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Published: 2012-09-25 22:46:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 1585; Favourites: 39; Downloads: 52
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Ariel and Flounder with their new fishy friends Marlin, Dory and Nemo!Both The Little Mermaid and Finding Nemo belong to Disney.
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Thank you X
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Thanks Paula 
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You're seriously improving really quickly. Keep at it! Ach, like , I really want you to illustrate kids' books. You have such a charming style.
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Awww thanks and I want to. X
You must be psychic. You mentioned the directory and I'm working on the bugger now! LOL
Awww, Amystersilver, he's so talented and such a nice bloke
Sorry, I sound very British, don't I?!
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Haha no problem! I'm sure I sound exceptionally American at times.
Oh! I just invented a cockney character and I meant to ask you about jargon and such. He has the same design as my interpretation of Basilio, but his name is Basil and he's a character in the Victorian dimension of my HMS comic. He takes the gadgets gathered from "futuristic" dimensions and examines them. He's very smart, and he usually guesses the uses of these gadgets (like an iPod) correctly, and if he doesn't, he makes a reasonable mistake that a man from the 19th century would make. Anyway, he's very smart, he's cockney, and perhaps you can help me develop a way of understanding how he speaks so I don't screw up the representation. XD
As I remember telling you, I detest the ignorant American's portrayal of the Brits, and I would hope never to do such a thing.
Anyway, yes, I love Amystersilver. He's a cool gent.
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Sorry it's not "allwright". It'"alroight"
I've played a few cockneys - best one was that tarty maid Nancy in "Gaslight"
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Makes me think a little of Phil Collins - he's a cockney type, isn't he?
My brother calls Southend cockney lite LOL
DO NOT look at Dick Van Dyke for a reference ha! ha! ha!
Right, cockneys tend to call everybod "mate" - "All right, mate?" - and use rhyming slang. I'll link you some. Don't use phrases like "blimey guv'nor" too much as they are a little stereotypical. "Gawd" is acceptable. Cockneys do use "'ere" as in "ere, mate, have a gander at this" which means come and take a look at this or "'ere, what's going on?" Drop the 'h's i.e "ello" but you probably knew that and a word like "something" becomes "sumfin" and "all right?" becomes "allwright?" - This is quite common in my neck of the woods. Look at the way Artful Dodger speaks in "Oliver" too. And "th" as in thing is often pronounced "fing" so "th" is often pronounced "f"
"'Ere mate, let's have a gander at this gadget fing then. I'll find out 'ow it works for yer! Blimey, would you adam and eve 'ow this bugger works"
Adam and eve - rhyming slang for believe - rhyming slang is still used sometimes even down here in Southend, the "cockney's playground"!
Hope this helps
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Dawwww I love Phil Collins. I looked up a picture of him when he was young, because you mentioned he was one of the extras in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and I wanted to know what to look for, and ACH! What an adorable little rascal. :3
AHAHAHA nope, Dick Van Dyke ended up sounding like he had a bad Australian accent instead of a Cockney one. XD And then in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang I'm pretty sure he was just full-on American by the end of it.
ALL the H's are dropped? If I were to write "'Ere, mate, 'ave a gander at this!" would that be acceptable, do you think?
AHAHAHA oh man, the little Basil dialogue you did brightened my day. Ah, that's definitely him. I'll assume rhyming slang was around in the 1840s as well as today?
Ach, yes, thank you very much. This helps a LOT. I honestly didn't know what I was stepping into.
Haha you've played Cockneys? That's awesome. I had to play an American southerner once hehe...never quite got the accent. XD
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Yes, once or twice and Americans too - I'm told I do a good New York - Southern like "oh, ah do declare." LOL. That's the stereotype of a Southern American here in Blighty
Did you know that Phil Collins actually played the Artful Dodger back in the '60s when he was a kid? He could have been in the movie of Oliver but Jack Wilde got it instead. Phil was actually quite a successful child actor before Genesis.
Yep, somebody probably had a word in Dick's shell-like about NOT trying to do a British accent LOL Ooh, inadvetantly, I've given you some more cock
ney though not rhyming slang "shell-like" = "ear" That's another good one for Basil.
