almost British

[Steve]

---  "Alison" <madammilliemarsh at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> Pippin wrote :
> > How well do you think the UK accents fit with the characters?
> > Were there any that surprised you or seemed out of place?
> > 
> > <snip> 
> >
> >And I initially thought Glasgow was wrong for Hagrid, 
> > but it seems OK now. 
> 
> Alison writes :
> 
> 
> Umm, Glasgow ? Hagrid's accent is West Country, you know, 
> Somerset, Devon, ... Dorset maybe. There's a lot of discussion
> about it in early interviews with JKR, Stephen Fry and possibly
> Robbie Coltrane as well.
> 
> And I tend to agree about Tom Felton's. He probably should 
> drawl just a little more. Still he was cast before Jason 
> Isaacs, so I guess he had to stick with what he started with.
>

bboyminn:

Regarding Draco, I can only take real-world examples of upper
and middle class teens who sound much more like hip-hop thugs
than their upper class parents. I think his slightly down scale
accent is a degree of common teen rebelion, but I think his
true well-educated voice does show through.

When you think about it the main four or five characters (Dan,
Emma, Rupert, Tom, and possible Mathew) all speak very proper
english. Seamus/Devon Murry, because of his strong Irish
accent, seems a little more down scale, but I think despite
speaking allegedly English, the Irish have a modern language 
all their own. 

Just a few thoughts.

steve/bboyminn
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