Russell Howard Proves That English Accents Aren't Sexy | Live Comedy

Russell Howard reads Fifty Shades of Grey to proves that English accents aren't sexy at all on Russell Howard's Stand Up Central.
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[@zarabee3328]

When they say British accent is the sexiest they mean Tom Hiddlestons accent

[@megapichu4372]

Yep

[@thoscheitrash643]

Absolutely 😂

[@brookemcleod4271]

Who

[@DarkAnGeL14054]

@@brookemcleod4271 Loki

[@brookemcleod4271]

@@DarkAnGeL14054 oooooh, thxs

[@NancyWheelersHugeassRifle]

The people who said that English accents are sexy are probably the same people who think we're all just posh tea drinkers

[@zackdimma8060]

Fam a Yorkshire accent (me) is supposed to be one of the most honest and sexy accents in the world

[@bt3743]

@@zackdimma8060 If its jodie whittakers then a yorkshire accent is adorable but def not sexy.

[@zackdimma8060]

B Tambling trust fam luck it up

[@TopKekMadLad]

@@zackdimma8060 I'm from yorkshire aswell.. bit of an odd one.

[@zackdimma8060]

TopKekMadLad the start of last year I moved down south my accent gets the piss taken out of it XD

[@kendobunny]

Though to be fair, there isn't an accent in the world that could make 50 Shades arousing.

[@AbsolXGuardian]

Yeah it's an unfair bar to cross.

[@ElysianAngel]

Thats what I was going to say! XD

[@ricebeansrockroll882]

Thinking the same.

[@e.b.2339]

actually, I saw a clip of Charles Dance reading it and he made the impossible possible! but I guess he could read a telefon register and it would sound incredible

[@FlagCutie]

Very true

[@jalapenojade]

They’re talking about the Poshens. Y’know, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joe Lycett, etc.

[@musicmadflea]

Can you imagine Joe lycett reading this 😂😂😂

[@jalapenojade]

Fran Jones “I’m from Birmingham. You’d never guess would you? No. Never had the accent, I was born better.”

[@forvergone4784]

Not sure I agree with Benadryl Cumquatsnatch considering he can't pronounce penguin but yeah

[@ultramovzardproductions1940]

Compared to you they’re posh. That’s the proper accent in England, it’s how words are supposed to be pronounced

[@forvergone4784]

@@ultramovzardproductions1940 imagine correcting someone on the English language and using the wrong form of there/their/they're

[@princey2825]

What they say: British accents What they mean: Tom Hiddleston, Tom Holland and Harry Styles

[@nienkehuijbens301]

Anachronistic Ash benedict cumberbatch, helloo

[@dr.s.choudhury8089]

Henry Cavill tooooo

[@miarose7315]

Benedict Cumberbatch too

[@akakazemscd]

Sarah Millican ought to make the list for sure.

[@SS-mt6jx]

And Tom Ellis

[@IronGirlGrace]

I would gladly pay to listen to him read the whole book in various UK accents, just randomly switching throughout.

[@jaz.s2k2]

The Welsh one had me dying 🤣

[@hannahr8389]

Real question is why does he have a copy of fifty shades of grey

[@arisamwell2190]

Just because

[@armorhide406]

He's married

[@georgia_3957]

Bit of light reading

[@bowmaj8666]

For jokes like this!

[@Ramazvous]

Because, thats his lil secret.

[@shoyomakesstuff]

I know it’s not an English one, it’s Irish, but I really wanna see him try and read this book in a Kerry accent

[@Ada-kr4io]

Oh yes

[@katiemcdonagh4048]

That would be class

[@serazharkova7564]

That would be unintelligible I would love to see it omg

[@danisnotonchairs3561]

I wanna see him try and read this book as the queen

[@colourlessvoid]

Tom Hiddleston: am I a joke to you? We all know Tom Hiddleston has the sexiest voice in the world

[@Kai-qd1le]

Wow, bold statement when we live in a world with Morgan Freeman, David Attenborough, James Earl Jones, Liam Neeson and Sean Connery

[@bi_cycle]

Y'all sleepin on Charles Dance

[@Kai-qd1le]

@@bi_cycle omg yes Tywin Lannister and also lets not forget Alan Rickman!!

