Frankly, I can't watch Shakespeare or movies like "the full monty" or "trainspotting" because I can't understand a damn word they say. British talk sounds like gibberish to me for the most part. Out of all of these movies, the only thing I ever could understand was something like "I've got the beast in my sights misses Pennymoney". Haaar! Wow, that's a good one.
I think James Bond did it for Americans. He always wore a dinner jacket and played a lot of backarack--which is only cool because you have to bet a lot of money. Anyway, if you insist on making distinctions between the backwoods of apalachia and european aristocracy, I should remind you of the recessive genetic diseases that have historically plagued europe's nobility. On Tuesday 28 June 2005 11:27 am, muldoon wrote: > Americans consider having a "British accent" a sign of sophistication > and high intelligence. Many companies hire salespersons from Britain to > represent their products,etc. Question: When the British hear an > "American accent," does it sound unsophisticated and dumb? > > Be blunt. We Americans need to know. Should we try to change the way we > speak? Are there certain words that sound particularly goofy? Please > help us with your advice on this awkward matter. -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics Box 951570 Los Angeles, CA 90095 http://www.jamesstroud.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
