Article: George Michael woke from coma with different accent

British singer George Michael has revealed that he woke from his three-week coma talking in the broad West Country accent spoken in western England.

London-born Michael, who almost died of pneumonia at the end of last year, said he was unable to revert to his usual accent for two days after gaining consciousness and his family feared he would be stuck with the new one forever.
 
abzo said:
That's the excuse you should use if you marry an Afrikaans person, "they didn't always talk like this, the coma caused it."
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Even for you, that is absolutely bloody disgusting...:mad:

















I mean who the hell would marry an Afrikaans person, you twisted pervert...:rolleyes:
 
DJ... said:
I mean who the hell would marry an Afrikaans person, you twisted pervert...:rolleyes:
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My wife is Afrikaans and has a very distinct accent after over a decade in Scotland. It's nowhere near the Charlize league of total transformation, but people she doesn't know are very surprised when she starts speaking Afrikaans :)
 
It's just the gay side of his brain that was temporarily switched off after his sickness...
 
Spizz said:
My wife is Afrikaans and has a very distinct accent after over a decade in Scotland. It's nowhere near the Charlize league of total transformation, but people she doesn't know are very surprised when she starts speaking Afrikaans :)
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Charlize strikes me as being ashamed of her roots.
 
blunomore said:
Charlize strikes me as being ashamed of her roots.
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I dunno, but there has to be some agenda or other to completely change your accent unless you're a young child moving country. Even though my kids came to SA when they were 8 and 10, they still have a Scottish accent at 18 and 16 (albeit not as harsh as mine but it's there nonetheless). So it has to be a choice and for that you would have to ask why, especially now that she's 'made it' and has no need to pretend or act anymore.

Otherwise she'd have the KP brand of trying too hard to fit in but not quite succeeding :)
 
Spizz said:
I dunno, but there has to be some agenda or other to completely change your accent unless you're a young child moving country. Even though my kids came to SA when they were 8 and 10, they still have a Scottish accent at 18 and 16 (albeit not as harsh as mine but it's there nonetheless). So it has to be a choice and for that you would have to ask why, especially now that she's 'made it' and has no need to pretend or act anymore.

Otherwise she'd have the KP brand of trying too hard to fit in but not quite succeeding :)
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I am sure Theron learnt and uses the American accent because she wanted to fit in and she wanted the good movie roles. If she had a South African accent, she would always be typecase in the kinds of roles she is given.

Nevertheless, she strikes me as someone who denies her roots to a certain extent.
 
blunomore said:
I am sure Theron learnt and uses the American accent because she wanted to fit in and she wanted the good movie roles. If she had a South African accent, she would always be typecase in the kinds of roles she is given.

Nevertheless, she strikes me as someone who denies her roots to a certain extent.
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Fair enough. Can't really disagree.

abzo said:
OI! This thread is about Queen George, not Ravenna.
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Ag, it had died anyway. I woke it up before it go-go'ed...
 
blunomore said:
Charlize strikes me as being ashamed of her roots.
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If you've ever heard her talk about them, she comes across as sincerely proud, but realised early on that the South African accent was hardly endearing in the acting profession...
 
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DJ... said:
If you've ever heard her talk about the, she comes across as sincerely proud, but realised early on that the South African accent was hardly endearing in the acting profession...
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Well it worked for Matt Damon and.....Well it worked for Matt Damon.
 
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