I 'catch' them so easily. Fortunately she doesn't have an American accent. I picked up bits of that after about a week of my year in the US.
What do people think of American accents over there? Over here, British accents are generally well regarded.
I'm not evil again. Why does everyone think that?
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Gudanov - Nov 24, 2009 5:56:58 am PST #1486 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Vortex - Nov 24, 2009 5:59:02 am PST #1487 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
The issue isn't accents, it's Americans. I once said "why are Americans always such idiots in British TV" He looked at me and said "why does the bad guy always have a british accent?" I said "fair enough"
Tom Scola - Nov 24, 2009 6:02:05 am PST #1488 of 30000
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"why does the bad guy always have a british accent?"
Because Mark Sheppard is awesome!
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2009 6:03:08 am PST #1489 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Spooks is doing its level best to reverse that trend. The CIA (well, okay, most foreigners and pretty much all British government types that aren't MI6) are evil to the core.
Stephanie - Nov 24, 2009 6:05:12 am PST #1490 of 30000
Trust my rage
Puerto Rico, Guam et all also have non-voting Reps and no Senators; but they also pay no federal taxes. District residents get the double whammy.
I was going to share my thoughts on the messed up position Puerto Rico was in, but then I decided that probably no one else cares as much as I do. And I don't have to care anymore because I don't live there anymore.
Personally, I always think British accents make people sound more interesting.
Jessica - Nov 24, 2009 6:08:34 am PST #1491 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I absorb accents like a sponge, which means I am constantly checking myself at work to make sure I'm not accidentally speaking British.
brenda m - Nov 24, 2009 6:11:18 am PST #1492 of 30000
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
I was going to share my thoughts on the messed up position Puerto Rico was in, but then I decided that probably no one else cares as much as I do.
I am, but I'm weird like that. But yeah, I don't mean to imply that PR etc. are all sitting pretty - lack of equal status under the law doesn't generally do anyone much good. It just plays out differently in different places.
P.M. Marc - Nov 24, 2009 6:13:34 am PST #1493 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Because Mark Sheppard is awesome!
TOUCHE!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 24, 2009 6:14:17 am PST #1494 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
What do people think of American accents over there?
They're mostly associated with film and TV, as we have masses of that from the US (as you'd expect). There are some stereotypes associated with them, but mainly by people who don't know any actual Americans. People like The Girl and me, with 'murrican connections, would mostly just find them interesting, like Stephanie said re British accents in America.
Grammar edit. Dissertation frying brain. Time for food.
erikaj - Nov 24, 2009 6:20:26 am PST #1495 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I've noticed we sound super-nasal on your telly and tend to talk louder. But some of us really do, so it's hard to get offended, even if it is a caricature.