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Situations like that puzzle me, dworth. (It happens with Australian characters/situations too, of course.) In Daphne's case, for instance, wouldn't you think the actress might have said, "Hang on, that's not quite how it was ..."?
I was recently introduced to the TV show of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and have found myself frowning at the character of Spike, who's supposed to be English. He often misuses English colloquialisms and mispronounces words (one that sticks out is when he calls someone - usually Angel, the other vampire, a "poofter", but pronounces the double-o to rhyme with "boot" rather than "foot"). The weird thing is that Anthony Stewart Head is often standing right there, in the same scene, and I don't understand why he doesn't seem to have spoken up and corrected him.
If it was just for one audience that most probably wouldn't know the difference, then it arguably might not matter. But the big American networks, and shows like "Frasier", rely on international sales these days as part of their budgets. It would seem so easy to get it right - or at least closer to "right" than they currently do.
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