Just to say...

[jadesfire]

...I have seen the Doctor Who casting news, despite my current internet patchiness (writing lists then shopping for them takes a loooong time ;)) Since some of you may be/wish to remain unspoiled, I've chosen a neutral icon and will keep all reactions under a cut. I only have a few so far anyway.



My first thought? I'm going to be older than Doctor Who. This is a weird, weird thought. I'm disappointed that Paterson Joseph lost out, and hope that Matt Smith can make himself sufficiently different from Tennant to really be Eleven. He'll get the same chance as Ten as far as I'm concerned, and while I doubt I'll love him as much as I still love Nine, he might grow on me yet.

He will still be younger than me though! This remains weird.

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[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

Ah, so the icon did its job. *grins*

From the reviews I read when The Seeker came out, I suspect your sister was correct!

The comm thedarkisrisng has a link to a post in another comm's LJ that compares and contrasts DiR the novel to the movie. You will have to search the comm for the posts back in 2007 when the movie was announced and then coming out. Fans like myself were horrified at how poorly the script treated the novel.

I love those books and try to re-read them at Christmas. It's wonderful that you are passing on your love of them. :)

Liverpool and half-Welsh. That's interesting, because for some odd reason (really can't remember why) I've been reading all the American and British entries at the Wiki on dialects. The one on Scouse mentions the many Welsh immigrants, amongst many others, in the 17th and 18th centuries coming into Liverpool and having a strong influence. The one on Welsh of course breaks down the various dialects in Wales, including the fact that the Cardiff accent isn't highly respected!

On my mother's side of the family, we're Scots, Irish, some English, and that most disliked of all, Scots-Irish or Ulster Scots. By the reading the Wiki I can see/hear how our Southern American dialect is rather influenced by the Appalachian dialect.

My Welsh-descended friend (she's from West "By God" Virginia) and I tried to teach ourselves Irish Gaelic at university. We kind of failed. *laughs*

It's all very fascinating!

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

I'm part Irish too - a pretty typical mix for a Scouser! I have to admit I find Welsh a lot easier to pronounce than Gaelic - I keep getting my Scots and Irish mixed up.

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

I guess the Gaelic languages are a bit different! And yes, that Wiki dialect page mentioned a whole bunch of folks moving into Liverpool from other non-English areas in the 1700 and 1800s--that's why the accent there is so unquie in England. :) Or so the Wiki thought.