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amethystprism — 20 years ago(December 24, 2005 08:52 PM)
There's no such things as a 'bad' American accent. America is a country of racial mix, so everyone has a hint of something. I can understand poor British accents and a poor Chinese accent, but America hardly has one set tone that everyone speaks. (think southern accents and western accents.)
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karenbug2001 — 20 years ago(December 25, 2005 01:27 AM)
This problem (bad American accents by foreign actors) could be solved by simply hiring AMERICAN actors to play AMERICAN roles. I don't understand the trend of hiring non-American actors (Hugh Laurie, Portia de Rossi, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Louise Lombard, and yes, even Poppy Montgomery, talented though she may be) to play American roles in American TV shows, movies, etc. Is there some sort of quota that needs to be filled? Or is there a massive shortage of American actors in need of employment? These people may be very talented and capable actors, but surely there are plenty of perfectly capable American actors who could more than adequately fill these roles, and who undoubtedly need the work as well.
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David_Translator — 20 years ago(December 25, 2005 03:52 AM)
Hey, we get Americans usurping our roles (think Brigitte Jones, Sliding Doors), so you can put up with it too.
BTW, I'm from Redbridge too!
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hoangiuk — 20 years ago(January 31, 2006 02:12 PM)
Calm down you damn xenophobe.
If you didn't have different people of different nationalities in your country, you wouldn't have a bloody country.
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ranmalein — 18 years ago(August 08, 2007 11:46 AM)
Calm down you damn xenophobe.
If you didn't have different people of different nationalities in your country, you wouldn't have a bloody country.
I always find it rich how America, which is built on immigrants, ends up so damn racist.
i've never read an more english thread ever lol (don't be offended, i like how and what you wrote ;] )
but on the other hand i kinda understand what the xenophobe said. but i don't think you should hire american actors only. but why can't sofia be english?
anyway, i didn't notice she was from the UK, but maybe because i'm from austria and only notice accents, but not bad accents ;]
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LlioMedi — 20 years ago(March 04, 2006 09:18 PM)
E1971 - Before telling the thousand "Limeys" in the American TV industry to go home (most of them probably live here anyway), kindly go and talk to your friendly local chain stores about the millions of jobs they outsource.
Hoangiuk - Please don't think for a minute that the average American thinks along the lines of E1971's post. He probably just wanted to begin an argument.
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Gladyss_the_dancing_mule — 19 years ago(May 13, 2006 10:15 AM)
because its called acting you half wit! that's like saying you should only hire serial killers to play serial killers. at least she's not as bad as josh hartnett in blow dry or brad pitt in devils own. and you don't hear us going on about BRITISH actors for BRITISH roles do you?
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rloren2 — 20 years ago(January 31, 2006 07:06 PM)
I've always known she sounded funny but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. At times I thought she might be Eastern European or sometimes South African based on how she soundsit doesn't seem consistent to me at all either.
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Gotanda — 20 years ago(February 01, 2006 05:32 AM)
Her accent may not be as good as other British actors playing Americans (such as Dominic West and Idris Elba in The Wire) but it's not so bad so it immediately sounds fake.
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twins1729 — 20 years ago(February 01, 2006 04:04 PM)
I KNOW.
I'm sorry, I can not stand Sofia. I don't know why exactly, but she just rubs me the wrong way.
Ever since the first time I saw her, I thought she was doing a bad English accent. Like, she's trying to hard to pretend she's from England and learning an American accent.
Then I learned she was from England and thought she needed better training. Maybe if Sofia was from England it'd be okay, but she's not.
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catpeee — 20 years ago(February 09, 2006 06:15 AM)
She a bad character on a dying show. Time to pull the plug. Stories are woeful now and character development just doesn't seem to happen.
However, I remember her from House of Elliot and thought she suited her dark hair much better. H111cad to think hard where I remembered her from, she has changed quite a bit.
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pumpkinhead97 — 20 years ago(February 17, 2006 10:47 AM)
She a bad character on a dying show.
about 25 million people would disagree with you every week.
Just kidding, but I do like Lombard, and her character on the showbut I will admit that I pay close attention to what she says to catch her in the act of "still being british" :).
One of my favorite classes when I was in college was Linguistics. I learned a lot about why people from different cultures have trouble with American English, and vice versa. For example, a lot of native Asians have more trouble with 'L' and 'R' sounds because there is little, if any duplication of that sound in their spoken languagenot the letter representation, the sounds they form when spoken. If you don't grow up practicing making these sounds, they are not in your repretoire, and they are difficult later in life.
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jorjafoxrox — 20 years ago(March 05, 2006 08:29 AM)
Wo.
I just came onto this thread cause I agree that Sofia's accent can be kinda annoying sometimes. Didn't realise it had turned into such a bash fest.
Without pissing anyone offI am English, and yes I do notice Sofia's accent. It's only like odd words/sentences/phrasings but it is obvious. All it needs is one line about how she is originally from England and it would make me happy. Or start doing a better accent
Saying that, I'm sorry if some people don't like British actors working in America but please, name one actor of any nationally who could play House better than Hugh Laurie. The man is a genius.
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