Every evening I put on a suit and watch an episode of Frasier. This is what separates me from you, tankies. (hexbear.net)

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[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

I've only seen a few episodes so apologies for not knowing the lore, but why do Frasier and Niles have Boston Brahmin accents while their dad sounds like a working class guy from Brooklyn? Was their mom just that fancy?

[-] kickit@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

Frasier lives in Boston in Cheers, so it'd be a continuation of the character's affect from there; Niles is introduced afterwards so may have gone for a consistency angle (or just shorthand for being snobs)

Martin would have been around for a while before settling down and having kids (his past isn't mentioned as much other than his time in Korea and career as a cop – in Cheers he's canonically dead), but also John Mahoney had a Mancunian accent in reality and faked an American accent once moving to the US so may have gone for "generic American"