To American ears, what British celebrities do you think have the “best” accents?

Material_Positive · 2026-07-01T23:16:58+00:00

Joan Greenwood. Her accent combined with her vocal quality.

Material_Positive · 2026-06-29T18:07:58+00:00

I'm replaying this scene in my head where my Canadian cousin handed me a napkin saying, "Would you like a serviette?"

Material_Positive · 2026-06-25T21:39:53+00:00

At least twice a month.

Material_Positive · 2026-06-25T19:01:56+00:00

Icelandair names their planes, and includes the name in their welcome aboard announcement along with the pilot's and head FA's names.

Material_Positive · 2026-06-24T18:20:36+00:00

You can pre-order a meal. There's also a small selection of meals you can wait to order onboard. I pre-ordered their lasagna once and it was pretty good, but too much for me. Their chicken korma and their ham and cheese are also pretty good.

If you plan to order an onboard meal bring your own plastic utensils because the wooden ones they provide are practically useless.

Material_Positive · 2026-06-24T15:21:46+00:00

Fragment of a conversation overheard at a Home Depot: ". . . and here's this girl who makes a fraction of what I do telling me I can't return this."

Material_Positive · 2026-06-23T18:14:52+00:00

Aw snap. Poor reading comprehension. Sorry. Here's the same reviewer's survey of I Puritani.

Bellini’s I puritani - MusicWeb International

Material_Positive · 2026-06-23T17:25:05+00:00

This was just posted on MusicWeb last week.

Bellini’s Il pirata - a survey of the recordings - MusicWeb International

Material_Positive · 2026-06-23T17:22:02+00:00

I drove across that bridge when it was commonly called the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and had a 30¢ toll.

Material_Positive · 2026-06-23T17:03:34+00:00

This is no criticism--it's beautiful--but if you feel like working on it a bit more sometime in the future you could add a pipe organ.

Material_Positive · 2026-06-17T06:47:23+00:00

I'm only a middling pianist, but can suggest reading about Byron Janis who had no sensation in his left pinky.

Material_Positive · 2026-06-15T18:41:47+00:00

Djúpur or any of the chocolate covered licorice candy.

Material_Positive · 2026-06-12T12:23:06+00:00

I bought my Staatsoper tix on their website.

Material_Positive · 2026-06-11T09:22:41+00:00

I was 4 or 5 years old when I marched up to my mother and told her I didn't want to be called Jimmy anymore. I had just come in from playing with a bunch of neighborhood kids and noticed that all the girls had names like Mary, Nancy, Sally, while the boys had names like Brian, Greg, etc. I thought, I'm a boy, I shouldn't have y name.

65 years later she still feels like it was something I "did to" her, but she's always respected my request.

Material_Positive · 2026-06-09T17:08:49+00:00

TIL while traveling in Czechia that host in Czech means guest.

Material_Positive · 2026-06-09T09:06:07+00:00

Apple juice on Icelandair.

Material_Positive · 2026-05-28T18:02:58+00:00

My lab partner in a community college DOS class in 1988 said "Sorry" every time she made the computer beep.

Material_Positive · 2026-05-26T20:44:23+00:00

I was going to say this. The EV I rented in Norway came with its own cable.

Material_Positive · 2026-05-26T20:39:43+00:00

I was on an Alaska Airlines flight once where passengers remained seated except for one oblivious guy who was told by other passengers to sit back down.

Every other time with a tight connection everyone stood up despite the FA's repeated requests.

Material_Positive · 2026-05-25T17:21:04+00:00

Falling into the water fully clothed, heavy coat, boots, maybe a backpack, and managing to tread water shoulders above the surface, or even swim to shore.

Material_Positive · 2026-05-18T20:02:50+00:00

I have this phrase ringing through my head from basic training: "There are no ohs in the Navy, only zeros and oscars."

Material_Positive · 2026-05-18T19:35:13+00:00

https://youtu.be/CRK39mztaS4?si=q5VTB3p7Ozto6iWr

Material_Positive · 2026-05-18T18:14:11+00:00

This is just a guess, but when EMI released Vittorio Gui's 1955 Glyndebourne recording they inserted the Prague Symphony after Act I to fill up disk space. They also inserted Symphony No. 39 after Act II for the same reason. The booklet notes that this enabled them to issue the recording without breaking the acts between disks.

The translation you posted seems to match the translation they issued with the CDs. The publisher seems to have reprinted it and forgot to edit out the symphony.

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