Moonlightaholics

wpgrace wrote:Hmmm... ok... there are DIFFERENT Aussie accents? I am fascinated to hear this... they all sound kinda the same... they all sound cool; Americans love Aussie accents, but I gotta admit I don't hear any different ones.

I do hear differences in English accents but wouldn't have a clue where the speaker is from or if the pronunications indicate a particular education... I noticed I could never understand a single word poor Princess Diana or her ex spouse ever said....

I thought Alex, in MB, sounded English but different from the English accents I usually hear... but didn't know if that was because he was doing some particular accent, or if it was an English accent being spoken by an Aussie.... like my French accent is clearly an American, French accent. Clearly.

Oh, and btw, check out the avatar Lilly made, and showed me how to put on.... Lilly oughta get a day off or something for combat pay...

redwinter101 wrote:[
Re Princess Di and Charles - that's more to do with dodgy diction IMO. And a restricted gene pool. Just sayin'.

Red

Phoenix wrote:
Oh yes, we sound quite different to each other. (Probably a similar principle to the way penguins can tell each other apart...)

BTW, Lilly just got a 300% salary increase for her MLA mod job. (That was the good news.) The bad news is that triple nothing is still nothing. And the amount the mods are paid, (or not paid, as the case may be), is in no way a reflection of their value, or the incredible amount of work they do around here.

MoonMad wrote: I have a friend who was raised in Victoria and she says "cassel" for the word 'castle' whereas we in NSW would say "carstle". It's just little things like that that set Aussies apart.

As for the different American accents...I can differentiate between New Jersey, the deep south and then everyone else.

Red, I had assumed that Will's accent was Cornish like Mary's. Isn't that where all the smugglers were, in Cornwall? Am I showing my ignorance here?

wpgrace wrote:... Can you all tell American accents apart?

And Lilly earned her pay raise... but to me, you all earn it, every day. You picked the best Phee....

MoonMad wrote:Just jumping in on the accent thing. Phoenix must have great ears because Aussies have very little difference in their accents. Don't feel bad for not being able to differentiate because I can't and I've lived here over fifty years! Now I live in Queensland after living in New South Wales all my life and I can notice a slight difference, but not much at all. I have a friend who was raised in Victoria and she says "cassel" for the word 'castle' whereas we in NSW would say "carstle". It's just little things like that that set Aussies apart.

As for the different American accents...I can differentiate between New Jersey, the deep south and then everyone else. When my hubby and I watched Sopranos we couldn't help ourselves, we repeated just about everything they said including the cuss words in all their glory. It was addictive I tell you. We must have sounded like we were learning another language.

Red, I had assumed that Will's accent was Cornish like Mary's. Isn't that where all the smugglers were, in Cornwall? Am I showing my ignorance here?

Phoenix wrote:[


I saw a documentary last year, where a linguist suggested that the Aussie accent as we know it probably developed from kids of the same generation as Will & Mary Bryant's kids. (See mods, trying hard to get back on topic.) The idea was that there were so many different accents, and the kids were trying to fit together to form a cohesive group, so they developed their own way of speaking that was uniquely their own, and it evolved from there. (It's a theory.)

Fleur de Lisa wrote:Whatever your language, diction, accent, would you mind terribly staying on topic?

Nothing bothers me more than when people veer wildly off-topic.

I KNOW!!!!!!!! You have always trod the straight and narrow, my Courtesan friend.


I thought Alex's accent was almost non-existent towards the end of the film. It was so subtle by that point, that I could hardly notice it.

Hmmm..... did not notice the vanishing accent... ANOTHER reason to go watch part 2... work work work!


Though, he could grunt and groan and it would sound good.

yeah,it would sound reallllly good.

Yeahhhhhh... it would, wouldn't it?????????

Fleur de Lisa wrote:Watch it again. It did seem to me that his accent softened a bit.

Oh, I have an important question that I forgot to ask yesterday. While watching part deux, my dvr kind of did a little funky thing--and I don't know if I missed a scene or not. When WIll and Mary are in the bedroom in Timor---they are kind of arguing--not the bigger argument where they 'make up'-- they are just standing there and she is saying they need to get ready for dinner--that is when my dvd made a little noise and the next scene showed Mary outside doing her lessons with the governor's wife. Does anyone know if I missed something, or was that the next scene?

redwinter101 wrote:For all of you who love MB, I strongly recommend you check out this vid by the fabulously talented silvervintage girls:

Kissing You

Hankies at the ready....

Red