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[CapnSamwise]

yeah, it's so blooding baffling when you're trying to take the lorry to the lift to the loo and some blaggart is wainscotting it up like a haberdasher.






okay i don't know what that means basically my point is that those freaks across the pond don't speak the same language anymore.

[Rob'sdad]

Alistair Cooke was extremely popular in the states so was David Niven.

[AmericanExile]

[SteveJobs]

Ok so I'm an American living in America. When I saw the advertisement for this series it looked pretty cool but at the end when they say narrated by Oprah I was like oh hell yeah. Maybe if you're not American you may not understand the whole Oprah thing, but she's kind of like America's Mom and represents the quintessential American dream. Americans love a winner so I think all of that will bring viewers to the series who maybe would not watch it otherwise.

While I'm not sure about her actual voice and if it would make it better but a Morgan Freeman or a James Earl Jones would be rad as they are known for their voices.

It is about star power and yes the accents make a difference. Many everyday Americans can not handle British accents. I can personally handle them but if given an option I'll take an American accent usually...unless the topic is maybe British related.

Sometimes listening to a Brit is like listening to a foreign language especially if you are not used to it. No offense

[mc_jc]

My question is a reverse question of what the OP was asking; is it painful for Britons to listen to American accents that are not considered standard?
I mean, like southern and western accents- minus Cajuns (whom no one could understand).
I once struck up a conversation with a British chick and she said that the way I speak (I'm from New England) is almost similar to the way people speak in southern England (Plymouth, Portsmouth, etc.). So does that mean that a British person and a person from New England could have a "coherent" conversation?

[Dev]

[Fishead soup]

Coh Blimy what a load of bollocks. I'll get your guts for garters. You load of wankers

[NYC_Gal]

[Cerberus]

the so called "BBC standard/London standard" (I don't know my Brit accents, but you guys know what I'm talking about methinks).

THAT accent is like cat's meow to most American ears.

an American woman's estrogen levels will skyrocket when listening to that kind of accent, even more so when/if coming from a halfway handsome guy.

Similar for most American men (works for me) though I think the effect is even bigger for women. I've seen it with my own eyes.

but other Brit accents, especially as one makes way further north become more akin to listening to someone scratching a chalboard with their nails.

[cj1976]

It also depends on the nature of the material. For anything slow-moving such as a documentary, I prefer a BBC narrator like Attenborough.
For something more exciting and fast-paced, the US accent is better.

[Sergio Stefanuto]

[vincentmiser]

[air76]

It's more painful to look at Welsh teeth.

[Privateer]

[orosee]

James Earl Jones would have been my second choice after Morgan Freeman. "The EARTH is not as forgiving as I am"!

Otherwise, if there's a speaker with an already great voice (Attenborough), why go through the effort and expense to have the entire thing redubbed?

I'm looking for that hilarious clip of a fake (CNN) interview with 2 terrorists, one is being subtitled all the time although his English is very clear and when he notices, he gets so upset...