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		| The Master68 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:41 pm    Post subject: Re: For those of you looking to 'brush up' your BRITISH acce |   |   
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				| I don't have one, but I can fake it a little from my years of watching "Doctor Who" and "James Bond"... --------------
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		| bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
 
 
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		| MIKE BURN Generally Crazy Guy
 
  
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				|  Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:49 pm    Post subject: Re: For those of you looking to 'brush up' your BRITISH acce |   |   
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				| Funny audio clips! 
 
 
 I mean THAT's the real English!
 
 
 
 With European ears you can hear there very well how close English is mixed/similiar and vice/versa with Scandinavian languages like Swedish/Norwegian/Danish and with northern German dialects!
 
 
 
 It's very obvious!
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		| RonOnGuitar 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:16 pm    Post subject: Re: For those of you looking to 'brush up' your BRITISH acce |   |   
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				| That's pretty nifty, Chris! 
 
 
 Every once in a great while I have a go at Manchester, BBC proper, Cockney, Liverpool or mimic the ones heard on the old Monty Phython TV show. I'd venture to say that to most American's ears, all Brit accents sound alike!
 
 
 
 
 
 
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		| RonOnGuitar 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:36 pm    Post subject: Re: For those of you looking to 'brush up' your BRITISH acce |   |   
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				| Quote:I don't have one, but I can fake it a little from my years of watching "Doctor Who" and "James Bond"...
 
 
 
 
 68 - If you mean THE definitive James Bond, Sean Connery - he's Scottish, but usually adopts an English-Brit accent in his films.
 
 
 
 Reminds me of an exchange the late Richard Burton once had:
 
 
 
 Somebody asked him if he was English. Burton replied, but the person didn't understand what he said.
 
 
 
 So the person asks: "What did you say?"
 
 
 
 Burton replied: "I said 'Bite your tongue!' - in Welsh."
 
 
 
 
 
 
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		| bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
 
 
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		| The Master68 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:52 pm    Post subject: Re: For those of you looking to 'brush up' your BRITISH acce |   |   
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				| "If you mean THE definitive James Bond, Sean Connery" 
 
 
 No, I mean THE definitive James Bond, Roger Moore...
 
 
 
 Who is English..
 
 
 
 Moore was the best Bond.
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				|  Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 3:26 pm    Post subject: Re: For those of you looking to 'brush up' your BRITISH acce |   |   
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				| Yeah, but Scotsmen aren't Englishmen... 
 
 
 Connery is a good Bond, but not as good as Moore.
 
 
 
 Moore added alot of charm that Connery didn't have. Also a little humor.
 
 
 
 Just enough humor to make you laugh, but not make Bond into a caricature.
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		| Galmin The King has spoken!
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:10 pm    Post subject: Re: For those of you looking to 'brush up' your BRITISH acce |   |   
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				| Timothy Dalton is the worst Bond, though. Even Lazenby is better. |  | 
	 
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