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REVIEW: The accent's on a Swedish sleuth in 'Wallander'
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I like his exotic Scottish accent and his tres sophisticated pov -- the accent's staccato, with classy British intonations, so it's not a 100% genuine brogue, but it's "lovely" -- to borrow Craig's word.
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"Your accent's a bit off but your makeup's perfect."
Erik Lundegaard: Batman (1943): Rounding Up the Shifty-Eyed Japs 2008
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It's funny how bad the accent's are in these movies!
All In A Days Work kludge 2007
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She always - she wanted to keep to doing it over and over, and she's says, no, my accent's too strong.
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Portman was great too don't know what all the criticism of the accent's about, sounded fine to me besides the odd word and anything with Stephen Fry in a dramatic role is to be cherished.
V for Vendetta Rogers 2006
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And the accent thing drives me nuts as well, especially people who have been here half as long as I have and whose accents kick my accent's pathetic bony ass.
Verbally Challenged 2005
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He said the accent's on the third from the last syllable in Russia.
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“That's all Ariel speaks,” Willow said, “some kind of old version of it, Giles says, and his accent's really bad.”
Deep Water Laura Anne Gilman 2000
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You know how the English have this reputation, like the Americans, they don't usually bother much with foreign languages, and when they do, well, the accent's atrocious.
Salvage for the Saint Charteris, Leslie, 1907- 1983
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