Jughead - Lost 5:3

[Judy02]

Kind of like all Americans speak differently.

Exactly

I've just seen far too many American based films where they talk about 'speaking British' and it only sounding like Hugh Grant. There is just so much variety in how we sound when we speak lol.

I have a friend from Sydney though who said that Australians don't really have different accents, there's only really one. Which shocked me as their country is a lot bigger than ours. But then we're much more densely populated as well...*shrug. I was still surprised though.

Anyway sorry, I didn't mean to derail the thread, lol.

 

[theFijian]

But as for the actors playing the roles... are they "putting on" an accent to play the role? Or are we just hearing their natural accents without any thought as to where in England they may be portraying their character?

But i've never heard anyone talk with that accent outside of Mary Poppins (and now Lost!) but i can just about let it slide. I remember we had a discussion on Hugh Laurie's accent during season 4!

 

[AirPo]

I think Sayid does a good arabic accent. When I hear the actor speak with his British accent, it always blows me away because I'm so not expecting it.

There is a guy like that visiting from our London office and I have to try ard not to smile when I hear him speak.