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| Russianbear Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6775 days ago 358 posts - 422 votes  1 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, Ukrainian Studies: Spanish | Message 17 of 21 10 June 2009 at 4:19pm | IP Logged |
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Does anyone know what accent the Daphne Moon character of the TV show Frasier had? I've recently realized that (American) TV show was by far the most exposure to British accents that I had and I want to know which one it was. Edited by Russianbear on 10 June 2009 at 4:20pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jimmymac Senior Member United Kingdom strange-lands.com/le Joined 6153 days ago 276 posts - 362 votes Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 18 of 21 10 June 2009 at 4:39pm | IP Logged |
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Daphne kind of had a Manchester/North West (at least thats where her character was supposed to be from) accent although it wasn't too thick.
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| Caveben Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5665 days ago 40 posts - 40 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Romanian, Slovenian | Message 19 of 21 10 June 2009 at 6:50pm | IP Logged |
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I looked for a video of that charecter.
From what I saw it seemed to be a kind of generic Northern accent. Not particularly specific to Manchester but if I had to pick a major city to place it I would choose that. Here is the typical Mancunian accent for those interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWAAUIWCmsc 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Dark_Sunshine Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5765 days ago 340 posts - 357 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 20 of 21 10 June 2009 at 7:10pm | IP Logged |
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It was supposed to be a Manchester accent, although I used to live in Manchester and I didn't think it was that realistic. I think the actress is actually from Yorkshire, though I don't know that for sure.
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| Caveben Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5665 days ago 40 posts - 40 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Romanian, Slovenian | Message 21 of 21 10 June 2009 at 7:45pm | IP Logged |
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Her bio says she is from Salford. Maybe she watered down her accent to make herself understood in the US. I often have to talk in something like BBC English over here to be understood by older people. I model my speech on Jeremy Paxman in these cases. :)
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