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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:52 PM Original message |
Series Q: Why do Fraiser characters speak with Brit accent? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Pretentious social climbers |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think that they do, except for Daphne, who IS British. |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. I thought it was more a pretentious NE US accent. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 08:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Mancunian NOT Cockney |
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pagerbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I read somewhere |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Oh, okay. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Nothing to be embarassed about. Everyone loved Davey. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. They're Boston Brahmins |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. which is amusing, since they grew up in Seattle. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. because they suck? |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. LOL - I like your explanation. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. Pomposity |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. right right dickie old chum, tis true |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Of course. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. 2 of the cast members are Brits. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. a guy named Malony might not want to be called a Brit. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Eh, still that is what he is. From England. English. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I have no clue about the guy, I just know a few Irish guys that would object |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. the dad is from oak park, illinois |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The dad is from England. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. i was in error |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. He is....spends a lot of time at the Carleton Hotel. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
10. it's a version of an american accent called midatlantic. |
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dEMOK (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. Because They... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. The same reason Star Wars characters speak in a Brit accent... |
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