From: Glenn Ervin at Home <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:34:38 -0500

I think the UK English voice sounds less like what you call Queen's English
than Tony Blair's does.
I really like the sound of Tony Blair's accent, as he sounds so good and
proper. And the actual sound of his voice makes him sound mild mannered.
Is there an accent called a Liverpool accent?
Would you consider the "middle class home counties" accent to be like that
of Benny Hill?
Christi,
How would you describe your accent?
Glenn


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From: "rinty" <rinty_at_freeuk.com>
To: "Glenn Ervin at Home" <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net>; "Rockbox development"
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Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 11:11 PM
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Which one is it, can't remember. I've not downloaded it. Normally
though they sound like a vaguely middle class home-counties accent.
That means not exactly queen's English, but sort of Tony Blaire's
accent, but fortunately not his voice. The effect of accent is
somewhat diminished though, by the slightly false intonation, present
in all but the latest "realspeak" and AT&T "natural voices". You
can't really have a "general UK accent", without upsetting half the
population.

I did some acting some years ago, and would love to use those skills
to record voice prompts with accents. I've not heard Christi's voice
yet, so can't judge that one. The accents over here vary far more, as
I'm sure you know, than do accents in the states. OK a newyoiker
sounds very different to a te,e,e,exan or whatever, but there's not
much difference between say a Maryland accent and a Californian one.
Oh Christi, can you imagine your MP3 player speaking with a broad
black country accent? or better still, a drunk Glaswegian.

Hey, why does Vermont exist? has anything important ever happened
there, what's it famous for, do they believe in cruel and unusual
punishments, (hope so or there's no point going!), and where is it? I
think it's a fictional creation.

-----Original Message-----
From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
[mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se]On Behalf Of Glenn Ervin at Home
Sent: 24 June 2004 04:51
To: Rockbox development
Subject: Re: Warranty void if seal broken


Hey Rob, or Christi, or anyone from Great Britain,
I was wondering if the UK English voice sounds like someone from
particular
part of the UK, or if it may be characterized as a general UK accent?
Glenn

----- Original Message -----
From: "rinty" <rinty_at_freeuk.com>
To: "Rockbox development" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 10:45 PM
Subject: RE: Warranty void if seal broken


I'm very much looking forward to getting an 80 GB drive in mine, I've
filled both of my 20 GB units, and need more space. Having been a CD
collector for 20 years, I've got over 1200, the frustration is the
amount of time it takes to rip them. I can only do about 20 CD's in a
day, I've probably not yet done half my collection. Do you upgrade the
fm recorder and the recorder v.1 in the same way? also is there any
documentation on the site to tell you how to do it? I was looking at
the Hitachi drives, as they seem to be cheaper.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
[mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se]On Behalf Of Brian Wolven
Sent: 23 June 2004 05:30
To: rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se
Subject: Re: Warranty void if seal broken


Neon John wrote:
> Or....
>
> 80gb in 45 minutes.
>
> yep, sports fans, 'tis true. I just installed a Toshiba MK8025GAS
80 gig
> drive in my JBR. It was probably the most painless drive install
I've ever
> done. I was able to do it using XP without resorting to Win98. I'll
recap for
> everyone's benefit.

Thanks for the info. I haven't quite hit the 20 G ceiling yet, but I'm
close - and I still have quite a few of my CD's left to rip. I think I
may be due for a disk upgrade later this summer. =)

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