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   From: the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm   
      
   On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:35:23 -0500, Bill O'Meally wrote:   
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   > On 2013-01-12 09:28:48 +0000, Stan Brown said:   
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   > >   
   > > I think the Rob Inglis readings of /The Hobbit/ and /The Lord of the   
   > > Rings/ are excellent. He does different voices for the different main   
   > > characters, without making them cartoonishly different.  He reads   
   > > clearly and at a good pace.  He reads the complete text, and his   
   > > pronunciations are usually good. (I just can't accept "SMEE-g'l, but   
   > > that's a rare exception.)  He sings the songs, and though he doesn't   
   > > have a professional singing voice I think it is good that he sounds   
   > > like an ordinary person.   
   >   
   > Thanks Stan. I wonder where he got the tunes?   
      
   I don't know why, but I always assumed he made them up.  They never   
   struck me as musically complicated.   
      
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