[@TheImmortalLEGO]

@@Kai-qd1le God damn David Attenborough is the sexiest beast alive.

[@Sorikee]

@@Kai-qd1le Jeremy Irons has a pretty good voice also I think

[@YetAnotherGeorgeth]

That Birmingham accent was in several parts of the West Midlands at once!

[@dustyrose192]

Sounded a bit black country to me

[@madiclarke3297]

Especially Coventry

[@LEAboopshadoop]

As some one from the West Midlands I totally feel this 😂😂

[@madiclarke3297]

thelocketwoman the accent is either Coventry Birmingham or roadman for the West Midlands

[@KaitlynBurtonISaGOD]

I'm a wierd mix cause my mums from Yorkshire but her dad did live in manchester and her mum in Coventry. Then my dads from Wolverhampton near Dudley.

[@halfdaebak]

apparently Scottish was voted the second sexiest and as a Scottish person I strongly disagree

[@bpg9992]

Morningside in Edinburgh is no bad it’s nice and crisp

[@timber_linn]

By scottish accent they mean Outlander 😂😂 We dont all talk that smooth

[@bandotaku]

As an American, Scottish sounds like a rougher version of an "English" accent. More rugged. And those that like it that way prefer it. Think Gerard Butler. While I'm not a fan of the mumbly way he speaks, like he's trying to talk through a cheese grater, it's the image that comes up when I think about the accent. Now, David Tennant 's accent, I absolutely love!

[@thundabolt7867]

@@bandotaku maybe if your thinkin the north east no scot has the same dialogue to a southerner thats why when any of them move south they never pass Newcastle

[@bandotaku]

@@thundabolt7867 Ah, ok, that's interesting

[@FlorenceFox]

To be fair, Fifty Shades of Grey isn't a very sexy book, as desperately as it's trying to be. It's just some gross dude acting like a creep written by someone who has absolutely no idea how BDSM works.

[@AvaNightingale]

Wish it was written by a dude

[@ctkairos]

Proud sub to be the 100th like for this comment, lol!

[@robyndare7723]

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE FOLKS IN THE BACK

[@valentinapetraeterovicbubl2756]

As a member of the bdsm community can confirm

[@robynvanrensburg3812]

@@valentinapetraeterovicbubl2756 kek, gang

[@RavenSutcliffe]

Please someone make Michael Sheen read that in his actual Welsh accent. None of us is gonna be able to breathe till he stops

[@mollymcbride2481]

I’m still so sad Gilbert godfried didn’t audio the whole trilogy. 🥹

[@RavenSutcliffe]

@@mollymcbride2481 why would you remind me of that extremely cursed knowledge 🤣

[@sarahno4748]

It's like saying someone has an "American accent" and then imitating John Wayne.

[@sarahno4748]

@Bigfoot Sure we do:)

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

I'm an American expat and it kills me every time someone with a thick native accent (any country) does the John Wayne impression and inevitably talks about hamburgers and guns 😂😂😂

[@Udontkno7]

We do all sound like John Wayne though???

[@sarahno4748]

Now git on yer horse.

[@janrupertalfeche8959]

@@Udontkno7 have you been to the Chicago Suburbs? Na fam.

[@mandipandi303]

This is the hardest I've laughed during quarantine.

[@buloobee]

same honestly 😂

[@AutumnFire1414]

I made the mistake of listening to this (not watching) while at work and I thought I was going to die trying to suppress my laughter.

[@ulodetero]

Micky Flanagan reference at the end. Nice!

[@inspire4179]

He didn’t try the Geordie accent. Now that would be interesting. Whey aye man!

[@julianhermanubis6800]

I really wanted to hear that reading done in Geordie.

[@samuelvega6082]

Lol, I also wanted to hear him try Geordie too. Not sure if Russell's looking for suggestions, but I wonder what the reading would sound like in either a Yorkshire, or even a Belfast accent?

[@greaterbritannia5745]

As someone from Birmingham, he’s nailed our accent

[@maggpiprime954]

Omigod what did he nail it to??

