I went and checked with my husband about the original books, I assume that's what the writer was referring to. But it would be worrying if people then listened to Sean Bean's accent and thought "Ah, that's what Cockney is!"
Jean Kate M Bunting wrote: > Trust an American not to know the difference between Yorkshire and > Cockney accents! I believe Bernard Cornwell originally created Sharpe as a > Londoner, but Sean Bean comes from Sheffield. > > > Saragrace wrote: > > I know this may start a firestorm, but I saw this and was wondering why it > had taken so long for the media to pick up on this. Of course I know there > are lots of opinions on how accurate any of it is with respect to costume, > but I think it is kind of cool how the emphasis on making history more > accessible through documentary, TV series and movies is making the "sport" of > costuming so much more popular. > > http://tv.msn.com/tv/hiphistory?GT1=ENTERTAINMENT5 > > Sg > > > > Kate Bunting > Cataloguing & Data Quality Librarian > University of Derby > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
