[HPFGU-Movie] Accents

[GulPlum]

Just a couple of nitpicks on Nicholas's comments:

>Hermione; pure RP

I'd say it's more than that. It borders on "Royal" English, or in any event 
aristocratic RP. I must admit that it's something about Emma (not just 
Hermione) that turns me off. She sounds just a little *too* stand-offish.

I'd add that an interesting comparison between Dan, Rupert and Emma is the 
way they say "Myrtle". On one occasion, Rupert stops just short of an 
almost-cockney glottal stop. Dan seems to be trying to e-n-u-n-c-i-a-t-e in 
the worst stagey tradition (which is pretty close to his normal speech 
patterns, though, so he's allowed), while Emma really drags out the first 
syllable.

>McGonagall; Scottish (though MS is normally fairly RP)

"Fairly"?!? Dame Maggie's speech patterns should be used in RP textbooks! :-)

>Lucius; RP with an aristocratic tinge (naturally JI is a Londoner by accent)

Actually, JI's *real* natural voice is Scouse (he's from Liverpool). JI's 
RP is 100% fake thanks to his years at the Central School of Speech and 
Drama. Of course,  his RP has become entirely second-nature and it's the 
way he speaks normally, but I have heard him talk while (really, as opposed 
to be pretending to be) drunk  once and his Liverpool twang became more and 
more apparent.

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GulPlum AKA Richard who spoke broad Brummie until the age of 12, but 
replaced it with RP due to peer pressure rather than learning.