I found this essay online (on the Dialect Blog), and dared join the very interesting Comments section with a few of my own observations on the "Riverside" accent - and on the dangers of reading Thomas the Rhymer aloud . . . .
And now they want me to elaborate!
Oh, dear - will you look at the time?
Srsly, though, I will have to do a piece on this once Swordspoint recording begins in September, with me as Chief Reader, but a couple of dramatized scenes. [Where, and what time I will perform the rite, who's producing and who's distributing (and how you may be able to win a ticket to come and watch the recording) are Announcements for another day. But Watch This Space!]
And now they want me to elaborate!
Oh, dear - will you look at the time?
Srsly, though, I will have to do a piece on this once Swordspoint recording begins in September, with me as Chief Reader, but a couple of dramatized scenes. [Where, and what time I will perform the rite, who's producing and who's distributing (and how you may be able to win a ticket to come and watch the recording) are Announcements for another day. But Watch This Space!]