On this lovely November Saturday, three things for you delectation and delight.
A great review of Kelley's Dangerous Space by Terry Weyna, who loves the way Kelley describes art and how we make it--how, sometimes, we're helpless in the face of the need to make it and share it. "Eskridge can explain the process of creating better than anyone I’ve ever read." She thinks Mars is a boy but otherwise she's spot on. Kelley thinks so too.
Over at Sterling Editing we have lots of nifty links for writers, including a couple of blunt appraisals of I-wouldn't-trust-him-as-far-as-I-could-throw-him James Frey's latest scheme, and a great video of Kurt Vonnegut.
And speaking of video, here (from the Economist's Johnson) are some of the cast of Harry Potter trying to speak American. I feel for them extremely. If ever I want to make Kelley fall down laughing, all I ever have to do is say Turkey Burger. Some words are simply not meant to be shaped by English mouths.
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This reminds me of Clarion, when I met you. I can do a tolerable English accent (good enough to fool Americans, certainly), and this came up shortly after we met and you said "Really? Let's here is, then."
ReplyDeleteAnd I just could not. You were watching me with those big, sincerely curious eyes, exuding patience and a willingness to be shown, and all my skills fled. It was ridiculous.
I since had many a good chuckle at myself over that.
The problem is people listen to the big surface differences of accents and ignore all the little nuances in between.
And I fumble the spelling, of course. That should be "Let's hear it, then." Doh!
ReplyDeleteMark, and it's the nuances that count. I hope I didn't destroy your confidence forever...
ReplyDeletevery funny...and delectasionistic! Actually, I think the kids did pretty well with some odd choices.
ReplyDeleteAnd Kelley...Booyah!
So what words are simply not meant to be shaped by American mouths? "Mornington Crescent"?
ReplyDeletefun post. :)
ReplyDeleteNicola,
ReplyDeleteNo, I've drifted back into it from time to time. I find it easier, oddly enough, to do Aussie and Irish, but I've become careful with whom I attempt it.