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[I] Snooker commenter [message #257694] So, 16 April 2006 22:56
raltbos  
Ok, wierd question for the Britons on the group.

While watching the snooker this afternoon, and listening to Dominic Dale
commenting, I was struck by something. Dominic's voice, for some reason,
perhaps his accent, sounded familiar to me. In fact, it sounded exsactly
like someone who looks something like Dominic Dale.
Now the odd thing is... I've never heard Dominic Dale commenting before,
so I cannot have remembered his voice. What's more, I have the distinct
impression that the person who owns both this similar voice _and_ this
similar face is a comedian, and a British one.
So. Who on earth am I thinking of? Is it a regional accent, perhaps, and
if so, where from? Most puzzlingly, is the (rather lengthy) faces that
it comes out of also a regional specialty, or is that pure coincidence?

Richard
Re: [I] Snooker commenter [message #257697 ] So, 16 April 2006 23:20
Brian Howlett  
On 16 Apr, Richard Bos wrote:

> Ok, wierd question for the Britons on the group.
>
> While watching the snooker this afternoon, and listening to Dominic Dale
> commenting, I was struck by something. Dominic's voice, for some reason,
> perhaps his accent, sounded familiar to me. In fact, it sounded exsactly
> like someone who looks something like Dominic Dale.
> Now the odd thing is... I've never heard Dominic Dale commenting before,
> so I cannot have remembered his voice. What's more, I have the distinct
> impression that the person who owns both this similar voice _and_ this
> similar face is a comedian, and a British one.
> So. Who on earth am I thinking of? Is it a regional accent, perhaps, and
> if so, where from? Most puzzlingly, is the (rather lengthy) faces that
> it comes out of also a regional specialty, or is that pure coincidence?
>
I haven't heard him commentate, but his accent is probably Welsh. It
appears that he was born in England, but moved to Wales at an early
age.

< http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Players/Global_Eu rope/Global_Welsh/w
ales_dominic_dale.htm>
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Re: [I] Snooker commenter [message #257698 ] So, 16 April 2006 23:19
steelcat  
In article <4442acca.42382437 [at] news.xs4all.nl>,
raltbos [at] xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) wrote:

>Ok, wierd question for the Britons on the group.
>
>While watching the snooker this afternoon, and listening to Dominic Dale
>commenting, I was struck by something. Dominic's voice, for some reason,
>perhaps his accent, sounded familiar to me. In fact, it sounded exsactly
>like someone who looks something like Dominic Dale.
>Now the odd thing is... I've never heard Dominic Dale commenting before,
>so I cannot have remembered his voice. What's more, I have the distinct
>impression that the person who owns both this similar voice _and_ this
>similar face is a comedian, and a British one.
>So. Who on earth am I thinking of? Is it a regional accent, perhaps, and
>if so, where from? Most puzzlingly, is the (rather lengthy) faces that
>it comes out of also a regional specialty, or is that pure coincidence?

Well, he's Welsh as can be heard here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/snooker/dominic_dale_int erview.shtml

Could you be thinking of Rob Brydon?

Cat.
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Re: [I] Snooker commenter [message #257706 ] Mo, 17 April 2006 00:01
raltbos  
steelcat [at] atuin.demon.co.uk (The Stainless Steel Cat) wrote:

> In article <4442acca.42382437 [at] news.xs4all.nl>,
> raltbos [at] xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) wrote:
>
> >While watching the snooker this afternoon, and listening to Dominic Dale
> >commenting, I was struck by something. Dominic's voice, for some reason,
> >perhaps his accent, sounded familiar to me. In fact, it sounded exsactly
> >like someone who looks something like Dominic Dale.

> >So. Who on earth am I thinking of? Is it a regional accent, perhaps, and
> >if so, where from? Most puzzlingly, is the (rather lengthy) faces that
> >it comes out of also a regional specialty, or is that pure coincidence?
>
> Well, he's Welsh as can be heard here:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/snooker/dominic_dale_int erview.shtml

Ah, but I know better than to assume that just because someone's from a
certain place, his accent is also from there. I certainly wouldn't trust
myself to identify a Welsh accent. But it really is Welsh, then? Right.
South Welsh, I presume - I understand that which Welshmen speak the true
Welsh is a question which raises Opinions, so perhaps Welsh accents in
English are similarly diverse.

> Could you be thinking of Rob Brydon?

Yes, I rather think that's the one I was thinking of. He's also Welsh,
so the accent would fit, and he has a similar longish face. The curious
thing is that I don't like his main roles like Keith Barret, but I've
seen him appearing as himself on occasion and then he's much funnier.

So... South Welshmen have equine faces? Not enough data, methinks.

