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Post by Calidore on Aug 29, 2024 19:01:12 GMT -5
My supermarket pharmacy now has the new COVID shots, and I got mine today. This time was Moderna's turn, so I'm expecting to be down for the count tomorrow and Saturday  . |
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Post by Rags on Sept 2, 2024 22:30:09 GMT -5
Back, let me know if I missed anything.
Got as far as Finland (that was a surprise!), Blackpool in England and 4 States in the USA (incl. 2 Trump rallies, my very first time).
Catching up on stuff here.....
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Post by Ryot on Sept 2, 2024 22:32:24 GMT -5
A spinner rack in the possible distant future.  It's a great investment! Always catches people's attention when they see it! |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Sept 3, 2024 20:57:00 GMT -5
Back, let me know if I missed anything.
Got as far as Finland (that was a surprise!), Blackpool in England and 4 States in the USA (incl. 2 Trump rallies, my very first time).
Catching up on stuff here.....
Hope you enjoyed your trip and visit to the US. Which states did get to see? |
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Post by supercat on Sept 3, 2024 21:01:04 GMT -5
Got a very important question for our British friends here (though I think it could easily be expanded to any non-American English speakers so please feel to jump in if you have a thought on this question).
When I watch British shows and movies, I like to repeat my favorite lines with a British accent (using the term broadly) because a lot of stuff just wouldn't sound right to my ears (can you really quote say Monty Python with "your arm's off" with an American accent of some kind?).
When you watch American shows and movies, do you repeat lines with an American accent?
Again using the term broadly of course, obviously it can range from milder pronunciations to more distinctive like Brooklyn and Texas for example (similar to the various British variations on the flip side).
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Post by berkley on Sept 3, 2024 21:31:19 GMT -5
Got a very important question for our British friends here (though I think it could easily be expanded to any non-American English speakers so please feel to jump in if you have a thought on this question). When I watch British shows and movies, I like to repeat my favorite lines with a British accent (using the term broadly) because a lot of stuff just wouldn't sound right to my ears (can you really quote say Monty Python with "your arm's off" with an American accent of some kind?). When you watch American shows and movies, do you repeat lines with an American accent? Again using the term broadly of course, obviously it can range from milder pronunciations to more distinctive like Brooklyn and Texas for example (similar to the various British variations on the flip side).
Canada here, but for me it depends on the individual line and its context. For example, if I'm repeating something like "And if you tell that to the young people today, they won't believe you." (from Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen skit) I'll make an attempt, however inept, at the accent because I think it's an integral part of what makes that line work. But if I'm repeating, say, "There's a fine line between clever and stupid" (from Spinal Tap) I don't feel the accent is necessary and usually wouldn't bother trying to reproduce it. It doesn't seem to come up for me as often with American shows or movies but the same sort of factors would be involved.
When I'm reading a book written by an English or British author I almost always hear it mentally in a kind of standard BBC English accent and have done so almost as long as I can remember. Sometimes this probably doesn't make much difference and isn't really necessary but it's such a long-standing habit it's pretty much second nature to me. But I think sometimes it's really indispensable to an appreciation of the book - Dickens for example, or Tolkien - especially The Hobbit, in which the chatty narrative voice is an important aspect of the book's overall effect.
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Post by Rags on Sept 3, 2024 21:33:06 GMT -5
Hope you enjoyed your trip and visit to the US. Which states did get to see?
Florida, that's my hubby's home State....then we briefly flew back home and then back to New York when we got the schedule for the rallies. We went to Pennsylvania and North Carolina for a couple days each.
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Post by supercat on Sept 3, 2024 21:46:38 GMT -5
But if I'm repeating, say, "There's a fine line between clever and stupid" (from Spinal Tap) I don't feel the accent is necessary and usually wouldn't bother trying to reproduce it. I'm sounding out that line and I agree, it works without the accent. Though when Nigel says, "these go to eleven", I always try to repeat it with his voice! |
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Post by supercat on Sept 3, 2024 21:48:08 GMT -5
Back, let me know if I missed anything.
Got as far as Finland (that was a surprise!), Blackpool in England and 4 States in the USA (incl. 2 Trump rallies, my very first time).
Catching up on stuff here.....
