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Language

Posted: Apr 03, 2008 @ 7:10PM 15 replies

Scott,

Nocturnal is great. Scott, you need to learn how to pronounce languages other than English. I'm bi-lingual English-Spanish.

Sorry pal, the Spanish is rough, real rough. Bad enough to get you shot in the wrong place. Hillary needs to speak so she can be understood. If you need help, just email.

By the way, the Pookie character is great.'

Scott

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 03, 2008 @ 7:46PM

Yep, correct pronunciations aren't my thing. However, do you mean Hillary or Mommy? Hillary speaks English, except for that one scene with the Mexican. Mommy is speaking some bastard form of French.

Here's the thing - you type these words out for the manuscript, and they are great. You read them, you're in deep shit unless you speaka-da-langauge, and I do not. Hey, at least it's not as bad as my female voices ...

Unfortunately, I'm so slammed right now I don't put much advance planning into these episodes, OTHER THAN the writing itself. Sunday comes, I gather up what I've created, and I roll with it. It honestly catches me by surprise when it's non-English dialogue, and I wish I'd had more time to get coaching. But, I don't have that time right now, so I roll with it.

Insignificant_Blood_Splatter

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 03, 2008 @ 8:05PM

Riiiiight. Excuses, excuses...

Okay, just kidding! You can have a busy real life. I guess...

"Urban legends go well with parmesan and horror. In fact their name is conveniently one and the same: Stevie."

"Clever girl." ~Jurassic Park {GirlCo w/ dreads for Sigler}

BarbaraJ

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 04, 2008 @ 5:56AM

Yep, yer pretty much helpless at women's voices ... I'm just waiting for the day you have to do a someone of the feminine persuasion trying to persuade someone into an intimate situation. aka - can't wait until you have to try to play a woman being all seductive. That's gonna be some funny stuff.
Tastes Like Chicken

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treed

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 04, 2008 @ 8:05AM

-nitpicking aside, you do just fine (except maybe for some of the female voices, they need some work dude)
http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/

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Insignificant_Blood_Splatter

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 04, 2008 @ 4:13PM

*Dies* Dude. Yes. That would be soooo hilarious!

"Urban legends go well with parmesan and horror. In fact their name is conveniently one and the same: Stevie."

"Clever girl." ~Jurassic Park {GirlCo w/ dreads for Sigler}

Wolf

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 04, 2008 @ 5:38PM

if Mrs. FDO stood behind him and hiked his boxer/briefs whenever he had to do a female voice....

n8man

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 04, 2008 @ 7:30PM

They need work. but, hey, its free what do ya expect. All jokes aside, you are amazing. Now if you could just come to my neck of da woods for a signing.
Nate Dogg... "life is hard. But its one helluva lot harder if you're stupid"- -John Wayne

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treed

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 06, 2008 @ 7:03PM

-EEP..........
http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/

zackmann

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 06, 2008 @ 8:50PM

member facebook fans of Pookie

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12495926026

BarbaraJ

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 07, 2008 @ 5:05AM

Works for my husband. Tastes Like Chicken

Secretary General, Evil League of Evil

treed

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 07, 2008 @ 11:12AM

-
http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/

The_Terran

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 07, 2008 @ 11:13PM

No te preocupes Futuro Gran Señor Oscuro (FDO). Entendemos que estas muy ocupado, pero bueno... hay muchos hispano-hablantes en San Francisco, en algun futuro... allí alguien te puede ayudar con la pronunciación.

VIVA SIGLER!

treed

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 08, 2008 @ 10:34AM

-i got the viva sigler part..........
i am ashamed to say i live in south Texas and don't speak spanish.
EDIT: ok, looked closer at what you said and got the gist of it. now, if you spoke it to me, i wouldn't have a clue
http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/

The_Terran

Re: Language

Posted: Apr 08, 2008 @ 3:41PM

I also live close to the border, the TV signals from both sides are strong enough that they leap over. So since I was a little kid I watched TV in both languages, cartoons where a big help; plots easy to follow, and simple words as dialogue. After that, everyone that goes to school gets at least 3 years of a foreign language taught at school from the 7th to the 9th grade (but most people waste those classes).