What's the deal with Welsh, and other comedy
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BloodFromStone
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I always laugh, but really when you think it's quite sad that a character's personality can be derrived from their accent. Not only as far as writing, but as far as what that says about society. You hear a thick russian accent in a movie, and you can generally guess he's a bad guy. A french accent, and he's probably a charmer/artisty fellow...
But, then again, this is only works with certain kinds of movies.
There's a whole list of movies that defy these stereotypes.
But, then again, this is only works with certain kinds of movies.
There's a whole list of movies that defy these stereotypes.-
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Its the weird and wonderful nature of our world. In my home land, we can spot variations in accents (in Yorkshire) between towns just a few miles apart , but in other countries it always sounds very simililar. However, the US accent obviously varies a lot throughout the states. Do you have a similar thing to us in the UK, with our teasing of neighbours (states?)
gambit/bsg: shame you missed the first normal episode, it is utterly amazing!
and i don't notice his english accent, i just think they happened to pick the best actor...i love balthar, in the original he's jsut some smug evil guy, this balthar is just a very flawed man constantly finding himself in worse and worse situations, and slowly giving himself over to evil
a much more interesting progression!
lol, yeah, it's amazing how an accent can make all the difference and make you think a certain way about someone. The various scottish accents are actuaslly noticeable too, and must admit that they conjure certain prejudices!
and i don't notice his english accent, i just think they happened to pick the best actor...i love balthar, in the original he's jsut some smug evil guy, this balthar is just a very flawed man constantly finding himself in worse and worse situations, and slowly giving himself over to evil
a much more interesting progression!
lol, yeah, it's amazing how an accent can make all the difference and make you think a certain way about someone. The various scottish accents are actuaslly noticeable too, and must admit that they conjure certain prejudices!
i thought it was hilarious back when i watched it, but not as funny as the fact that there were lots of complaints about people not being able to understand it down in your neck of the woods!
once you get passed the barking glasweign is easy enough to understand, the fun is hearing doric like some of the older aberdonian poeple speak...or some of the broader island accents
once you get passed the barking glasweign is easy enough to understand, the fun is hearing doric like some of the older aberdonian poeple speak...or some of the broader island accents
OH, I SEE! YOU THINK I KNOW ABOUT GOLFING BECAUSE I'M SCOTTISH, DO YOU!
I WILL TELL YOU THIS, I WILL TELL YOU THIS... *shakes paper*
nah, vaguely knew the name but not really anything about him. Don't follow golf : ) Unless he's a famous golfer from Aberdeen, in which case my boss may well play golf with his father sometimes (if it's the same guy)
I WILL TELL YOU THIS, I WILL TELL YOU THIS... *shakes paper*
nah, vaguely knew the name but not really anything about him. Don't follow golf : ) Unless he's a famous golfer from Aberdeen, in which case my boss may well play golf with his father sometimes (if it's the same guy)
yeah, a friend from university had tried to lose her deep london accent, and did it well..so funny to hear her deliberately speak like it...freakish!
And after mentioning barnsley, i now have the whole writer/coal miner sketch from monty python in my head
"Bloody fancy talk since you went poncin' off to barnsley..."
And after mentioning barnsley, i now have the whole writer/coal miner sketch from monty python in my head
"Bloody fancy talk since you went poncin' off to barnsley..."
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Gambit37
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I'm from Brighton, of which the indigenous accent is rather 'common'. But I don't have that accent as my mum was a pretentious toff in the making, a Hyacinth Bucket (even though she's realy a cockney). When people meet me they think I went to public school and ride horses. Well, not any more -- I have managed to be more down to earth on the last 10 years or so....
hey, don't mock public school, i went to one for six years : )
i would have rode horses, but the fees were so expensive we didn't have enough money for normal food, and meat is meat...
i think the worst accent i ever came across was in blackpool...i had been checking out this nice dancing girl all night, and at the end of the night i walked over to her and said that i thought she was a fantastic dancer
the 'aww, thanks hen' or whatever few words she said was enough to make me run a mile...not that i'm shallow or anything...
funnily, most people i met in blackpool were actually from glasgow...so the balckpool accent came as a shock!
i would have rode horses, but the fees were so expensive we didn't have enough money for normal food, and meat is meat...
i think the worst accent i ever came across was in blackpool...i had been checking out this nice dancing girl all night, and at the end of the night i walked over to her and said that i thought she was a fantastic dancer
the 'aww, thanks hen' or whatever few words she said was enough to make me run a mile...not that i'm shallow or anything...
funnily, most people i met in blackpool were actually from glasgow...so the balckpool accent came as a shock!