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6th January 10, 01:36 PM
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 Originally Posted by MacLowlife
Does anybody remember "Bubble" from Absolutely Fabulous? I see her name is Jane Horrocks and she had a fairly pronounced one- I will depend on others to judge whether it was good or bad.
It was a really bad Scottish accent. But a very very good Lancashire one 
Daft Wullie, ye do hae the brains o’ a beetle, an’ I’ll fight any scunner who says different!
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6th January 10, 02:04 PM
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Lancashire ? Like the Beatles sang aboot? With all the wee holes? Oooh!
Some take the high road and some take the low road. Who's in the gutter? MacLowlife
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6th January 10, 04:48 PM
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Not Scottish, but Hugh Laurie's American accent on House is better than most Americans!
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6th January 10, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by beloitpiper
Not Scottish, but Hugh Laurie's American accent on House is better than most Americans!
I agree, and I'll add Jane Seymour (at whom I don't mind ogling).
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7th January 10, 03:57 AM
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Seeing the character of Jamie mentioned in the Dr Who thread reminded me that Fraser Hines did a very good Yorkshire accent for years in the UK TV soap Emmerdale Farm.
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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7th January 10, 06:17 AM
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About Scottish accents, how was the woman on Extras?
On Hamish MacBeth, were the actors actually Scottish? I seem to recall that one woman also plays "moaning Myrtle" in the Harry Potter films.
About Yorkshire accents, I've often heard Brassed Off cited as an example of bad Yorkshire accents. Ewan MacGregor is Scottish, is he not?
But what about Peter Postlethwaite? His name sure sounds like a Yorkshire name.
Also the husband in Calendar Girls used "summat" and "nowt".
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7th January 10, 06:34 AM
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On Hamish MacBeth, were the actors actually Scottish? I seem to recall that one woman also plays "moaning Myrtle" in the Harry Potter films.
That would be Shirley Henderson, who is from Forres in Morray. Isobel makes my heart skip a beat! Daft wee Hamish!
T.
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13th January 10, 03:26 AM
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[QUOTE=OC Richard;839808]About Scottish accents, how was the woman on Extras?
Ashley Jensen comes from Annan/Dumfries, so her accent is hers, though in Extras she's comes across as more like "calm Weejin".
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16th January 10, 08:03 AM
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I have Witherspoon ancestors and know that they came to what is now Williamsburg County South Carolina, early enough to be the foundation stock for many, if not most Witherspoons in North America. I don't imagine that makes me and Reece too close to date, should the occasion or opportunity arise. The Witherspoons claimed descent from John Knox and, by extension, Robert the Bruce.
Hoots, where's me topic?
Some take the high road and some take the low road. Who's in the gutter? MacLowlife
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16th January 10, 11:06 PM
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It reminds me of a corny story which happened when I worked in London. England’s own Frank Bruno was due to challenge Tim Witherspoon for his title and a Londoner friend brought up the subject.
Friend “Tonight Frank Bruno’s going to fight Tim …errr ………..”
Me “Witherspoon ?”
Friend “ no – with his fists ! Ho Ho ”
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