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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 7385346" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>I have just watched “The Dig” on Netflix. It is a film about the Anglo Saxon Ship and the treasure dug up on it at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk.</p><p>It is a very good film. But what struck me most was how well the cast, especially Ralph Fiennes had managed to grasp the Suffolk accent. I was brought up in Suffolk and couldn’t fault it!</p><p>There was a scene where the character he plays, Brazil Brown, returns home which must have been somewhere near Diss as a shot of Diss Postoffice was shown in the film. Diss isn’t actually in Suffolk, but in South Norfolk.</p><p>However, being the local postal town, many North Suffolk villages used to use Diss, Norfolk as the last two lines of their address, which changed to Eye, Suffolk with an IP21 postcode in the 80’s. So technically the use of Diss in the film is correct.</p><p>So many films and TV series get East Anglian accents completely wrong.</p><p>A classic was Eric in the Lovejoy series. A better Gloucestershire accent you could not find!</p><p>One that they got right was the 1974 film Akenfield. It used all local actors, mostly completely untrained actors.</p><p>However, The Dig has got it right and I congratulate all the actors for doing so.</p><p>Especially Fiennes for saying “Cud t’hell!”</p><p>But, apparently he was born in Suffolk, which helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 7385346, member: 44728"] I have just watched “The Dig” on Netflix. It is a film about the Anglo Saxon Ship and the treasure dug up on it at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. It is a very good film. But what struck me most was how well the cast, especially Ralph Fiennes had managed to grasp the Suffolk accent. I was brought up in Suffolk and couldn’t fault it! There was a scene where the character he plays, Brazil Brown, returns home which must have been somewhere near Diss as a shot of Diss Postoffice was shown in the film. Diss isn’t actually in Suffolk, but in South Norfolk. However, being the local postal town, many North Suffolk villages used to use Diss, Norfolk as the last two lines of their address, which changed to Eye, Suffolk with an IP21 postcode in the 80’s. So technically the use of Diss in the film is correct. So many films and TV series get East Anglian accents completely wrong. A classic was Eric in the Lovejoy series. A better Gloucestershire accent you could not find! One that they got right was the 1974 film Akenfield. It used all local actors, mostly completely untrained actors. However, The Dig has got it right and I congratulate all the actors for doing so. Especially Fiennes for saying “Cud t’hell!” But, apparently he was born in Suffolk, which helps! [/QUOTE]
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