Re: happy new year!

It's been ages since I've seen Magnum, but as far as I can remember he's not
bad, though there's a little giveaway in almost every sentence. Americans
usually have a tough time keeping RP /A:/, /O:/ and /Q/ apart. The melody
tends to be off as well. One of the more recent disasters in US to UK accent
emulation were Joaquin Phoenix in "Gladiator" and even worse Keanu Reeves in
"Dracula" (that was the pits!). ;-)

Dan




From: Henrik Theiling

"Which reminds me:

How British does John Hillerman as 'Higgins' from 'Magnum p.i.' sound to
native British ears?  He is Texan, and since Texan is (to me) one of the
most scary variants of English, I was wondering.

**Henrik"

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