Shrek was originally given a thick Canadian accent by actor Mike Meyers but after animation had begun, Meyers decided a Scottish accent would be better. The film had to be re-animated and cost over $4 million or ~10% of the overall budget. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Shrek: Mike Myers’ Accent Change Cost Dreamworks $4M | CBR
A linguistic study found that winter workers in Antarctica started to develop a new accent. This is a result of them being isolated together and in regular contact with only each other for several months. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/linguists-hear-an-accent-begin/
During WWII, there were pigeon experts who claimed to be able to identify a pigeon with a German accent. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/spy-pigeons-167097967/
Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to dub his own role in Terminator to German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future sound like a hillbilly. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blog.esl-languages.com/blog/learn-languages/celebrities-speak-languages/
Why a lot of villains in movies have British accent – WTF fun fact
