M&D - I Hear Voices

[Mark Kohut]

yes, word is he did live in England for awhile. Made some face-to-face
friends, including, Ian McEwan reportedly.  Supposedly researched at
the British Museum.
was at at least one dinner party in a flannel shirt. Called
Christopher Hitchens up once.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:00 AM, Elisabeth Romberg <eromberg at mac.com> wrote:
> Great post.
> It's hilarious innit. Me too have wondered, he must have lived in England
> for a bit, surely, how is it possible otherwise? How can one just research
> such a thing?
> Gazza mate, hahah. I'm adding a clip of Bob Mortimer as well just for the
> record and a bit more <<speak>>.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh-bAW3IwhI
>
> 24. mar. 2015 kl. 03.05 skrev Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com>:
>
> 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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