[@greaterbritannia5745]

maggPi Prime ok smart arse

[@maggpiprime954]

@@greaterbritannia5745 💙

[@MattsAttack9]

Phenomenal

[@isetmfriendsofire]

"Slowwly"

[@camerondon3712]

'Well, I feel like a bowlin' ball' Anyone else see his mum saying that?

[@FreeRangedPuppets]

As an American I find this hilarious. Personally, the posh English accent isn’t the sexiest to me, but I’m probably in the minority.

[@extremelyreligiousdolphin750]

Which one do you like best?

[@edithcoberman]

Put it down or I’ll cut you!! 😂😂😂😂 I really laughed at that pit

[@hayreddinbarbarossa661]

Who exactly did they survey for that answer? The deaf community?

[@Charlie-yq8hu]

Americans?

[@mermaidmoon2254]

As an Italian I find your accents sexier than the Americans'.

[@dandaropa]

Vienna Rowlings as an english guy i find your accent sexier than the americans’ too

[@mermaidmoon2254]

@@dandaropa ahahaha thank you 🙈😆😚

[@TahtahmesDiary]

THIS! There are so many accents in the world! I blame all those movies we have where an American bumps into some kind of British nobility and gets married and enters a life of privilege. THATS what they are really thinking of with calling that accent sexy lol

[@XenoflareBahamut]

Lucifer's accent is sexy. You can even hear him say DETECTIVE in written texts.

[@andrewjones57]

Somerset - "come ere n let I luv ee"

[@bt3743]

Listen i am a proud scouser and there is nothing that turns me off more than a scouse accent. Oh and that was an awful scouse impression russell

[@kylestorey3565]

No it was perfect for us

[@hannahgillson2475]

It was a great John Bishop impression, and he’s scouse

[@eggsy06]

I’m scouse aswell lol, and i agree that scouse impression was abominable

[@taylor7017]

I have no idea what a scouse accent sounds like, I’ve never heard one, not even on tv 😂

[@kylestorey3565]

Taylor exactly how Russel said it

[@geministargazer9830]

I keep hearing that Australian accents are sexy. Have they heard native Australians? Or just actors who’ve lost a lot of their accent? Because the Australian accent is incredibly nasal. High and whiny. (I am Australian)

[@yuzan3607]

I thought the Australian accent is similar to (and as elegant as) the English accent ... well ... until I sat behind 2 Australians once in an air plane. My god !! what an annoying accent! I'd take a loud American any day over a loud Australian. P.S. the flight was 11 hours. Yup.

[@geministargazer9830]

@@yuzan3607 I apologise on behalf of my people

[@jk3253]

I have been watching far too much Bondi Rescue recently. Don’t know if the accents on there are representative, but I find them quite sexy. Just goes to show that any accent used by loud people on a plane will be annoying, and any one used by buff men Performing daring rescues in swimsuits will be sexy.

[@yuzan3607]

@@geministargazer9830 alright mate

[@geministargazer9830]

@@jk3253 mm yes, the accent :P

[@gamemaster613]

I remember seeing Gabrial Iglesias. He said that to an American every British accent sounds the exact same. Like someone from the roughest council estate sounds the exact same as Hug Grant. He was being serious when he said this as well.

[@jaz.s2k2]

Ah good ol' Gabriel! Another one of my faves :)

[@julianhermanubis6800]

There is no more a single "English" accent than there is a single "American" accent. Both countries have dozens of major regional variations. A Geordie sounds nothing like a Cockney, just as an Italian New Yorker sounds nothing like a Cajun from Louisiana. There is an accent media announcers use in England and the U.S. and there is an accent used by certain actors relative to each country, but none of these are typical really.

[@potatoegirl31]

The Welsh one is sooooo high pitched! 😂

[@kylestorey3565]

As a scouser that is exactly how we speak

[@omnibus4157]

OMG, I wish he'd done Yorkshire.

[@camerondon3712]

That would have been funny.

[@NinjaChrisSillyHistory169]

Britain may not have sexy voices but they have some of the best comedians around...Russell Howard obviously one of them...He is at his best when he's taking the piss out of things like the news as a big example

[@aneta5196]

I was waiting for the Essex accent! Is that the one where you say “yeh” after every few words?

