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Thread #169191   Message #4089005
Posted By: Allan Conn
20-Jan-21 - 06:37 PM
Thread Name: Hearing & identifying an accent - TV & Film
Subject: RE: Hearing & identifying an accent - TV & Film
Yeah I was just talking generally about accents. Rural Scottish accents don't get heard often on TV or in the movies. I don't think I have ever heard someone with my own Borders accent in a drama. Shetland is the same. The actor who plays Sandy is from Shetland. All the other main actors are from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ayrshire etc and they all sound like they could be from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ayrshire etc. There is no attempt to even sound like they come from the Northern Isles. I like the programme but that does kind of let it down a bit.