You will notice with a lot of TV that the accents are deliberately neutral. They don't really want you to identify where they are. Most people on the street in the USA have much more of a regional sound than most television characters. It never ceases to amaze me that folks in Grand Forks North Dakota sound different than we do. They are about as far away from the US/Canada border as we are but they have a definite US sound that we do not.
I have a cousin who lived in Kentucky for a few years and when she came back she had assumed the sort of southern drawl that y'all tend to use. She has now lived in Minnesota for many years and has lost the southern sound. My wife has relatives (uncle and aunt)in Vermont or New Hampshire (can't recall as they have moved back and forth between the two states a number of times in the past 30 some years - I think they are back in NH). Uncle Lee sounds like the Kennedy folks. He was raised in Ohio but has lived in New England so long that he has assumed the local sound I guess. Always interesting to me. I have a number of old English clients who have been here more than half of their lives. The British sound has stuck with them throughout. They have not adapted to the more local sound - at least to my ear. However, they say that if they travel to England, the folks over there think that they sound "american". Randy B -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zoltan Finks Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 6:29 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: 1988 Caprice Classic half track/ice fishing vehicle At first I thought the show was set in Minnesota. Very similar culture to what they're portraying - accents and all (there is a slight variance between the Canadian accent and the Minnesota accent). Brian On 3/10/06, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Red Green show? It's hilarious! > > On 3/9/06, Zoltan Finks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yes! Love the Red Green! > > > > Brian
