Data as Sherlock Holmes

at Quark's · December 15 2012, 08:51 PM

This morning, I was watching 'message in a bottle' (great ep!), and the teaser, in which we see data playing Sherlock Holmes, got me wondering. Just how convincing is his British accent, really ?

Does he sound 'natural' to a Britishman or more like an American trying to emulate a British accent ? (of course allowing for the fact that he is playing someone from the 19th century, not our time, so perhaps my question should be: would he have sounded natural to British people from that time?) . It's hard for me to tell, as English is not my native language and the differences might be too subtle for me to notice...

R. Star · December 15 2012, 09:17 PM

at Quark's wrote:

This morning, I was watching 'message in a bottle' (great ep!), and the teaser, in which we see data playing Sherlock Holmes, got me wondering. Just how convincing is his British accent, really ?

Does he sound 'natural' to a Britishman or more like an American trying to emulate a British accent ? (of course allowing for the fact that he is playing someone from the 19th century, not our time, so perhaps my question should be: would he have sounded natural to British people from that time?) . It's hard for me to tell, as English is not my native language and the differences might be too subtle for me to notice...

Well being an American, it sounded British enough to me to get the point across he was trying to emulate one. Though for how genuine it was, I would defer to someone who's from Britain.

Certainly in America, someone from Boston is going to sound very different than someone from Texas. One would assume this very well is the case in different parts of Britain too.

Ar-Pharazon · December 15 2012, 09:44 PM

^ Good point.

There are many regional differences in British accents (from our perspective at least). I imagine those accents sound different among British people from different areas.

Trekker4747 · December 16 2012, 01:47 AM

I wonder if Data ever did heroin to try being "more like Holmes."

EDIT: Or cocaine, rather.

Mike Have-Not · December 16 2012, 02:55 AM

Trekker4747 wrote:

I wonder if Data ever did heroin to try being "more like Holmes."

Syntheroin

Nerys Myk · December 16 2012, 03:50 AM

Mike Have-Not wrote:

Trekker4747 wrote:

I wonder if Data ever did heroin to try being "more like Holmes."

Syntheroin

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Mojochi · December 16 2012, 05:25 PM

I think more than just emulating a British accent, he was emulating the quintessential Holmes sound, which has been mostly developed from screen portrayals

In that way, it was passable, at least to this American

MikeS · December 18 2012, 12:48 AM

It sounded horrible (as most Americans doing "British" do

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December 15 2012, 08:51 PM	#1
at Quark's Lieutenant	Data as Sherlock Holmes This morning, I was watching 'message in a bottle' (great ep!), and the teaser, in which we see data playing Sherlock Holmes, got me wondering. Just how convincing is his British accent, really ? Does he sound 'natural' to a Britishman or more like an American trying to emulate a British accent ? (of course allowing for the fact that he is playing someone from the 19th century, not our time, so perhaps my question should be: would he have sounded natural to British people from that time?) . It's hard for me to tell, as English is not my native language and the differences might be too subtle for me to notice...

December 15 2012, 09:44 PM	#3
Ar-Pharazon Admiral of the Rear	Re: Data as Sherlock Holmes ^ Good point. There are many regional differences in British accents (from our perspective at least). I imagine those accents sound different among British people from different areas. __________________ Rimmer, on what period of history to live in- “Well, It’d be the 19th century for me, one of Napoleon’s marshals. The chance to march across Europe with the greatest general of all time and kill Belgians” - (White Hole).

December 16 2012, 01:47 AM	#4
Trekker4747 To boldly go... Location: Kansas City	Re: Data as Sherlock Holmes I wonder if Data ever did heroin to try being "more like Holmes." EDIT: Or cocaine, rather. __________________ Just because it's futuristic doesn't mean it's practical. Last edited by Trekker4747; December 16 2012 at 03:52 AM.

December 16 2012, 05:25 PM	#7
Mojochi Fleet Captain	Re: Data as Sherlock Holmes I think more than just emulating a British accent, he was emulating the quintessential Holmes sound, which has been mostly developed from screen portrayals In that way, it was passable, at least to this American

December 18 2012, 12:48 AM	#8
MikeS Fleet Captain Location: Liverpool, UK	Re: Data as Sherlock Holmes It sounded horrible (as most Americans doing "British" do ) __________________ One day soon, man is going to be able to harness incredible energies, energies that could ultimately hurl us to other worlds in... some sort of spaceship.

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