tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post5790304063232878310..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: Mick Jagger has always suffered from vowel trouble – something my school chums seem to have avoidedScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-43105091190494141172014-01-29T12:45:06.076+00:002014-01-29T12:45:06.076+00:00Name definitely rings a bell, Phil - being a bit o...Name definitely rings a bell, Phil - being a bit of a sad bastard I actually checked that group photo of Christ's freshmen taken the term we arrived. I've narrowed you down to one of three possibles, all physically very distinct. Did you, like me, start off in that new building at the arse-end of the college? <br /><br />As far as I know, I'm the only person with my name in the universe - but there are quite a few Gronmarks in North America, and there's a chance there's a Scott in amongst them who hasn't turned up on Google (I think I'm safe when it comes to Finland, where most Gronmarks seem to hang out).Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-84527744326511094662014-01-29T12:36:34.525+00:002014-01-29T12:36:34.525+00:00Agreed about the mid-Atlantic accent (although Car...Agreed about the mid-Atlantic accent (although Cary Grant's was acceptable, because he sounded like nobody else has ever sounded - sort of Los Angeles mild cockney, or "Lockney" - or something: he was born and raised in Bristol and arrived in America at the age of 16. As for Sinden, the mystery is that he sounded perfectly normal in 50s films like The Cruel Sea.<br /><br />Roy Strong, A.N. Wilson, Brian Sewell - their pukkah tones interest me: surely you have to work jolly hard to maintain an accents like that (mind you, I have no objection to them doing so).Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-1643563578698085732014-01-27T17:01:28.672+00:002014-01-27T17:01:28.672+00:00Michael Parkinson is from Barnsley, not Bradford, ...Michael Parkinson is from Barnsley, not Bradford, and there is a difference, at least to those of us from God's Own County.<br />I think I was at Christ's with you, Scott - unlikely there are two of you with the same name.<br />Regards<br />Phil AtkinsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-52830436176807524472012-11-30T09:44:52.513+00:002012-11-30T09:44:52.513+00:00My favourite regional accents are Liverpudlian [th...My favourite regional accents are Liverpudlian [the omnipresent John Bishop is particularly pleasing along with Cilla Black], Brummie [Amy Turtle and Jasper Carrot] and Geordie [the lovable Ant & Dec and C4 continuity announcers]. But towering above them all is the Welsh accent [ a fine example of which is the shrieking Nye Bevan who always sounded as if he had just had his nuts zapped].<br /><br />My least favourite accents are those developed by English actors who emigrated to Hollywood who developed ersatz mid-Atlantic pronounciation [Cary Grant, Peter Lawford, Roddy McDowell, Errol Flynn].<br /><br />The most glorious accent "in English" of all time is that of the homosexual, Albanian wedding-planner Fronck in the remake of "Father of the Bride".<br /><br />Finally, Sir Donald Sinden's accent - "orotund vowel syndrome" - is very interesting. How did he arrive at the final product? SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-27626222995281002002012-11-29T21:38:21.906+00:002012-11-29T21:38:21.906+00:00Not at all, southerm man - sounds spot on to me (e...Not at all, southerm man - sounds spot on to me (especially the first one) - one only needs to listen to Joanna Lumley or Honeysuckle Weeks for about 30" to concur. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-24063846284188004352012-11-27T14:17:01.957+00:002012-11-27T14:17:01.957+00:00I find the English or Scottish accent when spoken ...I find the English or Scottish accent when spoken by a well educated female can sound truly lovely,and French too,or am I going totally doolally?southern mannoreply@blogger.com