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Post subject: Posted: January 2nd, 2008, 7:04 am |
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Johnny's Fan wrote: You only have to hear what people on AU think about the English accent, to know your right about that Lammy. That and the fact Hugh Grant is English and people seem to think that his accent is that of a typical Brit 
I am quite taken with the American and Scottish accents myself. Oh, and French and Russian but only sometimes. 
Well, he is a typical Brit (If we are all posh sods who are related to her majesty the queen )
Regardless, I like scottish accents too, but French and Russian?  Thats slightly niche there
As for Yank accents, well, I won't be drawn into discussion about that....
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Post subject: Posted: January 2nd, 2008, 10:13 pm |
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Post subject: Posted: January 2nd, 2008, 11:12 pm |
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Elegost Eruaphadion wrote: In reference to great writers; Austen is far from it in my book. My holidays have consisted of trudging through Emma, and I'm a 1/3 through it, and SO bored. I have Bourne Ultimatum, Lord of Chaos, and Day Watch all on my shelf, but no, I had to pick English Literature.
That's a pity! Pride & Prejudice is better, though. You should try that. Her best work in my opinion.
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Post subject: Posted: January 3rd, 2008, 5:10 am |
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Joined: 19 September 2006 Posts: 2126 Location: england
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it's not just a male thing - i can't stand austen either. in fact, there are very few female novelists i do like - emily bronte, daphne du maurier, donna tartt (who does not write the sort of books her name would suggest)...and that's about it. and come to think of it, all three of them have written as men.
now, female poets are a different matter. i much prefer female poets to male poets - they're more honest, less prone to pretentiousness.
i will try austen again at some point though - i was quite young when i read emma and pride and prejudice, so i might appreciate her irony more now.
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Post subject: Posted: January 3rd, 2008, 11:05 am |
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Joined: 07 October 2006 Posts: 2474 Location: From the north I have come, need has driven me and I have passed the doors to the path of the M6
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ethelfleda wrote: it's not just a male thing - i can't stand austen either. in fact, there are very few female novelists i do like - emily bronte, daphne du maurier, donna tartt (who does not write the sort of books her name would suggest)...and that's about it. and come to think of it, all three of them have written as men.
now, female poets are a different matter. i much prefer female poets to male poets - they're more honest, less prone to pretentiousness.
i will try austen again at some point though - i was quite young when i read emma and pride and prejudice, so i might appreciate her irony more now.
Speaking of female novelists, we are studying a book by an american Womanist/feminist called Alice Walker, The Colour Purple is its title. I'm not partial to much else except fantasy, historical and otherwise, sci fi, some sagas and classical works and a few other things, and I personally find the book the Colour purple detestable. It has such an undercurrent of militancy towards anything with a Y chromosome its unreal.
Some female writers I will say can be ok, I think it just has to be your cup of tea, or coffee, or hot Bovril.
@Ellie: Lord of Chaos? That sounds like a Warhammer or a 40K novel. Is it?
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Post subject: Posted: January 3rd, 2008, 1:48 pm |
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I think it also depends on whether you like or are interested in the age and lifestyle depicted in Jane Austen's novels. Me, I love learning about English history, not just boring dates, but snippets of information regarding how people actually lived. I'm also a romantic, I'm not ashamed to admit it, even though I detest femaley things on the whole (clothes, make-up ), I adore the elegance of a time gone by and the way she depicts small communties, and I suppose the sense of how the "how the other half" lived.
I also like the fact her female characters are feisty, witty and outspoken. In an age, where females were meant to do as they were told, and basically those who didn't think were deemed worthier than those who did, I think Jane Austen was ahead of her time.
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Post subject: Posted: January 3rd, 2008, 2:27 pm |
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Perhaps the fact all her books are about love and women's thoughts on love and marriage, and are basically about catching a husband which some females would find.. meh... and males.. urgh?
I don't find her writing bland, sometimes phrases are a little confusing but that's only because of the language ot the time.
