma and Dan, do you have plan to do Rupert next?

[@DanielR.122]

hearing uptalk seems very kind for me

[@TheMadrid1974]

I love your accent and your videos! Thanks a lot!

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

That's awesome Paola, thanks for the kind comment and encouragement : )

[@maryraouf3505]

Hi Tom thank you for your great effort. Pls can you make a video about British traditions and custom ? Thank you in advance

[@mohamedarias2947]

One about Tom Holland’s accent please!! 💙

[@1dalmighty225]

so, niall is up next, and i just can't wait😂 "pOtatOoOoO"😂

[@lovember]

we took a chonce

[@atsuko1422]

When I knew he was a quite rapper, I was completely blown away!

[@newloggers]

Hello Tom :) Thank you so much for the video :) That's what I have been waiting for a long time as a big fan of Harry Potter :) I asked you to make a video about his accent and you did it :) Thanks again :) Modern RP is the one I wanna speak with and I am quite happy to have many features of the accent already :) Have a nice weekend mate :)

[@tharunavo653]

I was able to learn something new from your video as ever! This explicit video really helps me to improve my English thoroughly. Loads of love from me💙💙💙

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

That's great Tharu! I'm really glad you liked the video mate : )

[@cjhansen6618]

I love Daniel Radcliffe!! He such a talented actor. Could you possibly cover other Harry Potter cast members accents? Such as Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Warwick Davis and James and Oliver Phelps.

[@yasmeenshoaib154]

Thankyou so much.. I've been waiting for this video since more than a month.. Thanks again and Daniel Radcliffe looks a lot like you..

[@Cristinglish]

I love this!!! The more I listen different accents and how even natives don't have a 100% British English due to the American English influence, the more I love English language ❤❤. I still remember a teacher telling us to choose an accent otherwise we would sound stupid. I wish I could show her this!!

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Right! I feel like some teachers can be too prescriptive about what accent you should/shouldn't have and it's often based on their own prejudices. More to the point I think the best motivation for any student learning English should be to expose themselves to as many accents as possible because that's what they come across in every day life.

[@Cristinglish]

@@EatSleepDreamEnglish I couldn't agree more with you! Now that I'm teaching I'm providingy students with a wide range of different accents and I always show them them that x or y pronunciation is more British/American, and tell them to simply use the one they feel more comfortable when speaking, the aim is to be able to communicate with people, having an accent doesn't determine your fluency.

[@dipsikhadas816]

Yaah please complete 1D boys eagerly waiting for those videos. Niall and Liam🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@rociodangelo8219]

I'm still waiting a video of analyzing Liam Payne accent 👁👄👁🇦🇷

[@fatemeeftekhari2550]

He did it before, go and watch it in his channel

[@thephrontist]

I am a French learner too and I found "The Linking" here that you talked about, similar to the Linking we have in French grammar. Thanks for letting us learners know about this 👍

[@noeliaa.m.3327]

I'm a huge fan of your videos! They're always so good and help me learn a lot ♡

[@George-Armani-20]

Holy Cricket, you're Harry Potter!😯 (Hermione Granger)

[@mahdikhalifa3854]

You are great man

[@nisroatulkhonita9635]

Please do Hero Fiennes Tiffin.. I'll be thankful 💕

[@steveneardley7541]

As an American, Daniel Radcliffe's "uptalk" seems distinctively English. I can't think of any Americans who speak that way. And he was talking that way when he was doing his first movie, and so was Emma Watson. When I visited England yonks ago, I noticed it right off. I found it charming but definitely foreign.

[@varunnair2173]

Hello sir! Can you please make a video on *Joseph Morgan* From The Vampire Diaries🙏🙏. I want to learn his accent

[@pouriamoghaddam5862]

For God's sake please complete 1D boys Tom!

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Hehehe Niall is on the way ; )

[@1dalmighty225]

yesss yesss😂😂😂

[@1dalmighty225]

THANK YOU😂

[@pouriamoghaddam5862]

@@EatSleepDreamEnglish Thaaaank u sooo much!! Can't wait for it!!

[@anissacarter1299]

Eat Sleep Dream English i want liam

[@pattygalarce8019]

Thank you Tom I liked it

[@Tktktktktk-k7o]

I've been waiting straight for this :)))

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Hope you enjoyed it : )

[@FERDINANDVSLVCIVS]

What I find quite interesting is that all Britons will swear on the Bible that the flapped T is a feature of American English. But, honestly, when I was in London, I did hear it a lot all the time from people from all kinds of different backgrounds.

