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In Reply to: RE: Convincing foreign - and other - accents posted by Bhasi on November 17, 2009 at 02:31:04
I hope inmates will forgive this tangent about a current UK ad campaign (see link), but these little guys have obviously roamed far from the Kalahari Desert. I'd be interested to know what people think of the accent. Native speaker or skilled/cringe-worthy actor?(If you enjoy this, there are at least three other ads in the series to date.)
PS I have no interest in getting you cheap car insurance, by the way!
Edits: 11/19/09Follow Ups:
...a satire for low comic effect, in itself.
Thanks for responding to this.When I saw the first ad I was quite surprised that foreign accents were being used for comic effect on mainstream media in 2009 but - despite myself (your point about low comic effect) - I've grown to love them.
They remind me of Peter Sellers's Indian accent in the films The Millionairess and The Party and, of course, his duet with Sophia Loren, Goodness Gracious Me: I know Indians who both love and loathe it.
I suppose the effect has more than a little to do with the socio-economic status of the group being satirised. Fortunately, for example, the UK film industry has long got over its 'cheeky Cockney' phase.
Some of the most prominent Russians here currently are the so-called 'oligarchs' like Roman Abramovich, yet last week I bought The Big Issue magazine from a homeless Russian woman in Oxford Street.
Edits: 11/19/09
I love absurdity. I still like to laugh at Poles(and blondes)-are-dumb jokes.....and the like.
I think that those who find offense in these things are already pretty ripely offend-able.
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