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   From: IJBall@mac.invalid   
      
   On 2021-09-22 17:45:16 +0000, BTR1701 said:   
      
   > In article   
   > <872688154.653980384.405359.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,   
   >  anim8rfsk  wrote:   
   >> BTR1701  wrote:   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>> Ian J. Ball  wrote:   
   >>>> On 2021-09-22 00:43:47 +0000, BTR1701 said:   
   >>>>> In article ,   
   >>>>> Wouter Valentijn  wrote:   
   >>>>>> Op 14-8-2021 om 00:41 schreef David:   
   >>>>>>> "Barbie Blacksheep"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>> news:e9443527-b5ed-4d6c-b9e7-032e1ba76dcan@googlegroups.com...   
   >>>>>>> On Monday, 8 March 1999 at 08:00:00 UTC, SeanHarry wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> OK, I'll bite (pun intended). Why is Dru's accent so deplorable to   
   >>>>>>>>> British viewers? I'm curious...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> It's deplorable because it's so bad. I would have voted it as the   
   >>>>>>>> worst every interpretation of a foreign accent by an American actor   
   >>>>>>>> (and Juliet Landau was brought up in Britain, so she should know   
   >>>>>>>> better) but I've just heard David Boreanes's Irish accent, which is   
   >>>>>>>> even worse.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> It would be a bit like all American characters on British TV going   
   >>>>>>>> around wearing 10 gallon hats and saying 'Howdy Partner!'   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Why oh why don't these American companies just hire actors / actresses   
   >>>>>>> who are from the specific British region they want the accent from ?   
   >>>>>>> instead of these American actors and actresses who never get it right   
   >>>>>>> and mess it all up....   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> I've wondered that myself, many times.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> I wonder how Americans think of American characters such as Greg House,   
   >>>>>> Rick Grimes etc.) played by British people. Do they do a better job?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> They must. I had no idea that Lincoln was a Brit until I saw him in   
   >>>>> on-set interviews.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Some do. The Brits seem to be better at it (though I am sure I've seen   
   >>>> one or two Brits who did fail at a convincing American accent).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The Aussies are generally much worse - Alex O'Loughlin's American   
   >>>> accent has always been shaky at best, and I always felt it took years   
   >>>> before Phoebe Tonkin became decent at one.   
   >>>   
   >>> THE WALKING DEAD is full of Brits and Aussies that do flawless American.   
   >>> Lennie James (Morgan), Samantha Morton (Alpha), David Morissey (the   
   >>> Governor), Andrew Lincoln (Rick), Richie Coster (Pope), Alycia   
   >>> Debnam-Carey (Alicia), Lauren Cohan (Maggie)...   
   >   
   >> Agreed about Andrew Lincoln, but Lauren Cohen is from New Jersey. She does   
   >> both Brit and USA mock accents as far as I can tail.   
   >   
   > Yes, she was born in New Jersey, but her mom was a Brit who moved back   
   > to England with her and raised her in Surrey, so she speaks with a   
   > natural Brit accent.   
      
   As 13 years old?... Doubtful. Accents are supposed to "harden" around   
   12 years old. If I had to guess, Cohan's "real" native accent is   
   American.   
      
   She's probably been using the "Brit" one to get laid for years!!   
      
      
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