{ and so is kin to you. }

Made the mistake of listening to the voice posts I made at the weekend and realised that the less I pay attention to what I'm saying, the more horribly I speak. In my day-to-day I have an English accent that is standard southern English with occasional northern borrowings and a RP twist to long A sounds. Sometimes I sound very, very London or - even worse (!) - very Estuary. I try not to do that so much, but when I'm around Londoners, it's hard to fit in if it sounds like you were grown in a grammar school. Which: I actually was grown in a grammar school.

Obviously, I speak more clarly with adults than my peers, and then every now and then I speak the way I did in those posts: harsher on the RP twist, a bit nasal, and terribly, terribly clipped. I wasn't sure what I was saying, I think is most of the problem. Anyway. For the most part (emphasis most), I don't actually sound like that. ("Becahse?" What the hell? "Muhhst"??? However, I do actually use words like 'propensity'. It's a good thing I got cut off.)

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Tomorrow I'm at work in the morning, and then I need to get my haircut so hopefully there'll be a space (forgot to book an appointment today; will try in the morning). After that, I'm taking a direct to London, navigating the tubes, and staying at my gran's house. Wednesday is (hopefully) about meeting people and seeing The Misanthrope. I was going to go home on Wednesday but I've decided to stay at my gran's again because it will be easier than lugging my crap around London. Heading straight to work from London on Thursday (half day, whoop!) which is better than it could be because the admin team are lurvely.

Ex-ciiii-ting!

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Shit, Being Human was on, wasn't it? Bollocks.

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Work today was fine enough, mostly because I had two months' worth of deceased papers to sort through. Most of those are boxed now and ready to be verified/sent to the teams. RE will be covering for me on Wednesday so she will hopefully send those and try to make calm from the chaos that is my desk.

{ my sole commentary on Being Human. }

Do you think this is about my vanity?