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Posted by RSS on July 10, 1999 at 20:48:34 In Reply to: Accents - MORITURI TE SALUTAMUS posted by Goodgulf on July 10, 1999 at 15:48:10:
It is better to read a book in the original language. So much is lost in translation. No, much of the world does not speak English, but so what? That doesn't give license to put any old accent in the movie. What is wrong with a Bronx or Brooklyn accent anyways? Why is that wrong, but a neutral American accent ok?? I just don't see why it is so hard for people to accept that The Lord of the Rings is a British work. That doesn't diminish its beauty in any way, does it? It is so parochial to try to ascribe some kind of worldwide significance to it--rather than just accepting that things of other nations can and do appeal to a broad base of people. I don't speak a lick of Italian, but I would hate to see Bernini's Life Is Beautiful dubbed in English, with American or British or even Italian accents. P.S. I really wish the Westron argument would go away. Westron does not exist!!!!!!!!!!.
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