The Green Room - Dialects

Reply #20 - Feb 13^th, 2008 at 10:36am

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Pshaw. Who "studies" dialects? Everybody learned how to use the same generic pseudo-British accent in High School drama, and it works for EVERYTHING.

Um. Me. I do.

As if I needed another reason to like you

I was being EXTREMELY sarcastic.I hate that High School drama voice.

Oh, the days when the Gamemaster at my RPG sessions would attempt to do an English Non-Player Character... always sounded like a bad John Cleese impression...

Speeking of John Cleese and gaming, I just finished the part in Jade Empire where John Cleese makes a cameo appearance as Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard.

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Reply #21 - Feb 13^th, 2008 at 11:20am

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Pshaw. Who "studies" dialects? �Everybody learned how to use the same generic pseudo-British accent in High School drama, and it works for EVERYTHING.

Um. �Me. �I do.

As if I needed another reason to like you �

I was being EXTREMELY sarcastic.I hate that High School drama voice.

What I want is to be like Daniel Davis - from Arkansas, but able to convince everyone he was British so much that he got fan mail telling him to help Charles Shaugnassy - a true Brit - with his "poor" accent. That would be bliss.

There is one thing you never put in a trap, if you're smart - if you value your continued existence - if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow there is one thing you never EVER put in a trap.� Me.

Listen, I don't know what sort of kids you've been flying around with in outer space, but you're not telling me to shut up!

As long as I don't bleed or cry, I'll do it!

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Reply #22 - Feb 13^th, 2008 at 3:40pm

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Pshaw. Who "studies" dialects? �Everybody learned how to use the same generic pseudo-British accent in High School drama, and it works for EVERYTHING.

Um. �Me. �I do.

As if I needed another reason to like you �

I was being EXTREMELY sarcastic.I hate that High School drama voice.

What I want is to be like Daniel Davis - from Arkansas, but able to convince everyone he was British so much that he got fan mail telling him to help Charles Shaugnassy - a true Brit - with his "poor" accent. �That would be bliss.

And all this time I was impressed with his American accent in "The Hunt For Red October" . . .

Everybody in local theater THINKS they can do a British accents, but only a few are truly good at it.

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Reply #23 - Feb 13^th, 2008 at 3:45pm

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Pshaw. Who "studies" dialects? �Everybody learned how to use the same generic pseudo-British accent in High School drama, and it works for EVERYTHING.

Um. �Me. �I do.

As if I needed another reason to like you �

I was being EXTREMELY sarcastic.I hate that High School drama voice.

What I want is to be like Daniel Davis - from Arkansas, but able to convince everyone he was British so much that he got fan mail telling him to help Charles Shaugnassy - a true Brit - with his "poor" accent. �That would be bliss.

Did you see the episode where Daniel did an accent of a Brit trying to imitate someone from Arkansas? AWESOME.

Let me make one thing quite clear: I never explain anything.

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Reply #24 - Feb 13^th, 2008 at 3:46pm

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Pshaw. Who "studies" dialects? �Everybody learned how to use the same generic pseudo-British accent in High School drama, and it works for EVERYTHING.

Um. �Me. �I do.

As if I needed another reason to like you �

I was being EXTREMELY sarcastic.I hate that High School drama voice.

What I want is to be like Daniel Davis - from Arkansas, but able to convince everyone he was British so much that he got fan mail telling him to help Charles Shaugnassy - a true Brit - with his "poor" accent. �That would be bliss.

Did you see the episode where Daniel did an accent of a Brit trying to imitate someone from Arkansas? �AWESOME.

I KNOW! I rolled on the floor with glee!

There is one thing you never put in a trap, if you're smart - if you value your continued existence - if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow there is one thing you never EVER put in a trap.� Me.

Listen, I don't know what sort of kids you've been flying around with in outer space, but you're not telling me to shut up!

As long as I don't bleed or cry, I'll do it!

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Reply #25 - Feb 13^th, 2008 at 9:09pm

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TenorJew wrote on Feb 12^th, 2008 at 10:39pm:

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Pshaw. Who "studies" dialects? �Everybody learned how to use the same generic pseudo-British accent in High School drama, and it works for EVERYTHING.

