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In Reply to: Re: Lived in Ireland, visit England. Johnny like most Americans just posted by Jeff Starrs on August 13, 2006 at 05:36:42:

successfully "do" an American accent?
Superb actors like Albert Finney (Miller's Crossing) and Michael Caine (Cedar House Rules) did alright but hardly convincingly American.

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Re: Ps - Jeff Starrs 11:47:29 08/13/06 (0)
My vote for the worst American accent by an English actor goes to Alfred Molina in Spiderman 2.
Re: Okay, have you or anyone else heard an English actor - Jeff Starrs 11:03:05 08/13/06 (2)
What's that got to do with Depp's fine english accent?
- It means actors far above him could not. Anyhow, Americans are - tinear 04:37:01 08/14/06 (1)
  lousy at foreign languages and your ear is probably so. No insult meant, Jeff, but that's an internationally recognized fact. You could be one of a very select few.
  - Re: Yes... - Jeff Starrs 04:59:06 08/14/06 (0)
    ..one of the select few.
    I guess being British helps to have a good ear for a, duh, good British accent.
Yeah many times - Analog Scott 08:42:09 08/13/06 (6)
Like every time I watch House. Pete Sellers in Being There. Do Aussies count? I can make a big list if they do. Toni Collette, Hugh Jackman, Rose Byrne etc etc.
- I'm adding Kate Winslett to your Aussies doing good American accents list. nt - sjb 09:00:52 08/13/06 (5)
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  "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
  - Re: They're half-way there anyway, with the accent (nt) nt - Jeff Starrs 11:05:55 08/13/06 (4)
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    - Half way? - Analog Scott 17:36:18 08/13/06 (3)
      I bet the ones I cited would fool anyone who didn't already know.
      - I think he meant they start out 50% closer to an American accent then a UK native does. nt - sjb 18:28:42 08/13/06 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Half way? posted by Analog Scott on August 13, 2006 at 17:36:18:
        
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        "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
        
        Oh. Not so sure I would agree with that either - Analog Scott 20:54:43 08/13/06 (1)
        
        In Reply to: I think he meant they start out 50% closer to an American accent then a UK native does. nt posted by sjb on August 13, 2006 at 18:28:42:
        
        I know that not all Aussies sound like the Crocadile hunter but half way to American? Not the ones I know. Yeah, some of the ones who have been here quite a while. Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts have almost lost their Aussie accents. But I didn't even list them. The Aussies I listed also do perfect English accents.
        
        Aussies can do English, probably 'cause many have to study elocution - tinear 04:39:04 08/14/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Oh. Not so sure I would agree with that either posted by Analog Scott on August 13, 2006 at 20:54:43:
        
        in school.
        Depp, in his way, is a more refined Tony Curtis in "Spartacus."

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