hargreaves interview

[trueviking]

i just heard a promotional clip advertising an 'exclusive and rare interview' with a member of the canadian media and owen hargreaves. it will air on prime time sports in winnipeg. bob irving will interview him at 3 p.m. (central) saturday afternoon on cjob (www.cjob.com)

the clip they played had him defending the big decision. he has an english accent! how is that possible? if anything he should have a german accent. hasn't he spent only a few weeks there in his entire life? i know people who have lived in england for ten years and dont have an acccent.

anyways....it should be interesting.

[beachesl]

quote:Originally posted by Massive Attack

I have an English accent too. I don't always talk with an English accent though, I only use it when I watch too much Austin Powers.

Well. after listening to how jarring Brian Budd (as opposed to pleasant James) sounded on SportsWorld on the Score yesterday, I was contemplating affecting an English accent as well !

[Cheeta]

quote:Originally posted by Massive Attack

I have an English accent too. I don't always talk with an English accent though, I only use it when I watch too much Austin Powers.

It's funny 'cause it's true.

Seen a neat bit on the television years ago on accents within the english language, there places and what-not, and how quickly people seem to pick them up.

Anyway, have been accused of having a bit of an accent myself oddly enough. English? Scottish? Who knows? I don't know what the hell they're talking about. Maybe it was all the english shows on the CBC back when we only had 3 channels and a black & white. Or all the old Scots back in the 'hood. I just think it's more of the turn of phrase and way you say certain words than an actual accent.

Took me a good month of stern looks to get the Little One to say "Eh?" instead of "Huh?". No, Little One, it's issue, not ish-you. Is there a "k" in schedule? Is there? And for the love of God, "uhhh" is not a verbal subtitute for a comma while you're thinking about what it is you're saying. Try this. Think. Then speak. You can then leave all the "uhhs" out and not sound like a ignorant, little, such and such.

A scribbler is now, has always been, and will always be that inexpensive little soft cover note book with the lined pages within where you write your lessons. Or, more probably, doodle, whilst daydreaming about computer game adventures.

Your arse is your backside. Your butt. (She picked that one up pretty quickly).

No way am I explaining bugger to her until she's at least 40. And then, maybe.

And so on and so forth.

Try this just for fun to see how people react. Call everyday, ordinary things by their actual name. Radical experiment, yes. But neat. Television. Refridgerator. Traffic control light. Department Store.

You'll have an instant accent! You must be from overseas. Because God knows, no Canadian has enough time to use entire words and sentences.

Now if I could just learn to spell..