But JM's UK accent is better than his US one. What the hell is that?
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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§ ita § - Feb 26, 2003 10:22:24 pm PST #2204 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Hil R. - Feb 26, 2003 10:27:27 pm PST #2212 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
A lot of fake American accents sound way too flat to my ear. Also, a lot of people seem to be trying for "standard American" and end up with some weird amalgamation of regional accents that sounds nothing like how anyone actually talks. (I just saw some example of this that was really annoying me, but now I can't remember where.)
DavidS - Feb 26, 2003 10:29:14 pm PST #2213 of 9843
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, a lot of people seem to be trying for "standard American" and end up with some weird amalgamation of regional accents that sounds nothing like how anyone actually talks.
Gary Oldman has said the key is to go for the regional accent since there is not a generic American accent. (Though there's the National TV News Midwestern Accent which might be comparable to BBC English.)