Maurice

[Mixa]

Just seen some new fantastic additions to the cast.
Additional Cast

Awesome, thanks!

Mx

 

[=Tamar]

I don't have any of those services, but the way stuff has been showing up on Youtube lately, I may get to see it in bits and pieces.
There's a fan theory that David Tennant may play Dangerous Beans, having done that role in a radio version. If so, I wonder what accent he'll use. I can't quite imagine Dangerous Beans being Scots, so i think it'll be something else. What would be the "correct" accent for self-educated rats from the garbage dump of a prestigious institution like Unseen University?

 

[RathDarkblade]

Oxford or RP, I should fancy.

 

[=Tamar]

Even for the crusty old rat?

 

[RathDarkblade]

Hanging around a prestigious academy like UU will help. Besides, the incongruity will be funny.

 

[=Tamar]

They are in Ankh-Morpork. The miscellaneous unnamed rats will probably be slightly Mockney. I'm expecting old Ham'n'Pork (iirc) to use an estuary accent. Dangerous Beans will have an Oxbridge accent, as will Peaches. The rest will probably have variations on RP.

 

[RathDarkblade]

I was curious about the different accents, so I took a look - here: RP vs estuary

Is that right? I'm not sure.

Also, what's the difference between RP and Oxbridge accents?

 

[=Tamar]

That description seems about right, though I am no expert.
Estuary has some elements in common with what I am accustomed to hearing in the US, but the vowels are more like RP.
I have the impression that Oxbridge is RP with added 'posh' on the vowels, and possibly more clipped.
You're familiar with Flanders and Swann: remember the introduction to a song in which Flanders briefly discusses pronunciation, winding up by mentioning his "hat" or "hort" - "hat" is RP, "hort" is Oxbridge.

 

[RathDarkblade]

Ah, yes. This?

I would like to sing for you now a little Edwardian (or Edwaudian) song. Give me a chance to wear my present, my little Edwardian hat (or haut).

 

[=Tamar]

That's it. Or they might go with "mid-Atlantic" which is the blended accent, halfway between British and American, often used in films.

 

[RathDarkblade]

"mid-Atlantic"? You mean Icelandic accent? Probably Bjork could do that.

 

[=Tamar]

No, there's actually a specific accent that is taught to actors that is a blend, somewhere between RP and midwestern-bland USA. It's called Mid-Atlantic because it is presumed to blend in the middle of the ocean.