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Board: Michael Sheen


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that elusive Welsh accent
  by darkfaegoddess63   (Thu Aug 30 2007 14:43:28)
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New to this,folks,so I'm jumping in here and there.Michael's spent a lot of time in London,so he's got an English overlay(Shakespeare can do that to you,too),but if you know what to listen for,Wales is still there.If you've got the extended cut of Underworld,listen to him talking about Lucian's backstory.It's vowel sounds(the long`o',for example),and there's a bit of a lilt there that didn't come from speakers of the `hard tongue'-English,that is.Some people hang onto their accents for dear life(I worked for a man who hadn't set foot in Germany in fourty years,and it was still there,loud and clear),and some don't.Also if you hear them in a more relaxed setting,and at greater length,the original will creep in more and more.I've heard it with several actors.
Re: that elusive Welsh accent caz_books   (Sun Sep 2 2007 15:34:04)
Re: that elusive Welsh accent w0f   (Sun Sep 2 2007 16:21:11)
Re: that elusive Welsh accent cata_phonics   (Mon Sep 3 2007 15:05:06)
Re: that elusive Welsh accent theknightbus   (Sat Jan 5 2008 17:11:10)


 
 


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