[reece(:]

It's her Nigerian accent not a stupid voice

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by reece(:

It's her Nigerian accent not a stupid voice

no one has heard it before today?

[Headie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

no one has heard it before today?

Turn your volume up next episode, she's done it a lot throughout the series it's nothing brand new Even her VT was like that

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Hayden

Turn your volume up next episode, she's done it a lot throughout the series it's nothing brand new Even her VT was like that

Naaahhh Im not having that this is the 1st time she's used HER PARENTS ( not hers, she's a Cockney ) accent

[Headie]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

Naaahhh Im not having that this is the 1st time she's used HER PARENTS ( not hers, she's a Cockney ) accent

Youtube video

Turn the volume up then Chuff and enjoy

[pontyboi]

Why is she suddenly talking like Yolanda from Eastenders? .....she's clearly a london girl

[Amy Jade]

Tom is this weeks target?

[Ashley.]

I thought it was perfectly natural for Deborah to slip between accents considering that she comes from a Nigerian family... I sometimes slip between accents, albeit both being British accents so it's not as noticeable.

[Amy Jade]

Her accent changing a little doesn't make her fake or mean she is putting it on, one of my best friends is from Liverpool and she speaks in a really thick accent sometimes and others not.

[pontyboi]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

Her accent changing a little doesn't make her fake or mean she is putting it on, one of my best friends is from Liverpool and she speaks in a really thick accent sometimes and others not.

But it does have a totally different angle when it comes to race.

I'm from Wales but lived in London for 7 years and people now think I'm posh lol

[Tom4784]

She ended that angry hobbit.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Yeah, SHOCKINGLY this really isn't a big deal at all. It reminds me of my friend from college who pretty much had her "I'm being interviewed for a job by a white person" voice on when she was on campus and then otherwise had her natural "black" voice and would use that vernacular.

[Headie]

Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot

Yeah, SHOCKINGLY this really isn't a big deal at all. It reminds me of my friend from college who pretty much had her "I'm being interviewed for a job by a white person" voice on when she was on campus and then otherwise had her natural "black" voice and would use that vernacular.

I love Melanie Amaro

[Mullens123]

Deborah said she was born in Nigeria, and raised in East London. She's putting on the accent but the ease of it shows it's likely one she may adopt when speaking with her family or community, many of whom will be first generation Nigerian immigrants. It's not difficult to understand, unless of course you haven't mixed with many people from varied backgrounds.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Mullens123

Deborah said she was born in Nigeria, and raised in East London. She's putting on the accent but the ease of it shows it's likely one she may adopt when speaking with her family or community, many of whom will be first generation Nigerian immigrants. It's not difficult to understand, unless of course you haven't mixed with many people from varied backgrounds.

She's in the DR talking to BB in case you hadn't noticed, i could maybe understand it if she was talking to Hannah, I doubt the BB she is speaking to is Nigerian

[Mullens123]

Originally Posted by Cherie

She's in the DR talking to BB in case you hadn't noticed, i could maybe understand it if she was talking to Hannah, I doubt the BB she is speaking to is Nigerian

Who said she can only adopt the accent when speaking to someone of Nigerian heritage? Perhaps she finds it more emotive to adopt this accent when she's being light hearted or criticising someone in a facetious manner (like questioning Raph's flirting techniques). Unless people have forgotten Pauline would do the exact same thing when she got angry, and would break into different accents when criticising others. Ellie's accent becomes exaggerated when she's in the diary room trying to be comedic, Jackson's accent would change between a soft spoken dialect and wannabe roadman depending on how he was feeling. This isn't an unusual or new phenomena in Big Brother (or life for that matter).

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Mullens123

Who said she can only adopt the accent when speaking to someone of Nigerian heritage? Perhaps she finds it more emotive to adopt this accent when she's being light hearted or criticising someone in a facetious manner (like questioning Raph's flirting techniques). Unless people have forgotten Pauline would do the exact same thing when she got angry, and would break into different accents when criticising others. Ellie's accent becomes exaggerated when she's in the diary room trying to be comedic, Jackson's accent would change between a soft spoken dialect and wannabe roadman depending on how he was feeling. This isn't an unusual or new phenomena in Big Brother (or life for that matter).

She's a Cockney ....and BB wasn't a Nigerian national

[Mullens123]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

She's a Cockney ....and BB wasn't a Nigerian national

And this is relevant how? Again, she has Nigerian heritage so the use of an accent isn't surprising. There isn't a written rule that one can only use an accent when in the company of those who also use it ... in that case should Ellie tone it down unless BB is from Yorkshire?

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Mullens123

Deborah said she was born in Nigeria, and raised in East London. She's putting on the accent but the ease of it shows it's likely one she may adopt when speaking with her family or community, many of whom will be first generation Nigerian immigrants. It's not difficult to understand, unless of course you haven't mixed with many people from varied backgrounds.

No she didn't ,she said she was born in England to Nigerian parents

[Mullens123]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

No she didn't ,she said she was born in England to Nigerian parents

Perhaps I'm remembering wrong, but I thought early on she claimed she was born in Nigeria whilst Hannah was born in London. Either way it doesn't change the context of what I or others have said about the change in accent.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Mullens123

Deborah said she was born in Nigeria, and raised in East London. She's putting on the accent but the ease of it shows it's likely one she may adopt when speaking with her family or community, many of whom will be first generation Nigerian immigrants. It's not difficult to understand, unless of course you haven't mixed with many people from varied backgrounds.

Someone said she was born in England

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Someone said she was born in England

They both said on their VT they were born in England

[waterhog]

I like her - love of my life brewing

[RhysJones]

Her parents and community are nigerian, we've heard her speak with a nigerian accent before but not much since she doesn't get much screentime. I don't get how Deborah speaking in the accent of her family is such an offence. It's the same when someone has a strong Welsh accent like Kayleigh or a strong Scottish accent like Andrew. Some people need to chill

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by RhysJones

Her parents and community are nigerian, we've heard her speak with a nigerian accent before but not much since she doesn't get much screentime. I don't get how Deborah speaking in the accent of her family is such an offence. It's the same when someone has a strong Welsh accent like Kayleigh or a strong Scottish accent like Andrew. Some people need to chill

er no its actually nothing like that