[78-L] Accent you hate

[Royal Pemberton]

Ford Kiernan and Greg Patterson in the Scottish comedy series CHEWIN'
THE FAT occasionally portrayed American characters in some of the
sketches, and pulled them off very well!

On 6/10/09, Bud Black <banjobud at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> I am constantly amazed at how well most English actors can emulate the
> American accent (Bob Hoskins, Hugh Laurie), and most American actors, when
> assuming the British accent, sound unconvincing.  Why is this?
>
> Bud
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Julian Vein
> Date: 6/10/2009 1:56:42 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: [78-L] Accent you hate
>
> 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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