That’s enough of that though.
Right now, I want to address something that seems to be a recurring
subject on this site as well as my Twitter account: my voice. Many
people seem to be under the impression that I am somehow putting my accent on
for the sake of the show. Now I realize that to some this may be
difficult to grasp, but please bear with me and I will make this as simple as I
can…
I come from England and that causes
my voice to sound different to yours. Sometimes, I may even say words that you
are not used to, like ’mate’ or ‘bloke‘. It’s called a regional dialect
and it really is nothing for anyone to be wary of. If you ever take a
trip outside of your own bedroom, you may discover that there is a whole world
of people out there who ‘talk funny’. I dread to think what will happen
if you encounter people speaking foreign languages. Your world may
literally implode.
A couple of people have even gone as
far as to suggest that they have difficulty understanding me when I talk.
One American NXT viewer informed me that “It’s like you Brits have your
own language out there!” Well, she was right. We call it English. The
Queen’s English to you. If you can’t understand me, then maybe you need
to get yourself a real education and not one of those diplomas that you have to
send off for online.
In some ways I do understand the
problem though. America is a very insular country. This isn’t an
anti-American blog. I choose to live and work in the USA and for the most
part, I enjoy it. The country isn’t perfect, but where is? However,
the thing that has annoyed me most about the subject of my voice is that
several English people have questioned the legitimacy of my accent as well.
Apparently, I don’t sound like Liam Gallagher and, therefore, I must not
be from the north of England. Well here is the short and long of it:
I was born in Preston. I have lived in a number of other regions across
the British Isles during my life, including Liverpool, Cardiff, London and
North Wales. I even spent a wretched year living on the Isle of Mann.
This has resulted in me acquiring a unique blend of accents that make me
sound, at the very least, slightly different to anybody else you will have ever
met. Come on, it isn’t rocket science.
Unfortunately, this issue has just
illustrated to me that even a once proud nation like England has its own fair
share of mental dwarves. It’s no wonder we lost the empire, Admiral
Nelson would be spinning in his tomb if he could see what some segments of
British society have regressed to.
Hopefully that puts a stop to this
unnecessary linguistic speculation. I was in a bad mood when I started
writing this and now it’s got even worse. Thanks to those who have sent
worthwhile questions to me, I do my best to answer as many as I can.
Well that is this week’s rant over.
I’m off to devise some money making schemes to make up for the coin that
I missed on this week‘s show.
Saturday, May 1, 2010, 07:13 PM EST
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