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backscatter712

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44. Also, in the Indiana Jones movies, the Nazis all spoke with British accents.

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 02:19 AM

Feb 2013

It's almost plausible, because in Germany, when you're taught English, you get taught British English.

I suppose it sounds better onscreen than a badly done German accent.

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