Date: 07 October 2008 20:58:04
A friend of mine here in the village earns her living as an actress (and when that work is thin on the ground she runs childrens' drama workshops in one of the theatres here.) She phoned me earlier this evening with a request: she is going for an audition in London tomorrow and needs to know how to speak English with a German accent.
It's not easy trying to get your ear attuned to different vowels and making the consonants generally harder in five minutes but I think we made a reasonable attempt. I'll let you know if she gets the part. I'm going to see if I can persuade the director to take me on as the voice coach ;-)