Indeed, thanks yet again to Robyn for pointing me at this silly accent quiz.
I cannot do a Noo Yawk accent to save my life, but it seems the quiz thinks that's the closest to my Norfolk/London Brit accent.
Actually, I used to do a good Julie Kavner as Brenda, yelling "Rhoda", but that's about my limit.
I loved that show back in the seventies. Lorenzo Music (great name) drawling "Hello, this is Carlton, your doorman" cracked me up every time. And of course, the magnificent Ms. Kavner is still with us, voicing the sexiest woman on TV.
Judging from my test result, I should be able to converse intelligibly with Sassy and Rich and the rest of the New England Posse, though I have no idea (being Brit) what a New England accent sounds like. Perhaps we should all type in our vernacular (although this would make our Scottish friend utterly incomprehensible).
My favourite accent of all (even more than "Minnesota Nice") is the one Eddie Izzard does in his James Bond sketch, where the guy's accent-changing voicebox is stuck on shop demo. A drunken party favourite down our way. "Ah, Meester Burnd".
Comments in your vernacular, please.
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I really didn't think any of the non-Americans would bother with this thing, but you and Old K are the only ones to bite so far.
I love Julie Kavner! Once a year or so I get a bronchial infection that turns my voice to rough-grade sand paper, and I have been asked to repeat Marge Simpson lines. She's beautiful.
Oh, and this IS vernacular because my speech is the perfect dialect. ;)
PS, besides Marge Simpson, I can also due a convincing sultry Marlene Dietrich--but only when I feel like crap. It's a shame.
Hee hee.
Wonderful vernacular, Robyn.
Julie Kavner is fabulous! And Marge is every man's fantasy. Glad you can do the voice (although not glad about the bronchial infection).
Young Peahen also does a good Marge growl when provoked.
… though the thought of you crooning "Follink In Lov Again" a la Dietrich is quite a startler!
hee hee! Marlene was trash.
"Komm opp unt see mee"…
She voss indeed sleazy.
OK, let's get this right here... There is a Boston Accent and then there's the rest of New England. I used to have a Boston Accent but I was sent to elocution lessons to get rid of it. ha, but the problem is... i now have a NY accent,go figure!!
Robyn - I would love to hera your smokey Jazz club voice - Sultry as it be.
Yikes, Rich.
I think I'd rather have a Boston one than a NY one (I don't know what a Boston accent sounds like, but NY is awful) …
I agree, Rich.
I think next time Robyn has a cold, an mp3 sample of Marge and Marlene should appear on her blog.
Whaddya say, Robyn?
If I could figure out how to create an mp3 and then post, I'll be sure to oblige, but we have to wait until I'm sick as a dog. Hmm, I'll have to think about what tune would be best.
I'm thinking Diana Krall--Cry Me A River or a Case Of You. In the meantime, just go listen to her.
Ooooh.
I love Mrs. Costello singing the song our band knows as "Fry Me A Liver".
I prefer Joni's version of "A Case Of You", if you can handle the high notes (which I don't doubt).
Excellent choices, Robyn.
I forgot to mention at the beginning of all of this how much I loved Carlton the door man. He was unflappable.
I can't recall ever having seen him, though.
My old memory might be fading, but was he not just the disembodied voice coming from the door buzzer?
I also loved Mary Tyler Moore's kitten in the place of the MGM lion.
Wonderful.
No, he was never seen, but I think he may have shown his face on the final episode. It was so long ago, I'm sure.
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