On that note -- I just auditioned for a pretty good, equity-sanctioned Shakespeare company a week and a half ago...and a few of the girls called back for Hero in Much Ado and what's-her-face in A Winter's Tale were doing that pseudo-British thing. �I wasn't sure if I wanted to kill them or myself.

So, just trying the old "Eastern Standard" dialect just wasn't good enough for them? �

Tsk.

It was insipid. If you're going to sound weird, at least go for something that's specific, like Stage Standard.

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Reply #26 - Feb 14^th, 2008 at 10:54am

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Pshaw. Who "studies" dialects? �Everybody learned how to use the same generic pseudo-British accent in High School drama, and it works for EVERYTHING.

Um. �Me. �I do.

As if I needed another reason to like you �

I was being EXTREMELY sarcastic.I hate that High School drama voice.

What I want is to be like Daniel Davis - from Arkansas, but able to convince everyone he was British so much that he got fan mail telling him to help Charles Shaugnassy - a true Brit - with his "poor" accent. �That would be bliss.

Did you see the episode where Daniel did an accent of a Brit trying to imitate someone from Arkansas? �AWESOME.

I KNOW! �I rolled on the floor with glee!

Let us marry Daniel Davis, yes? Wink

Let me make one thing quite clear: I never explain anything.

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Reply #27 - Feb 14^th, 2008 at 11:36am

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TenorJew wrote on Feb 13^th, 2008 at 9:09pm:

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TenorJew wrote on Feb 12^th, 2008 at 10:39pm:

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Pshaw. Who "studies" dialects? �Everybody learned how to use the same generic pseudo-British accent in High School drama, and it works for EVERYTHING.

On that note -- I just auditioned for a pretty good, equity-sanctioned Shakespeare company a week and a half ago...and a few of the girls called back for Hero in Much Ado and what's-her-face in A Winter's Tale were doing that pseudo-British thing. �I wasn't sure if I wanted to kill them or myself.

So, just trying the old "Eastern Standard" dialect just wasn't good enough for them? �

Tsk.

It was insipid. �If you're going to sound weird, at least go for something that's specific, like Stage Standard.

Is "Stage Standard" pretty much the same as "Standard AMerican," also called, "Eastern Standard," or at least the most "neutral" American dialect?

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Reply #28 - Feb 18^th, 2008 at 3:48am

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TenorJew wrote on Feb 13^th, 2008 at 9:09pm:

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TenorJew wrote on Feb 12^th, 2008 at 10:39pm:

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Pshaw. Who "studies" dialects? �Everybody learned how to use the same generic pseudo-British accent in High School drama, and it works for EVERYTHING.

On that note -- I just auditioned for a pretty good, equity-sanctioned Shakespeare company a week and a half ago...and a few of the girls called back for Hero in Much Ado and what's-her-face in A Winter's Tale were doing that pseudo-British thing. �I wasn't sure if I wanted to kill them or myself.

So, just trying the old "Eastern Standard" dialect just wasn't good enough for them? �

Tsk.

It was insipid. �If you're going to sound weird, at least go for something that's specific, like Stage Standard.

Is "Stage Standard" pretty much the same as "Standard AMerican," also called, "Eastern Standard," or at least the most "neutral" American dialect?

Not at all. �Stage Standard is a synthetic dialect that is a mix of British RP and American Standard. �If there were an island in the Atlantic equidistant between the United States and England, that is where such a dialect would be spoken. �It is just as specific as any other dialect, was and still is used frequently in Chekhov, other older translated plays, and some Shakespeare. �Most recently, you can find a close approximation of it by Joaquin Phoenix in The Gladiator. �Many actors use it as a means to learn the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). �It can be frequently be mistaken for a British accent, but is not such.

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Reply #29 - Feb 26^th, 2008 at 7:15am

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What I want is to be like Daniel Davis - from Arkansas, but able to convince everyone he was British so much that he got fan mail telling him to help Charles Shaugnassy - a true Brit - with his "poor" accent. That would be bliss.

I once spent the afternoon (many years ago) with two English girls that I met at an amusement park. Had them convinced that I was from Devonshire and, like them, also in the states "on holiday"

or they MAY have just thought I was cute and didn"t wanna tell me my accent sucked.....

You can't get a "yes" if you never ask the question.

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