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From: IJBall@mac.invalid
On 2021-09-22 18:10:12 +0000, BTR1701 said:
> In article ,
> Ian J. Ball wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Not according to her. And at that age, pre-teen, when fitting in with
> peers is at its most important, I'd be surprised if she didn't
> *over*-develop a local accent.
>
> (And look at Madonna. She moved to England in her 40s and almost
> immediately started speaking in a Brit accent!)
Yes - because Madonna is a *phony*!
>> She's probably been using the "Brit" one to get laid for years!!
>
> Like she needs an accent to get some.
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