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skysidhe · 03-12-2010, 07:39 PM

oi!

Thanks LJ.
I am reading a blog about the Gecko voice over. Of course I had to go look.

http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/...-by-jake-wood/

The comments at the bottom just crack me up. Entertaining too.

This is from another blog.

"our American friends sometimes have difficulty telling apart English, Welsh, Scottish, Australian and New Zealand accents."

Whereas every brit in the world thinks all Americans sound like Texans.

There is such a plethora of online bickering over the Gecko and our ways.
http://www.crazyontap.com/topic.php?TopicId=482

I think that gecko's accent is partly romantic fiction.

You Brits don't know how much fun we have with the Tiny Tim voice from a Christmas Carol.

It's something to the effect of "Please, sir. My whole family is starving to death. Could I have a crust of bread?"

It's a whole word-play on how impatient, and me-first, a typical American would probably be in that situation. Which is not to say that we would actually expect any real Brit to act that self-denigrating. I'm talking about among the non-rude segment of a population.

03-12-2010, 07:39 PM	#9
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	oi! Thanks LJ. I am reading a blog about the Gecko voice over. Of course I had to go look. http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/...-by-jake-wood/ The comments at the bottom just crack me up. Entertaining too. This is from another blog. "our American friends sometimes have difficulty telling apart English, Welsh, Scottish, Australian and New Zealand accents." Whereas every brit in the world thinks all Americans sound like Texans. There is such a plethora of online bickering over the Gecko and our ways. http://www.crazyontap.com/topic.php?TopicId=482 I think that gecko's accent is partly romantic fiction. You Brits don't know how much fun we have with the Tiny Tim voice from a Christmas Carol. It's something to the effect of "Please, sir. My whole family is starving to death. Could I have a crust of bread?" It's a whole word-play on how impatient, and me-first, a typical American would probably be in that situation. Which is not to say that we would actually expect any real Brit to act that self-denigrating. I'm talking about among the non-rude segment of a population. Last edited by skysidhe; 03-12-2010 at 07:53 PM.