British accents

[flying_ford_anglia]

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From: flying_ford_anglia
Subject: Re: British accents
Reply To: [Yahoo! #4699] Re: JKR interview (film casting)
Date: 7/20/00 5:47 pm  (ET)

<<As for the infomercials, I assume you're talking about that ANNOYING
guy in the bow tie that pours flaming gasoline on a car finish to prove
how wonderful the polish is... >>

He's one of at least four that I've seen - all of them with a vaguely
Manchester/Lancashire accent. I thought to myself 'there's a bizarre
theme here - what's going on?'.

I read somewhere that "Trainspotting" needed subtitles in the US, not only
because of the Glaswegian accents but because of some of the words used.

I can imagine that WB would want to avoid anything so extreme for a
film aimed at children, but I think The Weasley's would be great as
Liverpudlians (from Liverpool), and the Dursleys as Brummies (from
Birmingham).

Neil