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On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:51:53 -0400, Warren Oates wrote:

> In article <4knj39-55o.ln1@news.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:31:21 +1100, dorayme wrote:
>> 
>> > In article <569h39-e0h.ln1@news.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch>
>> > wrote:
>> > 
>> >> ... my experience is that nowadays I
>> >> rarely hear the thick English accents portrayed by Hollywood.
>> > 
>> > Hollywood do all kinds of non yanky accents badly, they are hopeless
>> > at doing other English speaking nations, the admittedly difficult
>> > Australian, Northern England, working class Southern English accents.
>> > 
>> > They are good at Irish!
>> 
>> In the sixties/seventies we were treated to a load of Hollywood accents
>> purporting to be English but sounded more like Oz actors trying (and
>> failing) to get them right.
>> 
>> Dick van Dyke's accent in Mary Poppins was memorably bad.
> 
> I don't know if this is still noticeable or not, but in England, where
> Canadians could more easily get work permits than Americans, the British
> tv shows would hire Canadian actors for American roles. So a guy was
> supposed to be from Texas (say) and you'd hear him going "oot and aboot,
> eh?"

I suspect that might have been true of Donald Sutherland, who had quite a 
few British TV roles in the 60s.  I can't think of any other examples, 
but that doesn't mean much.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Sutherland#Early_work>



-- 
Paul Sture

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  Re: incompetent headhunter spam Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-03-15 20:29 -0400
    Re: incompetent headhunter spam dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-03-16 19:10 +1300
      Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-16 11:35 +0100
        Re: incompetent headhunter spam Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-03-16 13:59 +0000
          Re: incompetent headhunter spam dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-03-17 14:12 +1300
            Re: incompetent headhunter spam Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-03-17 09:38 -0400
            Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-18 15:50 +0100
    Re: incompetent headhunter spam Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-03-16 11:39 -0400
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        Re: incompetent headhunter spam Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2012-03-16 18:17 -0500
          Re: incompetent headhunter spam Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-03-17 08:04 -0400
            Re: incompetent headhunter spam Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-03-17 12:11 -0400
            Re: incompetent headhunter spam John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2012-03-17 21:46 -0700
              Re: incompetent headhunter spam Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-03-18 08:47 -0400
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-18 15:48 +0100
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-03-18 12:32 -0400
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-03-18 09:39 -0800
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-18 21:21 +0100
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-03-18 16:48 -0400
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-03-19 07:31 +1100
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-03-19 08:04 -0400
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-03-19 07:41 -0700
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-19 14:06 +0100
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-03-19 10:51 -0400
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-19 16:19 +0100
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-20 12:08 +0100
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-03-20 06:25 +1100
            Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-18 15:42 +0100
          Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-18 15:41 +0100
            Re: incompetent headhunter spam Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-03-18 16:26 +0000
              Re: incompetent headhunter spam Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-03-18 12:45 -0400
              Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-18 21:09 +0100
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) - 2012-03-18 13:32 -0700
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-19 13:48 +0100
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-03-19 10:07 +0000
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-19 14:03 +0100
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) - 2012-03-19 07:36 -0700
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-03-19 22:30 -0400
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) - 2012-03-19 21:11 -0700
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-20 12:02 +0100
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-03-20 13:13 -0400
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-21 11:36 +0100
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-03-19 07:44 -0700
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-20 11:57 +0100
                He who laughs last .... Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-03-20 16:43 -0400
                Re: He who laughs last .... Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-03-20 17:05 -0400
                Re: He who laughs last .... Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-03-20 17:27 -0400
                Re: He who laughs last .... Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-03-20 20:29 -0400
                Re: He who laughs last .... Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-03-20 17:55 -0700
                Re: He who laughs last .... Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-03-21 01:18 +0000
                Re: He who laughs last .... Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-03-21 09:20 +0000
                Re: He who laughs last .... Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-03-21 13:21 -0400
                Re: He who laughs last .... Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-03-21 17:27 +0000
                Re: He who laughs last .... John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2012-03-21 10:42 -0700
                Re: He who laughs last .... Ira Lieberman <iml.removethis@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-03-20 23:13 -0400
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-03-20 17:20 -0400
                Re: incompetent headhunter spam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-03-20 16:15 -0700
            Re: incompetent headhunter spam dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-03-19 07:21 +1100
          Re: incompetent headhunter spam russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) - 2012-03-19 01:07 +0000
      Re: incompetent headhunter spam Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-03-16 22:57 -0400
    Re: incompetent headhunter spam Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-03-16 16:40 -0400
      Re: incompetent headhunter spam Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-03-16 22:59 -0400
        Re: incompetent headhunter spam Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-03-17 09:39 -0400
          Re: incompetent headhunter spam Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-03-18 00:36 -0400
            Re: incompetent headhunter spam Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-03-18 10:15 -0400

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