[@jobansand]

No

[@alexdacey2958]

Welsh was probably the most sext out of the lot😂😂

[@Naeron66]

I don't know, when you walk up to the counter and are greeted by "Hello, my loverr" that can be pretty sexy.

[@robmckinley5475]

When I was in California the locals kept asking me if I was Australian, and I'm from the West Country 🤣🤣

[@richardmogie2893]

I’m a westcountry boy and live in Vancouver. Everyone thinks I’m Irish or Australian 😂

[@kai8ification]

first of all- BRILLIANT !!! the only thing that would make it even sicker is asking jon richardson to do this

[@joey5893]

The welsh one put me on the fucking *floor*

[@monsieurpoisson8163]

When you realise that there is no such thing as a English accent.

[@renatanovato9460]

👏👏👏👏

[@bandotaku]

Just like there is no Amercan accent, Korean accent, Spanish accent, etc. It's all arbitrary.

[@wrenclark4907]

*say that louder for the rest of the world to hear*

[@StamfordBridge]

And then when you think about it a bit longer and realise there is and you were just being a twat at first.

[@wrenclark4907]

StamfordBridge hey, the point is valid. England has a vast array of different accents from all around the country, so there really is no one ‘English accent’. And kindly don’t call this person a twat

[@chloeiversen3043]

I don't think I've ever seen an audience get this enthusiastic and laugh so loudly so quickly

[@LadyEowyn]

My favorite is the commentary that develops with each accent.

[@aaronbarnicle687]

That was a terrible scouse impression but hilarious 😂😂😂

[@nightspicer]

The cockney just killed me

[@Crucent]

Im in tears! XD

[@Galemor1]

More of this please.. 😂

[@nightfuryrevenge1825]

To be fair, there is not a page in that book that is sexy no matter the accent you read it in

[@SwiftTelly20]

LOL! OMG nearly spitting my food out, super funny.

[@adamg8814]

The cockney one was just brilliant!

[@sagedracaspers2005]

I have read about twenty of the "What they say versus what they mean" comments on this now. And all of them have different celebs for the second portion. For the most part anyway. That being said, however, I cannot tell you how happy it makes me that ALL of them involve Tom Hiddleston 🤣 Every. Single. One. It is absolutely wonderful!

[@xoieveck9505]

I honestly thought all British people sounded like Tom Hiddleston until I became friends with my soul sisters- my absolute best friends even though many may consider them online friends since we haven't met. They both are from the UK and their accents are COMPLETELY different

[@Serai3]

This is almost as good as Gilbert Gotfried's reading. ALMOST.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Cockney was my favorite lmao It's how an English Joe Pesci would sound.

[@Kittymouth]

😂 The Welsh took liberties with the script!

[@nathanproctor3317]

Absolute legend

[@dommillant3259]

chills

[@xXallegedangelXx]

I really wish he read it in a cardiffian or Barry accent 😂

[@newyorkyankees81]

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[@kayew5492]

Innit, like?

[@Joffhope]

Oh god, i think this is the funniest skit in comedy I’ve ever seen tbh. I just scream laughed at my iPad.

[@DejligeTico]

That John Bishop impression was on point!

[@Dufus-mz5qu]

I did not read the caption and I was not expecting this and I am not disappointed

[@charly8854]

West Country accents are so nice wthhh I love them lol

[@gsuch05]

Lol that brummie accent was more Dudley lol

[@lucydaniel2699]

The Welsh one had me crying

[@howardkerr8174]

And in America retailers of junk on tv think having the sales spiel delivered by someone who uses a British or Australian accent makes the product somehow better.

[@bakerfritz4681]

It does, though. Have you heard sales pitches in any American accent? No? That’s because they don’t exist, except for that dude that aggressively hawks the waterproof tape, and that’s the unsexiest thing I’ve heard since Billy Mays got famous shouting about OxiClean.

[@dingusmcdingus4360]

*in some sort of nyc accent* I SAWED THIS BOAT IN HALF

[@Udontkno7]

Jennifer Ellifritz You mean flex tape? That shit gets me going you crazy

[@hleth4888]

And beer

[@GeoWing2]

I did not think this would make me laugh as much as it did

[@markmh835]

As an American, I can say that this is comedy gold! 😁👍

[@AngelAdorable3]

Oh god I just laughed so hard I started choking

[@phoenixgate007]

Apparently I have a very Cockney reaction to this book excerpt 😂

[@Morhan_Jehnez]

Got the shudders with that Birmingham, made me feel weird lol I live around that area, hope no one talks to me this way. Ever.

