[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Accents

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JenD said:-

>I hope I didn't sound patronizing about British characters and
>accents.

No, not at all.

> I never even thought about it concerning Americans. Remember
>the out-take where the pudding hits Mrs. Mason over the head? Before
>that, she and her husband both spoke with what may have been American
>accents. He sounded Mid-western to me and she sounded like a somewhat
>patrician Southerner (we do have them you know!!! Virginians
>especially...).

How interesting. They both spoke with a Northern English accent, and Mrs M
had that 'upwardly mobile' pretentiousness that I mentioned earlier.

Regards,
Nicholas