Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Angela Lansbury. Ma va?!

I've found out perusing 
www.imdb.com
 that Angela Lansbury is English. I was
positive she was American. The biography supplied by imdb reads that
Lansbury was born in London and emigrated to the US as WW II broke out:
when she was fourteen, then.
I've never listened to that actress in the original: tell me, anglophones,
what kind of accent does she have? I know she's played either American and
English characters: is she plausible in both? How does she speak in real
life? I mean: does she like to point out she's British*? On the one hand
she might have wanted to underline her English descent; on the other hand,
perhaps she preferred to merge with the American people and start life
anew.
I'll try to listen to her myself, of course.
* my grandmother came to Italy when she was eight, and yet she said
"Oirķķpa"... And Joey, instead, was told to kiss the bed, as I recall.
Ciao, FB
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"Oirķķpa"... And Joey, instead, was told to kiss the bed, as I recall.
So your grandmother is originally from England!, no wonder your accent
is so good :)

 "OirССpa"... And Joey, instead, was told to kiss the bed, as I recall.
If she said "OirССpa" would she have been Eastern European?
Yes I was told to kiss the bed by my Sicilian godmother. I still do, every
night before going to sleep.:)
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 is so good :)
Do you say [oi'ro:pa]? She was from a place near Hannover, and neither my
father nor I ever learnt one word of German from her...
Bye, FB
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father nor I ever learnt one word of German from her...
I don't even know what the word is that you're talking about. It was a
poor attempt at humour on my behalf.

 I don't even know what the word is that you're talking about.
"Europa". Of course she could say "Europa", after all she had lived all her
life, except for those eight years, in Italy, but she made it a point to
say "Oiroopa", because she was German. I think she took to saying "Europa"
(and some other words) in German after she'd been to visit her family in
Germany.
Bye, FB
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 night before going to sleep.:)
Is it good at kissing?
Bye, FB
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acquainted with him at all'. (Jane Austen)

 Have you ever seen the film "sliding doors"?, with Gwyneth Paltrow, she puts on a perfect English accent.
I saw "Meet Joe Black", and then found out Claire Forlani is British. I
never would have said so.
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 Is it good at kissing?
Not really (too dry) but man! I love sleeping with it!
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 A gentleman never tells...
"It's a pretty tacky world" *. I needn't tell you whence I quoted it.
* And also "Dat was den, dis is now, and no-one knows what tomorrow will
be". O.K., O.K., now I'll shut up.
Bye, FB
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 be". O.K., O.K., now I'll shut up.
Okay, smartie. What scene does this quote come from:
"                     !" "             !!" "                     !!!"
Betcha can't guess.
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Are you saying she came at dinner? Pornographic, she wrote!
No, she's not Sally Albright, you know. She *was* the dinner. Stew,
she wrote! No, well, "Stew, she was!"
Sebastiano

 Betcha can't guess.
The cook screaming? Did I guess right? Will you reward me wiz ze candy-bar?
Bye, FB
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 Gwyneth Paltrow, she puts on a perfect English accent.
do you mean Angela Lansbury or Gwyneth Paltrow? I guess you are referring to
the former, G.P. is English so it's no wonder she speaks with an English
accent, but I don't remember Angela Lansbury was starring in that film...
By the way, how is "Gwyneth Paltrow" pronounced? maybe /'gwiniT 'po:tr@U/ ?
I think the usual Italianized pronounciation is "guinet paltro"
Lorenzo

 By the way, how is "Gwyneth Paltrow" pronounced? 
I don't know her, but the name sounds Russian. I'd say "paltroff".

 the former, G.P. is English
Nope.
Ciao, FB
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I think the usual Italianized pronounciation is "guinet paltro"
I have heard it pronounced like that and also with the "th" sound.

 Bye, FB
HOWDJA guess?? :)
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 I think the usual Italianized pronounciation is "guinet paltro"
GWIN-&th PAEL-tro:
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oops, I don't know why but I was quite sure she was English... maybe I
associated her with Britain because of "Sliding Doors" and "Shakespeare in
Love" which are set in England... was her accent in "Shakespeare in Love"
perfectly British as well?
Lorenzo

 HOWDJA guess?? :)
Never underestimate an Italian's nostrils.
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positive she was American. 
No, you can tell she is not American by the way she speaks.  She has a slight
British accent.
bye
GFC