Probably more so in the 1840s than today! I quite like modern rhyming slang and I've heard "It's all gone Pete Tong" loads of times - Pete Tong is a dance music DJ
Always happy to help
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Wow, I'm just learning all sorts of things from you! Haha yes, "Ah do declare" and "That is the UGLIEST baby ah have evah seen, bless its heart," and "I reckon," but hmm...even for me it gets confusing between a western accent and a southern accent. Rem's western, and so far the only thing I know he says is "Yeehaw!" XD
"Blighty"? Haha I'm sure that also has a story.
Yep! You told me! Ah wow, imagine if he'd been in the movie...though I did enjoy Jack Wilde's performance.
So it's not simply shell, it's shell-like? How interesting. Thanks! I may have to send you samples of the dialogue whilst I'm writing the comic just so you can look them over and make sure I'm not messing up the Cockney. Clive and Sridar are much easier to write because they speak in a manner that I am very used to as an English major, as they were both raised rather proper. I'm thinking Clive is from Yorkshire and Sridar...well, it doesn't really matter with him because he pretty much adopts an accent and makes it a part of him, which is why his is particularly snobbish and tittering.
Haha yes, I read on the site you shared with me that a lot of celebrity names have made it into modern Rhyming Slang. I texted my girlfriend the sample dialogue you did for Basil and she laughed, saying it was wonderful and I told her it made my day. I'm aiming for Basil to be a very loveable character with no experience whatsoever fighting vampires and werewolves, as he's just the techie.
Thanks again for answering my questions thoroughly and being such a tremendous help. I'll not forget to credit you where it's due. Anyway, have a great day!
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Yep, he thinks he's a bit of a cowboy doesn't he? So does Clive I believe - A Yorkshire cowboy LOL I speak posh like Clive and Sridar because I went to a school where they liked you to speak proper. (But obviously not exactly the same. I'm a girl LOL) Although Rem's my favourite, I can associate a bit with Clive.
That was a pleasure - Chuffed you want me to help out with the British side of the stories
You have a great day, too
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Haha he IS a bit of a cowboy! He grew up on a farm in Montana. XD
Haha Clive is also very much of a cowboy, and he loves whenever anyone makes the connection. It makes him blush deeply. Aww associate away! Wow...I keep getting surprised whenever you mention the accent thing still being a subject of prejudice in England. We don't even have that here with Hawaiian pidgin.
Basil looks like Basilio without the wig: [link]
I knew I was never going to animate Le Nozze di Figaro (not as a hopeless thing, but just because I see no need to, as there are too many tremendous performances of it and it doesn't have enough supernatural elements to lend itself to animation as well as The Magic Flute or Don Giovanni) and I was thinking of a design for this techie character who worked under the Church in Clive's and Sridar's dimension. Usually when I start designing characters, I start with one feature, say, a big nose, and I work around it, building the character off of that. For the techie, I wanted big teeth, and immediately Basilio's design sans the wig popped up in 1840s wear and demanded the part. I kept shoving him aside, confining him to Basilio and searching for another design, but he persisted, and has become the character. Because he was originally Basilio and I am openly admitting he is the same design, I have named him Basil.
Basil is a bit different in that he has messier hair, more moles all over his body (including four on his face), a slouch, shoulders constantly inward, hands always sort of held up in a praying mantis way, bent knees, he's still gangly, though he's taken on more of an awkward way of holding himself than the graceful, perky way that Basilio does. I'll post pictures soon, but I'm not done drawing him. He's just so fun. XD
I'm so glad you're willing to help me! It means a lot; thank you so much.
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You're welcome
That design is great - I can see that - I like his mussed up hair without the wig - "Stinky enough to frighten away beasts " LOL
Yes, the accent thing is there. People for example wrongly assume that I'm wealthy because I have quite a posh voice - if only! LOL and of course, there's the whole chav thing.
I love The Magic Flute - English National Opera are doing it again at The Colleseum - Seen a few operas there - "The Masked Ball", "Hansel and Gretel", "The Mikado" and of course "The Magic flute"
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Ah, I gotta get into Doctor Who. Haha yeah, he'd be great as long as no one knocked off his goggles! Hehe yes...Clive is the sweetheart of my comic. :3
Hooray! Oh, you might like this, but Basil is courting Alicia (Clive's squire, the blond girl in this dump: [link] Hehe with Basil/Basilio strategically placed!) and ach...they're so cute together.
