Dan in Details magazine

[Geoff Bannister]

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<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
>
> > Geoff:
> <SNIP>
> This article, to English eyes is rather 
> > Americanised in places and I dislike the odd innuendo about, for 
> > example, how he celebrated his 16th birthday. OK, so he's 
> > growing up but give him a bit of private life.
> > 
> > Right. morning gripe over.  Have a good day guys.
> > :-)
 
> Alla:
> 
> Ugh, should have combined two posts. Oh well. Geoff, why would the 
> article written by american writer not been americanized? I mean, I 
> see what you are saying about him practicing american accent for 
> english play, that does sound wierd for me too, but this is not Dan's 
> words, but writer's, yes. Maybe Dan is practicing because he wants to 
> learn it, and writer wrote it the way it seems that he is practicing 
> it for the play.

Geoff:
Sorry for not being too clear, Alla. I wasn't referring to American accents. 
If I had read the article without knowing its origins, I would have pegged 
it as American. It's very difficult to define, but there is something about 
the linguistic style of the article and the way in which material is chosen 
and assembled which screams "American" at me.