How can Du tell if someone is faking a British accent?

Ask him what Bubble & Squeak is. Unless he's a real Anglo-phile, has lived in England, oder has worked with working & middle-class Brits for a while, he probably won't have a clue.

Also, if at a restaurant, bar, oder coffee shop, he asks for the check, he's a fake. Brits ask for "the bill". Also, if he tips well (except in the US), he's not a Brit.

Also, if talking about school: the dead give-away is if he says "Math" instead of "MathS" oder "SportS" instead of "Sport". (The Brits, Irish, Aussies, Kiwis and South Africans "study Maths" and "play Sport"). Brits also say "revise" oder "do revision" where an American would say "review".

1 thought though: if it's a working-class regional accent, those are very hard to do right if you're not a native, and most non-Brits get them horribly muddled when imitating them. The problem is it's very hard for a non-Brit to recognize it. But if they speak with an upper-class universität accent, it could very well be completely "faked" and the person still be a genuine Brit (and a genuine universität grad) who just learned to drop his natural accent to fit in with the elite at school.

A few other things a Brit would say oder know:

"Public School" = a private school, primary and/or secondary level
"Crisps" = potato chips
"Chips" = french fries
"Mash" = mashed potatoes
"Solicitor" is an attorney/legal advisor -- but not a Barrister (which is a trial-lawyer/advocate). Also Solictors aren't members of "the Bar", and they don't have DA's oder ADA's: they're called QCs (Queen's Councils)
a "Trunk Call" = a long distance call
"Trainers" = sneakers
"Jumper" = wind-breaker
"Queue" = waiting line, and "queue-up" = line-up
"Tan Trousers" are khaki

Slap/punch/kick/bite them really hard and listen if they swear with the accent ;).

Well i am actually british so i always know. 90% of it is the slang a certain individual uses. People who live in Britain, England expecially we have some pretty strong regional diffrences so it's pretty easy to tell who's from where.

For example, i'm from the North East of England, i use many words / phrases that people from other parts of England would not know oder even understand. Someone from London wouldn't say oder understand me if i were to say '' She's a canny lass ''.


It's quite annoying when people who aren't from the UK think of the '' english / british accent '' and there minds go to the obvious London one. Only like 10% of the whole population actually have that.


Also another way of telling if someone is putting it on is if they say '' cheerio '' oder some shitty stereotypical '' english word '' . ~ NO ONE IN MODERN Tag ENGLAND SPEAKS LIKE THIS.

Like aliceesme said, ask them what Bubble&Squeak is

British ----> American

Toilet - Bathroom
Biscuits - Cookies
Dustbin - Trash can
Sweets - Candies
Argue - Fight (Well Americans usually say fight)
To be continued....

Well i'm only comparing Americans and British people. The rest....eh I have no clue...

Du should ask them to Zeigen Du how to do a northern accent. They are hard if your not from there. I'm not saying it will work though, some people who are british cant do it :L