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Re: accents
« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2010, 03:52:26 PM »
Did those of you outside of the US have to suffer through Billy Mays' commercials??
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Re: accents
« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2010, 04:21:47 PM »
Now that Billy Mays is dead, he can inflict his torture upon those unfortunate enough to permanently reside in the top tier of Dante's Inferno. :evillaugh:
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Re: accents
« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2010, 04:25:49 PM »
Quote from: parts on December 19, 2010, 06:57:07 PM
Just wondering about this,  here commercials and shows are ripe with people with English or Australian accents I believe thinking it sells more or is more authoritative.  is it the same there with American ones?  I would think not but I am curious

American English of the speaker voice type you commonly hear in movie trailers is quite common in Swedish commercials. For some reason they think it sells better.
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Re: accents
« Reply #18 on: December 20, 2010, 06:08:32 PM »
Who remembers Gunilla Knutsen (unsure of last name) accent and the "Take it off.  Take it all off" for Noxema.  She sold more than men's shaving cream.
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Re: accents
« Reply #19 on: December 20, 2010, 07:47:02 PM »
Quote from: Pentagram on December 20, 2010, 04:21:47 PM
Now that Billy Mays is dead, he can inflict his torture upon those unfortunate enough to permanently reside in the top tier of Dante's Inferno. :evillaugh:

The virtuous pagans? Or did you mix up your circles of hell?
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Re: accents
« Reply #20 on: December 20, 2010, 08:40:03 PM »
Quote from: Semicolon on December 20, 2010, 07:47:02 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on December 20, 2010, 04:21:47 PM
Now that Billy Mays is dead, he can inflict his torture upon those unfortunate enough to permanently reside in the top tier of Dante's Inferno. :evillaugh:

The virtuous pagans? Or did you mix up your circles of hell?

I dunno. :P
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Re: accents
« Reply #21 on: December 21, 2010, 03:22:40 AM »
Quote from: odeon on December 20, 2010, 04:25:49 PM
Quote from: parts on December 19, 2010, 06:57:07 PM
Just wondering about this,  here commercials and shows are ripe with people with English or Australian accents I believe thinking it sells more or is more authoritative.  is it the same there with American ones?  I would think not but I am curious

American English of the speaker voice type you commonly hear in movie trailers is quite common in Swedish commercials. For some reason they think it sells better.

Here too.

And in ads for juices with great fruits from far away, we have an Australian explorer hunting for the right orange or berry. More than one brand doing that. Kind of Steve Irwin hunting for rare sources of vitamins.

Then we have the dubbed German ads, and the language oozes German. (detergents and Nutella)  Very funny. I hear it in Dutch, but process it in German, because that makes more sense.
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Re: accents
« Reply #22 on: December 21, 2010, 09:23:50 PM »
Quote from: Pentagram on December 20, 2010, 04:21:47 PM
Now that Billy Mays is dead, he can inflict his torture upon those unfortunate enough to permanently reside in the top tier of Dante's Inferno. :evillaugh:

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