Re: Best/Worst American Accents By Brits

In message <3246fb31-b2f5-4956-bcab-5b1a5a29f5db@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes
On May 28, 2:25 pm, mb <azyth...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 28, 9:06 am, "Peter T. Daniels"

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> > >Couldn't stand that, tried it a couple of times.
> > Wooster or House?
> Jeeves.
> House is ok

PGW hater... figures! I could have predicted that one.

Maybe some day I'll get around to trying to read one of the "novels."
Are you in the habit of judging authors by their TV adaptations?

Though the utter absurdity of his wartime situation (when he had _no
idea_ he was broadcasting wartime Nazi propaganda)

Up to a point, Lord Copper. The "propaganda" aspect lies only in the fact of his making them, not their content.

and after (exiled
from Britain, he continued to churn out Edwardian

Others would say "timeless".

fantasies from Long
Island, NY, for decades; his contributions to the Broadway musical
have turned out to be pretty negligible) suggest that there are
probably better writers of his ilk to explore.

Have you heard of Jerome K. Jerome?

--
Richard Herring
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