questions about chocolate and Bellatrix accent

[Pat]

No: HPFGUIDX 145449

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Miles" <miles at m...> wrote:
>
> Corey Overton wrote:
> > 2. I've listened to all the hp books from start to finish and i'm
> > wondering about something. The narrator is Jim Dale. He made 
Bellatrix
> > sound either French or German. Is she from any of those 
countries? or
> > is that just Dales' one of many comedian voices? 

> Miles:
> I don't know the English audiobooks, but as Lestrange is a French 
name,
> maybe the narrator chose to give her/them an French accent. But I 
don't see
> any canon support for this.


Pat:
I hope that doesn't mean Jim Dale doesn't do his homework. She's 
Lestrange by marriage. Did he also give Bellatrix' sister, Narcissa, 
the same type of accent? I've only listened to OOTP. And I only 
liked a few of Dales' voices, Hagrid, Dumbledore, and Mundungus. I 
didn't like the way he did Harry or Hermione at all, for the way 
their voices sounded, or for the way he read the lines. For 
example, "Harry said dully" was read with enthusiasm, and Harry 
being rude was read politely.