You can detect bits of his Llanito accent here. To this day, many Gibraltarians still struggle with the word 'thousand' - notice how Albert says "thirty thouthand people and fifteen thouthand cars", Love it.❤
@@suem8591 Exactly what I just said. Spent the entirety of my adolescence there, into my mid-twenties and I also hold a Gibraltarian passport. Why, what are YOU talking about?
@@suem8591 Re-read my post and you'll see it says 'many Gibraltarians'. And no, not 50 years ago - most of the guys I was in Bayside with (86-92) still have that nuance in their accent, as did nearly all the teachers. Come down off the cross, que necesitamos la madera.
@@johnnyboy2k My son and daughter were in school in later years .. never have they spoken like that. Some might have a stronger 'llanito' accent than others but rarely is that the case now. And 'thouthand'?
I wouldn't assume he was, but I wouldn't assume he wasn't. Like most people, I wouldn't recognize his accent as being from Gibraltar if it came up and bit me; it sounds as much like a NY accent as English. It actually sounds like something you might hear from an actor trying unsuccessfully to imitate a Bronx accent.
If I hadn't listened to him explaining he's from Gibraltar before, I sincerely had thought he was from Spain. I'm an English teacher in Mexico and sometimes I have students from that country. When they really try to speak the language and get an accent, sound so similar to Mr. Hammond here.
Yes, the switch from the rounded desk with the Spanish-tile pattern cut into the plywood (plus porn-shag rug) to this nondescript desk (plus in-your-face plaid chairs) must have been for the fall of 1975. Both were perfectly hideous, following the fashions of the day.
Of course. I'm Scottish, after all. What I'm pointing out is that whereas South African English, Australian English, New Zealand English have their own peculiarities and are quite distinctive, Hammond here sounds like an Englishman who's desperately trying to sound American, or even an American who's hardly trying to sound English, that's all...
@@220773 I've been trying to figure out his accent too! To me it sounds part British, part American, and even part Spanish...like a mixture of all of those. It's definitely unique though! I like it a lot.