[@Metsa25]

These videos are so much fun.

[@tonyallen2356]

I'd love to see a video analysing David Bowie's accent

[@amandagoodman1272]

Yes please!

[@TheEnglishStop]

WOW 😲 This video was requested from someone last week. Well done, Tom 👏👏👏 It’s fantastic you listen to your audience! 🔝🔝

[@leoekaar1821]

Love the video! And I've learnt what "method acting" is among others things :) Thanks!

[@fatima-kn5xw]

Please do jodie comer her accent is so intersting

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Great suggestion! I love her accent : )

[@TheAtreyeeShill]

Okay... Now this is a thing I'd been waiting for a long time! Thanks a lot!

[@colleendevlin1580]

Please do Russell brand!!!

[@Nandanagopan145]

Yes!!!

[@VivienOge]

7:12 No Tom! That isn't what you would say. Actually, you'd say "read abou'already"😜 Huge fan here👍🏼 Enjoying every single bit of your teaching😍.

[@hectorp.c6955]

hey. I have heard A LOT of people using the “tap T” all across England (no matter what accent, scouse, london, manc, geordie, etc.) I don’t think it’s got anything to do with exposure to American English. Brits have started to use it since a long time ago. You use it at times as well

[@benowa]

I looked for this kind of video two months ago and I didn’t find anything. And now I just found what I was searching for! Thanks! 😁

[@tracywallace8900]

Yay!! Thank you for this...LOVE it❣❣❣❣

[@gladysenmarte]

Please, do a video with Charlie Hunnam's accent, he's british but moved to LA and lost most of his accent, it would be interesting if you analyze it ☺

[@vegaisfalling]

Ahhhhhh, thank you!! Great information! Coming from America, the true T and the uptalk intonation were very interesting to me- most of us pronounce words with t's in the middle like "wader" and such, because it's just less work than going "waTer". (Very interesting to hear that does get adopted by Brits exposed to Americian speech) For me I remember being at home watching some commericial and the actor onscreen pronounced every single T with a true t, and I found it really strange. It was overwhelming to *my* ears to hear her say every word like "kiTTen" over and over when I would say something like "ki {Glottal stop?} en". Course if you speak like this, it's beautiful, it was just totally different from what I was used to XD. With Uptalk I realized that conversationally- Americans DO do this all the time, took me a second because at first I thought "huh, isn't that reserved for questions?", but if I were to have a casual talk with friends I 100% use it too, didn't even realize XD. FRICK I love accents and speech!

[@oswaldodelgado2980]

I really like this vídeo because Daniel is a my favorite actor ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@mhero2397]

That's so helpful!! Could You do ABOUT ALAN RICKMANS Accent PLEASE!!!!

[@livb6945]

Wonderful suggestion!!

[@amre_006]

Daniel Radcliffe is such an amazing actor and person I love him he's so amazing and so is Harry Potter 😍😍

[@sofiazmanovskaia1144]

Brilliant work, as usual, Tom ❤ Can you, please, do the lesson based on the film called 'My fair lady'? It has so many great examples of the RP and the Cockney accents! Audrey Hepburn is one of the greatest representatives of the proper British accent in my opinion, and she's just charming... Hopefully, my suggestion was useful. Lots of love from Russia

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

That would be a great video to do and one that a lot of people would enjoy I think. I'm not sure if I'd be able to use too many clips from the film but let's see.

[@sofiazmanovskaia1144]

Thank you for taking up my offer! I do think a lot of people would like it:-) Looking forward to seeing the result!

[@rajashreeboral.680]

I luv watching and listen to their accent in Harry Potter movies. He's soo cute as well as harmoinee

[@karlinisadia5967]

Omg, my boy! Love it 🥰

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Glad you liked it Karlin : )

[@ashvinmalviya9606]

I really appreciate your priceless and sincere effort. ..Thanks a lot Master. ...

[@advnehaP]

It was indeed helpful.

[@mysaviourjesus4134]

Isn‘t the Flap T also used in Australian English? Maybe British people got it from there because I heard that more and more Australians live in Britain.

