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Or is he from one of those indigenous Peruvian tribes that speaks the King's English?

Edit: A friend of mine pointed out that he's also not a South American spectacled bear.

What the fuck, Michael Bond?

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[–] themeatbridge 42 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Bear anatomy does not permit a bear to speak with a Peruvian accent.

[–] FlyingSquid 14 points 7 months ago

That does make sense.

[–] AdamEatsAss 30 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I've done a lot of research into the Paddington Cinematic Universe and it is cannon that Paddington's bear family was a ruling class in a Peruvian bear apartheid system. In a move to separate themselves from the lesser undesirable bears they spoke with an English accent. Paddington is told that his parents died in an "earthquake" when he was very young but they were actually publicly executed during the warring states period following the fall of apartheid Peruvian bear society. It's the systematic advantages that still existed in the new Democratic Bears Republic of Peru that allowed Paddington to gain enough marmalade to grow up strong and move abroad.

[–] barcaxavi 10 points 7 months ago

So great to meet another PCU fanatic here. Really serious research by AdamEatsAss, job well done.

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 7 months ago

Finally, a logical explanation!

[–] dugmeup 27 points 7 months ago

His ESL teacher was a Brit and his study abroad changed him. He never got over his subtle bear speaking accent though which is his first language.

[–] BeBa 20 points 7 months ago

coz a british dude is the one who taught padingtons grandparents how to speak

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He’s pretending otherwise he wouldn’t get a tv show in the uk.

[–] FlyingSquid 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Am I the only want who wanted a Paddington movie like the old show where he's stop motion and everyone else is paper drawings? That's what I think of when I think of Paddington.

They did one where they animated Paddington doing an almost move-for-move copy of Gene Kelly's famous titular dance in Singin' in the Rain, which was pretty damn impressive for the 1970s.

[–] Boozilla 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Loved the look of it and the voice. Didn't get to watch much of it growing up. 😕

[–] FlyingSquid 6 points 7 months ago

The voice was the late, great Michael Hordern. I can't think of something he was in where he wasn't delightful.

And if you ever want to hear an amazing take on Gandalf equal to Ian McKellen's, he played him in the BBC radio version. (Incidentally, Peter Jackson must have been a fan of that adaptation because Ian Holm, who he cast as Bilbo, played Frodo in the radio version.)

[–] dual_sport_dork 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Your yearly reminder that the original Paddington Bear stuffed toy was designed and made by Shirley Clarkson and given to her son: Jeremy Clarkson.

Yes, that Jeremy Clarkson. You know, the "Speed and Power!" guy.

(Although this was not the origin of the character himself. Michael Bond bought a generic toy bear from a toy shop and named it after nearby Paddington station. He wrote some stories using the bear as a character, and then they got published, and then he probably got very rich.)

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Michael Bond also wrote many, if not all, episodes of the 1970s show.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Top Gear was around in the 70s?

;)

[–] spittingimage 15 points 7 months ago

He adopted a fake accent to distance himself from his humble and poverty-stricken roots.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I love the episode where he's selling electric vacuum cleaners door to door and he makes a soot and marmalade mess to hoover up as demonstration. Then the resident angrily informs him he only has gas no electricity!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

@[email protected] Bear's anatomy make them speak with a lisp, which sounds very close to euro spanish.

[–] theywilleatthestars 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

His mother tongue could be an indigenous language

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 7 months ago

Wouldn't that still give him an accent though?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Wouldn't it make as much sense for him to have a Spanish accent?