> > However, if you want to risk a saline end, here's the link. Let us > know if > > you survive. > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/King-James-Bible-400th- > Anniversary/dp/0199557608/ref > > =pd_sim_b_3 > > > > B > > Well, I have an older version, somewhat closer to The Original, if The > Original is assumed to exist. > > Now, I did listen to the guy talking. I mostly concentrated on his > pronunciation as I understand he ought to be British, which is > interesting to my untrained ear. >
not just British, but English. As everyone knows, God is an Englishman. His accent is quite interesting. It is what's called RP, which you probably know means 'Received Pronunciation' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation>. In other words, it is the 'standard' educated English accent which chaps like one tend to converge on, although one's is not as educated as his. He has what sounds like a slight undercurrent of the West Country, which is the part of England to the south and west of Oxford, and I'd guess that's where he is from originally - his R is mildly retroflex and he pronounces the vowel in 'type' rather like the vowel in 'boy', but his education and resulting social position seem to have heightened the upper class aspects of his accent and diction. Of course, he is speaking for the video audience, so it's probable that he is using a higher register than he does at home with his family, or when telling off-colour jokes about his lady friends to his football mates in the pub. You should not try to imitate his accent as it could cause you some embarrassment among native English speakers - naturally this does not include our American cousins. I would recommend instead that you model your speech patterns on the following: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ivsb79-h90> B > I may hazard a guess here, that this is not kind of response you might > have expected, Bob, but nonetheless, I am presenting it here... > > It would befit the subject that the previous paragraph is then spoken > in > a voice similar to that of a white-bearded guy in the video by the link > you posted. > > Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