Richard
Re: [I] Snooker commenter [message #257802 ] Mo, 17 April 2006 12:18
sphira9343  
Richard Bos wrote:

> I understand that which Welshmen speak the true
> Welsh is a question which raises Opinions, so perhaps Welsh accents in
> English are similarly diverse.

Welsh accents are very diverse. There's a whole lot of difference
between North Welsh and South Welsh accents, particularly.

[Rob Brydon]

> The curious
> thing is that I don't like his main roles like Keith Barret, but I've
> seen him appearing as himself on occasion and then he's much funnier.

Rob Brydon appears as himself, or in different roles, much more often
than he does as Keith Barrett nowadays. He's particularly good in
'Cruise of the Gods'.
CCA
Re: [I] Snooker commenter [message #257838 ] Mo, 17 April 2006 13:13
Nigel Stapley  
CCA wrote:
> Richard Bos wrote:
>
>> I understand that which Welshmen speak the true
>> Welsh is a question which raises Opinions, so perhaps Welsh accents in
>> English are similarly diverse.
>
> Welsh accents are very diverse. There's a whole lot of difference
> between North Welsh and South Welsh accents, particularly.

Vive La Difference!

Actually, I like the southern accents when its possessor is speaking
English, but not when speaking Welsh. The converse is true for northern
accents.

The southern accents also vary, of course. Swansea is quite a different
creature to P'Talbot a handful of miles away. Cardiff, being Kaaaardiff,
is completely different again.

The southern accents are great for expressing sarcasm or irony, I find.

Like the story of the miner who was putting a new window in the front of
his terraced house.

He'd taken the old window out, and was enlarging the hole ready for the
new one, when a fellow collier came by. He watched his friend hacking
away at the masonry for a minute, before saying:

"What's the matter, Idris? Lost yewr key, 'ave yew?"


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Re: [I] Snooker commenter [message #257839 ] Mo, 17 April 2006 13:17
sphira9343  
Nigel Stapley wrote:

> Cardiff, being Kaaaardiff...

Or sometimes Kerrdiff, apparently.
CCA
Re: [I] Snooker commenter [message #259987 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 13:52
geminii  
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:13:08 +0100, Nigel Stapley
<unet [at] judgemental.plus.com> wrote:

>Like the story of the miner who was putting a new window in the front of
>his terraced house.
>
>He'd taken the old window out, and was enlarging the hole ready for the
>new one, when a fellow collier came by. He watched his friend hacking
>away at the masonry for a minute, before saying:
>
>"What's the matter, Idris? Lost yewr key, 'ave yew?"

Fortunately, it was a miner key.
Re: [I] Snooker commenter [message #260035 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 17:26
Nigel Stapley  
geminii [at] tpg.com.au wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:13:08 +0100, Nigel Stapley
> <unet [at] judgemental.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> Like the story of the miner who was putting a new window in the front of
>> his terraced house.
>>
>> He'd taken the old window out, and was enlarging the hole ready for the
>> new one, when a fellow collier came by. He watched his friend hacking
>> away at the masonry for a minute, before saying:
>>
>> "What's the matter, Idris? Lost yewr key, 'ave yew?"
>
> Fortunately, it was a miner key.

It was worth waiting a week fo....no it wasn't....GROAN!

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Nigel Stapley

www.judgemental.plus.com

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Re: [I] Snooker commenter [message #260038 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 17:39
ilmari  
geminii [at] tpg.com.au writes:

> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:13:08 +0100, Nigel Stapley
> <unet [at] judgemental.plus.com> wrote:
>
>>Like the story of the miner who was putting a new window in the front of
>>his terraced house.
>>
>>He'd taken the old window out, and was enlarging the hole ready for the
>>new one, when a fellow collier came by. He watched his friend hacking
>>away at the masonry for a minute, before saying:
>>
>>"What's the matter, Idris? Lost yewr key, 'ave yew?"
>
> Fortunately, it was a miner key.

The key of a flat miner?

--
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at any given time, on fire." - Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
Re: [I] Snooker commenter [message #260060 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 20:07
Andrew Nevill  
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:39:49 +0200, ilmari [at] ilmari.org (Dagfinn Ilmari
Mannsåker) wrote:

>> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:13:08 +0100, Nigel Stapley
>> <unet [at] judgemental.plus.com> wrote:
"
>>
>> Fortunately, it was a miner key.
>
>The key of a flat miner?

Only after the wall fell on him

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Re: [I] Snooker commenter [message #260064 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 20:24
Arthur Hagen  
"Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker" <ilmari [at] ilmari.org> wrote:
> geminii [at] tpg.com.au writes:
>
>> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:13:08 +0100, Nigel Stapley
>> <unet [at] judgemental.plus.com> wrote:
>>
>>> "What's the matter, Idris? Lost yewr key, 'ave yew?"
>>
>> Fortunately, it was a miner key.
>
> The key of a flat miner?

Sounds reasonable.

Regards,
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