Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Whaa?
I've been watching Doc Martin....the folks say 'wha?" rather than 'what?' why is that? thx
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I've watched that show and I've never found that.
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anonymousthe folks say 'wha?" rather than 'what?'
I hadn't noticed, but they do try to approximate a Cornish accent in that series. That accent is far enough from a standard English accent that they decided not to use the full Cornish accent. Too many viewers would fail to understand some of the dialog.
CJ
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