<![CDATA[io9: Accents]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Accents]]> http://io9.com/tag/accents http://io9.com/tag/accents <![CDATA[What accent should robots have?]]> A recent study at the Delft University of Technology, in The Netherlands, determined that in some cases, some people would prefer that service robots are not talkative [see: The agreeableness of robotic vacuum cleaners]. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5815502&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A totally awesome "chainsaw vs. zombie" scene. Plus campy kinky sex!]]> Australian horror film Prey is coming out on DVD next week, retitled for Americans as The Outback. Because zombies and situational lesbians just scream "steakhouse." In any case, this chainsaw-slashing zombie attack scene is actually quite good. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5580917&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Best And Worst Fake American Accents From Scifi's Army Of Brits]]> Click to viewWere you shocked to realize Sarah Connor (Lena Headey) was secretly British? When you were mining through Battlestar Galactica DVD bonus features, did you start yelling at the screen when Lee Adama spoke with a British accent? It turns out American science fiction is crammed with aliens — British and Australian people, that is — doing fake American accents. But some of them are better at it than others. We rank the Brits (and a few Aussies) playing Americans in scifi, from best to worst. More »
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