Bigotry in the Potterverse

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 188048

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rick H. Kennerly" <rhkennerly at ...> wrote:

Rick H. Kennerly:
> ...(as a native born son of the 
> south, I've studied English as a Second Language all my life, so I'm 
> lost at UK dialect). 
> 
> One of the things I love about the movies is the disorientation I feel 
> every time Cho speaks--The King's English (maybe with a bit of Welsh 
> intonation) coming out of an oriental face.  I have the same feeling 
> when ever I swing through Hong Kong or Sydney. 

Geoff:
Staying marginally OT, I must agree that you are lost at UK dialect.

Katie Leung, who plays Cho Chang in the "medium that dare not 
speak it's name" was born in Scotland and has a very marked Scots 
accent.
:-)