It's surprising/surprising how easily Britons seem to be able to mimic an
American accent, like Ian McShane in "Deadwood" on HBO, (formerly Lovejoy on
one of my favorite/favourite Britcoms), while few American actors ever seem to
be able to pull off an English accent very convincingly.
Walt
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the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> They're speaking the 'soft' version of my home dialect - so that the
> rest of the UK can understand.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 03/04/2007, at 12:42 PM, Mike wrote:
>
> > I sometimes tune in to 'Coronation Street' and try to guess what they
> > are talking about. After watching for a while I can make out about
> > 75%.
> > :)
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