In Reply to: Too harsh re La Paltrow ... posted by Bhasi on November 17, 2009 at 13:20:00:
Most people don't have very good ears for accents, especially Americans. The jokes about Americans attempting foreign languages are legion for good reasons.
Peter Sellers is one of the very, very few people that could do accents perfectly. Even so, his American accent, for example in "Dr. Strangelove," was overdone (perhaps for comic effect like his German one?).
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- Are you a native speaker of "English" English? - tinear 18:48:59 11/17/09 (4)
- Without getting too ad hominem about this, tin, ... - Bhasi 01:51:42 11/18/09 (3)
- My cred is a bit different, having - tinear 08:04:32 11/18/09 (2)
- I don't disagree with a single point you make ... - Bhasi 09:03:06 11/18/09 (1)
- Johnny Depp "doing" English. Creeps me out, completely. nt - tinear 15:46:19 11/18/09 (0)