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* Jack pronounces estrogen at the very beginning of the episode as "ee-strogen". An American would pronounce it "eh-strogen". | * Jack pronounces estrogen at the very beginning of the episode as "ee-strogen". An American would pronounce it "eh-strogen". | ||
::Jack is from the Boeshane Peninsula; it could be a regional aspect to it, like ordinary accents. Flashbacks in "[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]" show a young Jack saying "Mum" instead of the more American "Mom." Alternatively, Jack may have been living in the UK long enough to have become used to pronouncing certain words in their British form. In THE STOLEN EARTH he says to Gwen and Ianto " | ::Jack is from the Boeshane Peninsula; it could be a regional aspect to it, like ordinary accents. Flashbacks in "[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]" show a young Jack saying "Mum" instead of the more American "Mom." Alternatively, Jack may have been living in the UK long enough to have become used to pronouncing certain words in their British form. In THE STOLEN EARTH he says to Gwen and Ianto "I'm sorry, we're dead" in a very English accent.'' Jack isn't American. He was only pretending to be American when he met the Doctor, and he kept the accent. Therefore he may say things differently.'' | ||
:::''Actually, that's Jack's real accent according to episodes such as ''[[Adam]] and [[Exit Wounds]]. | :::''Actually, that's Jack's real accent according to episodes such as ''[[Adam]] and [[Exit Wounds]]. | ||
:::We don't know if the Boeshane Peninsula is even on Earth, let alone America. Over the years there in Cardiff I'd say likely he's found that he'll not be understood by his coworkers if he uses the American term rather than the British. | ::::Speaking with an accent that ''sounds'' "American" doesn't make him American. And certainly doesn't dictate how he will pronounce any word he says. | ||
:::We don't know if the Boeshane Peninsula is even on Earth, let alone America. Over the years there in Cardiff I'd say likely he's found that he'll not be understood by his coworkers if he uses the American term rather than the British. | |||
::1. Jack is not American, he only pretended to be American, and opted to keep up the image. 2. It is quite presumptuous to claim "An American would pronounce ..." (as if ''all Americans'' pronounce ''everything'' the same way). 3. Anyone who spends an extended period in ''foreign company'' is likely to pick up at least some differences in words, pronunciations and accents from their native upbringing. And Jack has most certainly had a '''lot''' of ''foreign exposure''. | |||
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- Jack pronounces estrogen at the very beginning of the episode as "ee-strogen". An American would pronounce it "eh-strogen".
- Jack is from the Boeshane Peninsula; it could be a regional aspect to it, like ordinary accents. Flashbacks in "Adam" show a young Jack saying "Mum" instead of the more American "Mom." Alternatively, Jack may have been living in the UK long enough to have become used to pronouncing certain words in their British form. In THE STOLEN EARTH he says to Gwen and Ianto "I'm sorry, we're dead" in a very English accent. Jack isn't American. He was only pretending to be American when he met the Doctor, and he kept the accent. Therefore he may say things differently.
- Actually, that's Jack's real accent according to episodes such as Adam and Exit Wounds.
- Speaking with an accent that sounds "American" doesn't make him American. And certainly doesn't dictate how he will pronounce any word he says.
- Actually, that's Jack's real accent according to episodes such as Adam and Exit Wounds.
- Jack is from the Boeshane Peninsula; it could be a regional aspect to it, like ordinary accents. Flashbacks in "Adam" show a young Jack saying "Mum" instead of the more American "Mom." Alternatively, Jack may have been living in the UK long enough to have become used to pronouncing certain words in their British form. In THE STOLEN EARTH he says to Gwen and Ianto "I'm sorry, we're dead" in a very English accent. Jack isn't American. He was only pretending to be American when he met the Doctor, and he kept the accent. Therefore he may say things differently.
- We don't know if the Boeshane Peninsula is even on Earth, let alone America. Over the years there in Cardiff I'd say likely he's found that he'll not be understood by his coworkers if he uses the American term rather than the British.
- 1. Jack is not American, he only pretended to be American, and opted to keep up the image. 2. It is quite presumptuous to claim "An American would pronounce ..." (as if all Americans pronounce everything the same way). 3. Anyone who spends an extended period in foreign company is likely to pick up at least some differences in words, pronunciations and accents from their native upbringing. And Jack has most certainly had a lot of foreign exposure.
