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What a wonderful discussion...at last!

The only thing I can say against Mr Leigh reading TQM is that his heavy regional accent doesn't quite fit somehow whereas the other bloke's RP does.
I've nothing against regional accents (I live in a country where most people still speak a local dialect as well as the national language) but somehow our Dennis's Yorkshire *fierce edit: Lancashire brogue just doesn't fit with the Quiet Man who seems to be a very 'neutral' sort of character and therefore needs a neutral accent/voice.

That's my penn'orth la...

Yorkshire brogue???!!!!

John was actually born in Chorley, which is in Lancashire not Yorkshire.

It may seem pedantic to point this out but the two counties have a fierce rivalry, dating back to the Wars Of The Roses in medieval times.

To this day the worst insult you can throw at a Lancastrian is to accuse him of being from Yorkshire and vice versa!

I'm guessing you're not from England then......

OMG massive mistake sorry ... (actually it was just to see if someone was reading attentively..) :rolleyes:

Yes I am from England originally but obviously been away too long!

Had to pop home from work just now.

My copy has arrived.

Very nice booklet & design

You lucky man!

Want my copy too!!!

Much as I'd love to claim our Mr. Leigh for my own dear county, he is, as Herbert has said, a native of Lancashire. That distinctive rolled 'r' is a clue...

I'm very ambivalent when it comes to the Barton/Foxx debate. While I like Justin Barton's performance of the stories, I just find that John brings a wonderful warmth to his reading of 'The Quiet Man'. *Perches on fence precariously*

Sorry, Gary - your 'intellectual collective' sounded quite fun (aren't we already in one over here on Metamatic, anyway?)

I'm going to wait for the book.

The Quiet Man is here with me.

And with me...