As the success of Downton Abbey attests, Americans are often impressed by a British accent. And Americans are also impressed by their fellow countrymen and women who are able to pull off a good imitation of a British voice. After all, one of the best ways for an American actress to win an Oscar (other than playing a disabled person or a victim of the Nazis) is to pose as a member of the aristocracy.
But what happens when things work the other way? When a Brit enamored with the U.S. tries to ingratiate himself to Americans by trying out *their* accent?
Well, the results are often atrocious. And none more so than when Stuart Varney tried it on Fox News today. Watch, if you dare.
