I (being British) was once asked by a Californian to repeat the phrase "Oingo Boingo" as she found it cute and amusing
You're like a scene out of Love, Actually !
Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Angel 5: Is That It? Am I Done?
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Lilty Cash - May 17, 2004 9:13:15 am PDT #303 of 3531
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
DCJensen - May 17, 2004 9:15:27 am PDT #304 of 3531
All is well that ends in pizza.
The freaky thing about her interviews on the DVDs is that she says I and means Fred. I know a lot of actors do that, but it's always cognitively dissonant to me.
After doing umpteen plays in college I finally gave into that as an easier way to talk about the storyline.
"Then my character does" is sometimes clunky, and speaking of a role you see from your POV really feels like talking in the third person.
Although I did find myself introducing the concept that I would represent the character when describing the scene or play. I did add an occasional "well, my character" to remind people I was speaking of the character.
Your theaterspeak may vary.
thegrommit - May 17, 2004 9:20:35 am PDT #305 of 3531
Um.
You're like a scene out of Love, Actually !
Haven't seen it, but it sounds like I should. I should add this happened ten years ago, so she wasn't ripping the film off.
And while I agree AD sounds strange with an American accent, JM's native accent really freaks me out.
Lilty Cash - May 17, 2004 9:22:49 am PDT #306 of 3531
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Initially, hearing both JM's native accent and real age both shocked the bejeebus out of me.
brenda m - May 17, 2004 9:34:27 am PDT #307 of 3531
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
JM sounds oddly like David Duchovny in his real accent.
sumi - May 17, 2004 9:55:03 am PDT #308 of 3531
Art Crawl!!!
Is David Duchonvny also a Californian?
bon bon - May 17, 2004 10:54:59 am PDT #309 of 3531
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
From Jersey/NYC, I think.
Madrigal Costello - May 17, 2004 11:07:00 am PDT #310 of 3531
It's a remora, dimwit.
Duchovny is east coast, and Gillian Anderson is general mix, since she spent much of her childhood in England and Minnesota. This is probably why a lot people just guess she's Canadian.
sumi - May 17, 2004 11:11:29 am PDT #311 of 3531
Art Crawl!!!
Is it the voice in his normal Cali accent that makes JM sound like DD? Like, not the accent so much?
I mean, do you now feel that you know what DD would sound like if he were being Faux Cockney?
SailAweigh - May 17, 2004 12:52:31 pm PDT #312 of 3531
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
JM's normal accent drives me nuts. He uses all these "yeah, yeahs" and "uhms" when he can't get his thoughts together, which is frequently. So then he takes off speaking a mile and minute with the yeah-yeah thrown in willy-nilly. As a result, he babbles. Makes him sound brainless, which he isn't. In Spikespeak, he's more deliberate about what he says, so it's slower and deeper. Very easy on the ears. Someone should tell him during his interviewss that TV is TV, you don't have to fill the silences as you do in radio. People will watch you twiddle your thumbs in silence if you make the thumb twiddling interesting looking. Also, it gives you time to think about what you say, so you don't babble.