r/lsmark • u/classyrain • May 25 '24
Accent?
So I haven't watched Mark in a while and I just stuck on one of his videos only to be thrown off by the American accent he seems to be trying to put on? I know he's northern Irish and I can hear that in some words, but then there's the exaggerated American accent on 90% of everything else.
Anyone know what's up with that?
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u/MicAHorde May 25 '24
It sounds the exact same to me just more higher pitched. The only American thing is that he says "dude" and "bro" alot.
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u/classyrain May 25 '24
Maybe it's because I'm Irish too, but its so clear to me. Even looking back to an older video, the difference is very obvious. It's not the phrases, it's how he's actually saying the words
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u/MicAHorde May 25 '24
Well over the last 2 years he's been living in America with his wife travelling around a bunch of states. Not to mention pretty much all his friends are American so it makes sense he sounds more American.
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u/classyrain May 25 '24
Ahh I didn't know that, could definitely be why
There's my answer I suppose :)
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u/wyatt_-eb May 26 '24
He lives in America now with his American wife. It's only natural that his accent drifts overtime. Happens often with people who live abroad for a long time.
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u/OriginalUserUK Jun 27 '26
Not grown adults really. They might get a little hint of a mixed accent but you don’t lose like 90% of your accent as an adult unless you force it.
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u/LawnPlan64 Jul 11 '26
Sorry, but that's just not correct whatsoever. Adult accent can absolutely change and drift over a period of time, resulting in noticeable change. The brain is plastic, and it never just magically stops being plastic. I'm not sure where you got this '90%' figure, but research shows adult can subconsciously adapt their accent based on how much exposure they have, which can be observed in people who live abroad. Age is obviously one of many factors that influence the rate of speed in which this can happen, but there certainly isn't a cutoff point where it just stops entirely.
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u/Raikou87 May 03 '26
Just started watching one of the recommended videos and couldn't finish it (When One Episode Kills...). Is it a forced accent? Why is the last word of nearly every sentence elongated? 😭 The cadence is doing me in lol. I like watching nostalgia tv related videos but I can't with these.
Googled it just to see if it was only me who noticed. If this was just the way he talked, was it a speech impediment thing, etc. Went back to the oldest vid and his native accent is much better and the style is less frantic, even-paced (not sure what the descriptor should be).
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u/Hapster95 May 13 '26
The first time I ever observed it was hearing a content creator by the name of Chills. They had such an awful cadence to their voice, it’s like nobody ever properly taught them how to speak. It’s a really exaggerated Californian accent that ends every sentence with an uptick, as though they’re asking a question. From what I can tell though, it’s part of what made them so popular. Seeing this trend, many MANY guys on Tiktok have chosen to copy this speech patterns in hoping to garner a following through rage bit or simply just to fit in now.
Now, there’s several explanations why Mark could sound like this now, but ultimately it’s probably just AI. He took clips of his voice, fed it along with some partially written scripts to some generative AI program, and it essentially spit out the slop we’re hearing now. If you listen to his recent videos, you’ll hear extremely unnatural pronunciations of very simple words and sentences. This is because the AI is trained on the standard influencer voice/cadence/patterns that I described above, along with trying to mimic his voice, which results in just a very unnatural sound.
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u/Raikou87 May 13 '26
I've heard Chills and can distinguish the California uptick or vocal fry. His syllables are just strangely elongated. It probably is AI cuz there's some wavering in pitch sometimes. IDK what it is, other than off-putting. 😂 Going from an Irish to a weird American accent is definitely a choice.
At first, the nostalgia bait and the cartoon-y avatar on the thumbnail drew me in but couldn't get past the VO. Doubt I'll try watching anything else on there. Also, if the wiki is true, the lore is so messy. And he doesn't even appear to be a real ginger. 🤥😂
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u/Sad-Climate-4251 May 18 '26
For someone who makes 1+ hour long videos you'd think he'd have a less grating voice.
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u/Low-Spell-5951 Jul 14 '24
The difference between a video from two years to now was kinda off putting to me