Ranjini

Thanks for posting that very interesting article. Which brings me to a question about Gwyneth Paltrow who played a stuffy English professor in A.S. Byatt's "Possession" and obviously adopting a non-American accent for the part. I wondered how convincing the accent was? She was also in Jane Austen's "Emma" playing the title role of a young English woman of the 18th century.
Rene Zellweger, on the other hand was, I thought, pretty convincing in "Bridget Jones' Diary". However, that's my opinion. Colin Firth has remarked that after a time of being with Rene on the set, it was easy to forget that she was American. I just wondered what you guys might think?

DaveC

The first movie I ever saw of hers was Sliding Doors, in which she also had an English accent. It was very good, I didn't know much about GP at the time and didn't find out she was American 'til a good while later.

Ranjini

Thanks for the heads up I like Paltrow as an actress and am an admirer of her sense of style. She would have made a great model if she hadn't become an actress.
Much to be said for the speech trainers on a movie set, I suppose.

Eddie

Yes; I'm with you on this one. I tell them I speak English, not Ameriglish.

Eddie

Andiii

I absolutely HATE this... "American English". Further more, I don't even consider it a category!