Likewise hope you had a good trip Rags! |
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Post by tartanphantom on Sept 3, 2024 22:37:39 GMT -5
Got a very important question for our British friends here (though I think it could easily be expanded to any non-American English speakers so please feel to jump in if you have a thought on this question). When I watch British shows and movies, I like to repeat my favorite lines with a British accent (using the term broadly) because a lot of stuff just wouldn't sound right to my ears (can you really quote say Monty Python with "your arm's off" with an American accent of some kind?). When you watch American shows and movies, do you repeat lines with an American accent? Again using the term broadly of course, obviously it can range from milder pronunciations to more distinctive like Brooklyn and Texas for example (similar to the various British variations on the flip side).
Interesting that you mention broad vs. distinctive when it comes to American accents. I think most folks from the UK will tell you that distinct accent differences are far more localized there than in the USA. I mean, in the UK, even some close neighboring shires/counties can have quite a difference in accents and dialect, as well as colloquialism. And the further north you go, the more extreme the differences become (from the southerly counties). Listening to a native of Brighton converse with a native of Newcastle can be quite a culture shock in itself, even though the distance between them is barely 300 miles. Tennessee itself is longer than that from west to east by over 100 miles, and the accent doesn't vary nearly as much from Memphis to Bristol.
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Post by supercat on Sept 3, 2024 22:43:20 GMT -5
Got a very important question for our British friends here (though I think it could easily be expanded to any non-American English speakers so please feel to jump in if you have a thought on this question). When I watch British shows and movies, I like to repeat my favorite lines with a British accent (using the term broadly) because a lot of stuff just wouldn't sound right to my ears (can you really quote say Monty Python with "your arm's off" with an American accent of some kind?). When you watch American shows and movies, do you repeat lines with an American accent? Again using the term broadly of course, obviously it can range from milder pronunciations to more distinctive like Brooklyn and Texas for example (similar to the various British variations on the flip side).
Interesting that you mention broad vs. distinctive when it comes to American accents. I think most folks from the UK will tell you that distinct accent differences are far more localized there than in the USA. I mean, in the UK, even some close neighboring counties can have quite a difference in accents and dialect, as well as colloquialism. And the further north you go, the more extreme the differences become. Listening to a resident of Brighton converse with a resident of Newcastle can be quite a culture shock in itself.
Yeah, I was more just trying to say “imitate the accent” of a given actor/line, versus implying I thought there was some “generic” British accent right to your point. I’ve watched so many British comedies over the years where the lines just don’t feel right without the accents, I was more wondering if others watching American shows did the same! |
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Post by tartanphantom on Sept 3, 2024 22:46:02 GMT -5
Interesting that you mention broad vs. distinctive when it comes to American accents. I think most folks from the UK will tell you that distinct accent differences are far more localized there than in the USA. I mean, in the UK, even some close neighboring counties can have quite a difference in accents and dialect, as well as colloquialism. And the further north you go, the more extreme the differences become. Listening to a resident of Brighton converse with a resident of Newcastle can be quite a culture shock in itself.
Yeah, I was more just trying to say “imitate the accent” of a given actor/line, versus implying I thought there was some “generic” British accent right to your point. I’ve watched so many British comedies over the years where the lines just don’t feel right without the accents, I was more wondering if others watching American shows did the same!
Gotcha. I didn't read your original post close enough. I suppose it depends on the context and the character in question. For example, I can't quote Terry Jones without imitating his hilarious totally over-the-top high-pitched ersatz English matron voice... e.g.--"It's all for the good of the country!"
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 4, 2024 10:16:31 GMT -5
I've heard comedians and other actors, on panel shows, quoting lines from American movies, in imitations of the actor. The ones who specialize in impressions and voicework tend to be better at it, for obvious reasons. Southern accents seem to be favorites or just easier to mimic.
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Post by Rags on Sept 4, 2024 10:17:42 GMT -5
I sometimes do the bottle thing and say "come out to play-y-y-y-y".
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Post by Batflunkie on Sept 4, 2024 10:52:17 GMT -5
I've heard comedians and other actors, on panel shows, quoting lines from American movies, in imitations of the actor. The ones who specialize in impressions and voicework tend to be better at it, for obvious reasons. Southern accents seem to be favorites or just easier to mimic. Then you have people like Johnny Lee Miller in Hackers and Bob Hoskins during most of his film career doing 40's style New York Accents (Bob did the accent so well that I was actually kind of surprised that he was English to begin with) |
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