OT A Favor

[Lynn Eddy]

No: HPFGUIDX 97541

Hi,

I'm writing to ask a favor (actually 2 favors). I'm one of the 
presenters at Convention Alley in Ottawa this summer. I'm leading a 
small group discussion on Health and Healthcare in the Wizarding World 
and doing a formal presentation titled The Artistry of Jim Dale: The 
American Audio Version of the Harry Potter Novels.

It's with the second that I'm asking for help. I thought it would be 
interesting to add some statistics to the talk about just how big a job 
Jim Dale had reading the 5 books, so I've added up the total time, and 
am working my way through all the books counting all the separate 
voices (so far 221). Does anyone know the word count for the books? 
I've tried a search on Google with widely varying counts listed only 
for the last two books. I've checked with Steve from the Harry Potter 
Lexicon and he didn't know either. I can always scan all of them (if I 
can ever get my scanner to work right) but if someone already has the 
information (or can get it easily), that would be great!

The second thing I would like to know is the accents that Dale has 
used. I'm not from Britain, and though I've asked a British born friend 
and fellow Harry Potter friend,  she's been in the US so long she isn't 
very sure how helpful she will be.

I know from written sources that Hagrid "comes from" Devon and all the 
centaurs have Welsh accents in Dale's version; McGonagall has a 
Scottish accent and Seamus Finnigan  an Irish one (though if someone 
can get more specific that would be great.

Please email privately at lyyved at earthlink.net

Thanks for your patience with this long and OT message and special 
thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

Laura Peregrine
(known in real life as Lynn Eddy)