A question for the Brits

[rodlox]

To hear Harry Dresden with an English accent, go here: http://video.scifi.com/player/?id=56789

To us yokels, this is just English....but to those of you who can tell one from another, what region or accent is that?

many thanks.

Comments

[fififolle]

Hee! I forgot he was British :) My word, he has a plummy accent ;) That's more what you'd call a Home Counties accent maybe, Surrey or just educated and 'received pronunciation', which isn't really specific to a region. He may have been born in Shropshire, but he hasn't kept a local accent LOL.

Interesting concept for crossover :) I also like the idea of Being Human/Primeval :D

[rodlox]

thank you.

"Home Counties". neat.

so...if all US federal employees were trained to use the Baltimore-Washington dialect, that sort of thing? cool.

chapter 1 is almost complete.

ps: (and you knew it was going to be asked, *g*) "plummy"?

[fififolle]

Yes, I assume that accent is the one often we see as 'American' LOL.

Plummy - not sure where it's origin is - maybe you sound like you've got a plum in your mouth *snicker*

ah, a plum. that's just plum good, as they say in teh US South.

[rodlox]

>Yes, I assume that accent is the one often we see as 'American' LOL.
apologies - I don't think we have a standard "American" accent, I was just suggesting something that might have led to one.

(though one of the best ways to bug an American is, when we say "have you been to the US?", answer "yeah, I've been to New York" or "California" or "Florida").

:D

[fredbassett]

Sounds like what I'd describe as old style standard BBC English. i.e. Home Counties or thereabouts.

[rodlox]

thank you.