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No sooner than I learn about a little bird, its little beak, and a huge diamond mountain, do I turn around and hear about it again in The Wee Little Men by Terry Pratchett.
The voice actor in this is great, because he really does bring out both the strong Scottish accents of the Nac Mac Feegles, but he also still imbues them with individual voices that distinguish the main character Feegles when possible.
He does such a good job, I was totally in agreement with Tiffany when she had to ask the frog to interpret what the Feegles had just said.
Every time Nac Mac Feegle is said in my head, it's said via the Cat Scratch Fever tune of Ted Nugent's song.
I'm pretty sure I'd heard the phrase before, but this book has the characters saying, "I can," and, "You can what to do," so often that it's impossible to not start picking it up yourself. I could easily tell the Feegles were using the word "can" in lieu of the verb-phrase "to know". I had to look it up and get a better understanding of its origins, since of course by today's standards, "You can what to do," sounds so archaic and lacking. When we say, "She can knit," we are technically saying, "She knows how to knit." I find it kind of interesting the manner of interchangeability there.
Also, during that internet searching, I found this video which reminded me of the elephants in Leaving Time.
The voice actor in this is great, because he really does bring out both the strong Scottish accents of the Nac Mac Feegles, but he also still imbues them with individual voices that distinguish the main character Feegles when possible.
He does such a good job, I was totally in agreement with Tiffany when she had to ask the frog to interpret what the Feegles had just said.
Every time Nac Mac Feegle is said in my head, it's said via the Cat Scratch Fever tune of Ted Nugent's song.
I'm pretty sure I'd heard the phrase before, but this book has the characters saying, "I can," and, "You can what to do," so often that it's impossible to not start picking it up yourself. I could easily tell the Feegles were using the word "can" in lieu of the verb-phrase "to know". I had to look it up and get a better understanding of its origins, since of course by today's standards, "You can what to do," sounds so archaic and lacking. When we say, "She can knit," we are technically saying, "She knows how to knit." I find it kind of interesting the manner of interchangeability there.
Also, during that internet searching, I found this video which reminded me of the elephants in Leaving Time.
