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captainmuon
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5 Megawatt Nitinol Engine by Mcdonnell Douglas (20...
Actually he was an American faking a Mid-Atlantic accent (which everybody faked, because it was a made up accent):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent
nhinck2
on May 21, 2022
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Actually it's an Australian accent.
infradig
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Mid-Pacific I'd call it.
nhinck2
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It's the cultivated Australian accent. It's relatively uncommon and is barely spoken by anyone under the age of 50.
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Definitely looks and sounds like a 60/70s ABC (Australian Broadcasting corporation) science segment. Wonder if they still have something similar
daniel-cussen
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Oh like the cultivated non-vulgar Chilean accent, mild version of the accent. Dying breed.
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