Confusion reigns re: Pettigrew and Lupin

[acciopotter <crookshanks731@sbcglobal.net>]

> 
> >It's crazy, isn't it, the way we assign intelligence or lack 
thereof
> >to an entire region?  In the US, we (=non-Southerners <g>) think
> >Southern accents sound dumb, even when they emerge from patently
> >intelligent people.  And we think upper-class English accents sound
> >intelligent, even when they emerge from evident idiots.
> 
> There's a reason both Southern USians and British Midlanders sound 
> "stupid": it's the nasal, drawn out vowels, which make the speaker 
sound 
> lazy (hence stupid). The laziness/stupidity isn't so obvious to non-
native 
> speakers, because they don't pick up on the nuances; they don't 
have a 
> "standard" to which to compare them. (To draw in another language I 
speak, 
> the same is true of French speakers from around Marseilles: they 
are 
> considered to sound "stupid", again because of the long drawn-out 
vowels.) 
> Conversely, "proper" British English sounds intelligent because the 
vowels 
> are clipped and less nasal.
> 
> >Amy
> >still ISO of a head shot of Thewlis
> 
> There are several on this page on his fan site: 
> http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9633/picsMisc.html
> 
> --
> GulPlum AKA Richard, who thinks a full body shot of Tim Spall would 
> *really* show the difference between him and David Thewlis. :-)

As someone from the southern US...Texas to be exact...I definately 
know what you mean about accents leding themselves to the way your 
intelligence is perceived. Even here in Texas, which IMO has the 
worst reputation for accent inflicted thoughts of stupidity, there is 
the same steroetype of intelligence. For example, someone living 
in,say Dallas, would talk to someone from the country and assume they 
were of little intelligence just from the way they pronounce their 
words.  If I were to talk to any of you in person, you would 
automatically assume that I am stupid....lol harsh but true. My 
accent is a product of my environment and I try to overcome it the 
best I can when traveling...although it is hard...frustrating 
actually..Anyhow I will end this because it really isn't on topic, I 
just thought I would add my two cents about this.

Amanda
AccioPotter