Why BBC America Should be Free!

[redknightalex]

And this is why I keep thinking BBC America should be available to me for free. Commercial video time! Plus, it's bloody hilarious and my Brit pals have probably never seen this because, well, it's BBC AmericaFYI: This is the commercial I talked about earlier that shows at the beginning of most new BBC shows (ie Torchwood, Doctor Who) that get

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[redknightalex]

"Most correct". Hmm, oh dear, that could definitely spark a revolution if you aren't careful. However, that is my favorite bit of the ad although every time I do wish he would mention the tea instead of the news.

But, between you and me, I too take offense to the idea that any one accent has the "most correct" way to pronounce a word (albeit perhaps in a different way than you intended). I pronounce a word different than a Scot, an Irishman, a Southern woman, and even my co-workers but we probably all believe that we are "right" in how we say such words. Even my sister says "car" differently than me for crying out loud! (She says it with a long "a" sound, almost like a Bostonian accent.) Really, it's all rather silly.

I'm horrid with accents too. I know that some accents are different than others but trying to remember their names seems like a pointless endeavor for me. *shrug* I do know that it isn't Boston but really Bwaston. ;)

I've never seen the closed-captioning lines before because, like I said, I never used 'em. Or were they on another disc/series entirely?

[annissag]

I'm from the Inland Northwestern US, so to me *everyone* has an accent. :D My accent is non-regional. The kind of accent people in the US think of as no accent at all (and that mid-westerners like to claim as their own). I got a double-take from a guy in Canada, though, when I said, "Don't worry about it," to his apology about something that would make a very boring story.

The closed-captioning ads appeared on BBC America before the start of different shows. I can't remember which ones, though. They likely will not appear on any DVD sets.

[redknightalex]

I'm from the Inland Northwestern US

Are we talking something like midwestern, corn-land field America? My mom's boyfriend/partner (he lives with her now) is from Iowa and he's got a very plain sort of accent. Then again, he's also a therapist so maybe that might play into it. He also puts mollasses in his oatmeal and both my mum and I are confounded by it. In Vermont we are proud of our maple syrup and anything put that is like...eh? Have you ever tried salmon with maple syrup (the real stuff)? Good stuff that.

When I try to think of my accent, I know I've probably got a Northeastern type, and I probably talk fast (actually, I know I do), but other than that I think I've got a mash of a lot of accents/words in me. I like to pick up little things from every country I visit or TV show/movie I watch. I now have a vocabulary that uses a tad of Italian, some Spanish, some British English (way too much DW; I'm starting to talk like the Brits now. LOL), and even some phrases I picked up in Ireland. But that's a separate story.

Hehe, Canada. 'Nuff said.

[annissag]

Are we talking something like midwestern, corn-land field America?

More like Northwestern, wheat-field, Napoleon Dynamite America. Except Napoleon had a Utah accent.

I am, specifically, from Eastern Washington right on the Idaho border. It's not quite the Pacific Northwest (that would be on the other side of the Cascade Mountains), but close. My accent is very similar (identical, really) to the accents of the Mid-west outside of major cities like Chicago and Cleveland. Mine is the accent you hear on the nightly news or that American newscaster on Doctor Who. Except I speak faster than them. I've never considered Northeasterners to speak particularly fast, but I work with many Southerners and I can see how you got that reputation.

I had a surreal experience a couple months ago when a co-worker from Missouri slowly drawled, "Your accent sounds thicker than normal."

I was like, "My accent? Sounds thicker than normal?"

[redknightalex]

Heh, everything is "west" to me. Well, except NH and Maine, so I get a tad confused when it comes to those "other" states. But I sort of understand what you're saying. I'll look out for more "neutral" accents around. :)