[@annieq7521]

Well, you make me to change my mind 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

[@4llth3p1gs]

While that was a cracking John Bishop impression it was a shit scouse accent but hes trying his best so good for him

[@pineapplejester7191]

This is fuckin fantastic

[@hiddenagenda4910]

Just wow😂😂😂

[@Micktrex]

Imagine these are the accents people find sexy and they're just listening to this shaking, whispering, "oh fuck that's the shit."

[@flyawaytodie]

Hell that was good a John Bishop accent!

[@babytokinewsd9482]

As a welsh, im screaming laughing

[@Excelsior1937]

This guys trying to say that the British accent ain’t sexy when his normal voice sounds like that. Lol

[@buiphuongtu8565]

He brought up Birmingham and I thought of Thomas Shelby reading to me 😍😍😍

[@megdoesstuffs]

Welsh IS NOT an English accent. There are four types of Welsh accents. Southern (the valleys) Northern Western Normal (non distinguishable) I felt obliged to do this as I am Welsh

[@ttm1771]

Nobody really cares mate.

[@camerondon3712]

Same with Scottish. We have differing accents per region as well. Though I can't name all of them, I can certainly name two, at least. Glaswegian. Northern. I'm northern, but I don't have an accent because I'm half English. The English half is from somewhere in the south.

[@Widdekuu91]

I only know the blonde lady with the high hair that has a squeaky voice. And Alex Jones/Rob Brydon. I can imitate the second one. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@robmckinley5475]

I go to North Wales all the time. I always think it sounds like Scouse/Welsh , it's really odd

[@giovanniacuto2688]

I would say the Swansea accent is not the same as valleys

[@KindredBrujah]

Nothing will beat Gilbert Gottfried's reading of 50 Shades of Grey, but this is excellent work.

[@thatepicwizardguy]

I think quite a lot of regional English accents are really nice lol

[@revafarleyleebiit]

English is sexy because of Tom Hiddleston, Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Eddie Redmayne.

[@minion3806]

@42 jade David Tennant isn't English actually. He's Scottish

[@robdeskrd]

Irish, Scottish and, Elizabeth Hurley- those are great accents

[@SugmaNutz69]

Birmingham killed me lmao

[@mamamim6167]

1:17 Uncle Brin i dont think this is a very appropriate bedtime story

[@molliesweeny7517]

That scouse accent tho..... 😂😂

[@meredithblack2195]

* pulls out book * "Oh no" * starts to read * "Why are you doing this why are you doing this why are you doing this why are you doing this why are you doing this why- "

[@aminedogo1867]

Where can I get the full video 😈😂🤣

[@tobeytransport2802]

For some odd reason my family has a (only slight) West Country accent even though the last time one of our family was born down their was like at maybe 500-600 years ago! I’m pretty sure my family in like the 1500s was Cornish but that’s ages ago!

[@dangoonigiri3146]

Imagine that you hear this on Audible for Fifty Shades of Grey

[@lucyhellier5410]

birmingham accent slowly is the funniest

[@user.8102]

I'm from Bristol and let me tell you that bristolian accent is weird af lol

[@jamesdettmann94]

Gert lush, me lover

[@isthisjustfantasy7557]

The Brum accent was more like Dudley 😀

[@meekotheotter2801]

im from birmingham its too accurate but i dont have that accent

[@aimeeflay5735]

Harry styles reading it tho..

[@sarahno4748]

Also I went to the Cornish coast and.... I think they have their own language there. Heard older people talking and fishermen and just had no idea what was being said.

[@Sprinkles0139]

the ending is the last few seconds of scarlet fire what do they think they're doing? popping dirty buds?

[@jojspilledthetea]

Ok but why can I imagine Michael sheen when he does the Welsh accent

[@anderjpoo]

As some born in Liverpool I can assert that the "scouse" accent was dire.

[@AliceQuinnRose]

edingbrough might have a shot.