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    Brit/Ausie accents

    Every election I end up watching tubes of various MSM talking heads, over the last 15 years or so there seems to be an influx of Limey twinged speech..

    The odd thing, as I see it, is that these speech impeded people are given creedence in political discourse.

    Obviously the kids who grew up hearing these accents will find them both acceptable and normal so I pose this question to those born before 1967;

    What do you make of the Limey's on the Tee-Vee?



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    Quote Originally Posted by tod evans View Post

    What do you make of the Limey's on the Tee-Vee?
    Not good, but better than the Dutch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    Not good, but better than the Dutch.
    Are the Dutch the ones who sound like they're talking with a mouth full of cum?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tod evans View Post
    Are the Dutch the ones who sound like they're talking with a mouth full of cum?
    I Don't know, but the Brits talk like they have a mouthful of $#@!.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tod evans View Post
    Are the Dutch the ones who sound like they're talking with a mouth full of cum?
    I don't know what that sounds like, we'll have to consult with HB.
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    Quote Originally Posted by John F Kennedy III View Post
    I Don't know, but the Brits talk like they have a mouthful of $#@!.
    I always thought they sounded like there was a cob shoved up inside 'em........

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    This is sort of an odd criticism; your timeline is a little off, considering the Mid-Atlantic accent was in use until after WWII, and that was specially designed to blend together elements of pronunciation from both American English and British Received Pronunciation (the "posh"-sounding British accent)...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rothbardian Girl View Post
    This is sort of an odd criticism; your timeline is a little off, considering the Mid-Atlantic accent was in use until after WWII, and that was specially designed to blend together elements of pronunciation from both American English and British Received Pronunciation (the "posh"-sounding British accent)...
    There was no "criticism" in the OP, I asked what middle aged people thought about the plethora of Limey accents on the Tee-Vee today...

    I don't recall ever hearing a newscaster speak with an accent back when I actually watched Tee-Vee. (I quit in the late 70's early 80's)



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    Don't care for the English but I loooove the Scottish Brogue - we need more of those.

    I've also noticed that most foreigners (no matter where they're from) and aliens on tv and in movies, for that matter, have British accents. Who knew Martians had English accents? O_o
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    As I recall it started with the late night product pitches and took off from their.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phill4paul View Post
    As I recall it started with the late night product pitches and took off from their.
    Took off from their what?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tod evans View Post
    Every election I end up watching tubes of various MSM talking heads, over the last 15 years or so there seems to be an influx of Limey twinged speech..

    The odd thing, as I see it, is that these speech impeded people are given creedence in political discourse.

    Obviously the kids who grew up hearing these accents will find them both acceptable and normal so I pose this question to those born before 1967;

    What do you make of the Limey's on the Tee-Vee?
    TVs cast many illusions.

    TV isnt really a "moving picture", rather its an optical illusion where we see a series of still images that trick our minds into thinking we are seeing motion. But movement is not the only illusion we see. Put a person in a suit and you have the Illusion of Authority. I suspect by having a person with a Brit / Aussie accent speak, they are casting the Illusion of Credibility.

    If they wanted to present a realistic image of themselves, they ought to have a couple of rednecks read the news dressed up to the hilt in full redneck attire, and have them named Daryl, his brother Daryl, and his other brother Daryl, full on hillbilly accent and vulgaries included.
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