I know, I know... to listen to the likes of Julie Christie and Julia Ormond amongst many others. I find myself saying God, I love their English ( British ) accent.
But the truth is that when an English person ( not a English subject from another country ) speaks English it is impossible for them to have an English accent because that is the Queen's English.
That is how English is meant to be spoken.
You could only really say English accent if a British person were to speak in another language.
Ronald
Now dialects from different parts of a country or city is a whole different thing alltogether.

If you want to hear how English is not supposed to be spoken, then come to Southeastern Oklahoma.

Bless their hearts...

(all Southerners are laughing right now).

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Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

Haha - fair enough! A bad choice of words. I was thinking thick in the sense of heavy cream. Thick like slow moving caramel sliding off a dessert spoon. Thick like cigar smoke late at night in an oak panelled drawing room with low lighting and red leather arm chairs.

...Man! I need more of Doyle speaking and playing right this very second!



Gosh, I don't even know what a "saffa" is. Antipodean, does it mean? Nuttin' wrong with that. Don't worry, Blertles, some of us can tell the difference between accents, and we like you plenty. 'Cept those All Blacks of course: they can stay away.



Hi Ronald: I like Julia Ormand's voice - and many other things about her too. Curious factoid: how she and most others speak is in fact not The Queen's English. It is what is called "received pronunciation" or RP, or in the past, BBC English. The Queen speaks something different which is an unusual and odd accent, even on our ears. For example, Julia Ormond speaking RP would say Monday; the Queen pronounces that Mundee, and with her pinched nasal tone on top. It sounds nearly as strange to us as it does to you.

Anyway. I once gate-crashed an end-of-run party at Julia Ormond's house after she'd been in a David Hare play at the Royal Court Theatre about a decade ago - she has a beautiful house right in the center of London. I would have liked to talk to Julia for her accent and some other reasons as well. But I couldn't get close. Huh.

Cheers - C

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Of all the people I've heard that spoke the stereotypical "tv and movie stupid redneck drawl",some Oakie neighbors were the alltime winners.

Damn security and their background checks!

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Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

Nah, no security or anything like that. Just much hunkier, richer, shinier, more attentionworthy guys filling the place.

I crashed the party with my lifelong best friend who works in theatre and was on the show, backstage. He and I found ourselves in a corner with a bunch of other sulky techy types sullenly complaining that the glittery folk don't talk to the likes of us. On the other hand, we were drinking their booze and eating their food, so...

Cheers - C

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Ceri , when I mentionned the Queen's English I did not mean her own dialect. As for that matter Prince Williams does not speak in the same dialect as his grandmother.
All I meant is that if you were raised in England with English as your first language, how can a person be perceived as having an English accent when speaking English.
I suppose the same thing can be said about German, French, Italian when they speak their own language.
But that is now irrelevant.
What is relevant is that you saw Julia Ormond up close.
Remember when Legend of the Fall came out...
The girls watched the movie for Brad Pitt and we watched the movie for Julia Ormond.
On another note; apparently during WW2 many of us colonials got swift slaps in the face by the English girls .
Can't blame them tho', they were captivated by the English " accent" and not being used to being told, " Here's your pint Love". God, did you hear what she said, she must be in Love with me. Of course, they were for the most part very young man, if not kids who had never left home and not used to British customs.
Ronald

Oh, and another thing.
About Julia Ormond....it is her smile.
It can melt anything from human flesh to molybdenum.
Perhaps it is because I turn 53 today and I remember stuff from when I was a kid in the 60's but I mentionned Julie Christie because when I first saw Dr. Shivago I was just old enough to start noticing the beauty of ( older women). They were all older of course.
And I also remember thinking that one day I will have a girlfriend that looks just like that.
And then, after quite a few years you start to see how deceiving life can get. Ah, Ah...
I think she is about 71 years old know; and still hot.
See how strong an entry such as - Your favourite accents- can be.
It led me all the way to this.
Anyhow,
Cheers to all
Ronald

Haha - fair enough! A bad choice of words. I was thinking thick in the sense of heavy cream. Thick like slow moving caramel sliding off a dessert spoon. Thick like cigar smoke late at night in an oak panelled drawing room with low lighting and red leather arm chairs.


Wow. You can paint pictures with words! Is there anything you can't do?

Well. From 20 feet away. If there was more I'd tell you. Actually, I'd probably put it in my sig line!



Sure. That's... part of it.



Obviously, it's her nice accent I'm thinking about.



I can't play the guitar like Doyle Dykes. In fact, I can't play the guitar like Doyle Dykes with nearly all his fingers chopped off. And drunk.

- C

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Yeah,her accent is looking really nice.

Yeah Ceri...
Her accent.
She is well accentuated; isn't she...
Good Lord Jesus Christ.
And us men think we rule the world.

Ronald

Gentlemen - yes!

Aa-hem. Anyhow, before we all get too carried away, I'm worried there's kids here who might not know who Doyle Dykes is. Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7OXXIesEW8

That's from a Guitarist magazine DVD two or three years ago. Wabash Cannonball. Flippin' supernatural, far as I'm concerned. Just when you're thinking; "hey, if I really practice hard enough perhaps I could do that..." you get to 2:02 in that vid and he suddenly accelerates and takes off. Oh man...

Cheers - C

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Aptly named after the noise one makes on first hearing.

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Although I am not impressed by many US accents, I loved hearing Buddy Holly with that great musical Texan drawl.
I love hearing the accent of girls from South Wales.
I hate my own south east English accent.