RE: HUGE! Re: The wide open road, National Characteristics(NSL), and FT in small places

Actually Mel Gibson was born in New York and then went down under but
was does it matter?

David Best

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>From:	Bruce S. R. Lee[SMTP:bsrlee@wr.com.au]
>Sent:	Wednesday, February 11, 1998 9:40 AM
>To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
>Subject:	Re: HUGE! Re: The wide open road, National
Characteristics(NSL),
>and	    FT in	  small places
>
>I regret to inform you that Mel (Mel Gibson) was born a New Zealander
but
>was raised in Australia. Like most actors he can adjust his speaking
voice,
>however the Mad Max movies were originally made with broad "Australian"
>accents and were re-dubbed for international release. I don't know if
the
>original versions exist on video, but they would probably be PAL
system.
>
>Bruce S. R. Lee
>
>At 11:51 8/02/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>Alan,
>(hack)
>>Mel's accent was REALLY toned down, from what I heard, though he WAS
born
>>in the US. ;->= There is a small cult trying to find tapes with the
>>original accents still attached. I know I'd be thrilled by such a
beast!
>>Anyway, Road Warrior was much more into the post-apocalyptic.
>
>(chop)
>>The_Beast
>>
>>
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