M&D - I Hear Voices

[Johnny Marr]

As an Englishman I'm impressed by how well TRP captures the distinctive
regional accents of both Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon - if he didn't
live in Britain for a while then he certainly intensively researched
speaking patterns. I'd like to provide a couple of examples of those
accents for non-British readers, so they can gain a sense of how the
characters sound when they speak.

Mason is from Stroud, in the rural South West of England. The most famous
resident of Stroud I can think of is Jack Russell, an English cricketer and
a man of myriad eccentricities (no wonder TRP was drawn to the game in
ATD). Don't try to keep up with the sporting jargon, but Russell's gentle
burr is typical of Mason's Gloucestershire accent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_6XI0r3-EQ

Jeremiah Dixon is from the diametric opposite corner of England, Durham.
Apologies for another sporting clip, especially as I sent this one out
before (at the start of the group read) but if you want to familiarise
yourself with Dixon's Geordie accent, look no further than Gazza

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwNAZFHHirg
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