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Wasn't topiary supposedly the guy who was doing the interview during which the WBC got hacked? If so, they have his voice on tape. Certainly wasn't British. At

by wbhart 15y ago

Wasn't topiary supposedly the guy who was doing the interview during which the WBC got hacked? If so, they have his voice on tape. Certainly wasn't British. At the time I thought French, but Swedish would fit. The slightly annoying thing is that we may never know. The real topiary is not going to reappear if they've arrested the wrong guy. The police are certainly not going to give up their arrest. And presumably they've got this guy in custody on something. So I assume they can make the charges stick. I'm sure they've arrested him under his real name for something he actually did, not topiary for being a member of Lulzsec. The public certainly don't care. It only matters that justice appears to be done. So it looks to me like everyone is happy (except the guy who got arrested of course).

astine 15y ago
If he's really from Shetland he wouldn't sound British. He might sound Swedish though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetlandic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetlandic
- mattmanser 15y ago
  That's english with a few more words, they still sound scottish, not swedish. From a bit of youtubing and googling the few clips I've heard are instantly recognizable as scottish, with a few words you don't understand. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11111965 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shet... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij60XUvWjZY&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij60XUvWjZY&feature=playe... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVxNxnXo7-c&playnext=1&list=PL58FDD57CFA2CD1B6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVxNxnXo7-c&playnext=1&#3... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx5MgoL5tQ8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx5MgoL5tQ8 The UK has a phenomenal amount of dialects, they're all British though and even a Londoner can tell the difference between a Swedish accent and a British one.
  - nini 15y ago
    British accent != accent from the UK. I doubt anyone from Northern Ireland would asociate with being thier accent called British, from either side of the political divide; and I suspect more than a few of our Scottish bretheren would object rightly or wrongly. But to your point - a Scottish accent and a Swedish one are distinctly different.
    - mattmanser 15y ago
      Scotland and Shetland are both part of the British Isles, a geographic term. Scotland itself is actually part of Great Britain, an island which contain England, Wales and Scotland. Although admittedly Shetland is not. The term British is rather malleable but check the first entry in wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain Yes, common usage of the term British includes the whole of the UK. The usual problem people from Scotland and Ireland have are being called English, not British and Scots are British anyway and I never mentioned the Irish. Finally riddle me this, what should I have used instead of British to refer to the people of the UK? Which is where I'm from I might add. As there exists no other term other than British.
hugh3 15y ago
The real topiary is not going to reappear if they've arrested the wrong guy He might. Why? For the lulz, of course.

by wbhart 15y ago

astine 15y ago

If he's really from Shetland he wouldn't sound British. He might sound Swedish though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetlandic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetlandic

mattmanser 15y ago
That's english with a few more words, they still sound scottish, not swedish. From a bit of youtubing and googling the few clips I've heard are instantly recognizable as scottish, with a few words you don't understand. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11111965 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shet... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij60XUvWjZY&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij60XUvWjZY&feature=playe... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVxNxnXo7-c&playnext=1&list=PL58FDD57CFA2CD1B6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVxNxnXo7-c&playnext=1&#3... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx5MgoL5tQ8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx5MgoL5tQ8 The UK has a phenomenal amount of dialects, they're all British though and even a Londoner can tell the difference between a Swedish accent and a British one.
- nini 15y ago
  British accent != accent from the UK. I doubt anyone from Northern Ireland would asociate with being thier accent called British, from either side of the political divide; and I suspect more than a few of our Scottish bretheren would object rightly or wrongly. But to your point - a Scottish accent and a Swedish one are distinctly different.
  - mattmanser 15y ago
    Scotland and Shetland are both part of the British Isles, a geographic term. Scotland itself is actually part of Great Britain, an island which contain England, Wales and Scotland. Although admittedly Shetland is not. The term British is rather malleable but check the first entry in wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain Yes, common usage of the term British includes the whole of the UK. The usual problem people from Scotland and Ireland have are being called English, not British and Scots are British anyway and I never mentioned the Irish. Finally riddle me this, what should I have used instead of British to refer to the people of the UK? Which is where I'm from I might add. As there exists no other term other than British.

hugh3 15y ago

The real topiary is not going to reappear if they've arrested the wrong guy He might. Why? For the lulz, of course.