[Lexicog] Humour, OTT completely

[Chaz Mortensen]

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:43:10 -0400
 Mike Maxwell <maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu> wrote:

> I've seen several movies dubbed into English where actors were given 
> accents; Das Boat stands out as a very good example.  Do people ever 
> speak with accents in dubbed-in movies in other languages?
> -- 

Mike, 

Occasionally we see the Spanish version of a movie or a Spanish-language original with some characters having French or gringo accents. Let me tell you, a French accent in English sounds far more suave and debonair than it does in Spanish. 

-Chaz


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