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Riggs' accent

by
MsIris
» 7 years ago(October 23, 2016 06:26 PM) Reply | permalink
Member since March 2011
Is he supposed to be British or Australian? Sometimes he sounds like he has an accent and sometimes not.

Re: Riggs' accent

by
eldiabloblanco
» 7 years ago(October 23, 2016 08:22 PM) Reply | permalink
Member since October 2015
he's from new zealand.

Re: Riggs' accent

by
Ada_Lovelace
» 7 years ago(October 25, 2016 02:37 AM) Reply | permalink
Member since January 2004
New Zealand actors can't do British accents at all. All they are taught at drama school are various American accents.

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Re: Riggs' accent

by
gladoscake
» 7 years ago(February 11, 2017 09:37 PM) Reply | permalink
Member since December 2015
New Zealand actors can't do British accents at all. All they are taught at drama school are various American accents.

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Re: Riggs' accent

by
renee-401-165804
» 7 years ago(October 24, 2016 05:32 PM) Reply | permalink
Member since June 2012
His accent has faded quite a bit since he first came on the show.

Re: Riggs' accent

by
kylienz
» 7 years ago(October 25, 2016 10:02 PM) Reply | permalink
Member since March 2002
When he first arrived on the show he asked Meredith to guess his accent and said it was from New Zealand so he is supposed to be using his real-life Kiwi accent.

Re: Riggs' accent

by
mgreen9715
» 7 years ago(February 11, 2017 10:59 PM) Reply | permalink
Member since November 2014
Newfie!

Re: Riggs' accent

by
hyphens11
» 7 years ago(February 12, 2017 08:39 AM) Reply | permalink
Member since March 2014
It's a warped version of the New Zealand accent. I guess he's been overseas a while and picked up the way they say things so it's turned out funny.
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