Re: The Broken Chain

Posted by Diana on July 15, 1998 at 18:15:57:

In Reply to: Re: The Broken Chain posted by Myrrh on July 15, 1998 at 13:33:11:

By the way, WHY did the director insist on making all the Indians pronounce their 'th's as 'd's...to the point of sounding silly?!! I understand how, back in those days, being new to English, there may have been a natural tendency toward that pronunciation, and perhaps the director was striving for authenticity, but this sounded over-affected. Can anyone enlighten me? Elaine? Rebecca?]

: Myrrh

I thought dat it was just me, but all the dats, dose, and dems really bothered me too. And Eric's brother was a little hard to take, but once you looked over all "dat" - it was a superb Eric showcase. He was worth it all!!

Di

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:    By the way, WHY did the director insist on making all the Indians pronounce their 'th's as 'd's...to the point of sounding silly?!!  I understand how, back in those days, being new to English, there may have been a natural tendency toward that pronunciation, and perhaps the director was striving for authenticity, but this sounded over-affected.  Can anyone enlighten me?  Elaine?  Rebecca?] 

: : Myrrh  

: I thought dat it was just me, but all the dats, dose, and dems really bothered me too. And Eric's brother was a little hard to take, but once you looked over all "dat" - it was a superb Eric showcase. He was worth it all!!

: Di


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