Ham N Egz
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Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
Any body else notice that lately US TV commercials are employing a male Bristish sounding actor to pitch wares?
I see anything form the sticky lint roller rhnigy to home maintenance plans with a Brit guy.
Is this supposed to make the product more credible??
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jamesg1213
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 12:59:57
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Trustworthy, see.
Unless it's a Scouser, then 'ees probably robbed it.
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 13:58:01
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Prolly just havering on the actor's part.
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 14:24:43
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looks like americans are excited with british accent...
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 14:27:00
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looks like americans are excited with british accent...
What we can understand of them, ya.
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 14:36:43
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bapu
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looks like americans are excited with british accent...
What we can understand of them, ya.
exactly, one englishman told me once he stopped a car to ask for a directions in Scotland and he couldn't understood anything they'we telling him...
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bapu
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 14:38:57
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looks like americans are excited with british accent...
What we can understand of them, ya.
exactly, one englishman told me once he stopped a car to ask for a directions in Scotland and he couldn't understood anything they'we telling him...
I've not understood a fing jamesg1213 ever sez. And he only lives there.
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 15:03:10
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'aas cuz yew bin an puddit whurr yew cassn't back 'un assn't boy.
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bapu
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 15:06:10
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jamesg1213
'aas cuz yew bin an puddit whurr yew cassn't back 'un assn't boy.
See? And this is one of his betterer posts.
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 16:06:34
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Hi,
Well ... English humor is usually much more interesting than the American version ... but Americans are not used to listening to jokes ... they have to see them!
As a wise Guy once stated from his holy chapala ... none of the hits, none of the time ... prevents you from becoming just another turkey in the middle of all the other turkeys!
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 16:08:07
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Hi,
but Americans are not used to listening to jokes ... they have to see them! Ya, we hear with our eyes. We're evolved.
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 16:15:04
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Spiffing good show old bean.... what.
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 16:22:40
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 16:25:00
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Americans spend the best part of their lives trying to sound like the people they hear on network television news and not to sound like the people who they raised with. Almost any American regional accent is considered a symptom of ignorance, while in reality that prejudice is only justified in the case of Texans. Regionalisms of the British Isles however strike Americans as cultured or charming. And if English is spoken as one would expect to hear from an English newscaster, whatever drivel is being spouted is taken as unquestionably authoritative. So if an American hears in a commercial voice-over that his fingers will not break through the toilet paper in the advertisement, he feels he can rely on that, no matter how flimsy the stuff itself may be.
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bapu
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 16:26:20
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I only buy British approved TP.
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 17:55:44
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bapu
I only buy British approved TP.
beecause ewe have n a.r.s.e.???
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 18:01:46
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 18:13:02
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looks like americans are excited with british accent...
What we can understand of them, ya.
exactly, one englishman told me once he stopped a car to ask for a directions in Scotland and he couldn't understood anything they'we telling him...
lol, I remember somebody recounting to me a story of an American tourist asking for directions to 'Savanna Wax'. After asking several people and only getting bemused stares for his efforts he then got out a piece of paper which had 'Sevenoaks' written on it...  I assume this means where Bapu lives is pronounced 'Thou sand a wax' then.
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 19:18:55
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Hi,
I hear English dolls are much more fun than some of the American ... gals! Personally I had more fun with the French girls ... but Marguerite would think that I was joking!
English humor tends to be more cerebral ... things like Mr. Bean are almost designed to go after American audiences, with the sad fact, that no one in America can appreciate him reading ... the dictionary? ... like he used to in the Policeman's Balls ... which was a riot ... in days before Black Adder ... still his very best work!
American humor is too centered on television .... and folks thinking they have to see it. But there is anincredible market for the other stuff that was here also, and the Firesign Theater had those folks ... and we all came from "The Goons" ... but America had its fabulous comedians with music and then some ... Tom Lehrer, Ernie Kovacs, PDQ Bach, Spike Jones ... all of whom were extremelly visual ... but they had the luck of also appearing on TV a bit ... but it got around really well. The Goons were just like these guys!
