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Regimen Morum
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I guess it would be more accurate to call Australian, British and American versions of English a "dialect" rather than an accent. You can throw "Ebonics" and "Pidgin" in there too.
Adapting dialects is relatively easy, speaking an entirely new language and sounding like a native is very hard.
Adapting dialects is relatively easy, speaking an entirely new language and sounding like a native is very hard.
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The only one that matters... 'Murican. I learned in the military that when overseas, every foreigner understands 'Murican if you say it loud about and slow enough.
"Take us to the boat. Understand Pancho? THE BOOOOAAAAATTTT."
I also speak shitty Spanish and sound like El Gringo butchering it.
sakkath
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Sprite.... tonic
Watched the first episode.....was weird. Liked it but weird. Wife was all confused
Watched the first episode.....was weird. Liked it but weird. Wife was all confused
Hateyou
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I do impressions of people at work. People think it’s hilarious that I can imitate others so well, I get a lot of people requesting me to do it just so they can laugh. Anyways there’s one dude I do an impression of when I’m out drinking with them I slip into my impression of him without even realizing I’m doing it. His wife thinks it’s hilarious but it’s just odd to me cause I don’t realize it, my wife will point it out that I’m doing it. Like I have no idea why it happens but it does. I could see hanging out with people with certain accents and developing one too without realizing it.
I also know a Filipino guy who has really bad English and a heavy accent. When he sings though he just sounds like a 50s crooner, it’s wild.
With all that said I have no idea who this fighter is and just stumbled across this thread and conversation.
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Fucker
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They are trained not to. The general American accent really isn't an accent at all. It is free of inflections and assorted vocal sundry that gives accents their ear. It is more or less a vocally neutral way of speaking. In singing, you try sing notes in the same way as presented. Drawling or twanging notes makes the whole exercise a discordant mess. Again...as with speaking it is a neutral way of putting sound of of your mouth.
People can sing with their accents and it the standard way in almost every form of folk singing all around the world. Perhaps the best sample of this are Irish folks songs. Every try to get 10 Irish drunks to harmonize? That's why we train people to sing without accents.
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It was different, but good. People complain about the "same old shit" coming out of Hollywood and now we get something different. It's incredibly slow burn but it's showing someone is fucking with her. Also I bet if we had color that one piece was red. That and the fishnets were a play on her old comic costume.
Drunk Bettany was channeling his Chaucer character in a Knight's Tale.
Drunk Bettany was channeling his Chaucer character in a Knight's Tale.
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Alex
Still a Music Elitist
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The Beatles sound very British. So does Alex from Arctic Monkeys. His accent is actually so strong it sounds like a parody. And then Mick Jagger (and Elton John to a lesser extent) sings like a British guy trying to sound like a Mississippi Delta blues guy. Plenty of British vocalists sound British.
Those Nordic folks though. They sound amazingly American when they sing.
I found the first two episodes entertaining. Elizabeth Olsen is hot.
Those Nordic folks though. They sound amazingly American when they sing.
I found the first two episodes entertaining. Elizabeth Olsen is hot.
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Second episode was too.
Pleasantville did this concept almost 20 years ago. Why they needed to drag this shit out is beyond me. Doing 2 episodes of "mocking 50's comedy series" is stupid. What a seriously dumb idea for your series that you probably spent an exorbitant amount of money on.
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sakkath
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