| Re: It's my b-b-b-b-birthdayGrishny, on host 12.29.132.98 Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 11:19:56
 Re: It's my b-b-b-b-birthday posted by Dixie on Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 09:57:01:
 > When I go to America in a few weeks, I know> I'll pick up the accent too, I like it:)
 > Dix"loving the American accent"ie
 
 It always strikes me as odd when I hear a
 British actor on a British television show or
 British movie doing a faked American accent.
 
 I'm thinking mainly of the actress who played
 "Peri" on Doctor Who when Colin Baker played
 the Doctor. Our local PBS station here used to
 air Doctor Who on Saturday nights several
 years ago, and I became a fan. I saw a
 number of the Colin Baker / Peri episodes,
 and it became a hobby of mine to listen to her
 talk and try to spot her "true" British accent
 peeking through the acting.
 
 Is it only me, or do most people not think of the
 way they speak as an accent? The way I
 speak is, to me, "normal," and anything else is
 an (unbelievably cool) accent. Have we talked
 about this here before?
 
 Gri"day jah voo"shny
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