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The TransAtlantic Accent! -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpv_IkO_ZBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpv_IkO_ZBU
by michaelbuckbee 9y ago
The TransAtlantic Accent! -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpv_IkO_ZBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpv_IkO_ZBU
- leoc 9y agoBut listen to how he pronounces the 'o's (in particular) in "and it couldn't get a good enough grip on the road" and "both rear wheels to the engine" https://youtu.be/yYAw79386WI?t=164 https://youtu.be/yYAw79386WI?t=164 : Handy surely didn't learn that from an elocution class teaching RP-lite. Is it a trace of an Irish accent? a Scandinavian-American "Lutheran" accent?
- janzer 9y agoTo be clear, I'm pretty sure the narrator in these films is not Jam Handy. There is an interview with Mr. Handy himself here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlDdE3Q5BWM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlDdE3Q5BWM Possibly interesting sidenote, to this day a large number of the audio/visual and staging companies in the Detroit area can trace their lineage back to the Jam Handy Organization. Although I have a feeling we may now be a generation far enough removed that many of them may no longer know it.