Beboots
Randall's Head Servant (300-799)
Now, if you'll excuse me, there's a plague in Equatorial Guinea that I have to attend.
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Post by Beboots on Apr 12, 2005 16:20:19 GMT -5
Well, I got the Incredibles for my birthday, like I thought I would (I will take this opportunity to squee my little heart out: SQUEEEEEEEEE!!! ;D ;D ;D), and while I was watching, a thought struck me (it was one of those thoughts that stays in the back of your mind and pokes viciously at your brain when you have nothing else to think about): what kind of accent does Edna have? To me, it sounds like English isn't her native language, but I can't tell what it would be. Help?
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Post by RandallBoggs on Apr 12, 2005 16:26:17 GMT -5
Whomever played Cruela Devile definetly has the same accent....British perhaps...
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Beboots
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Post by Beboots on Apr 12, 2005 16:34:43 GMT -5
*shakes head* It's not British. My mum's British, and I watch British movies all the time, so I know what most British accents sound like. It's not British; I was thinking that perhaps it was even some obscure sort of American accent (I don't know what half of them sound like, so it's a fair assumption, considering that she lives in the US). Anyway, the reason I believe English isn't her native language is essentially the choice of words/phrasing she uses (I can't think of any specific quotes right now, but...) reminds me of the way my French teachers, who are all Francophones, speak (it's not a French accent, either, because I'd recognize that).
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Post by RandallBoggs on Apr 12, 2005 16:44:35 GMT -5
Well you wanted suggestions.....
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Post by pitbulllady on Apr 12, 2005 17:36:28 GMT -5
Edna has a German accent. According to Brad Bird, she is supposed to be half-German, half-Japanese. That's why she looks rather Oriental, but she speaks with a stylized German accent, and she is very opinionated, something else the Germans are noted for. She is supposed to be in her early '60's, age-wise.
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Beboots
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Post by Beboots on Apr 12, 2005 18:31:51 GMT -5
Ah; that's probably why I wasn't able to identify it.  I've never really spoken with many Germans (despite having lived the first three years of my life there). Thanks, Pitbulllady. |
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Post by lizardgirl on Apr 13, 2005 10:58:10 GMT -5
Wow, yeah, she DOES have a weird accent. There is something VERY oriental about her look, but her accent says otherwise- German makes sense. ;D
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Beboots
Randall's Head Servant (300-799)
Now, if you'll excuse me, there's a plague in Equatorial Guinea that I have to attend.
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Post by Beboots on Apr 13, 2005 17:10:49 GMT -5
"Fine! I vill also fix ze hobo suit." *sneer*
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Post by pitbulllady on Apr 13, 2005 20:03:46 GMT -5
"I never look back, DAHLING...it interferes vith ze NOW!
pitbulllady
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Post by RandallBoggs on Apr 13, 2005 20:25:57 GMT -5
Ran and Edna really had a very....."unique" discussion when they met heh...
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Post by lizardgirl on Apr 14, 2005 13:23:03 GMT -5
Hobo suit...lol...  |
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Post by Mirage on Apr 14, 2005 13:31:52 GMT -5
Edna has a German accent. According to Brad Bird, she is supposed to be half-German, half-Japanese. That's why she looks rather Oriental, but she speaks with a stylized German accent, and she is very opinionated, something else the Germans are noted for. She is supposed to be in her early '60's, age-wise. pitbulllady Wow, that old?! I thought she was in her mid to late 40's, perhaps early 50's. Hmm...ah well. She looked a little younger to me. ;D |
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Post by lizardgirl on Apr 14, 2005 13:42:56 GMT -5
Yeah, she's aged well. ;D
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Post by silverdragonet on Apr 29, 2005 8:15:47 GMT -5
She definatly looks younger then 60 to me but hey i was wrong
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Post by RandallBoggs on Apr 29, 2005 19:18:06 GMT -5
Well....fashion and looks are REALLY close together...
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I've never really spoken with many Germans (despite having lived the first three years of my life there). Thanks, Pitbulllady. 
