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20 Singers Who Rock a Fake Accent
20 Singers Who Rock a Fake Accent
Filed under: The Hit List Rock is all about selling a persona, and sometimes you have to change more than just your haircut. Whether it's to seem more "real," to appeal to bigger audiences or just for fun, musicians have been rocking altered accents for ages. Here are some of our favorite fakers of dubious dialects. Shania Twain It's a scientific fact that Canadians are virtually indistinguishable from Americans -- until one says, "There's a mouse about the house." Just look at ...
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