We have a lady in our local group who is British, complete with accent. There have been those who didn't know she was British complain about the "cheesy" accent, thinking she was faking it. Even when pointed out she's not faking, they still insisted it sounded cheesy.
alex On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 7:01 AM, Ruth Anne Baumgartner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And then there are the Americans who assume EVERY British accent is a > HIGH-CLASS British accent. Someone said to me about an acquaintance > who does indeed speak with a Cockney accent, "I love to hear his > accent! It's so refined!" And a friend who works at the stage supply > company says she can always recognize one particular community- > theater box office tape on the phone because the speaker "has a phony > British accent, which people seem to equate with being artistes!" > (No offense intended to any true Brits out there who ARE artistes, or > to Cockneys who ARE refined!) > > --Ruth Anne Baumgartner > gipsy scholar and amateur costumer > > -- "I'm buying this fabric/book now in case I have an emergency...you know, having to suddenly make presents for everyone, sickness,flood, injury, mosquito infestations, not enough silk in the house, it's Friday..." ;) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
