Good luck everyone with season six of Game of Thrones. Stuffed full of Brits doing a range of regional British accents! On 21 Apr 2016 17:50, "Doug Fields" <d...@flids.net> wrote:
> Sure. And there are obviously quite a lot of “American” accents, but when > you see a foreign actor on a talk show asked to “do your American accent,” > they normally break out into the vanilla version of “American” local to the > Midwest…an area ranging from around Indiana, probably west as far as > Colorado…where the accent has no noticeable identifying traits other than > variations in vocabulary. I’d imagine that’s also what most Americans > consider to be the “standard” accent…even those of use living in areas > where there’s a pronounced, identifiable accent. Bahstonians, New Yawkers > and us Suth’rn fellahs are self-aware enough to realize we all speak with > an accent that’s different from “the norm.” > > > > It’s a semantics thing, obviously, and maybe I should’ve been more precise > and used “English” instead of “British,” but it’s essentially the same > thing. Someone says “British accent” (or “English” and I neglect to make > the distinction in my head) and I’m going to assume they mean the vanilla > Queen’s English, even though I realize a Scottish brogue is a completely > different animal. > > > > And let’s not even discuss whatever that is the Welsh are doing in the > back of their throats. J > > > > Doug Fields > > Tampa, FL > > > > > > *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Tom Wolper > *Sent:* Thursday, April 21, 2016 12:17 PM > *To:* TV or not TV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] AMC would rather just pick up series directly > from Britain... > > > > There are quite a lot of English accents. And I am using English instead > of British because Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish accents tend to the > difficult-to-understand with easy comprehension being a sign of higher > learning or time spent away from home. In English accents, there is the > BBC, RADA, Oxford/Cambridge accent of Masterpiece Theater, and then there > are dialects and accents from places like Cornwall, Newcastle, and > Yorkshire which are very tough for people not from those areas to pick up. > It's those accents I'm referring to. > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 7:40 PM, <d...@flids.net> wrote: > > "For American viewers English accents are like black and white movies. It > isn't that viewers can't understand what is going on in B&W movies, it's > just that they tune in, see B&W, and tune out. I think it is the same when > they hear regional English accents." > > > > Ummmmm...let's say your mileage may vary and color me skeptical. I've > never before in my life heard anybody propose this theory. It certainly > doesn't apply to the way I or any of my circle of friends view British > TV/movies. I'm as okay with a British accent as I'm a mild French or > German one, and probably prefer them to the Southern American redneck drawl. > > > > Doug Fields > > Tampa, FL > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] AMC would rather just pick up series directly > from Britain... > From: Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, April 19, 2016 6:19 pm > To: TV or not TV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote: > > Well you've understood British villains' accents for years! C.f. that > Jaguar ad from a year or so ago featuring Hiddlestone amongst others - > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7gR7EYjcP8 > > > > Happy Valley is set in a Yorkshire town and the accent may be unfamiliar. > However, the dialogue is so smart and the characters so well drawn, I'd > urge you to check it out. > > > > But you know, over this side of the pond we cope just fine with southern > drawls, New Yawk accents and pretty much anything you throw at us. Plus > we've watched Aussie soaps for years. So I think complaining about accents > is an easy get-out. You just have to concentrate a bit harder sometimes. > > > > For American viewers English accents are like black and white movies. It > isn't that viewers can't understand what is going on in B&W movies, it's > just that they tune in, see B&W, and tune out. 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