Torchwood

[Provost Harrison]

Bollocks?! You are speaking hogwash sir!

The brit guttural accent is intentional, as the incoherent drivel cannot be heard while singing.

Oh come on, you can't honestly believe that you speak English as it is supposed to be spoken? Look at the spelling and then look at your pronunciation. You completely mangle our damn language.

And trust me, I have spoken to many non-native speakers (German, French, Mexican) who say that British English is far easier to understand than American English. Although I would suspect they'd struggle with the accents of Newcastle or Glasgow. Hell, even I struggle with the accents of Newcastle or Glasgow sometimes

[Darius871]

Damn, I was hoping this would be a spinoff of Deadwood.

[Docfeelgood]

Oh come on, you can't honestly believe that you speak English as it is supposed to be spoken? Look at the spelling and then look at your pronunciation. You completely mangle our damn language.

And trust me, I have spoken to many non-native speakers (German, French, Mexican) who say that British English is far easier to understand than American English. Although I would suspect they'd struggle with the accents of Newcastle or Glasgow. Hell, even I struggle with the accents of Newcastle or Glasgow sometimes

I speak American!

Then why does your english sound like American when sung?

[Docfeelgood]

dp

[ricketyclik]

I speak American!

Then why does your english sound like American when sung?

British and other non-American English pop artists affect an American accent in order to broaden their potential market, while a lot just think it sounds more authentic, because they're copying American-style music in the first place.

[Docfeelgood]

British and other non-American English pop artists affect an American accent in order to broaden their potential market, while a lot just think it sounds more authentic, because they're copying American-style music in the first place.

gotta stick with what works.

[ricketyclik]

Viva la difference, I say.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I speak American!

Then why does your english sound like American when sung?

Because there are certain sectors of American society in the more inbred areas where they object to hearing an accent that differs from that used by their blood relatives and sexual partners (but I repeat myself).

Hilarious, isn't it? Incidentally, do you cover up those vestigial gills at work?

[Docfeelgood]

Because there are certain sectors of American society in the more inbred areas where they object to hearing an accent that differs from that used by their blood relatives and sexual partners (but I repeat myself).

Hilarious, isn't it? Incidentally, do you cover up those vestigial gills at work?

Yes, our human sexual partners form of communication go beyond the limited sound a sheep would make.
Funny, Yes? I see how it would be confusing for your men to actually hear a human voice.

[molly bloom]

My students, and even some who are not my students, all say they prefer American English to Brit or other.

Is it a big deaf-blind school you work at ?

[Blaupanzer]

Torchwood, one of the better recent series, is running its five-nights in a row show this week here, starting tonite. Hurray!

[MOBIUS]

I will not enjoy this show due to the guttural, gobbledygook brit accent.

Man, you have to be thick if you can't understand more than one accent - oh look, it's DFG!...

What I find hilarious is when the yanks need subtitles to watch English programmes. We can effortlessly understand your stupid simplified 'english for dummies' version you morons have created by butchering the mother tongue basically because you've stripped any intelligence out of it - is it any wonder you can't understand your betters!?

As for zakubandit's amusing comments about students learning english preferring American accents: I'm guessing because yanks speak english in a simplistically slow and retarded manner - of course they're going to prefer it!

In the UK, for example, people with a Birmingham accent are most easily understood by english learners because they speak in a truly slow and retarded manner, and are correspondingly the butts of accent jokes about thick people in this country...

I just love how you guys are so thick, you actually think it's a virtue!

[MOBIUS]

Actually, you knobs have just reminded me of my hilarious 'cutlery incident' in the US about a decade ago in Batavia, NY!

So there we are in a diner in hickville, upstate NY, just receiving our meals, when we realise we don't have any cutlery...

So I ask for some cutlery, but the waitress doesn't understand (she actually said "I don't hear you"). So, remembering they're dumb (Americans, not necessarily waitresses - though an American waitress is probably pretty ****ing dumb!), I put on my slowest, most clearly enunciated english - like I'm speaking to someone who's first language is not english - and again ask for cutlery.

Again she says "I don't hear you". Is she deaf!?

She gets her supervisor and I repeat my request - and again "I don't hear you" - WTF!?

Finally, exasperated, I ask for "Knives and forks" and suddenly it's as if a great big lightbulb has switched on behind their dumb, dead fish, vacant yank eyes...!!!

Seriously, WTF!?!?!?!?

So, not only is 'cutlery' apparently not in US 'English' vocab - but when hick yanks don't understand something - they mangle the meaning of the language by saying "I don't hear you"...

You thick ****s!

[Lorizael]

*whose

[MOBIUS]

BTW, Torchwood series 3 generally rocked...

Obviously being Welsh written and directed, with a largely Welsh cast and mostly set it Cardiff helps...

Just as well we fixed Roald Dahl Plass in time for last weekend's International Food and Drink Festival...

On air on BBC America on the 20th July, if you yanks are interested.