tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post8479054375207207697..comments2023-08-26T17:33:11.063+01:00Comments on Random Reflections: VoicesRandom Reflectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961882549625406258noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post-68783107777641362782009-09-28T20:42:11.017+01:002009-09-28T20:42:11.017+01:00Gripes - What a fine list of locals. But in their...Gripes - What a fine list of locals. But in their defence, they hide it very well!Random Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961882549625406258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post-89147527870313020032009-09-28T20:17:21.005+01:002009-09-28T20:17:21.005+01:00Stephen Fry - Norfolk'n good
Bernard Matthews...Stephen Fry - Norfolk'n good<br />Bernard Matthews- turkey worrier (and one of my school's "Old Boys")<br />Phillip Pullman - ace children's writer<br />Beth Orton - folk wailer<br />Sir John Mills- luvvie extraordinaire<br /><br /><br />-All Norfolkers...Just thought I'd mention it...The Gripes of Wrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682792010624435934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post-54916264591222995182009-09-28T19:34:46.308+01:002009-09-28T19:34:46.308+01:00Gripes - I take your point, but to be honest, I co...Gripes - I take your point, but to be honest, I couldn't think of a single famous Norfolkian, so I got as close as I could... Are there any famous Norfolk people??<br /><br />Having spoken to you, I wouldn't put you down as being of Norfolk origin. I guess due to your well-travelled nature you are probably a bit of a mixture of accents.Random Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961882549625406258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post-42043072246847619982009-09-28T14:03:30.090+01:002009-09-28T14:03:30.090+01:00Saint Delia (blessed be she) doesn't have a No...Saint Delia (blessed be she) doesn't have a Norfolk accent, as any fule kno - she's from Woking, originally. .. As for me, well, I think my accent wanders around the south-east/midlands at will, with occasional sojourns to east coast scotland, but it's very hard to tell.The Gripes of Wrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682792010624435934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post-11237162341141547032009-09-24T22:02:01.398+01:002009-09-24T22:02:01.398+01:00Kahless - well, I would expect nothing less.
What...Kahless - well, I would expect nothing less.<br /><br />What a ridiculously early tome to start the day. Poor you indeed!<br /><br />Sadly the DLR is not my transport mode each day. I think I have only ever been on it once or twice. Looking out for someone avidly reading a book would be a pretty good way to try and track me down. But if I was travelling on the DLR I think you might find me in the front carriage pretending to drive the train.Random Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961882549625406258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post-61154264799888661282009-09-24T21:57:50.954+01:002009-09-24T21:57:50.954+01:00Oh, btw I was on the DLR this morning (I left home...Oh, btw I was on the DLR this morning (I left home at 5am - poor me - and didnt get home til 8pm - poor me!)<br /><br />and I looked out for you, but couldnt see you. I figured you would be reading a book, but I was squashed between some very tall people.Kahlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500615451909999365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post-54182839037973829202009-09-24T21:55:56.154+01:002009-09-24T21:55:56.154+01:00Well I can confirm that the voice speaks very good...Well I can confirm that the voice speaks very good English.Kahlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500615451909999365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post-90622801740461812922009-09-24T21:48:29.893+01:002009-09-24T21:48:29.893+01:00Kahless - I'm sorry. I have awoken a demon......Kahless - I'm sorry. I have awoken a demon....<br /><br />But do you think you have an accent? Has it maybe got your accent and you just can't hear it??<br /><br />Should I be asking you questions about this, which might make you focus on the voice a bit more...?Random Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961882549625406258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post-27651896504799019092009-09-24T21:27:54.282+01:002009-09-24T21:27:54.282+01:00Bloody hell!!! The voice is driving me mad now. ...Bloody hell!!! The voice is driving me mad now. It has no accent. It narrates what I read and also is speaking the words that I am typing now....<br /><br />Arghh!!!!!!Kahlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500615451909999365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post-12999623158973893242009-09-24T20:47:03.769+01:002009-09-24T20:47:03.769+01:00Gripes - Do you sound a bit like Delia Smith in yo...Gripes - Do you sound a bit like Delia Smith in your head? What with the Norfolk connection...<br /><br />I am not sure I would want to have Germaine Greer in my head. I think I would feel like I was being told off all the time. She has excellent taste in academic institutions though.<br /><br />TF - Do you have a conversation with your books? I'm not sure that is entirely normal... but who am I to judge...<br /><br />More seriously if a book doesn't talk to you how do you comprehend the words?Random Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961882549625406258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post-65835592209829469262009-09-24T18:01:19.076+01:002009-09-24T18:01:19.076+01:00Hmmm, interesting. Some books talk to me some don&...Hmmm, interesting. Some books talk to me some don't. I wonder why that is ? TFxDABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10596811034169293653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18700538.post-45352095017861863502009-09-24T12:42:17.379+01:002009-09-24T12:42:17.379+01:00Hmm. I think the voice I hear in my head when read...Hmm. I think the voice I hear in my head when reading is generally the idealised me: slightly posher and less lazy of speech than the real me, far less nasal and generally warmer of tone. Unless I am reading "in someone else's voice" of course.(For example, I'm reading something on Shakespeare by Germaine Greer at the moment - and yes, I'm pretty much reading it in her voice. I would have to admit, it's annoying me a bit too, but hey ho!)The Gripes of Wrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682792010624435934noreply@blogger.com