--- colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking of accemnts. I can ditignuish between a New > England accnet, a > Brooklyn one, a Texas one and thta is about it. Oh > and sometimes a > Canadian one but only if they say 'about'. >
Canadians don't say "about". The word simply doesn't exist in Canada. > Do English actors speaking in an Amrican accemnt > sound terrible to you? Yes, it always sounds just a bit off. Likewise, Mel Gibson trying to sound American. It's not quite there. And then there's Ahnold Schwartzenegger, who always has a Scottish or English-sounding name. How believable is that? > Americans speaking in a british accent sound awful > really bad. cept for > Renee whatsername in Bridget Jones . She was so good > I assumed she was > English You're right. They do, even to me, who am not English. Some actors can do accents pretty well, but most of them sound a bit off. Accents sound a lot better in your own head than they do spoken aloud. >I didn't rrealise she was the same actor > who was in that > starnge film wheree she was a waitress and she sw > her hubby killed by > Chris Rock(most annoying man). Nurse Betty. Strange film, but Renee was so innocent and appealing it, that I really felt for her. ______________________________________________________________________ Web-hosting solutions for home and business! http://website.yahoo.ca