Since then, TV has killed comedy ... you have to be more dynamic on stage and it means your material ... sux ... as in tux ... or dux ... and too many of these folks are not good at mixing the visual with the aural.
Like it's any different with most musicos out there!
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 19:25:56
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jonbouyI assume this means where Bapu lives is pronounced 'Thou sand a wax' then. Jon ... you do know that this is a ... joke ... that is not discuss'able here on this board, right? Very California, btw! But I should state that it really started in Rio!
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 20:40:10
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I'm a Geordie from the North East of England and I have real problems being understood in New York sometimes, even after having toned down my accent considerably since the 10 years I've been here. This, in a city which is a cultural melting pot. You'd think people would be attuned to every kind of dialect here but no. I have to say "small decaf" 3 times before they understand me in Starbucks.
Once a guy asked me if I was Eastern European, he refused to believe I was speaking with an English accent. Mind the Geordie dialect is pretty thick.
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/04 21:58:41
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sharke
Once a guy asked me if I was Eastern European, he refused to believe I was speaking with an English accent. Mind the Geordie dialect is pretty thick.
thick like from Easter Europe? interesting. I am seldom understood in restaurants when I'm asking for space cake...
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/05 00:02:54
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Once a guy asked me if I was Eastern European, he refused to believe I was speaking with an English accent. Mind the Geordie dialect is pretty thick.
thick like from Easter Europe? interesting. I am seldom understood in restaurants when I'm asking for space cake...
Well here's an example...and if you sit on the top deck of a bus on a Friday night with a bunch of drunk Geordies it's approximately 5x thicker... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwx0-oewjsM
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/05 00:25:14
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Once a guy asked me if I was Eastern European, he refused to believe I was speaking with an English accent. Mind the Geordie dialect is pretty thick.
thick like from Easter Europe? interesting. I am seldom understood in restaurants when I'm asking for space cake...
Well here's an example...and if you sit on the top deck of a bus on a Friday night with a bunch of drunk Geordies it's approximately 5x thicker...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwx0-oewjsM
LOL, gush I couldn't understood a word at first! amazing
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/05 03:29:47
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sharke
I have to say "small decaf" 3 times before they understand me in Starbucks.
Well, no wonder! Nobody buys either decaf or a small any more.
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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sharke
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/05 10:51:53
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sharke
I have to say "small decaf" 3 times before they understand me in Starbucks.
Well, no wonder! Nobody buys either decaf or a small any more.
Well no wonder they can't hear me! Pretty sure caffeine makes you deaf.
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/05 10:55:35
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sharke
I have to say "small decaf" 3 times before they understand me in Starbucks.
Well, no wonder! Nobody buys either decaf or a small any more.
Well no wonder they can't hear me! Pretty sure caffeine makes you deaf.
no, not at all - musicians and programmers run on regular coffee and their hearing is in perfect shape.
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/05 11:06:52
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/05 14:01:47
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sharkeI have to say "small decaf" 3 times before they understand me in Starbucks. You have to speak the American lingo ... just tell the girl you want a SMALL UNLEADED CARAMEL MACHIATTO!
As a wise Guy once stated from his holy chapala ... none of the hits, none of the time ... prevents you from becoming just another turkey in the middle of all the other turkeys!
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Re:Whats up with using British actors in US TV commercials?
2012/09/05 16:44:47
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sharke
I have to say "small decaf" 3 times before they understand me in Starbucks.
You have to speak the American lingo ... just tell the girl you want a SMALL UNLEADED CARAMEL MACHIATTO!
Well this is another pet peeve of mine...the way everyone (but especially young women) have to order the most complicated, elaborate drinks possible. They can't just have a coffee. No, it has to be a double mocha caramel skinny latte with cinnamon and whipped cream and a bubble lid. This is why I have to wait in line for 5 minutes. And at 500 calories a pop, that's why so many of these young women are sporting such large rear ends. There, I've said it!
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