Fancy Clown
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I can't tell if this is a joke thread or not
Anyone wish Harry Potter wasn't british?
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Necromanti
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One thing I liked about the books while growing up was that it was set in Britain, so no. The accents used in the movies seemed "light" enough that I thought that most native English speakers would have little trouble understanding them, but I guess not. It's not like they mumble, either. I've heard other people say that they can't understand British people at all when they speak, including those with the most "universal" (or universally understood) accents, but I always thought they were half-joking. But even they understood the accents used in Harry Potter, I think.
Angelus Errare
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Any film that takes place in Jersey.
Blood Red Sky
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OP, you are missing out. They make some great movies
Nobody tells 'im nuffin.
shadyspace
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Uh, like what? Clerks? I can't think of any notable mob movie that took place in NJ if that's the accent you're referring to.
terrisus
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Oh that wacky Channel Island.
Diprosalic
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the idea that an american would have to turn on subtitles to watch HP is mind boggling to me.
The Real Abed
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I have not read them but my mother informs me that there are schools in other countries. I can believe America would have one somewhere too. I mean in Goblet we see the existence of others from different countries. I think one was Germany and another France.
melichrous
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A quick google suggests its France and somewhere around Northern Norway. It'd definitely make sense for there to be schools all over the place, seeing as though there appear to be magic users everywhere.
Well Durmstrand Institute is in Scandanavia and Beauxbatons is in France, and the Quidditch World Cup features Irish and Bulgarian teams, so as far as we know the wizarding world of Harry Potter is widespread across Europe. I don't believe anything referencing a magical community outside of Europe is explicitly mentioned though.
Foxy Fox 39
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They are. I love American shows like the Office too. And the cancelled IT Crowd.
shadyspace
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I don't recall how I know this since I haven't read a sentence of any of these books but there was a witch school in Salem, MA EDIT: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Salem_Witches'_Institute
The Real Abed
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I'd actually be curious to learn about those other schools from the perspectives of their students.
Like where their "train station entrance" is located and where the school actually is relative to the real world. (I think my mom said Hogwarts was disguised as a garbage dump or something.)
The castle was made to look like a dangerous ruin, with signs telling muggles to stay away.
Razgriz-Specter
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LanceVance
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You know what stops a bad guy with a wand?
A good guy with a wand
A good guy with a wand
melichrous
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Yeah, I'd read books set somewhere else in the HP universe.
Aye, spells making it look like an absolute death trap of an abandoned building, and others making you realise you've forgot to do something really important if you get too close.
they're very distinctive and nothing alike, but indeed the further you move north, like Yorkshire, the more you hear some similarities
eternalblue
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Not quite sure if OP is trolling, but it's sad when lack of exposure to accents different to your own would lead to wishing people would conform to speaking in "your" accent so you can understand them better. If you're having trouble understanding, you probably need to watch more stuff with different accents and try putting on subtitles.
also, lol @ GOT a "british show"
also, lol @ GOT a "british show"
OrlanisWorks
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They shouldve at least made Voldemort American. He stopped being intimidating when he started talking.
"SSsssssss"
Yeah, he really sounded like a sniffling little twat rather more than an intimidating antagonist. He was more like Draco Malfoy then a legit bad guy.
They shouldve at least made Voldemort American. He stopped being intimidating when he started talking.
"SSsssssss"
I like when he screams, "Nyeeaahhhh!"
It is hard to imagine how someone who speaks English as a first language could not understand it.
You're right! How'd I forget Drumstrand and Beauxbaton? But yeah, I guess the wizarding communities are only located in Europe as far as legit text is concerned (unless Rowling mentioned this in a Q and A).
english isn't my first language x.x
HighResTomato
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"British accent"? You mean English without an American Accent?
Anyways, Harry Potter with an American accent would suck.
Anyways, Harry Potter with an American accent would suck.
Napoleonthechimp
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Heavy accents? The inability for some Americans to understand accents that aren't their own never fails to amaze me.
FAKE EDIT: English is not your first language? You get a pass. Still, original point stands.
FAKE EDIT: English is not your first language? You get a pass. Still, original point stands.
I'm sure magical people exist all over the world.
Based purely on the Quidditch World Cup video game, there would be an American one, since they have a team. Same with Japan, Australia, and Spain.
Side note: I could go for a current-gen (PS4/XB1) Quidditch World Cup video game. I spent a lot of time on the PC version way back when it came out.
Based purely on the Quidditch World Cup video game, there would be an American one, since they have a team. Same with Japan, Australia, and Spain.
Side note: I could go for a current-gen (PS4/XB1) Quidditch World Cup video game. I spent a lot of time on the PC version way back when it came out.
I totally forgot about that and the mention of the Brazilian wizardy school. Magic is indeed then a worldwide phenomenon in the Harry Potter universe. It's even implied by the Chinese Fireball dragon and Cho Chang's existence that magic communities should exist in China.
Really? Like names and everything? That makes things a whole lot interesting as well as bring up a host of new questions like: why didn't the rest of the wizarding world help out against the Voldemort situation?
Space Monster
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The Salem Witches Institute could be a European school dedicated to research into why America purged all its witches. Similarly, the Brazilian Wizarding School may be something to do with magical shaving techniques.
melichrous
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Probably something to do with it not directly affecting them yet, so no point in getting involved. Either that, or they have their own majorly evil people to sort out as well. Who knows?
OverBlood 3
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I wish he was Glaswegian.
Names, yeah. Nothing on the book about them, though. The game also did have the Hogwarts house teams, and characters from the book that played Quidditch (Harry Potter, Malfoy, Weasleys, Cho Chang, Cedric Diggory, Viktor Krum, etc.).
Voldemort had shit locked down tight. The Ministry of Magic is the head of the Wizarding World, and he had control of that by planting his own people in there, along with Hogwarts (to some extent).
terrisus
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Well, this is a perfect opportunity to hear English then.
what?
shadyspace
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Only weirdos like terrisus.
terrisus
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Only weirdos like me?
Yeah, I suppose someone would have to be pretty weird to like me >.>
shadyspace
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lol I meant your self-professed anglophilia
terrisus
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I know what you meant, but I think it works better my way :þ
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