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Alkeides
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30 May 2009 at 10:46am | IP Logged

pmiller wrote:

Ashiro wrote:

A combination of Estuary and Received Pronunciation for most of the cast. Jack Davenport who plays the lead male role is Oxford educated whose father was a big figure in the Tory party. Most of the others were born and brought up in London.

The character of Jeff is played by an actor called Richard Coyle whose got more of a Yorkshire accent.

Do you mean that most of the cast are speaking either Estuary or Received Pronunciation, or that most of them are speaking a mixture of the two? And just to be clear, how would you characterize Jack Davenport's accent?

Estuary exists on a continuum from outright Cockney to old-fashioned RP. Most accents fall somewhere in the middle.
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paparaciii
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30 May 2009 at 5:47pm | IP Logged

Don't know wether it is Rp or Estuary or anything, but their accants are very understandable and 'standard'. Unfortunately most Brits don't speak that way(from my own expierence).
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30 May 2009 at 10:12pm | IP Logged

paparaciii wrote:

Don't know wether it is Rp or Estuary or anything, but their accants are very understandable and 'standard'. Unfortunately most Brits don't speak that way(from my own expierence).

Yea, tell me 'bout it... RP is only the tip of the iceberg ;).

Edited by Sennin on 30 May 2009 at 10:16pm
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pmiller
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31 May 2009 at 7:30am | IP Logged

paparaciii wrote:

Don't know wether it is Rp or Estuary or anything, but their accants are very understandable and 'standard'. Unfortunately most Brits don't speak that way(from my own expierence).

I was thinking the same thing - I'm surprised at how understandable their accents are!
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01 June 2009 at 8:12am | IP Logged

Great series! My wife ordered a DVD-set of Coupling by mistake (she was looking for My Family) but we haven't regretted it ever since :-).

How's "I collect women's ears, in a bucket" for a catch-up line? ;-) A pity Jeff wasn't in the last season.
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02 June 2009 at 4:51am | IP Logged

Eduard wrote:

How's "I collect women's ears, in a bucket" for a catch-up line? ;-) A pity Jeff wasn't in the last season.

Is "catch-up line" British for "pick-up line" (as we'd call it in America)?
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02 June 2009 at 1:35pm | IP Logged

Definatly not.
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Dark_Sunshine
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02 June 2009 at 9:51pm | IP Logged

pmiller wrote:

Eduard wrote:

How's "I collect women's ears, in a bucket" for a catch-up line? ;-) A pity Jeff wasn't in the last season.

Is "catch-up line" British for "pick-up line" (as we'd call it in America)?

No. I think Eduard meant to say 'chat-up line', which is the British term.

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