S02E22 Tatty Macleod - English/French speaker, From Camors, Brittany, France 🇫🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Name a stand up comedian who’s like the ambassador of both the English and French cultures? Many of you probably think of her bright pink hairs straight away. Yes, you have Tatty Macleod in mind, and she really has been given the title of an honourary ambassador for the British Council and was invited to host the alumni day by the French embassy in the UK.THE Anglo-French (or Franglais/ Frenglish) stand up comedian and social media star is well known for her hilarious online sketches on observations of both cultures in both languages. Her debut comedy hour - FUGUE - sold out its entire 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival run. The subsequent tour has sold over 10,000 tickets and counting, with the continental European leg now extended to 2025. This includes four nights at the Soho Theatre and two nights at Clapham Grand in London as well as three nights at Théâtre des ateliers in Paris - with three more nights at Théâtres des variétés in Paris booked in this May.Among Tatty’s 600k+ followers across Instagram & TikTok, many are nomads themselves who are attracted to what Tatty personifies as a Third Culture Kid - a fluid identity and multilayers of heritage, accompanied by bi- or trilingualism. Born in Zimbabwe to British parents and raised in France by her ethnically Scottish/Welsh but culturally English mum, Tatty talks about code-switching, fine-tuning her accent to fit in and how accent, languages become intertwined with emotions and her identity in this fantastic episode.---------------------------------Follow Tatty on InstagramTatty is on Tour in Europe in 2025. Check Tatty’s website (click here) for tickets.Follow your host Kuan-wen on Instagram---------------------------------00:55 Intro02:04 A true bilingual guest and how she thinks accents reflect one’s life journey04:35 Coming to terms with a tinge of an English accent when she speaks French now06:36 Moving between countries - a quick summary of Tatty’s childhood and adolescence07:41 Accents, languages, identities - and a sense of belonging10:39 A very subtle accent but visual clues of a non French person14:30 How Kuan-wen learned to speak French and dislike Parisians15:40 Choosing what language to speak in v.s. being rude to foreigners?21:09 A Third Culture Kid; a bicultural upbringing23:41 People remain determined to ask Tatty to pick a side (between her dual cultural heritages)26:48 Tatty’s specific fan base30:18 What did this question/terms of phrasing “like we say in French (Comment on dit en français)” imply?34:07 Are the cultural nomads an ultra niche group?36:17 All identifies are relative; shall we say British or English?39:17 Tatty’s diction when she speaks English; an accent from a time capsule43:30 Changing one’s accent to fit in44:54 Jokes/comedy sketches based on stereotypes grounded in reality46:32 Tatty’s debut solo show (currently on the European leg of the tour)49:31 Nearly didn’t do the comedy sketches online52:00 Tatty’s social media---------------------------------If you like the episode, please share it and leave a review. For any comments or suggestions, please contact us on Instagram or email comedywithanaccent@gmail.com

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Comedy with an accent - comedy with a different point of view! Join Taiwanese comedian Kuan-wen as he finds out the amusing tales, obstacles and strategies of other non-native speakers who perform English stand up comedy on the UK circuit. We also peek into the comedians' foreign upbringings and cultures, how they approach the English language, how they switch between languages and any random anecdotes that get caught in the chitchats. Leave your comments on the podcast's Instagram page (@comedywithanaccent). You can also email your comments and/or questions to comedywithanaccent@gmail.comFollow your host Kuan-wen on Instagram (@kuanwencomedy)