Stephen Fry on Tonks

[grannybat84112]

Ali wrote:
> Fry has recently been interviewed in the Sunday Times following the 
> release of his version of OoP. This is the excerpt in which he 
> discusses Tonks' voice:-
> 
> <<<When I did the first Harry book, Jo Rowling said I'd done the 
> voices as she imagined them.  She doesn't say what accents they 
> have, but you get a sense of it from the rhythm and word order of 
> their speech. In Phoenix, I instantly thought Tonks should sound as 
> if she came from Blackburn or Rochdale in Lancashire, slightly Jane 
> Horrocks.>>>
> 
> I still can't reconcile Tonks to the accent that Fry gives her, 
> .... I also got confused as I thought 
> he was trying to speak in a Yorkshire accent! 

What accent does he use for Umbridge? All the HP recordings at my 
local library have upwards of 50 people in line to check them out, so 
I haven't had the chance to hear a word voiced by Dale or Fry. :(

Also, could you make a stab at describing the tune Fry uses when he 
sings Weasley is Our King? I get the feeling the lyrics are set to 
the music of an old nursery rhyme, but I can't put my finger on the 
exact one.

Dawn