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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 197046" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Actually, the first time our friend from Philadelphia visited with us (he was billeted for a week) we had a barbecue for him and were sitting around the fire afterwards discussing poetry. husband was telling him about Australian bush poetry and to illustrate a point, he (husband) took the book of Australian bush poetry down from the shelf and read aloud "The Man From Snowy River", which is for Aussies like reading Woody Guthrie and Walt Whitman combined. It sounds best when read with a male Aussie accent.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.mountainman.com.au/mansnowy.html" target="_blank">http://www.mountainman.com.au/mansnowy.html</a></p><p></p><p>It's also worth noting that in the beginning of the poem, he's a boy, unregarded. At the end of the poem, the label has changed - he's the MAN from Snowy River.</p><p></p><p>husband has a good bass baritone speaking voice. He reads well.</p><p></p><p>I also read poetry well. I grew up having been trained to speak "educated Australian" - think Cate Blanchett or Naomi Watts. However, I've worked among blue-collar males enough to absorb the accent and have to use it to slip below their radar. My previously posh accent got very rough and "ocker" (Paul Hogan, Russell Crow or Eric Bana). Over the years since I left work I've moved back to my previous more formal accent, but when I need to/want to, I can slip into broad "Strine". I've actually been talking to husband about maybe finding out about doing voiceover work. I've done unpaid voiceover as well as public speaking.</p><p></p><p>Maybe husband & I need to do some readings for you, of our best Aussie bush ballads. It would be fun!</p><p></p><p>Then you wouldn't need to put the hard word on stray Aussie tourists!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 197046, member: 1991"] Actually, the first time our friend from Philadelphia visited with us (he was billeted for a week) we had a barbecue for him and were sitting around the fire afterwards discussing poetry. husband was telling him about Australian bush poetry and to illustrate a point, he (husband) took the book of Australian bush poetry down from the shelf and read aloud "The Man From Snowy River", which is for Aussies like reading Woody Guthrie and Walt Whitman combined. It sounds best when read with a male Aussie accent. [url]http://www.mountainman.com.au/mansnowy.html[/url] It's also worth noting that in the beginning of the poem, he's a boy, unregarded. At the end of the poem, the label has changed - he's the MAN from Snowy River. husband has a good bass baritone speaking voice. He reads well. I also read poetry well. I grew up having been trained to speak "educated Australian" - think Cate Blanchett or Naomi Watts. However, I've worked among blue-collar males enough to absorb the accent and have to use it to slip below their radar. My previously posh accent got very rough and "ocker" (Paul Hogan, Russell Crow or Eric Bana). Over the years since I left work I've moved back to my previous more formal accent, but when I need to/want to, I can slip into broad "Strine". I've actually been talking to husband about maybe finding out about doing voiceover work. I've done unpaid voiceover as well as public speaking. Maybe husband & I need to do some readings for you, of our best Aussie bush ballads. It would be fun! Then you wouldn't need to put the hard word on stray Aussie tourists! Marg [/QUOTE]
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