I was wrong, definitely not a Scouse accent. His name is Tom Wilkinson, and I think the accent is South-West of England - might be Somerset, as I found a reference to him retiring to Somerset in an online copy of Navy News.
On the subject of accents - we have a lot of them in the British Isles - I think maybe because of the length of settlement.
Eamon
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Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 23:10
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Sailor--STILL OFF TOPIC
Yeah, I was wondering about Liverpool, especially with its maritime
history. For example, he would pronounce "love" as "loov," like the
Beatles would, but overall his accent seemed more distinctive and less
fluid than that. It seems like there are a lot of very precise names for
accents in England Proper (RP, Cheshire, Geordie, Yorkshire, Scouse,
etc.), not even going into Welsh, Scots, Irish, whereas I'm not sure if I
can tell the difference between a Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, or South
Carolina (although perhaps I should).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YPpAR1Swok
You can see him starting at 13:04, he's the balding NCO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsdBsiXtXaA
Here's one of his star turns starting at 09:00, "I'll have your goots for
gaahters." If you start a little before that (08:32) you'll get the great
scene of the skipper trying to sort his ship out, asking, "What part of it
isn't working?" If you keep watching for a few minutes you'll see more of
the Fleet MAA, as well as the skipper patiently dealing with his ship
falling apart around him. "That's not working either." "Don't report the
port outer anymore. We'll just forget it. I don't want any more chit-chat
about the port outer."
Great series.
> I don't mind the "Brits" at all, just the identification of GB as being
> equal to the UK - and that's mainly reserved for some of my compatriots
> who have never looked at the cover of their British Passport ;)
>
> As for Sailor - saw it as a kid when it was first shown, and would really
> need to see a segment with the NCO in question - but at a guess I would
> say Liverpool.
>
> EamonÂ
>
>
> ________________________________
Sent: Monday, 10 September 2012, 23:35
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Sailor
>
>
> Â
> Yeah, though it sounds better to call you "Brits" rather than "UKs". Like
> all Americans are "Yanks" even if they are from Sweet Home Alabama and
> bristle at the thought.
>
> Have you seen "Sailor"? I'm not good at diagnosing regional UK accents,
> and am curious what the distinctive accent of the leading NCO (Fleet
> Master at Arms) is. He's in all of the scenes involving sailor discipline,
> reading the "cheaaages."
>
>> Me too, though from the United Kingdom, not Great Britain ;)
>>
>> Funnily enough though, I wouldn't think of the RN as "our Navy", more
>> like
>> "The Navy" - I guess because it's a genuine British institution.
>>
>> Eamon
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
Sent: Sunday, 9 September 2012, 9:53
Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Sailor
>>
>>
>> ÃâÃÂ
>> How many on this list are Brits? Subjects of Her Majesty? Folks that
>> when
>> you think, "our Navy," you mean The Royal Navy?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
On the subject of accents - we have a lot of them in the British Isles - I think maybe because of the length of settlement.
Eamon
________________________________
Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 23:10
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Sailor--STILL OFF TOPIC
Yeah, I was wondering about Liverpool, especially with its maritime
history. For example, he would pronounce "love" as "loov," like the
Beatles would, but overall his accent seemed more distinctive and less
fluid than that. It seems like there are a lot of very precise names for
accents in England Proper (RP, Cheshire, Geordie, Yorkshire, Scouse,
etc.), not even going into Welsh, Scots, Irish, whereas I'm not sure if I
can tell the difference between a Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, or South
Carolina (although perhaps I should).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YPpAR1Swok
You can see him starting at 13:04, he's the balding NCO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsdBsiXtXaA
Here's one of his star turns starting at 09:00, "I'll have your goots for
gaahters." If you start a little before that (08:32) you'll get the great
scene of the skipper trying to sort his ship out, asking, "What part of it
isn't working?" If you keep watching for a few minutes you'll see more of
the Fleet MAA, as well as the skipper patiently dealing with his ship
falling apart around him. "That's not working either." "Don't report the
port outer anymore. We'll just forget it. I don't want any more chit-chat
about the port outer."
Great series.
> I don't mind the "Brits" at all, just the identification of GB as being
> equal to the UK - and that's mainly reserved for some of my compatriots
> who have never looked at the cover of their British Passport ;)
>
> As for Sailor - saw it as a kid when it was first shown, and would really
> need to see a segment with the NCO in question - but at a guess I would
> say Liverpool.
>
> EamonÂ
>
>
> ________________________________
Sent: Monday, 10 September 2012, 23:35
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Sailor
>
>
> Â
> Yeah, though it sounds better to call you "Brits" rather than "UKs". Like
> all Americans are "Yanks" even if they are from Sweet Home Alabama and
> bristle at the thought.
>
> Have you seen "Sailor"? I'm not good at diagnosing regional UK accents,
> and am curious what the distinctive accent of the leading NCO (Fleet
> Master at Arms) is. He's in all of the scenes involving sailor discipline,
> reading the "cheaaages."
>
>> Me too, though from the United Kingdom, not Great Britain ;)
>>
>> Funnily enough though, I wouldn't think of the RN as "our Navy", more
>> like
>> "The Navy" - I guess because it's a genuine British institution.
>>
>> Eamon
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
Sent: Sunday, 9 September 2012, 9:53
Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Sailor
>>
>>
>> ÃâÃÂ
>> How many on this list are Brits? Subjects of Her Majesty? Folks that
>> when
>> you think, "our Navy," you mean The Royal Navy?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>