T.K. Arispe asked Benjamin Fife:

What are some of your favorite accents to narrate in?

Benjamin Fife British, Irish, Cockney & variations thereon. German, & Aussie. Having read to my kids for more than a decade every night before I started professionally narrating, I've used them as my guinea pigs. Since becoming a professional narrator, the two kind of feed off each other. My performances for my kids are wonderful practice for me & the discipline it takes to record an audiobook "perfectly" have helped me polish the performance for them. In years past, I would shy away from doing French accents because... I just don't get french. But this year after reading Murder on the Orient Express to them & giving Poirot a French accent (ok, I know he's Belgian, but I did what I can), my confidence level for it has increased significantly. I LOVE NARRATING! :)

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