Motion picture acting (1947)

Page scan 00062 from Motion picture acting

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture acting
Date:
1947
Publisher:
New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co
Volume:
Motion picture acting
Leaf #:
00062
Language:
English
Contributor:
Internet Archive
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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MOTION PICTURE ACTING "cultured." I mean that horrendous pseudo-British accent so many of them teach. On an Englishman that broad Italian A in cant looks good. On an American it is a horrible misfit. It just does not jibe with the rest of our speech. Oh, I know the dictionaries permit it and even give it preference—but remember, they are com- piled for the entire English-speaking world. But if you are an American and don't want to sound affected, you had better not use that broad sound of A except in those words which are never pro- nounced any other way, such as, father, farm, etc. No American who speaks English as the mother tongue would ever make a mistake over the short sound of the letter A as in cat and the broad sound in arm. But I wonder how many of you are infalli- ble when it comes to the A with one dot over it? That's the one to learn thoroughly, a. Do you make "can't" rhyme with "rant?" Yes, so do a lot of other people. Well then, that is some- thing you must learn not to do. But in avoiding that flat, all-American mispronunciation of the word cant, don't commit the even worse offense of pronouncing it as though it rhymed with taunt. Don't make it "cawn't," I beg of you! There is a half-way sound of A between the two 36