[Axeman]

lily wrote:

You find Shrek offensive? I guess you didn't know Mike Meyers based the character's accent (and some of the lines) on his own father.

I'm part Scot and I don't find it offensive.

Mike Meyer's father is English, not Scottish, but yes, I find it offensive. If Shrek was a "squinty-eyed Chinaman" cartoon saying things like "Me wash-a da laundry, round eye" or a black cartoon with lines like "Can I shine your shoe, bro?" would that be offensive? Of course it would. So why are black jokes racist, but Scottish ones aren't? The answer is we Scots have a sense of humour and can take a joke about our sterotypes. Maybe if other groups could relax and take a joke we wouldn't need to go yelling "racism" all the time.

[roger-roger]

It is a Scouse accent, his parents were from liverpool.

[RUEZ]

lily wrote:

I heard him in an interview - might have been on the special features on one of the DVDs - say that the accent is his dad's.

Quote:

Mike Myers says that he based Shrek's accent on the voice his mother used when reading him bedtime stories as a child.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126029/trivia

[RUEZ]

Eisensapper wrote:

It is a Scouse accent, his parents were from liverpool.

I work with a guy from Liverpool. I actually thought he was Scottish. He even says shite a lot.

[roger-roger]

RUEZ wrote:

Eisensapper wrote:

It is a Scouse accent, his parents were from liverpool.

I work with a guy from Liverpool. I actually thought he was Scottish. He even says shite a lot.

Hehe kinda like when I mistake a Caper for a Newfie Townie

[ShepherdsDog]

Zipperfish wrote:

bootlegga wrote:

First off, two rights don't make a wrong.

Can two Wongs make a white?

Sounds like there was an occident. Actually, I've noticed more albinos(sometimes you mistake them a very fair westerner until you see the asiatic features, and for some reason their eyes are almost blue) here, or is it just that they stand out more. Hell give them pointy ears and you have yourself an elf.

As for racism, it exists here, but it's more subtle in many ways. Korea has a reputation of being the most racist society in East Asia...but then again, they aren't that crazy about other Asians either.

[ShepherdsDog]

RUEZ wrote:

Eisensapper wrote:

It is a Scouse accent, his parents were from liverpool.

I work with a guy from Liverpool. I actually thought he was Scottish. He even says shite a lot.

Most of the English in the north(Yorkshire especially) have an accent that sounds to our ears like a soft Scottish burr.......damned northern monkeys, or is it damned southern fairies?

[RUEZ]

lily wrote:

Thanks, RUEZ. I could have sworn it was his father - or maybe some of the lines came from him, such as "someone's going the right way for a smack bottom".

Anyway, the moral of the story is imitating someones accent is not racist nor offensive. If someone finds it offensive they might want to pull the stick out of their ass. Rich Little made a fine living imitating peoples "accents" so to speak. This very funny Canadian comedian does an excellent impression of his dad who is East Indian, cracks me up every time.

[Axeman]

belittling ANY aspect of one's culture, such as accent, is racist...it's the very definition of racism (to ridicule based on the traits of the group rather than the individual).

[Gunnair]

Axeman wrote:

lily wrote:

You find Shrek offensive? I guess you didn't know Mike Meyers based the character's accent (and some of the lines) on his own father.

I'm part Scot and I don't find it offensive.

Mike Meyer's father is English, not Scottish, but yes, I find it offensive. If Shrek was a "squinty-eyed Chinaman" cartoon saying things like "Me wash-a da laundry, round eye" or a black cartoon with lines like "Can I shine your shoe, bro?" would that be offensive? Of course it would. So why are black jokes racist, but Scottish ones aren't? The answer is we Scots have a sense of humour and can take a joke about our sterotypes. Maybe if other groups could relax and take a joke we wouldn't need to go yelling "racism" all the time.

Yes we Scots do have a sense of humour and we don't tend to bitch if someone pokes fun... at least not all of us...

[Gunnair]

Axeman wrote:

belittling ANY aspect of one's culture, such as accent, is racist...it's the very definition of racism (to ridicule based on the traits of the group rather than the individual).

Get over yourself...

For a guy claiming a sense of humour, you sure ain't showing one.

[Axeman]

Gunnair wrote:

Axeman wrote:

lily wrote:

You find Shrek offensive? I guess you didn't know Mike Meyers based the character's accent (and some of the lines) on his own father.

I'm part Scot and I don't find it offensive.

Mike Meyer's father is English, not Scottish, but yes, I find it offensive. If Shrek was a "squinty-eyed Chinaman" cartoon saying things like "Me wash-a da laundry, round eye" or a black cartoon with lines like "Can I shine your shoe, bro?" would that be offensive? Of course it would. So why are black jokes racist, but Scottish ones aren't? The answer is we Scots have a sense of humour and can take a joke about our sterotypes. Maybe if other groups could relax and take a joke we wouldn't need to go yelling "racism" all the time.

Yes we Scots do have a sense of humour and we don't tend to bitch if someone pokes fun... at least not all of us...

Yes, we Scots do so, which is exactly what I said, but if I make a "nigger" joke, it isn't any less racist just because some black folks either don't hear it or aren't bothered by it.

[RUEZ]

Axeman wrote:

Yes, we Scots do so, which is exactly what I said, but if I make a "nigger" joke, it isn't any less racist just because some black folks either don't hear it or aren't bothered by it.

You're trying to compare someone mimicking an accent to someone demeaning another person because of their colour. Not much of a comparison.

[ShepherdsDog]

Gunnair wrote:

Axeman wrote:

lily wrote:

You find Shrek offensive? I guess you didn't know Mike Meyers based the character's accent (and some of the lines) on his own father.

I'm part Scot and I don't find it offensive.

Mike Meyer's father is English, not Scottish, but yes, I find it offensive. If Shrek was a "squinty-eyed Chinaman" cartoon saying things like "Me wash-a da laundry, round eye" or a black cartoon with lines like "Can I shine your shoe, bro?" would that be offensive? Of course it would. So why are black jokes racist, but Scottish ones aren't? The answer is we Scots have a sense of humour and can take a joke about our sterotypes. Maybe if other groups could relax and take a joke we wouldn't need to go yelling "racism" all the time.

Yes we Scots do have a sense of humour and we don't tend to bitch if someone pokes fun... at least not all of us...

MacDonalds don't! Sheep shagging, cattle stealing brigands

[RUEZ]

Maybe this is why Sean Connery didn't even try to imitate a Russian accent when he was in The Hunt for Red October. He didn't want to offend any Russians.