Trip's accent?

[Mr. Laser Beam]

You can't have the duck.

 

[auntiehill]

Connor Trinneer once said in an interview that he got Trip's accent from his aunt, who he stayed with while getting his MFA from University of Missouri. Apparently, many of his relatives are from the Arkansas/Missouri area.

 

[galad2003]

I always thought Tripp's accent sounded more like Alabama then Florida. Tripp's accent sounded more refined whereas most people from Florida are either transplants or sound like hicks.

His accent is fine for a generic southern accent though.

 

[Six of Twelve]

Although technically speaking, his real accent was a Yorkshire one, it's probably just as well that Picard didn't talk like THAT either.

I don't know. Sean Bean carries off his Yorkshire accent pretty well. I loved watching him in the Sharpe films.

 

[pookha]

Who knows what accent will be like in future especially one with a dark age that possibly saw mass migrations of people.

 

[Willow]

Who knows what accent will be like in future especially one with a dark age that possibly saw mass migrations of people.

That's a good point! We are judging the accent by current standards. I've never had an issue with the accent, though being on the west coast doesn't make me a good judge! On a (semi) related note, however, in Scott Bakula's current show NCIS-NOLA, I've heard complaints about Lucas Black and his "phony" Southern accent. And the guy was born and raised in Alabama!

 

[Klargh]

I noticed in some of the battle scenes, specially when he was in command that Trip's accent seemingly went out the window.

 

[pookha]

I noticed in some of the battle scenes, specially when he was in command that Trip's accent seemingly went out the window.

Seen that happen when when people are in certain situations. As for southern accents there isn't one. They vary region to region and in cities can be several varieties. Plus they start to blend depending on exposure.

 

[Longinus]

Which makes me wonder why Patrick Stewart never used a French accent, other than the one time I heard him actually say "merde."

Not this shit again. Why it is always Picard's British accent which is weird, but the countless occasions in Trek where the non-Americans have a perfect American accent is not weird at all? Seriously, it is perfectly possible to learn a native level accent in a foreign language, and I assume that's what Picard did (and Uhura, and LaForge, and Worf and etc.) He just learned the British accent rather than the American one.