Hugh Laurie Interview: Regis & Kelly (30 March 2009)

Regis & Kelly (30 March 2009)..... Hugh Laurie Interview

Funny interview, but it's always funny when Hugh's in it!!

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[EnigmaDrath]

4:31 -> "But I sense just a little bit of a British accent here."

... WHY do people still speak of a "British accent"?? There is no such thing as a British accent! It's either English (in Laurie's case) or Scottish or Irish or Welsh. To say someone's got a British accent is about as logical as saying someone from Mexico has got an American accent just because Mexico is part of the North American continent.

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@EnigmaDrath

I love your comment.

couldnt agree more.

[VilleLehmus]

i hate that fake-laugh-bitch

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@VilleLehmus

you mean regis?

[TheFever77]

Why are Americans so fascinated with British people?

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hahaha your comment amuses me

[12cricket34]

@EnigmaDrath Why? Because it IS still English. To distinguish between all the variants of English we say that someone has got a British accent, an American accent, an Australian accent (do you want me to continue?). And you made the wrong comparison I think: to say that someone from Mexico has got an American accent would be like saying that someone from England or Britain has got a European accent.

[ghostmadlittlemiss]

@EnigmaDrath - Incidentally, Brits who heard someone speak that way without knowing where they were from would probably call it a Southern accent, particularly ones from the North of England. Then again, I'm from the North so maybe that's why I think that. Btw, I researched most of the stuff I just said in the last 1/2 hour and it's just gone 12:30am here so if I'm wrong, I'm sorry.

Kayleigh

[ghostmadlittlemiss]

@EnigmaDrath - You're partly right. The way Hugh Laurie speaks is (roughly) what's known as Received Pronunciation. It's not perfect RP or he wouldn't have sounded any different in Jeeves and Wooster to how he does speaking naturally as that was perfect RP. It can be found all over Britain but most commonly in England, hence calling it an English accent being right. But as the prevailing historical accent of BBC presenters, it's still thought of by non-Brits as a British accent. (cont)

[TheLegoFan1]

I thought he would come in with a cane...sorry, too used to house.

[bibi5027]

@NovemberLittleWing tim roth from lie to me :>>

[dontbothertoreadthis]

@korgath1988 - All of those British Isles nations shouldn't get bothered when bunched together. You can bunch together American and Canadian accents by saying a person has a North American accent (when being general) which is what you should say to a person with such an accent before they can be specific to you about which part of North America they come from. Aussies and Kiwis have Antipodean accents, speaking generally. England, Wales and the English have British accents generally speaking.

[korgath1988]

@dontbothertoreadthis you have to remember that wales england ireland and scotland are different countries also, so they get more bothered when they are bunched together. So its more like refering to an australian accent as a new zealand accent, or an american to a canadian.

[dontbothertoreadthis]

To put everybody straight regarding whether there is such a thing as a British accent or not: Of course there is such a thing as a British accent as there is such a thing as a British person. Any accent that comes from the British Isles is a British accent when refered to generally and when not wanting to be SPECIFIC to a certain region. English, Welsh and Scottish accents are all British accents as they come from Britain. No Brit accent? Then no French, Italian or American accents either.

[B1ackdr4g0n]

Hugh Laurie must get fed up of hearing that music everytime he walks in for an interview

[MrsLovecooky]

lol he did the same joke with the cockroach on letterman!:D

but damn i still love this man soo much<33