Hmm. That's so interesting, because we have very little of that here in America, if any at all.
Ach "Hansel and Gretel" is a terrifying opera. Haha great music, though. I have yet to see any full Gilbert and Sullivan pieces, though I love the clips I've seen so far from various operas. They sound very versatile and the lyrics are just as much fun to listen to as the music. Interestingly enough, German-speaking operas tend to translate really well into English.
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Wow! You're up late!
I wondered who Alicia was. And they are.
They do - if you think about it, in some ways English isn't dis-similar.
Oh yes, I've even participated in Gilbert and Sullivan. They used to put them on when I was at school. I auditioned but never got in - the drama teacher didn't like me very much LOL but they're great fun even if the storylines are very, very silly.
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Haha yep, I was! This ended up being a pretty chill weekend. I even worked a bit on the next page of HMS! It is so nearing completion, it's almost painful. >_<
Hmm...perhaps I'll be able to upload a Basil dump today, but I'm not done drawing him. XD
"One common language I'm afraid we'll never get," - Henry Higgins
Aww haha it should be about your talent, not whether the teacher likes you or not. -__-
Ach...I really need to find some of their operas. I think I found The Mikado on youtube. I look forward to watching it.
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My school was a grammar school - In England, that's a school for children who pass a grossly unfair exam called the 11+. It was actually one of the best schools in the country but it was all about what the parents wanted, not the pupils - ah well! Oh and it was an all-girls school -"Don't fratenize with the boys" even though the boy's school was next door!
I didn't get the parts because the teachers thought I was thick and troublesome. Yeah, rebel Tru! LOL
I'm so looking forward to both HMS and Basil. I'm glad you had a chill weekend
Like the quote - Divided by a common language, right?
Yeah, my favourites are Pirates and Yeoman of The Guard because it's quite tragic and a step away from their normal operettas.
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Oh man...that's just a recipe for sin right there.
Hahaha rebel Tru, the true rebel!
Pssst....psst, hey lady...if you're looking forward to HMS, look no further than here: *opens jacket and reveals [link] *
I hope you do like Basil. He'll most likely be my next dump. XD
Yep hehe or I like Eddie Izzard's version: "It's said that England and America are two countries separated by the Atlantic Ocean. And it's uh...well, it's true."
Or we're sort of going off topic here, since we were only talking about England, but I love that quote anyway. XD
Ah, I gotta check them out. I heard Yeoman of the Guard was sad.
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Awww thanks. Feel honoured that you shared this piece of genius with me. I love the way these two react. I actually have this on my favourites bar so I've got his crazy be-googled face up there every time I sign in. LOL
LOL, only a rebel by grammar school standards - a school where you had to kneel and have your skirt touch the floor, no make-up was allowed and boys were unheard of! I hung out with the hippys, goths and alternative types.
Yes it is but that's what makes it interesting. I love it and I love the way nearly all the Americans I've met get me talking because they like the accent
It's so sad. He loved her and she went off with somebody else
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Haha awww that means so much to me, thank you. :3
Haha I'd hang out with the weirdies too. Kneel and have your skirt touch the floor? That's a long skirt.
Hehe we Americans LOVE the accent(s). One of my friends in animation was so enthralled that his English teacher was English and he used him as a narrator for his epic short film. He played the recordings for me but I'm so used to English voices that I wasn't all that blown away, but my friend was like, "It's not fair! He can just say ANYTHING and it sounds awesome!" *picture huge Rem grin whilst saying that*
Yeah. I keep forgetting how much we idolize you guys.
AWWWW don't spoil it for me!!!
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'Oops, I'm good at that!
Wish I could say anything and make it sound great.
Idolize?
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Haha from what I can tell, you're VERY good at that! XD
Yeah, I mean...for the most part. The Brits are seen as very proper (except for the Cockney stereotype). You're also seen as very smart and kind of scary at times, especially because of the Empire and because of A Clockwork Orange. XD
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Oh - BBC Radio 2 10 pm they're doing a programme about Peter Gabriel and it's all about "So"
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OOOOHHHHHHH...
I'll be at school. BBC Radio? Hopefully I can listen online.
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I'm staying up to listen whilst working on this blo...lovely directory!
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Believe you me - that's the last thing I am!
