Jul
14
Speaking in tongues: 21 accents in Spanish
Remember that talented actress who did the 21 accents in English? Well, we knew it was just a matter of time before somebody would follow her lead and do the same thing in Spanish. Carlos Santos, host of MTV’s Mi TRL, takes a crack at it. Not sure how accurate he is but he is very amusing, with the wackiest ones being his radio announcer accent (#10) and his Argentine/Uruguayan/Chilean accent (#12-14, 14?). His rendition of an accent from Spain (#11) is pretty funny, with him saying “vamos, venga, vamos, tapas” and moving his hands a lot. (Hey Carlos, what happened to making fun of the “Castilian lisp“?)
The girl was more impressive because it was all one take. Still pretty funny. Good find.
I get annoyed when people mistake the Chilean accent for the Argentine one. It was really funny though and I guess that was the point.
He did really miss the Chilean accent by a lot. But I think the point of the joke there was that he kept doing the same accent. I really enjoyed this, but now that I’ve heard this, one could do a lot more than 21 distinct accents in Spanish. On a good day, with a few beers, I can do 8 or so.
#10 was definitely awesome.