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From: atropos@mac.com
On Sep 22, 2021 at 11:40:42 AM PDT, "Ian J. Ball" wrote:
> 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*!
Be still that slanderous tongue! I will not have you disparaging one of our
precious, precious celebrities like that.
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