[78-L] Accent you hate
Julian Vein
julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Wed Jun 3 10:55:27 PDT 2009
Watched the 1934 version of "Of Human Bondage" last night. The 78
connection was of Leslie Howard briefly working in a record shop in
London. Unfortunately, the shop window had a placard advertising Little
Wonder records.
Bette Davis's cockney accent should be placed in the Hall of Infamy
alongside Dick Van Dyke's in "Mary Poppins" and Orson Welles's Irish
accent in "The Lady From Shanghai"! You can add Tom Hank's indeterminate
one in "Forrest Gump".
Julian Vein
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