[@elisabasile7034]

We want Niall Horan (he's Irish) and Liam Payne. PLEASE DO THEM PLEASEE

[@marthaloamividalperez8738]

Thank you for make a video about him 🙌

[@amanigilbert4432]

I love this lesson, thank you very much 🙏

[@madahikhan3352]

Great video as always! Well, I think I'll start learning in skill share then... 💞💞

[@NoirL.A.]

the flapped 'T' is actually quite common throughout the world. even in the u.k. i've heard it quite alot i've even heard 'RP' speakers use it JOHN CLEESE does it on a regular basis. and, of course, extremely common in canada, oz and new zealand too. in fact i think of the 3 'T' sounds you mention in this vid the flapped 'T' is the most common of them all. the glottal 'T' is the rarest you really don't hear that outside the u.k. except in words like 'button' bu even then it's not as starkly noticeable as it is in alot of cases in the british isles (irish republic they use it quite alot too). i tend to think the flapped 'T' is so common because it's simply less effort to say it that way than the other two. australians also say 'budder' (butter) and 'wadder' (water) and ive always wondered why that is i really don't think it's down to american influence. you'd expect australians to do more of the other two 'T's since the accent is so much closer to an english accent but it seems like they never do it's almost always flapped. btw, the flapped 'T' is similar to a 'D' sound but not identical. 'D' as in 'dog' is said with much more emphasis than the flapped 'T'.

[@teachersusanute199]

Up talk - found that quite charming in Australia 😁

[@jardelsilveira7688]

Sometimes the British accent from South of England is also called BBC English. That would be exactly the same of modern RP accent?

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

Yes, that's another name for the RP accent, cause that's where most people get exposed to the British accent (at least in the UK and abroad). It's done for understanding and clarity.

[@flyingcat1937]

Great video again, I would like to see a John Bercow's English accent video.

[@ezgiilci6532]

I enjoy your videos so much thanks a lot, please do Alex Turner next 🙏

[@ВикторияСтроганова-н8у]

thanks!!! i'm from russia and daniel's accent is soooo beautiful for me. i like so much how he pronounces his line in the «hp and the deathly hallows 2» in that scene where harry says "why didn't you tell her" to draco malfoy. as for a russian girl it sounds for me like "why dinn ya tell e" and i was so confused when i heard it the first time. and obviously i love daniel radcliffe and i call him "danchik" in russian it's funny thanks for the video again!!!

[@Katiethatgirl1993]

Dear teacher Tom, I love your channel so much 😍 the work you are doing is incredible 😊please please please make a video breaking down accent/voice/manner of speech of Alan Rickman aka Severus Snape. Everyone is talking about his incredible and unique type of voice so please enlighten us, Severus Snape fans, on this matter. 🖤🖤🖤

[@X00gaem]

that was incredible Job Tom beside I have sign for skill share

[@aldanacereto]

Now it's rob Pattinson's turn!

[@emem3596]

Wow! You look like him 😲

[@RichiEnglish]

Ever thought of non-native accents? Eastern European (Hungarian), for instance, and the feats of it? I, now, am at your service, my Liége... :D Luv yer accent videos. I'd luv t' see Sean Bean once. :D Legend, he is.

[@livb6945]

Yesss!!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Daniel has lived in NY for over a decade and has an American girlfriend. Maybe you could do a little research on the person? 🤔

[@hussameldinahmed280]

When i saw the Harry Potter's picture I thought that one is you... You look like Harry Potter... Nice video thank 👍

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Hehe for real? Do you think I look like him Hussam?

[@kalliopiplatanou2320]

Love your videos ❤ Could you also do Hero Fiennes-Tiffin's accent sometime?

[@injujuan8993]

Is Daniel your brother? You guys look so alike 😊😊😊💖💖💖

[@tazdevlz]

Another Harry that I fancy besides Styles 😚😍

[@muammarihsan10]

Could you make a conversation video with someone who has Liverpool accent . cheers😁

[@michelehudson4865]

Still loving you videos. Just subscribed recently so catching up with older ones. Have you done Emily Blunt?

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Thanks Michele, no I haven't done her yet but she's on the list for sure!

[@MightyUnderdog]

Yap! I knew it was coming! Daniel Radcliffe, the boy who lived

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Hehehehe hope you enjoyed it buddy : )

[@englishmadeeasy1423]

Great video

[@rehaanmahmood4568]

Can you please make a video on Gordon Ramsay's accent?

[@enamiwa6410]

First I opened this video was like: "Ow, am I watching Daniel's channel?" Well, you look like him.

[@daniellemoscury7367]

You should do Daniel Kaluuya's accent! (request from another Daniel!)

[@yashvi9735]

I wanted to ask which accent do you speak?

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

I guess you might say it's modern RP as well but it depends where I am. If I'm speaking casually with friends I'll have more cockney influences in my accent so it's something between modern RP and cockney. In this video it's much ore modern RP though.

[@mkusisimkusisi989]

You're a good teacher. Could you talk about the accent spoken by Sadiq Khan,please?