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Haha there are always exceptions, but there are a series of American stereotypes for Brits. Another stereotype is top hats. XD
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DO PEOPLE STILL WEAR TOP HATS?!?!?!?!?!? O___o
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Ok, some do for formal occassions but not on the street - not even if you're the poshest of the poshest.
Gotta share this with you - Saw this guy on the bus yesterday who could've come out of a story - He was only in his late '20s but he was wearing a beret, had a crazy goatee beard and was carrying a pipe. He was sitting opposite this much older guy and they were discussing antique stamps of all things - Like how much a penny black would be worth - that kind of thing and when the younger guy got off the bus, the older one said "Don't forget your pipe" and the younger one said "That's ok - I have two more in my pocket". God bless English eccentrics LOL
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Haha oh my goodness. What sort of formal occasions would that be? Sorry I'm making you explain this, but I was under the impression no one wore them anymore except for costumes.
AHAHAHAHA oh my God I am so ready to live in England. I love those kinds of people. Hehe antique stamps? Ah well, to each his own.
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Well, I'm not even sure about formal occassions - I've never seen anybody on TV except in period dramas wearing them. I think they were popular with the upper classes till about the late '20s.
Yes, but I'm very good at spotting the eccentrics being one myself and I love "people watching"
Yep, antique stamps and the value of.
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Oh, I see. They're pretty popular here at anime conventions because a lot of people dress up in a steampunk style.
Sometimes I sketch the people on the bus who have interesting features, features I never really draw. If they look extraordinarily different from any of the characters I've ever drawn, I jot them down. No one really behaves strangely on the bus, though. I did have a conversation with a silly girl once. She was loud and her friends were with her and she looked at the book I was reading and loudly but nicely asked "What are you reading?" I took my earbuds out and told her about it. We ended up having an entertaining conversation, learned each other's names, and left with a "See you next time!" Normally no one talks to me, though. Not unless I know them, so it was kind of refreshing.
I'm sure antique stamps would be of quite some value.
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I know what you mean - I'm more of an observer than a participant. Cool that you had that chat
Yes, steampunk is cool and so are steam trains - roll on tomorrow!
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Haha people in America almost always approach you if you're drawing. Especially the loud mid-westerners, who are extremely surprised we can tell they are from the Mid-West. *huge gasp* "How'd ya know?" It's also easy to tell who's from California, who's from New York, and who's from Texas. One of my coolest friends who sort of reminds me of Remfield is from Montana, and Rem's from Montana, so I got excited when I found that out. XD
Yep, like ear phones. Naw, I haven't seen her since. Shame.
Haha I love the look of those old coal trains, like the ones in those old western movies, but those black plumes can be...unsettling, to say the least.
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Montana's in the mid-west, isn't it? I wonder if that's where we Brits get that stereotype of the loud American tourist from?
I'm so looking forward to getting on one of those sweet old coal trains, taking photos and telling you all about it
I'm so glad you like Jarvis. I've been a little bit in love with him since 1996 when I saw him live with Pulp in Chelmsford and I was really near the front. He's quite the intellectual - He's got his own radio show on BBC Radio 6 on Sundays and he sometimes pops up on our intellectual radio station BBC Radio 4. And he has a wicked sense of humour too. He's from Sheffield.
I promise I'll look at those links you sent. Have to go off to catch a train in a minute though
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Oh, I can almost guarantee it's the mid-west stereotype. Yeah, Montana is in the mid-west but again, it's a stereotype. I mean, you'll find loud ones there like anyplace else, but individuals can be fun. My friend from Montana is awesome. XD
Ah man, I'm looking forward to hearing about it!
Thanks for introducing me to this funny and talented man! I should look for his radio shows. No problem on the links. Catch your train!
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All about it when I'm less knackered (cream crackered) - there, more rhyming slang for you LOL. Some hilarious things happened that could only happen in England.
We're planning another one in March and you'll never guess where it's going!..Have a guess
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Haha cream crackered. I like it. You're going on a train soon? Eh...I have no idea.
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Southend to..Bristol!
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HOORAY!!! Oh, are you going to visit Aardman?!?!?!?
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If we get time, I will - promise!
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OH MAN. Ach, that would be awesome. Take pictures of the um...is it a wharf? I know it's by the ocean.
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I think so. And yes, I'll take lots of photos
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