[78-L] Accent you hate [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

I've often wondered if the 'British' accents put on by American actors rang
as false as most British actors' 'American' accents.  Not counting GWTW:
I think Vivian Leigh isn't too bad.  Leslie Howard made no attempt at an
American accent, nor did Clark Gable attempt Charleston....

My 2d worth.

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Wed, 6/10/09, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Accent you hate
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 12:55 PM
> 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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