Blog with a Brogue:: Scottish Shakespeare

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

J: We have a new blog post coming soon (I promise!), but here's just a little something that made my heart flutter. I may have a problem.

David Tennant reading Sonnet 18 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day' from Touch Press on Vimeo.

We can explain...

A hundred years ago, when we were in high school, we bonded over our mutual love of Irish culture. With a little hard work and one traumatizing Student Senate experience, The Irish American Club was born!

Though the club accomplished nothing more than holding a St. Patrick's Day bake sale (which funded some seriously rad t-shirts), we're back again for another try. This time, it's different (we swear!).

We (not so) recently spent a year studying beginning Irish Gaelic at the Irish Cultural Center in Kansas City, Missouri. We also both own laptops (that may be getting on in age) and enough expendable income to find and view plenty of movies. Then there's the matter of all the time we've discovered we have since graduating from college (those were the days)...

Bottom line: Blog with a Brogue is a chance for us, and you, to delve a little deeper into one of the things we find most fascinating about Irish (or any) culture: the accent. In this blog, we're featuring accents from the Atlantic Archipelago, which includes Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and England.

Sit back, grab a pint of your favorite beverage (if it's in a pint glass, it counts), and enjoy!

Reviews

"Hahaha. I'm not entirely sure what I just read."

-Justin Langford, text

"So I read this. In bed. While darling fiancé was trying to sleep. And got kicked out for not only laughing out loud but apparently commenting and agreeing. Out loud. Well done ladies!"

-Machelle Bryan, Facebook

"Some fine repartee to be found. Witty fun!"

-Annette Collins, Facebook

"Wait, why am I reading this? And why do I want to keep reading it?"

-Arthur Phlipot, dining room table

"I was just like, omg!"

-Sarah Collins, kitchen

"I read some of it - very funny."

-Jennifer Laverentz, email

"You two are funny!"

-Brits, Facebook

"At first I didn't really know what was going on, but once I understood the premise it was delightful."

-The guy Jenna met on Tinder, text

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Scottish Shakespeare

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