Fwd: [HPforGrownups] Re: Audio Versions of the Books

[Dina Lerret]

Since I suspect this topic may be migrated to another list and I'm
never taken off moderated for HPFGU, I'm copying a response made to
HPFGU here.

I know the books are British-based but... {shakes head}  I really wish
Americanisms aren't put down so much.  Even within countries, there's
regional dialect and we're still basically using a form of... English.

Dina


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dina Lerret <bunniqula at gmail.com>
Date: Jun 22, 2005 4:27 AM
Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Audio Versions of the Books
To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com

> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Laura Lynn Walsh
> <lwalsh at a...>
> > wrote:
> > > >Hi All. Has any one read the audio versions of the books? Both
> the
> > > >US and the UK versions? What I mean is the US and

On 6/22/05, susanmcgee48176 <Schlobin at aol.com> wrote:
> I also like both versions (Fry; Dale).
>
> I like to order the UK books because I have been upset and aggravated
> ever since the U.S. publishers insisted the title of the first book
> be changed.

As an American, I'm not bothered by either the British or the
Americanization--I'm not some strict purist. {g}  I think, if you can
*really* appreciate a work in one format and have the ability to
expand upon this interest (comprehension is key), purity is
irrelevant.  For example, I can appreciate Shakespeare in its original
format but I also can enjoy the 'modernization' of it as well.

Going back to the audiobooks, am I the only one amused when folk
reference 'reading' in relationship to audiobooks? {g}  I think
listening would be more accurate, but anyway, I've heard both versions
and I like Jim Dale's rendition more than Stephen Fry's, which is not
saying I'm not bugged by some things in the Dale reading.

I'm not one for subtle nuances in voice and I like the aspect of the
reading being a performance versus a narration.  As much as Stephen
Fry 'rawks', I find myself wanting more... "energy" in the readings,
so Jim Dale gets my vote.  Sometimes, I wonder if Jim Dale is being
rated on his reading... or just his reading material.

Dina