liketom said:
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1906/dialects.html
God knows, he's probably some yahoo, but here it is.
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http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1906/dialects.html
God knows, he's probably some yahoo, but here it is.
benjamindaines said:
Assuming you missed the /humour tag off there since he's most definitely Scottish; Fountainbridge, Edinburgh IIRC
benjamindaines said:
He was born Thomas Connery in Fountainbridge, in the south-west of Edinburgh, on the 25th of August, 1930.....
...and has 'Scotland forever' tattoed to his right buttock, even though he lives on the small island that appears in 'Man with a Golden Gun' and yes, it is a real laser canon, which he uses whenever the tax man comes knocking. Odd job clears up the mess afterwards. Seriously!
hmm... than who's the actor thats south african (as you can tell I don't pay attention to pop culture magasines.Applespider said:
CompUser said:
Not exactly difficult, the Sud Efrican eccent is one of the most obvious in the world and widely regarded as the most diabolical.
We are starting to develop stronger regional accents here - it's funny, we're a massive, sparsely populated nation and yet we all have pretty much the same accent. Although now it is possible to tell people apart:
Sydney: "Hello, latte and biscotti please, ooh look at that new Porsche!!"
Melbourne: "Hallo Halan, how are you liking Malbun?"
Adelaide: "Yes, we're free settlers here in Sarf Ostraylia so we have a more British accent."
Brisbane: "Hello...there...would...you...like...a...XXXX...?"
North Quensland: "G'Day......mate......how's......it......going......alright......eh?"
Lord Blackadder said:Blackadder was definitely broadcast in the US, on BBC America. Oh yea! Still is, trust me on this one.
Including the third series? I remember only two, possibly because I don't subscribe to BBC America. The others were shown on PBS.
Are you guys crazy???
She is quite obviously Glaswegian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Leung
She is quite obviously Glaswegian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Leung
Kobushi said:Chill.
Maybe it's some Chinese-Irish combination.
IJ Reilly said:
There were four, I still see Hugh Laurie as Lieutenant George - all goggle-eyed and gung-ho.
God it was a funny series, haven't seen much of the 1st series but I have the other three on DVD, they still make me laugh. If only they'd done the 5th series with Blackadder as the manager of a 1960's band, the drummer was named Bald Rick.
Some of his funniest stuff was in "A bit of Fry & Laurie", a BBC (I think) sketch show where he got to show off his comic and musical talent alongside the enormously talented and ludicrously intelligent Stephen Fry who is IMO a God.Lord Blackadder said:
Is Fry known in the US?
Two stories about Sean:Danksi said:
1) He was my Mum's milkman when she was a teenager in Edinburgh.
2) He's always banging on about Scottish nationalism and how fantastic Scotland is. A couple of years ago the Scottish tourist board were looking for a new slogan and took submissions on their website. One submission was "Scotland; So wonderful Sean Connery visits sometimes"
mpw said:
No, not outside Blackadder at any rate. I remember being stunned after reading his bio though, a veritable genius. He must be incredibly interesting to talk to.
I think the only time I've seen him outside Blackadder was an appearance on Top Gear.
IJ Reilly said:
I admit I never saw the third series on PBS, but they definitely put all 4 series on BBC America. Not sure about the Christmas special though. Anyway, you need to get the full DVD set. Best $120 I ever spent.
On the topic of accents try and pick the differance around australia!
Hint: their isn't one we all speak the same accent, i'll let you guess what it is. I cannot tell the differance anywhere in the country, i think it is becasue we are only 217 yrs and never really developed an accent becasue transport was considerably easier then than 500 yrs earlier
Hint: their isn't one we all speak the same accent, i'll let you guess what it is. I cannot tell the differance anywhere in the country, i think it is becasue we are only 217 yrs and never really developed an accent becasue transport was considerably easier then than 500 yrs earlier
Apparently I have a relatively strong New-England/Hudson Valley accent...though I wouldn't know it. (I get called on it a lot by relatives from the midwest..."put another lahg on the fire" )
On the topic of British accents...for some reason for the past few years I've astonished myself and my friends by being able to identify quickly and simply various dialects...without even knowing I could. Maybe it came from listening to ungodly amounts of Virgin Radio (a really bad habit I picked up a while back curse you iTunes radio!). I instantly picked up on Cho Chang's Scottish accent and Seamus Finnegan's (sp) Irish accents in Harry Potter, though between the two of them they only had about 3 lines.
)On the topic of British accents...for some reason for the past few years I've astonished myself and my friends by being able to identify quickly and simply various dialects...without even knowing I could. Maybe it came from listening to ungodly amounts of Virgin Radio (a really bad habit I picked up a while back curse you iTunes radio!). I instantly picked up on Cho Chang's Scottish accent and Seamus Finnegan's (sp) Irish accents in Harry Potter, though between the two of them they only had about 3 lines.
barneygumble said:
Wrong-g-g !!
Easily detected in how people say a few words, and otherwise the words they use.
e.g. Many Sydneysiders say "pewl, skewl" (pool, school)
Most Melburnians say "Essedon" (Essendon)
Adelaide accent approaches an Auckland (NZ) accent without the "fush, chups, and sux"
etc
etc
Melbourne, Helen, Castlemaine
Sydney: "Melbun, Helen, Carslemayne"
Melbourne: "Malbun, Halan, Casslemayne"
There are a number of regional accents here, people from Albury/Wodonga sound different from people from the south coast.
Surely being from Newcastle you'd be able to recognise a few accents of your own.
Sydney: "Would you like another lahr-tay?"
Newcastle: "Do youse wannaother cuppa tea?"
Don't start with me, I'm a Novocastrian by birth.
Sydney: "Melbun, Helen, Carslemayne"
Melbourne: "Malbun, Halan, Casslemayne"
There are a number of regional accents here, people from Albury/Wodonga sound different from people from the south coast.
Surely being from Newcastle you'd be able to recognise a few accents of your own.
Sydney: "Would you like another lahr-tay?"
Newcastle: "Do youse wannaother cuppa tea?"
Don't start with me, I'm a Novocastrian by birth.
I would love to hear a Brit, attempt a Midwest US accent once or twice . I have lived here all my life, and I would assume I have an accent from my region. But like others have said, it is hard to hear your OWN accent!
If you think the Movie Fargo is what we sound like, lets just say I think we sound much less odd .
Too bad we cannot attach sound files. It would be cool to do recordings from everyone saying a somewhat complicated phrase that would bring out the accents from all over the macrumors world!
. I have lived here all my life, and I would assume I have an accent from my region. But like others have said, it is hard to hear your OWN accent!If you think the Movie Fargo is what we sound like, lets just say I think we sound much less odd
.Too bad we cannot attach sound files. It would be cool to do recordings from everyone saying a somewhat complicated phrase that would bring out the accents from all over the macrumors world!
I had moved to Brainerd, Minnesota right when the movie Fargo opened up. The movie is supposed to take place here. You can't imagine how many people here said that their accent didn't sound a bit like the one in the movie. Of course to me, who had never heard that accent before, it sounded right on.
mpw said:
Known to those who know, yes. He played Jeeves to Laurie's Bertie in the Wodehouse series a number of years ago. He also recorded a very nice BBC radio tribute to his late friend, the barking mad genius Vivian Stanshall.