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the coming
MemberOvomorphApril 19, 2012Fassbenders accent in that interview on PrometheusNews, is quite heavily foreign and German...however in movies like Inglorious he has done a natural British accent, utterly convincing
so why would you choose to have an accent in real life? Isn't the whole purpose of learning a language to reach naturalness?
April 19, 2012
@ The coming - calling Irish people British is just troll behavior and has no place on the this forum - and if you're not trolling and just ignorant you STILL have no place on this forum.
Take that crap somewhere else
April 19, 2012
@The Coming, you are talking bullshit
Are you suggesting that people in Wales, whose mother tongue is Welsh, speak in an English accent when then learn to speak English?! Which English accent would they adopt, then? A Londoner's accent? A Newcastle accent? A Mancunian accent?
And I suppose if someone is brought up in French Quebec, when they learn English they must speak in a Canadian accent?
Why can't you think before posting such utter rubbish. Get a brain
April 20, 2012
@ender oh Im sorry I thought you were a part of the UK, apparently not...oh wait you are....ur the one being Xeno-phobic lol
Scotland, North Ireland, Wales all in the UK, Britain Im afraid
that's a funny irish accent Fassbender has...sounds West German
April 20, 2012
@drop, that is a totally different scenario, those are British accents of different regions, overall they are still British...German is not
Ok so when talking on the phone to an Indian call centre, you prefer that they keep their hard to understand Indian accent? and if said person was capable of speaking in a native accent, whatever region, why would they want to regress into a more broken form of english?
April 20, 2012
@ender ive been on this forum longer than u, some jumped up angry irishman
.ur in the UK, accept it.
April 20, 2012
he did, I edited it so as not to offend anyone, guys take its easy on each other please, perhaps this is all my fault for being so angry about the thread to begin with but I let it stand because it's everyone's right to say/post their opinion...The Coming I am sure does not want to argue any more than any of the rest of us do and throwing names around at each other isn't going to accomplish anything, let's agree to let it go and move on to a more creative and intellectually stimulating and mature discussion rather than being in a funk any longer with this one, we all have the exact same things at heart here, to discuss this whole thing and everything about it and the coming has as much right to be here as I or anyone else as long as we all conduct ourselves with at least some bare minimal level of formal respect...I am guilty too and need to be more conscious of how I address people here...no one should feel ganged up on at all and in all fairness It is a legitimate question to wonder what the origins are of someones accent. Let's try to remember we are all Human beings...David is The Robot !!!
April 20, 2012
Sparty I appreciate you trying to move this on but this is blatant trolling, he has in less than 100 words managed to direct offensive remarks at Germany, India, Ireland and Britain. This type of thread is bad for the site and needs to be addressed by a member of staff.
A troll is a troll
April 20, 2012
Ich bin ein Roboh-ter.
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April 20, 2012
I want to apologize on here then, and to the coming directly, for calling anyone anything on this forum. That was wrong no matter what. I apologize.
On a more objective note, it is interesting that an actor would cause such a dust-up over his 'real' accent. That should be considered a tip of the hat of his acting ability, if nothing else. Maybe he is playing someone with a German accent in an upcoming film, and he is trying to adopt it also, as method actors often do. Maybe it is necessary, after immersing himself in such an artificial sounding David8 character. Or maybe that IS his native accent, and he just wanted to distance himself from being similar to his character in any way, in the real world. Maybe?
April 20, 2012
@Necrofan
I only commented so that someone acknowledges your display of good character - as that should be acknowledged.
Other than that, the only confusion I can see is that someone, evidently, does not know what a, natural, Irish accent sounds like - forgiveable: but, for reasons unknown, will just not be corrected - even by the Irish! Unforgiveable.
With that, I turn my back on what must be considered foolishness, and I recommend you do the same.