[@calincucuietu8220]

the long a in bath does not seem to me to be a really distinctive feature of RP. I think it as an exception to the short a rule

[@johnwanderin3872]

Do you think that as an American, it’s possible I’ve picked up some English ways of saying things because even from a young age I was watching English shows, movies (grew up on Monty Python) and interviews with English musicians (considering some of my favorite bands are the Beatles, Kinks, Oasis and Radiohead). I mean I’m 32 now and can remember being exposed to a lot of different English accents as early as 6 or 7.

[@diegorangel3493]

Could you make a video of Matt Bellamy's accent, please? 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@heliakm4351]

For a moment I thought that’s you acting like Daniel

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Hehehe do we really look that similar?

[@heliakm4351]

Eat Sleep Dream English yeah it’s like you are his father, uncle or something😅

[@jyotsanajoshi223]

May b his twin brother 😁

[@dreamer4957]

@@heliakm4351 no he is daniel himself considering his age

[@stayysid]

FINALLY 💖

[@yuliaalisova5114]

thanks for the video, very curious. what I am thinking about is your own pronouncing s sound, have you got a little bit of lisping regarding it? sorry if it sounds rude to ask, but we are speaking about pronounciation here, and I want to clear things up for myself

[@lucindawinehouse2002]

I speak with Contemporary R.P and have done for about 10 years I’m 18 years old now but I realised my accent was changing from an early age ( I was about 8 years old i think) . I also pronounce the T sound in 3 ways , I use the Pronounced T I will sometimes use the glottal T and sometimes I use the Flap T which is the /d/ sound

[@NoirL.A.]

what accent did you have originally and did you make a conscious effort to switch to 'RP'? if so why? i'm curious.

[@lucindawinehouse2002]

@@NoirL.A. it was a northern Accent (Manchester Accent) and I hated my old accent because I thought my accent was ugly I am 19 almost 20 years old now .

[@NoirL.A.]

@@lucindawinehouse2002 no way i'm yankee but i lived in urmston fer 2 1/2 years. i'm not english so i don't hold the same prejudices but i don't think any of the accents in that area are ugly i quite like them even scouse which i know alot of people hate. and quite charming on females even if a bit masculine. evryone in that area really liked my accent too (they don't get alot of yankees in that area so i was a novelty) so as far as that went all worked out well (my gf at the time could listen to me talk fer hours). fer all concerned. lol. i'd be interested to hear yer accent but it looks like u don't post anythang. even though you switched to 'RP' i'd guess there's still some manchester mixed in?

[@lucindawinehouse2002]

@@NoirL.A. Not really It’s been 10 years since I’ve been speaking like this so my Manchester accent is the one I’m starting to lose

[@NoirL.A.]

over here the full on 'T' sound is basically only at the start of the word or in a few words like "detect" other than that the "flapped T' is absolutely the norm in all yankee accents. there's a slight tiny glottal stop in words like "button" but the big glottal stop in words like "butter" des not exist at all. i like the glottal stop in u.k. / irish accents but i would never use it myself. even the time i lived in the u.k. i never used it once. do you have any examples of yer accent? i'd be interested to hear it. plus i know all over england no matter where you are there is a certain number of people who speak RP it's not just im the south.

[@pedro-pablovicentei1781]

Please make a video about Karl Urban. He's from New Zealand, so he speaks in kiwi accent, but I'm jolly curious about his interpretation of Billy Butcher in The Boys, where his character is a cockney. I reckon he does the cockney accent so well, but dunno about the real facts of that.

[@joananr8019]

Did you watch Game of Thrones? I think that would make a great example of using accents to use in your videos, btw I really love your lessons, they're awesome 🥰

[@jwb52z9]

In modern RP, why is there a difference in pronunciation between the A in "bath" and the A in "acting"? I was just about to say uptalking is annoying before you mentioned it and I'm American. It's especially so when you meet someone who has that kind of cadence that is "sing-songy".

[@jillhobson6128]

Northerners pronounce the A in bath as the A in acting We don't say Barth

[@ireneameena1450]

What kind of accent is yours? Yours sounds just like Daniel’s to me but maybe that’s just an American viewpoint

[@anithachandran14]

Mine Irene Ameena is Indian

[@leonardowilhelmdicaprio999]

Pretty much Modern Received Pronunciation.

[@angelx6736]

This is exactly how I speak. Sometimes I pronounce my Ts and other times I don't, it just depends on how fast I'm talking lol

[@mihira9303]

we want lessons on Rupert Grint's and Tom Felton's accents too..