Comments on: British Accents are, like, the Coolest

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:20:14 +0000

I agree that the British LOVE mispronouncing foreign words. When I lived there, I marveled that they loved to say “fill-et” for “filet”.

The “r’s” on the ends of words also drive me crazy. Cheeta(r), America(r). I was scolded for saying “pecan” pie and not saying “PEEK-in”. I was like…uh…I live in the South. Don’t we own that word? Then they said “but there’s no “R” in pecan…that’s why you say it that way”. No foolin’.

The Teeside accent is not pretty.

I think it’s funny how many Americans are lulled into thinking England is an endlessly dreamy place…when sometimes it’s very ugly and sad. But I guess dreaming is fun

By: Jonathan Rogers

Jonathan Rogers — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:33:22 +0000

I pronounced it G-Norm my own self. I think Peter Sandon and I are right on this one, AP.

By: S.D. Smith

S.D. Smith — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:35:27 +0000

The audio sounds great, Andy. He has a wonderful, story-teller’s voice. He sounds like he’d be at home among the Coalbiters.

By: JD

JD — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:51:53 +0000

Oy ‘ave to question the whole Bri’ish fixation, mayte.

The thing about British accents is that they sound great, but there are some pronunciations–like the gn-words you mention–that are the Achilles Heels of the supposed civility and sublimity of the way they say things.

I’m not sure if these words were in ‘Darkness,’ but I submit to you the following anomalies:
America or Australia–ah-MER-ih-KER, aw-STRAY-lyer (drives me up the wall)
Herb pronounced with a hard ‘H’–yes, it’s true!
Pasta sounds like the word ‘pastor’
and Banana is…it makes me too mad to even write that one, but it’s along the lines of potato-potahto, tomater-tomahto.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:52:33 +0000

I still think you should have read it yourself Mr. Proprietor. I do love the British accent, but you could have pretended to be British for the day (no one would have known you weren’t
But it does sound great as it is!

By: The Proprietor

The Proprietor — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:12:45 +0000

Richard: “I had wondered if the G was supposed to be pronounced in Gnorm. ‘Norm’ just seemed so ordinary compared to other Fang names.”

That’s why I thought it was funny.

By: Tony Heringer

Tony Heringer — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:27:46 +0000

Barliman…sounds great! Professor Tolkien would be proud. Reading The “Book Of The Dun Cow” at the moment, per your recommendation, so, ironically this work will have to wait.

By: richard

richard — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:54:25 +0000

I had wondered if the G was supposed to be pronounced in Gnorm. “Norm” just seemed so ordinary compared to other Fang names.

By: Around the web: « Beside The Queue

Around the web: « Beside The Queue — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:12:13 +0000

[...] Over at The Rabbit Room, Andrew Peterson has a few audio tracks of Peter Sandon reading Andrew’s new novel On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness. Sounds [...]

By: Peter B

Peter B — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:28:44 +0000

I only had time for a bit of the first chapter, but I had trouble listening to it. Maybe it’s just me.

Congratulations on your audiobook, though.