# Question about Medium

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-medium/492849>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 12, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-medium/492849 "2009-04-12T16:10:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-medium/492849/1 "2009-04-12T16:10:15Z")

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Thanks to Hulu, I’ve been able to keep up with the show, Medium. It got me to thinking. Has it ever been explained why Joe Dubois has a British accent? In the most recent episode, Allison was communicating with the ghost of Joe’s father, who did not have a British accent. Come to think of it, Joe’s sister was in the last episode and she didn’t have an accent either.

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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-medium/492849/2 "2009-04-12T19:02:41Z")

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Hm, I’ve never really noticed that Joe has a British accent, but IMDB says that the actor who plays him _is_ British (or at least was born in London). I think you just must have a very good ear, because IMHO any accent is quite subtle.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-medium/492849/3 "2009-04-12T19:20:36Z")

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Thats his American accent. I think its pretty good but not great. I have noticed that a good number of Brits who do an American accent wind up with a husky pillow-talky tone. He is much better than Mark Addy who to me sounds almost the same as he did in _The Thin Blue Line_.

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**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-medium/492849/4 "2009-04-12T19:37:41Z")

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> [@Kyla](#):
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> Hm, I’ve never really noticed that Joe has a British accent, but IMDB says that the actor who plays him _is_ British (or at least was born in London). I think you just must have a very good ear, because IMHO any accent is quite subtle.

**Gail** ’s ear must be better than mine, as well, since I’ve been watching the show for a while now and never noticed any accent.

That’s not surprise, though – my ear for accents is terrible. I can barely distinguish Australians from Brits unless they’re saying things like “crikey”.:smack: