First LJ Day

[leonato]

Not a productive day, went a departmental joly outing for pub lunch, then our computers crashed, so a typical phd student day of no work really.

Speaking of nothing to do... having been in some cast or other since October, and having done 4 plays in 2 months, I now find myself with no play to do and at a bit of a loose end.

Luckily merrythebard's readthrough of LOTR will keep me in thespy mode for the weekend. I've just noticed I need to do two rustic accents, should i go for Somerset [ooh aarh] or Yorkshire [ey ooop], and can I do either? With enough alcohol I tend to slip into my native Cumbrian, but since we will be alcohol free, and as Cumbrian sounds like Geordie to moist people this isn't an option. Oh well...

Comments

[andrewwyld.livejournal.com]

Go for Cumbrian.  It's my view that the Shire is actually the 'shire:  It's northern, comfortable, and the folk live in holes in the ground!  no, kidding.  But a greater diversity of rural accents would be welcome.

[leonato.livejournal.com]

Holes in the ground??!! I'll have ye know my family's hole had running water AND and indoor toilet.

and people say country folk are backward.

[andrewwyld.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, leaks in the roof and a deeper hole at the back, as we Southerners characterize them.

:P