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Post by wddt on May 6, 2009 1:09:37 GMT
Hi, Mikey -- that's "exxxxxcellent" and just what I meant. My uncle has lived in Washington DC all his adult life and the "tell" (as they say in poker) there is, the locals pronounce it "Warshington" (I suppose there's a bit of "Barth" left on this side of the pond yet!) And if what Elf says is right, we might even be able to find conflicting ones in Gordon's speech -- sev says he has an "Essex L"(L's, at least at the end of a word, are pronounced like a W) , so that's a start.
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Post by wddt on May 7, 2009 1:54:23 GMT
Hi, Mikey -- that's "exxxxxcellent" and just what I meant. My uncle has lived in Washington DC all his adult life and the "tell" (as they say in poker) there is, the locals pronounce it "Warshington" (I suppose there's a bit of "Barth" left on this side of the pond yet!) And if what Elf says is right, we might even be able to find conflicting ones in Gordon's speech -- sev says he has an "Essex L"(as in W) , so that's a start.
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Post by wddt on May 7, 2009 15:38:23 GMT
[Sorry about the double posting -- I didn't see that the board had added a second page!]
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Post by sev29 on May 20, 2009 11:41:21 GMT
I finally watched that interview with Chris Barrie, & it's not the one I was thinking of.... Ah well. It's one I've seen recently (in the last 12 months) so if I come across it, I'll post here.
Just out of interest, for anyone interested in accents, there's an excellent example of the difference between north & south in the one with Colin's daughter (might be series 5? The Lies Have It?), where Laura & Colin are sat on the steps near reception - listen to the entirely different way they say "laugh".
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