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Post subject: Posted: January 3rd, 2008, 3:03 pm |
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I didn't find it too confusing, but it's little wonder why a man wouldn't find it very interesting, so I would agree with Johnny's Fan on that.
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Post subject: Posted: January 3rd, 2008, 5:59 pm |
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Joined: 07 October 2006 Posts: 2474 Location: From the north I have come, need has driven me and I have passed the doors to the path of the M6
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Elegost Eruaphadion wrote: Well, I am interested in history, how people lived, etc, but I just find her writing style incredibly bland.
@ Mephiston; It's WoT VI
Oh ok mate. Well, as a general point, some of the 40K novels are really interesting Sci Fi, if you do go for something, either go for the Space Wolf Series by William King or the Gaunts Ghosts series by Dan Abnett. They are both awesome Sci Fi novels mate.
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Post subject: Posted: January 7th, 2008, 10:04 pm |
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Joined: 07 October 2006 Posts: 2474 Location: From the north I have come, need has driven me and I have passed the doors to the path of the M6
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Johnny's Fan wrote: I think it also depends on whether you like or are interested in the age and lifestyle depicted in Jane Austen's novels. Me, I love learning about English history, not just boring dates, but snippets of information regarding how people actually lived. I'm also a romantic, I'm not ashamed to admit it, even though I detest femaley things on the whole (clothes, make-up ), I adore the elegance of a time gone by and the way she depicts small communties, and I suppose the sense of how the "how the other half" lived.
I also like the fact her female characters are feisty, witty and outspoken. In an age, where females were meant to do as they were told, and basically those who didn't think were deemed worthier than those who did, I think Jane Austen was ahead of her time.
I like learning about the society, but I do love learning about battles and campaigns more
Besides, I like ancient history better. Everything happened then
(BTW, I just couldnt be bothered to trim down your post JF  )
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Post subject: Posted: January 8th, 2008, 1:01 am |
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I like learning about society as well. Battles and campaigns are interesting, but I'm not particularly adept numerically, so I have a hard time remembering the statistics and figures. XD
I love ancient history, Egyptian in particular. I've had a six year fascination with it. I love reading about how they lived and such. They accomplished so much without our modern technologies.
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Post subject: Posted: January 8th, 2008, 6:38 am |
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i love early medieval english history (about 450 to 1100 - i start to lose interest after the norman conquest). it was a time of such dramatic change politically and socially, and the art and literature of the time are just incredible.
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Post subject: Posted: January 9th, 2008, 7:01 pm |
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I like the ancient times, war, politics, tales of Heros like Odysseus and Achilles are really my thing. But I do love early england, with all its saxon influences, and the epic poems of the time
They are awesome too 
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Post subject: Posted: January 9th, 2008, 9:50 pm |
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I agree! I find history in general fascinating, especially British and Egyptian. My own country (Canada) is only 140 years old, so there's not much history to study. 
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Post subject: Posted: January 11th, 2008, 8:49 pm |
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Joined: 19 September 2006 Posts: 2126 Location: england
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^ that's one of the wonderful things about britain - we have so much history. and it's so accessible, too. i mean, just think about churches - they're been there for centuries, and witnessed so much history (social, political and ecumenical), and they're right on our doorsteps. plus, we have some great museums - we take pride in our history, so we've preserved it well.
oh, and as for the accent thing we were discussing earlier...i really love the yorkshire and geordie (that's newcastle) accents. for me, there's something really down to earth and sort of comfortable about the northern accents, and i love yorkshire and geordie ones in particular. i've also grown to love the birmingham accent, and i wish mine was stronger. i know most people hate the brummy accent, but to me it sounds like home, which i guess is why i love it.
actually, i love accents in general - i think it's great that we have so much variety. i'm really interested in dialect too. unfortunately, the midlands dialect has pretty much died out where i live, so the only midlands word i know is "bosting" (which means "great"). any of you guys know any dialect words from your areas?
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