there's even a little pause before he does it

I've bored my husband rigid with this tale, but I was talking to an actor/director on a bus in Cambridge who said that for some reason no matter how much an actor seems to get the Norfolk accent in rehearsal, the moment they go on stage/screen they revert to zummerzet.

Posted By: camcan on September 28th 2009 at 12:18:52

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Hey, Chelts. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 28, 12:00:37
- I am flummoxed. If I went to any store to spend money on goods and was accosted by boundin (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 28, 12:20:27
  - ^^^ never been to Abercrombie & Fitch ^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 28, 12:28:31
    - this is absolutely correct (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 28, 12:34:21
      - "Apple Crumble & Fish" hoodies are funnier. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 28, 12:36:06
        
        Same rules below apply to crumble. Custard, ice cream, or both. But definitely not fish. (n/m) (General Chat) - JPM, Sep 28, 12:43:17
- Good to see so many young people eating fruit. (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Sep 28, 12:13:48
  - Especially if you have a young-people-eating-fruit fetish. (General Chat) - JPM, Sep 28, 12:17:44
    - The fat bird leading the dancing hasn't eaten fruit in a long while (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 28, 12:28:06
      - Mmmm. Fruit pie. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 28, 12:29:36
        
        with custard? (General Chat) - JPM, Sep 28, 12:32:38
        
        Serpently. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 28, 12:38:35
        
        but in that case, which do you leave until last? (General Chat) - JPM, Sep 28, 12:40:45
        
        pie with ice cream is just so very wrong on many, many levels (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 28, 12:36:14
        
        philosophically I agree with you, but it can be nice. (n/m) (General Chat) - JPM, Sep 28, 12:37:26
- Saw that last night (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Sep 28, 12:09:18
  - FAO the fat bird leading the dancing (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 28, 12:12:15
- That is brilliant EXCEPT (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 28, 12:07:48
  - It's the wurzels (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 28, 12:08:31
    - Not the REAL Wurzels, surely (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 28, 12:10:11
- Gotta say (General Chat) - duke of york, Sep 28, 12:05:18
- Did they get the actors from Kingdom to sing that? (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 28, 12:04:27
  - And has Norwich moved 250 miles west and south a bit? (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Sep 28, 12:06:31
    - exactly (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 28, 12:08:16
      - And he says "bar" in the very careful manner of a RADA actor attempting Glaswegian (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 28, 12:13:13
        
        there's even a little pause before he does it (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 28, 12:18:52
        
        I suspect that if an actor or actrine were to ever actually pull off a good Norfolk accent (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 28, 12:23:15
- lol (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 28, 12:02:37

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