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  • Re: "Leave that Welsh tart alone"

    From steverad55@gmail.com@1:396/4 to All on Thursday, January 30, 2020 21:28:45
    From: steverad55@gmail.com

    On Sunday, May 27, 2001 at 3:46:35 PM UTC+1, Julian the Apostate wrote:
    This line, from "Life of Brian", has always puzzled me. What is the significance/meaning of it?

    The actress who played the character used her own (Welsh) accent - presumab=
    ly a directoral decision to enhance the comedy value. Anyone from the Brit= ish Isles would recognise the accent immediately but presumably the Yanks c= an't tell it from Geordie, or Brummie, or even Scouse, given how famously i= gnorant and disinterested they are concerning anything outside their own bo= rders (and there;s no oil in Wales)..
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  • From R. Daneel Olivaw@1:396/4 to All on Friday, January 31, 2020 05:08:04
    From: R. Daneel Olivaw <olivawasimov@gmail.com>

    On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:28:45 -0800 (PST), steverad55@gmail.com wrote:


    The actress who played the character used her own (Welsh) accent -

    You do realize you're replying to a post from 2001?

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  • From Richard Miles@1:3634/24 to R. Daneel Olivaw on Friday, January 31, 2020 19:20:51
    On 31 Jan 2020, R. Daneel Olivaw said the following...

    You do realize you're replying to a post from 2001?

    Heh. Nothing wrong with that. Hard to keep things in context though I guess.

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