Re: Best/Worst American Accents By Brits

In message <9d301aca-bbcc-48e9-84d8-977b65938ce8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes
On May 28, 1:46 am, "benli...@xxxxxxxxxx" <benli...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 28, 3:23 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've never seen most of those shows, and I've never heard of most of
> the ones I haven't seen, but the one Worst I would list is Rachel
> Griffiths (Brothers and Sisters) -- especially in the first season,
> her Brit came out whenever she got excited.

South Brit, maybe. She's Australian.

Really! I figured she was the granddaughter (vel sim.) of Hugh
Griffiths, who was the bad guy in *Tom Jones* many years ago.

I don't remember noticing this problem  in "Six Feet Under".

Maybe someday I'll see an episode of it ...

> As for the ones I have seen (Worsts 3, 4, 8, 13, and 17 = Bests 2, 1,
> 7, 18, 13), I would have no idea that any of them was not American,
> except for Joely Richardson because I have the DVDs and she does
> interviews in the extras. (Pushing Daisies never came back, even in
> reruns, after the strike, so it's been something like 6 months since
> I've seen it.)

I can't say I watch any of these shows regularly. But I have been
impressed when I've occasionally hear Hugh Laurie's American. Maybe
it's the contrast with the way I remember him as Bertie Wooster...

Couldn't stand that, tried it a couple of times.

Wooster or House?

--
Richard Herring
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