Unrepentant Accent Ho

[justalurkr]

nialla42 with the phrase "I'd listen to (insert actor with fascinating accent here) read the phone book." No clue where she got it from, but it's one of my favorite fangirlism now as well as the reason my current listen is making me feel very, very dirty.

Niall Ferguson is a Scot. With an educated Brit accent that...slips...occasionally, making little shivers go up and down my otherwise-matronly spine. Listen to him here and know my shame. (hangs head)

(by the way? the book is about why it isn't Eurocentrism to say the West has taken over the world, but a statement of fact. He explained money pretty well in a different book, so I'm cutting some slack for at least another chapter.)

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[captain-tiv.livejournal.com]

Oh! Trivia moment! :) :)

Years ago, it was said that Richard Burton reading the phone book could be more dramatic than anything else you'd ever hear an actor say or do on screen. So during an interview, Richard Burton read from the phone book! *g* I was in giggles!

He did do it very dramatically.

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

I can only imagine! That guy has skills.

[nialla]

I think I'd heard it originally in a non-fannish setting, but in fandom life, it was first applied to Peter Wingfield. Welsh. Yum.

I actually think Jan was the first to say it to me, but it totally fit, so I kept using it for him and anyone else I'm an Accent Ho about.