Sunday, February 9, 2020

Whale, oil, beef, hooked

From NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, an interview with Sam Lilja, the dialect coach for Little Women and other films. With a quick lesson in how to do an Irish accent:

Say the words whale, oil, beef, hooked.

Then say them all together, fast.

[This lesson came in handy when I learned about Orson Bean’s later-life politics.]

comments: 6

Fresca said...

Ya got me. :)

Michael Leddy said...

I can’t tell if :) means that you’re joking about getting it or about not getting it. Either way, the words should sound like “Well I’ll be ------.”

Frex said...

Oh, right--I got it and meant to sound like a grade-schooler tricked into saying something out loud.

Michael Leddy said...

Now that I think about it, I think I may have been overthinking.

Fresca said...

That’s why we love you.

Michael Leddy said...

Aw, shucks. :)