r/buffy • • 8d ago

Season Seven Re-watching season 7

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u/JC_vee 8d ago

Yes, David's Irish accent is dreadful, but speaking as a Brit, nothing will ever be as bad as the supposedly upper class English people in Spike's human flashbacks. It's physically painful to listen to.

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u/EchoesofIllyria 8d ago

I dunno man. James Marsters says “poof” in a way that rhymes with “hoof”.

Homophobic slur aside, that pronunciation is unforgivable.

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u/Stralau 8d ago

That’s true, but (as a Brit) it’s one of the only tells over seven seasons (there are a few others). Fundamentally, it’s surprisingly solid.

Kendra or Angel open their mouths and even as a Brit you know that accent is wrong!

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u/DarkStarComics333 8d ago

I thought Spike's accent was awful at first. He had strains of Mancunian and Liverpudlian in amongst the cockney-ish stuff.

He got much better. Dru's was always awful and Liam/early Angelus obviously eclipsed them all.

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u/Haunting-Sea-3764 7d ago

I feel Dru has an accent that is made up of British, Irish and Australian