Rounding up the Muslims

[George K]

[Rainman]

@Larry said in Rounding up the Muslims:

I think the US should round up everyone feigning a fake British accent. Especially that guy with the terrible fake accent in all those "as seen on tv" commercials...

That's funny, cause it's so often true. I'd include our local PBS classical music station.
For some reason, that British accent implies sophistication.
But, I do like the sound of that accent. Just seems so profound compared to other accents.

[George K]

@Rainman said in Rounding up the Muslims:

That's funny, cause it's so often true. I'd include our local PBS classical music station.
For some reason, that British accent implies sophistication.
But, I do like the sound of that accent. Just seems so profound compared to other accents.

Thanks for saying that. It's bothered me for a while.

I regularly attend ...ahem, I used to regularly attend several live concert venues in the Chicago area.

1. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2. The Elgin Symphony Orchestra
3. The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
4. The Lyric Opera of Chicago (only about 4 times)

All of them have a pre-recorded statement before the performance which say, more or less, "Thank you for attending ... blah, blah, blah..., please disable electronic devices....blah, blah, blah...Enjoy the performance."

The Lyric uses someone who has a British accent.

Always found it pretentious.

[Rainman]

For pickup truck TV commercials, the accent is always the Texas drawl. Annoying, and somehow condescending.
Actually, only domestic pickup trucks Ford/Chevy, the Japanese commercials don't stoop to some sort of overly emphasized twang.

For the symphony orchestras you mentioned, it would be interesting to hear what people think, if a southern drawl announced,
"Y'all stick yo gadgets where the sun don't shine."

[George K]

@Rainman said in Rounding up the Muslims:

"Y'all stick yo gadgets where the sun don't shine."

That made me spit (cheap) Scotch everywhere.

But, your point is a good one.

[bachophile]

But which British accent?

Link to video

[taiwan_girl]

@bachophile That was interesting, but hard for me to tell the difference. LOL

(I think this is bias, but many people say that Taiwanese have the best accent when speaking Chinese. LOL)

[Doctor Phibes]

@Rainman said in Rounding up the Muslims:

@Larry said in Rounding up the Muslims:

I think the US should round up everyone feigning a fake British accent. Especially that guy with the terrible fake accent in all those "as seen on tv" commercials...

That's funny, cause it's so often true. I'd include our local PBS classical music station.
For some reason, that British accent implies sophistication.
But, I do like the sound of that accent. Just seems so profound compared to other accents.

I sound dead fucking sophisticated. Just ask anyone.

[Doctor Phibes]

@bachophile said in Rounding up the Muslims:

But which British accent?

Link to video

I have to say, some of those are shockingly bad.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Rounding up the Muslims:

@bachophile said in Rounding up the Muslims:

But which British accent?

Link to video

I have to say, some of those are shockingly bad.

"Bad" as in "poorly done," or "bad" as in "yeah, that's how bad they really sound?"

[Doctor Phibes]

Bad as in poorly done. 'Shockingly bad' is really over-stating it, some of them are ok, but she's not nearly as good at them as she thinks.

Not that I'd do any better, of course, far from it - but I'm not posting on YouTube

[Larry]

I love true Irish accents.

[Doctor Phibes]

I've got a cousin from Northern Ireland, and my sister in law is from Dublin. It's fair to say her accent is a lot nicer.

Then again, I'm from Preston, so complaining about other people's accents is probably a little unfair.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Rounding up the Muslims:

Then again, I'm from Preston, so complaining about other people's accents is probably a little unfair

Yeah, but I've heard you speak in person. YOu're weird, but not that weird.

[Doctor Phibes]

My accent has been very toned down over the years. When I go back home it re-appears, and I start talking reet funny like.