Dialects & Accents (Was Re: Subject-Verb agreement with compound subjects)

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:

> Mike:
> I watched a little bit of December Boys last night. Sorry 
> Geoff, Dan Radcliffe wasn't even close with his attempt at 
> an Aussie accent. His pronounciation and cadence was markedly 
> different than his other young-boy costars. He was not very 
> believable as an Australian orphan, or did I miss something 
> and he wasn't supposed to be an Aussie-born?

Geoff:
Dunno why you apologised... 

Have I ever commented on Dan's Australian accent? Don't recall 
doing so. I haven't managed to see "December Boys". It had a very 
limited distribution in the UK and I haven't acquired the DVD so 
far. It seems to have slipped below my radar.