Anybody who has seen her episodes of "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" will know exactly what I mean, especially if you a
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InVaDeR_Lizzy89 — 20 years ago(November 27, 2005 06:14 PM)
It really gets on my nerves when someone goes for an Aussie accent and butchers it. I wanna jump at em and strangle them! (lol) Is that too harsh? (lol)
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e — 13 years ago(September 06, 2012 09:15 AM)I don't get it, why does it bother you so much? It doesn't bother me when I watch Copper, and they TOTALLY butcher American accents, lol! Same with the eps that take place in America on Doctor Who.
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BrianGCrawfordMA — 20 years ago(January 03, 2006 04:11 PM)
Ah, yes, the fake Boston accent. I love it, but I do a fake New Hampshire. It's just cooler; you're not pretending to be a Kennedy. To become an Instant Emmett (N.H. native), just drop your "r's," talk as if your nose is plugged with wax, and throw in the intensifier "wicked" instead of "really" or "real." I used to practice by saying the sentence, "Those boys at Dartmouth are wicked smart." Obviously, in New Hampshire, you don't "park your car in Harvard Yard." It's also good to be aware of how strange "Mainers" sound to the Emmett. Mainers are said to sound more strident, although that's like saying Japanese is more guttural-sounding than German. Avoiding the particulars of the seemingly identical Maine accent is the key to true success here.
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Charming_Slayer — 20 years ago(February 05, 2006 02:56 AM)
lol her ep is on right now here in Oz.
And I totally agree. -It's one bad accent. -Very unbelieveable!
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anais-1 — 20 years ago(February 05, 2006 03:54 AM)
I agree with Charming Slayer. The closest I've heard is more like a New Zealand accent (Fush und Chups), or a slightly anglicised South African accent.
I think Olivia is a good actress, but her Australian accent is almost non-existent. At least she's avoided doing uber-ocker 'Crocodile Hunter' accent, i really hate that accent. I've been told by non-Australians that I don't have an Australian accent over the years, and I know a lot of Australians who have had the same thing happen. They seem genuinely shocked that we don't run around saying "crikey!" and "strewth!". I've even been accused of putting on an Aussie accent when I've said "G'day" or "mate"! -
antonio_banks — 20 years ago(February 16, 2006 12:06 AM)
Speaking of her accent in "Point Of No Return", I noticed that it's the same as the one Jennifer Coolidge uses in "A Mighty Wind". Does anyone know where that accent comes from? My closest guess is Hungarian, because it strikes me as being Gabor-esque.
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tresvies — 18 years ago(August 02, 2007 08:06 PM)
Speaking of her accent in "Point Of No Return", I noticed that it's the same as the one Jennifer Coolidge uses in "A Mighty Wind". Does anyone know where that accent comes from?
I'm guessing German.
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keith_xyz — 17 years ago(February 14, 2009 11:43 PM)
I didn't even know she was British or born in the U.K. until I saw the biography. The funniest episode on "The Single Guy" was when her character was auditionin' & the director shouted, "That's the worst British accent I've ever heard!" I assumed d'Abo was (North) American based on her appearance on "The Wonder Years."
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flatulatte — 19 years ago(May 25, 2006 05:32 AM)
Strike a light.
I notice there is a fair bit of cockatooing about accents going on here, lets just say that nothing drains me billabong faster than some-one doing a fake Aussie accent fair dinkum.
Hollywood just doesn't have a fair grasp of the Go-anna when it comes to the Aussie slang and its always overdone.
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tribey — 19 years ago(May 25, 2006 09:27 AM)
I'm an American can do damn good Australian and Scottish accents!
No offense, but I'm betting you only think you can - the same way SNL, Whose Line (UK) and The Simpsons think they can.
If anyone has heard Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe speak it baffles me that the closest any non-Australian entertainer can get to an Australian accent is a bizarre cockney/kiwi hybrid.
Awhile back I saw the usually excellent Dana Carvey on Leno trying to impersonate Steve Irwin and it was woeful - akin to a high schooler trying to do Schwarzenegger or Chappelle - but of course the audience were none the wiser and lapped it up. -
tresvies — 19 years ago(July 24, 2006 11:31 AM)
I'm betting you only think you can
I have Scottish relatives to account for my Scottish accent and my Aussie friends say my Aussie accent is good. My accents are good enough to fool Americans and Candians into thinking I'm not English or American.
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