but gwyneth paltrow [sp?] is good when she does her british thing, and anthony Hopkin was good as nixon. yes, brits can be appalling doing american accents. when american english became fashionable in buenos aires in the early 80's, cambridge university press -- a british publisher -- produced a series of books to teach american english. the actors hired to record the dialogues were all british, and you could tell from a mile away! it is also funny to read pre-WWII british writers trying to reproduce the speech of americans in their novels. the way they perceived american speech must have come form the three stooges because all americans seem to be from brooklyn in those novels. [novels that i love with a vengeance, mind you!] wally
-----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de colin Enviado el: Miircoles, 06 de Febrero de 2002 08:51 p.m. Para: joni Asunto: dingoes and accents NJC Do English actors speaking in an Amrican accemnt sound terrible to you? Americans speaking in a british accent sound awful really bad. cept for Renee whatsername in Bridget Jones .
