Comments | themegaloo: finally doing something

themegaloo

finally doing something

May 09, 2011 01:25

Over ten years ago I stumbled across a book called The Grey King in my school library, not realizing it was the fourth book of a five book sequence (The Dark is Rising for you infidels who have no idea what I'm on about). Lately, as a result of copperbadge mentioning a compeltely different series from that era of my life, I've been re-reading the books I've ( Read more... )

*fandom: the dark is rising, &language: welsh, &real life

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athenazandrite May 9 2011, 06:54:44 UTC

My favorite book in the series is The Grey King. I finally bought the audio book because it's read by someone from Wales. It really helped me when I was playing Bran in a game. You get the rhythm of the language down well hearing it like that. It really is a lovely accent too.

choujiru May 9 2011, 11:56:19 UTC

HA
speaking as a genuine welsh person, no way is the accent lovely...

athenazandrite May 9 2011, 16:29:02 UTC

I think it's really more the rhythm I like. As opposed to vowels or anything like that. It has almost a sing-songy sound to it. Or perhaps it was just the man reading it.

themegaloo May 10 2011, 05:00:09 UTC

I think that one will always be my favorite too, though it's hard to pick one out of the set to call favorite, really. I love them all together and refuse to watch that horrid looking movie they made.

And yes, listening to an accent like that is the best way to get into the rhythm of a speech, I agree. I don't think I knew you'd played Bran though! I adore him. Haven't RP'd in ages now, mind, but all the same. (Also, the fandom for DIR is so, so tiny. I had this strange idea that it was a book nearly everyone had read, but apparently not as I have to explain what it is to almost everyone I mention it to!!)

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choujiru May 9 2011, 11:57:41 UTC

welsh is fucking difficult, but pob lwc...

themegaloo May 10 2011, 05:01:34 UTC

Noticing that! Lovely to hear from you, by the by. :) And thanks- I shall persevere in the face of adversity and learn at least a functional amount! Not that I've anywhere to function with it just at the moment, but all the same.

butterbuns May 10 2011, 04:56:38 UTC

So I totally started doing the first lesson, just for shits and giggles, and holy balls, can I so not roll my R's anymore. this is horrible, hahaha.

although I did LOL at the "it really doesn't mean anything, it's just there" portion XD welcome to 90% of languages.

themegaloo May 10 2011, 05:04:23 UTC

LOL whereas I keep having to soften how hard I roll them, this is hilarious to me.

And yes, I got a giggle from that too. I've gone through the first two now...twice each, actually. I try to do them enough so I'm not constantly hitting pause. The beginning wasn't so hard, but by the end of the second lesson when I'm trying to spit out a question AND it's answer, etc. Plus remember which words I'm meant to be using!

butterbuns May 10 2011, 05:12:38 UTC

Haha, I haven't spoken anything other than English in so long that it sounds awful. Must speak more German to make life easier XD

I made it to um...oh whatever was after the stay/go portion in the first one before I gave up (because I was doing it during Gossip Girl commercials >.>) and I was already to the point of "Holy crap, I can't remember what words mean what."