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Re: Stephen Fry on accents

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Sarah FalkMar 23, 2007
 

 
Ugh, I tried to reply to this on the wrong account . . .

Anyway, Nathan probably got an email from my alter ego concerning
LiveJournal. Publically, I wanted to note that the article is from TV
guide.

--- In just-a-minute@..., "Nathan Leonard"
<dreadedwoekitten@...> wrote:

>
> Ahh, I thank you. I spent a good few minutes on Google looking for the
> original article.
>
> At that resolution the word "Bones" looks like "Boner". Tee hee.
>
> On 3/23/07, Sarah Falk <minerva.moon@...> wrote:
> >
> > No, no, no, don't let the press distort his words any more than what
> > they originally were!
> >
> > Here's a link to the article he wrote:
> > <a
> >

href="http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3263/00051brwjd7.jpg">Click.</a>

> >
> > All he says is, "Americans think British accents are amazing whether
> > the performance is good or bad (even though it usually is good).
> > Americans are rather more relaxed in their acting, because it works
> > for them."
> >
> > Instead, all newspapers on the face of this earth are reporting, "Fry
> > says: British actors can't act; Americans can't judge!" CRIMONY.
> >
> > --- In just-a-minute@...

<just-a-minute%40yahoogroups.com>,

> > Dean Bedford <dbedford@> wrote:
> > >
> > > He's written a column (sadly it doesn't seem to be online)

suggesting

> > > that Americans have gone a bit over-the-top about British accents.
> > >
> > > The Telegraph report on this
> > >
> > >
> >
> >

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=EBLZFZAHVZQ2BQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?

> > > xml=/news/2007/03/20/naccent20.xml
> > >
> > > and here a Guardian columnist with his take - suggesting Stephen

might

> > > be jealous of his old comedy partner, Hugh Laurie!
> > > http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,2038997,00.html
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

 
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