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Movies using posh, but modern, English accents for ancient Greeks and Romans

— Kurt from Manhattan | Art | 3.20.2009 | Comments (7)

That movie 300 was ruined by their phony accents

— Edgar

Same thing goes for movies about the life of Jesus. Last time I checked Jesus wasn't an Englishman.

— Raze

It would be so much better if Caesar and Christ sounded like Keanu Reeves.

— jmc posted 3/20/2009

I don't get it either. World War II movies...the GERMANS have English accents!! That is straight up OFFENSIVE! There are German actors that speak english, USE THEM!

— Raj posted 3/23/2009

But if you use German actors to speak English with a German accent, and English in the movie is actually supposed to be German, then wouldn't that mean that they were speaking **their own language** with an accent?

— Diana posted 3/23/2009

neutral accents. not that hard to master if you're a decent actor.

— squeak posted 5/27/2009

This irks me. This, and the way you can usually tell who the villain is because they have a posh English accent. MUFASA AND SCAR WERE BROTHERS. WHY DID THEY HAVE DIFFERENT ACCENTS, HUH?

— Kaliah posted 12/26/2010

Saying that men watching their own kids are "babysitting." » 5 stars

Water on the counter at a public bathroom such that when you lean over to wash your hands, your stomach and crotch area get all wet. » 5 stars

When people tell me to "calm down" when I am already calm. » 5 stars

Putting on a clean pair of socks, entering the bathroom or kitchen and standing in a water splash left on the floor, thus getting your clean socks wet and forcing you to change them. » 5 stars

Excessive and difficult-to-remove packaging » 4.95238 stars

Rolls of toilet paper in which the size and weight to tensile strength ratio renders it impossible to dispense the paper in the usual manner (ie: pull on the end, roll turns, paper advances). » 4.93333 stars

Doctors "shortening" your wait time by making you wait in the exam room instead. » 4.93333 stars

People who touch computer screens. » 4.91667 stars

Using mobile phones at the register. » 127 Comments

The non-existance of unpadded bras in cup sizes less than D. Macy's, Victoria's secret, and Bloomingdales do not carry them. unpadded. » 41 Comments

People who put ketchup in the refrigerator. » 41 Comments

When pregnant women complain about being pregnant. » 39 Comments

People who deliberately pronounce words incorrectly and repeatedly. » 34 Comments

Women who are just so beautiful they don't have to contribute to sex... » 32 Comments

"Irregardless." » 30 Comments

Saying that men watching their own kids are "babysitting." » 27 Comments

Using mobile phones at the register. » super – luctroyally 2/6

Using mobile phones at the register. » super – Cireekeld 2/6

Using mobile phones at the register. » super – Kannyhila 2/6

Using mobile phones at the register. » super – Steashamate 2/6

10.31.10

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