So, no treat for you yet. I’m not going to say what it was going to be, because it could happen this weekend.
For the past few days I’ve been craving spaghetti bolognaise. So, tomorrow, I’m going to cook some for myself. Can’t wait.
And I’mgearing up for Script Frenzy. I’ve actually decided to work on episodes 5 and 6 of the series. Due to the way it’s structured, that makes most sense.
Oh, and big thanks to A Rather Shady Mogwi for the awesome icon. I especially love the fact that if the border was removed it would blend right in to the background.:¬)
Rant time.
As you lot probably know, Simon Pegg is playing Scotty in the new star Trek film. As you probably also know, my choice would have been someone who is actually Scottish. But I was willing to go along with thing.
Then today, I read an interview that Pegg did with aintitcool.com in which he states that he has been working on his accent with his wife, his family in Scotland and a crewmember who is Glaswegian.
Yup, it looks like Scottish Accent Symdrome has struck again.
SAS, for those who are unaware, is the tendency for people outside Scotland to assume that when playing a Scottish character, a vaguely sounding accent will suffice, regardless of where the character is actually from. So, you get an Orkadian who sounds Glaswegian, A Glaswegian who has a strange Borders mix accent and, in this case, an Aberdonian with a Glaswegian accent.
While there are regional versions in England (everyone from the north east is Geordie, everyone from London is either a toff or a cockney), the syndrome gets it’s name as it assumes that Scots have interchangable accents.
(For American readers, imagine how annoying it would be is a character from upper Manhattan had a deep south accent.)
While it won’t stop me from enjoying the film (JJ Abrams may just do that), it is still going to irk me.
Rant over.
Hopefully, I’ll be able to watch the Scotland match in the union bar. And hopefully Scotland will win so I can take the piss out of my English friends.
Anyhoo, have to go watch a film. Speak later.
Will
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