Yes, I have yet to hear a good cockney accent from an American actor, they
are normally hilaroiusly bad
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 6:45 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Loving Video, Now dialects
> 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
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>> 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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