Bad Accent
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whitefangfaerie — 18 years ago(May 21, 2007 11:10 AM)
still! What happened to his beautiful Scottish accent???? That's like taking the cream out of a Tunnocks teacake and dabbing him in a cup of English china. He's just a soggy chocolate now. Shock horror. Remember the way he yelled in thick Scots:
"Will ye put a sock in it!" in Mission Impossible. Och! The memory is tarnished forever! -
chubby_simpkins — 18 years ago(May 22, 2007 02:29 AM)
Well, I have to say i think it's hillarious that i've been called a "Yank", i couldn't be much more british! and from London to boot!
My only point was as previous posters have said, he has a beautiful scottish accent and i know that he could have toned it down as he has done in the past to appeal to the american viewers.
It's just a shame as i have loved this last serious of Desperate Housewives and the only bad thing about it was his accent! -
blondeheroine — 18 years ago(June 17, 2007 06:13 PM)
Well, I have to say i think it's hillarious that i've been called a "Yank", i couldn't be much more british! and from London to boot!
AHAHAHA! That's priceless.
I rarely notice "bad" accents unless they are really really bad. I personally have BIG issues with Kyra Sedgwick's Southern accent in The Closer, but that's because I'm Southern.
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blackburnj-1 — 18 years ago(November 20, 2007 07:46 AM)
The interesting thing is that he can do a good english accent. I've seen him do it in "To kill a king". It's the americans who are insisting that he do it. What's wrong with our normal accent? Is it not bizarre enough?
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xandnax — 18 years ago(November 23, 2007 10:47 AM)
haha his original scottish accent sounds like alex ferguson's. which, really, is no surprise since fergie's scottish too. but fergie's rather hard to understand in post-match interviews. hmm. scottish commentators are fine though. this is strange
i actually think he sounds rather adorable in desperate housewives. i don't live in europe but i do understand that the brits dont actually speak with such an accent. but it's the stereotype of an englishman, and seriouslyisn't DH allll about stereotypes? -
purple-stars — 18 years ago(February 19, 2008 07:43 AM)
personally i ave no problem with his accent!! I AM british and i couldnt even tell he was puttin it on! he couldn't sound sweeter in DH! it can't be easy to do an english accent when you have a really strong stottish accent, you should all stop being so damn critical! he was also awesome in ever after and he made that one of my fave movies.
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sylvia-bearcroft — 15 years ago(June 08, 2010 03:26 PM)
I am picking up on a really old post here but I have just been watching the second episode of Father and Son on TV in which Dougray is having to speak with a Mancunian accent - I have never actually been to Manchester to hear the locals so I don't know if his accent is good or not, to be honest it sounds a bit odd but then I am a Southerner !
I have to say that his own natural Scottish accent is a delight to listen to, nothing like the harsh Glasgow accent which is very difficult to understand unless you are a Glaswegian of course ! He also does a very good English accent.
For me the Worst Ever Accent Award goes to Dick Van Dyke playing the cockney chimney sweep in Mary Poppins - really excrutiating.
