"his doom is the one thing no man has ever escaped / once he is born, neither coward nor brave man"

[larryhammer]

(This cough can go away any day now.)

Genderswapped prom photos.

(No, really, it can. ANY DAY AT ALL.)

The Itchy Feet guide to differentiating asian scripts. (via)

(Yesterday would work for me. I can pencil that into my schedule.)

A high-level tour of accents of the British Isles in 90 seconds as performed by an acting coach. The comments here are a bit critical of the performance. (via)

(Or a week ago. That'd be even bet-- *cough* *cough* *hack* *hack* *wheeze* ... ugh ... )

---L.

Subject quote from the Iliad.

Comments

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Ah, that cough. It's come to visit you for a short vacation. You know, a couple of weeks or so.

[larryhammer]

In high tourist season, no less ...

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[thistleingrey.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the dialect video is a cute tour, not something one'd want to lean upon for research. (Even I can hear that the "London" part is insufficient.) Still, cute, and more distinct than what most actors manage, which is the original context, o ye MeFi commenters....

I hope the cough goes soon.

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[larryhammer]

It's a high-level tour -- a few variations in each region. For that purpose, especially with the map, it's useful.

---L.