Re: By a common language divided

mike weber wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:18 +0100 (BST), prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Paul
> Dormer) wrote:
> 
>> Well, the character isn't actually supposed to be from Earth, and
>> merely pretending to be an American.  He took an American's identity
>> during WWII, which he seems to have lived through at least three times
>> now, albeit one time in suspended animation in Cardiff.  (How can you
>> tell the difference?)
> 
> Well, either way t's a slip of characterisation -by the actor playing
> the character who's pretending to be USAian or by the character
> pretending to be USAian.
> 
> One way you could argue it's intentional - but, since he's not from
> Earth originally, why would he have learnt the UK way of pronouncing
> (apparently) just one word while learning the USAian way opf saying
> everything else?
> 

Because the first time he met the word, he heard it from a UK English 
speaker?  (and he's been living in the UK ever since, kind of)

My Aunt in Tulsa (lately deceased) was born in Glasgow.  Married a GI 
at the end of WWII and travelled back to the US with him.  Lived there 
ever since.

Developed a VERY American accent.... except ... there were words that 
she learned to pronounce in Glasgow, and never needed to use much in 
the US, so whenever she said them, she said them with the exact same 
pronunciation and intonation she'd have learned in Scotland, whereas 
words she used daily in Tulsa she said with an Oklahoma accent.


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Jette Goldie
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