AD actually is one of the few times I noticed a bad USian accent attempt. FWIW.
I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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P.M. Marc - Feb 26, 2003 10:21:49 pm PST #2202 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
brenda m - Feb 26, 2003 10:22:22 pm PST #2203 of 9843
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
There are actually a lot of Brits (and Irish) that do great American accents.
Glenn Quinn.
And here I thought Minnie Driver was doing an atrocious Brit accent on Will and Grace a few weeks back. Fake or not, it was painful to listen to and sounded very affected.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2003 10:22:24 pm PST #2204 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But JM's UK accent is better than his US one. What the hell is that?
Trudy Booth - Feb 26, 2003 10:22:46 pm PST #2205 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Bad American accents tend to have too much R.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2003 10:23:15 pm PST #2206 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Exactly my point.
brenda m - Feb 26, 2003 10:24:15 pm PST #2207 of 9843
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
"Ah'm a friend of Xanderrrr's, here."
Caroma - Feb 26, 2003 10:24:27 pm PST #2208 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
I'm with ita. No offense to the Californians on the board, but some SoCal speak--the sorta mumbly bland type--bugs me after a while.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2003 10:25:42 pm PST #2209 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't heard anyone speak like JM here yet. Perhaps I haven't been close enough to Modesto. But if a Brit spoke like that, I'd mock it as a terrible fake US accent.
billytea - Feb 26, 2003 10:26:14 pm PST #2210 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Bad American accents tend to have too much R.
Heh. From where I'm sitting, so do good ones.
DavidS - Feb 26, 2003 10:26:55 pm PST #2211 of 9843
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
A long time ago I read an interview with Jackson Browne talking about the drawn-out "R" in the California accent. He pointed to the Beach Boys "California Girls" as an example: "Well East Coat gurrrrrlls are hip..." etc.