Star Wars C video authentication by moi

HereComesMongo

Someone on APF posted this video yesterday. I deleted it off YouTube years ago and lost the original video files, so I was surprised to see it again:

http://moviepostercollectors.guide/Storage/Distinguishing.mp4

David

You haven't aged a bit, a little bit of an accent tho.

Great video however.

HereComesMongo

David said:

....little bit of an accent tho.

Don't make me mock the Down Under crowd here!

Well can't resist. Sometimes y'all are "Abby-Normal" for sure:

https://news.vice.com/article/400-people-bury-their-heads-in-the-sand-to-protest-australian-prime-ministers-stance-on-climate-change

David

From 3 years ago protesting a Prime Minister who was thrown out by his own party less than 12 months later, besides Australia went on to sign the Paris agreement two years later and as of two days ago [re]confirmed its committment to it, on the other hand...


you still have an accent.

HereComesMongo

Au contraire pal. The American English accent - particularly the mid-Atlantic/California versions - is neutral and natural. The best proof of this is that most singers sound American when they sing.

All explained in this article:

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/08/why-british-singers-lose-their-accent-when-singing/

That said Americans swoon over posh U.K. accents:

http://www.salon.com/2015/05/16/bill_maher_americans_respect_british_accents_because_deep_down_we_know_were_a_fundamentally_unserious_nation/

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/08/10-american-commercials-starring-british-faces-and-voices

David

Almost all singers lose their accents when singing (in English), I submit the following into evidence:

1. ABBA


2. Susan Boyle


3. 
NOT The Proclaimers

HereComesMongo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLdOm4Q83Rk