M&D - I Hear Voices

[Johnny Marr]

Vic & Bob - I can't aleays explain why they make me laugh, but when they're
funny they're uproarious

On Tuesday, March 24, 2015, Elisabeth Romberg <eromberg at mac.com> wrote:

> Really? wow, thank you for the info. He must’ve travelled North as well:)
> In a flannel shirt? lol
>
> > 24. mar. 2015 kl. 13.26 skrev Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>:
> >
> > 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
> <javascript:;>> 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>>.
> >>
> >> Bob Mortimer's Uniquely High Arse
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh-bAW3IwhI>
> >>
> >> 24. mar. 2015 kl. 03.05 skrev Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>:
> >>
> >> 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:
> >>
> >> Jack Russell WicketKeeping Masterclass Part 1
> <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
> >>
> >> Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwNAZFHHirg>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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