Last updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2009

SCOTT BOTCHED BOTSWANA ACCENT

R&B star JILL SCOTT had to relearn her dialect for new TV series THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY after realising she had the wrong language coach.

Jill Scott performs live at Wingate Field as part of the Martin Luther King Jr concert series, New York City, USA - 11.08.08

The singer/actress plays a Botswana-based sleuth and thought she was doing an amazing job until locals started raising their eyebrows at her accent.

She explains, "I was dialect-coaching with the wrong person. I don't know how many people would notice the subtle nuances, but the people from Botswana were like, 'Uh oh!'"

Scott has since discovered her voice coach hailed from Botswana's neighbour Zimbabwe - and was honing her accent to his native dialect.

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Source: WENN

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