Podfic of "The Yellow Dress" by Ione (Aubrey/Maturin series)

[luzula]

Look, I made something fannish!

Title: The Yellow Dress
Author: Ione
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Aubrey/Maturin series - Patrick O'Brian
Characters: Sophie Aubrey, Diana Maturin, Clarissa Oakes, Mrs. Williams, the Aubrey and Maturin children
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1 h 4 m 3 s
Author's summary: Diana is determined to fix Sophie's life...including her hatred of sex. Set in the time of The Yellow Admiral.
Notes: I haven't made much podfic lately, but this story is one that I've thought about recording before, and it was indeed a delight to record. I had entirely too much fun reading Mrs Williams! Thanks to feroxargentea who gave me very helpful beta feedback. Who knew "Cholmondeley" was supposed to be pronounced "Chumlee"? Not me, apparently.

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Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Any British name with more than two syllables or more than three vowels is suspect. "brougham" is prone unwed "broom".

I've only seen the M&C movie: would this fic be comprehensible?

[luzula]

They do tend to drop lots of letters--kind of like French in that way, although French is more regular. *grumbles*

I've only seen the M&C movie: would this fic be comprehensible?
The movie cut out all the women, and this fic is all about them. I suppose you could give it a try, but there are lots of details which depend on knowing canon.

[jesse_the_k]

Autocorrect fail! "Prone unwed" should be "pronounced" /o\

And yet somehow you decoded that! Add another language to your impressive collection.

[luzula]

I did wonder about it, but the gist of what you wanted to say was obvious. : )

I was a prone unwed person an hour ago, but now I have gotten out of bed and am no longer prone. Still unwed, though. *g*

[seascribble]

Who knew "Cholmondeley" was supposed to be pronounced "Chumlee"?

This is absurd and offensive, British English. Go to your room and think about what you've done.

[luzula]

Ahaha. Even more absurd: on a cross-post of this post someone commented saying that the name "Featherstone-Haugh" was pronounced "Fanshaw". *boggles*

[feroxargentea]

*loves*

Also, apologies on behalf of England's unpredictable names :)

(I took my wife's surname on marriage, not to make a political point but simply so I never had to explain how to spell/pronounce my father's surname ever again :)

[luzula]

Hee. To be fair, I think Swedish pronunciation can be pretty hard on new learners, as well.

[garonne.livejournal.com]

Ooh, great, new podfic! And a lovely long one. I'm looking forward to listening to this over the holidays :)

[luzula]

Thanks for letting me know! : ) I'm in a bit of a fannish slump, but I had a goal of making a minimum of three hours of podfic this year. I won't quite reach it, but I'm still glad I got around to making this.